The Undead Thread: Pre-Code Horror 21 21

[precodekeith]

RE: Strange Mysteries

 

Superiors were printed in canada, but it was outsourcing for cheaper rates, they were still meant for the US market, so I doubt they had extra leeway. I think its more likely that most companies stopped doing it in advance because of the fear of repurcussions, but superior was such a fly by night with almost no output other then horror (A few romance & western, & maybe 2 issues of a humor mag) that they probably didn't care & milked it to the end.

 

You may be onto something, Matthew.

[precodekeith]

Very nice cover. I like quite a few of those Ace horror covers.

 

Yeah, Ace may have had several stinker covers, but more & more I'm finding many of the covers pretty cool & generally not appreciated.

Edited February 17, 2007 by precodekeith

[precodekeith]

Here's a good example: WoM 25

Edited February 17, 2007 by precodekeith

[Headless Horseman]

3 pages back the undead thread lives again!!!

 

[podboy66]

Everett

[adamstrange]

3 pages back the undead thread lives again!!!

 

 

I don't recall seeing this book in person before but I definitely like it !

[precodekeith]

I don't know which is more cool: the cover art, or the fact that this horror comic once belonged to a little girl named Jane.

 

WoM #27

Edited February 24, 2007 by precodekeith

[Bonds25]

I don't know which is more cool: the cover art, or the fact that this horror comic once belonged to a little girl named Jane.

 

WoM #27

 

Cool cover!

[precodekeith]

This thread just will NOT die, bwahahaha! After all, it IS Undead!

Edited March 3, 2007 by precodekeith

[gorillamydreamz-migration]

Superior was actually a subsidiary of a Irving Oelbaum's Acme Paper company so I suspect they printed on what ever they had lying around. Acme had the money to invest in various publishing forays, including an early Canadian TV Guide-type magazine called The TV Reporter that only lasted abput ten issues.

 

Publisher Willie Zimmerman doesn't remember trying especially to save money by using cheaper newsprint. He says it was the same as all the other newsprint as far as he knew. His son , who was in printing suggested the printing process could have affected the quality.

 

Superior kept American trends in mind not so much because they sold to the States but because Ruth Roche and Jerry Iger produced all their interiors out of Iger's New York shop. So those two would be very much in touch with the new rules.

 

I believe Superior wasn't pursued as heavily in the States simply because they weren't an American Company. It was harder to get at Zimmerman and his partners. They did end up facing separate but similar public outcry in Canada but there was also some balance to it, with support on both sides. Although, the support for the comics tended to be more on the "What's the big deal?" side Superior had a fairly large line for it's brief span. Zimmerman and Iger made decisions over what to feature and whaty books to produce together. Romance, War, and Horror were the biggest sellers at the time so that's what Superior focused on. In the end, it was low sales that caused them to close up shop, not government restrictions. The profit simply wasn't high enough.

[adamstrange]

Superior was actually a subsidiary of a Irving Oelbaum's Acme Paper company so I suspect they printed on what ever they had lying around. Acme had the money to invest in various publishing forays, including an early Canadian TV Guide-type magazine called The TV Reporter that only lasted abput ten issues.

 

Publisher Willie Zimmerman doesn't remember trying especially to save money by using cheaper newsprint. He says it was the same as all the other newsprint as far as he knew. His son , who was in printing suggested the printing process could have affected the quality.

 

Superior kept American trends in mind not so much because they sold to the States but because Ruth Roche and Jerry Iger produced all their interiors out of Iger's New York shop. So those two would be very much in touch with the new rules.

 

I believe Superior wasn't pursued as heavily in the States simply because they weren't an American Company. It was harder to get at Zimmerman and his partners. They did end up facing separate but similar public outcry in Canada but there was also some balance to it, with support on both sides. Although, the support for the comics tended to be more on the "What's the big deal?" side Superior had a fairly large line for it's brief span. Zimmerman and Iger made decisions over what to feature and whaty books to produce together. Romance, War, and Horror were the biggest sellers at the time so that's what Superior focused on. In the end, it was low sales that caused them to close up shop, not government restrictions. The profit simply wasn't high enough.

 

Thanks for the info! And welcome to the boards!

[precodekeith]

Superior was actually a subsidiary of a Irving Oelbaum's Acme Paper company so I suspect they printed on what ever they had lying around. Acme had the money to invest in various publishing forays, including an early Canadian TV Guide-type magazine called The TV Reporter that only lasted abput ten issues.

 

Publisher Willie Zimmerman doesn't remember trying especially to save money by using cheaper newsprint. He says it was the same as all the other newsprint as far as he knew. His son , who was in printing suggested the printing process could have affected the quality.

 

Superior kept American trends in mind not so much because they sold to the States but because Ruth Roche and Jerry Iger produced all their interiors out of Iger's New York shop. So those two would be very much in touch with the new rules.

 

I believe Superior wasn't pursued as heavily in the States simply because they weren't an American Company. It was harder to get at Zimmerman and his partners. They did end up facing separate but similar public outcry in Canada but there was also some balance to it, with support on both sides. Although, the support for the comics tended to be more on the "What's the big deal?" side Superior had a fairly large line for it's brief span. Zimmerman and Iger made decisions over what to feature and whaty books to produce together. Romance, War, and Horror were the biggest sellers at the time so that's what Superior focused on. In the end, it was low sales that caused them to close up shop, not government restrictions. The profit simply wasn't high enough.

 

Thanks for the info! And welcome to the boards!

 

Great info!

WELCOME!!!

[mr.schomburg]

I'll throw a couple in for measure! Including an early Zombie cover!

[adamstrange]

And I thought you were just a Timely collector! Very nice!

[mr.schomburg]

Nah! I am all over the place. Timely's really get me H..rd, but I like 50's Horror, Early DC Superhero and pre hero, Silver age Marvel and DC, Love Crime books from 40's and 50's. I don't have a lot of non-timely gold comics..Maybe 200-300 various books OHH! and I love 50's Sci-fi books, and anything Matt Baker, or Fieldstien.

[adamstrange]

Nah! I am all over the place. Timely's really get me H..rd, but I like 50's Horror, Early DC Superhero and pre hero, Silver age Marvel and DC, Love Crime books from 40's and 50's. I don't have a lot of non-timely gold comics..Maybe 200-300 various books OHH! and I love 50's Sci-fi books, and anything Matt Baker, or Fieldstien.

 

All good stuff!

[precodekeith]

Weird Adventures # 2. More of what I refer to as PCH "title swipery" with "Web of Horror!" This stuff never ceases to amuse me.

Edited March 11, 2007 by precodekeith

[adamstrange]

A little bit of swiping of the font from Weird Science as well. Still, I like PL Publishing -- one of the more interesting little publishers from the early 50s explosion.

[precodekeith]

Still, I like PL Publishing -- one of the more interesting little publishers from the early 50s explosion.

 

I agree! I wish they had printed more books than what they did.

[Jayman]

Haven't contributed in a while.

This issue claims to have a Cinderella parody story.

Can't wait to read it tonight!