Popular Funnies Jumbo Edition

From 1985, Magazine Management revived the classic Popular Funnies name for this oversized, five-issue Jumbo Edition, a digest-sized reprint series that gathered vintage newspaper comic strips and earlier comic book material. Primarily associated with editor and compiler John Ryan, the series served as a nostalgic treasury for readers, preserving the work of Golden Age cartoonists in a compact, accessible format. Its importance lies in its role as a late-era Australian reprint vehicle, keeping pre-war humor strips in print for a new generation of fans.