M.S. Pub. - Info on history 0

[ThatNerdyCanuck]

I was wondering if anyone had any information on the history of M.S. Pub. 

Seems like after Fox Features went bankrupt they published a few random Fox titles with random numbering. Been trying to find out any information behind them, as I'm a big Crimes By Women fan and am just trying to learn more! Cheers

[telerites]

On 12/24/2021 at 9:34 AM, ThatNerdyCanuck said:

I was wondering if anyone had any information on the history of M.S. Pub. 

Seems like after Fox Features went bankrupt they published a few random Fox titles with random numbering. Been trying to find out any information behind them, as I'm a big Crimes By Women fan and am just trying to learn more! Cheers

On GCD, it shows they only did seven books:

Series	Year	Issues	Covers	Published
Crimes by Women [m]	1952	1 issues (1 indexed)	Gallery	1954?
Famous Crimes	1952	1 issues (1 indexed)	Gallery	1954?
Inside Crime [m]	1952	1 issues (1 indexed)	Gallery	1954?
My Love Secret [m]	1952	1 issues (1 indexed)	Gallery	1954?
Western Killers [m]	1952	1 issues (1 indexed)	Gallery	1954?
Western Thrillers [m]	1952	1 issues (1 indexed)	Gallery	1954 ?
Women Outlaws [m]	1952	1 issues (1 indexed)	Gallery	1954?

If you read the notes on the Crimes by Women, it does have a little information.  I did not go through all of them but it appears they are reprints of earlier stories.

And by the way, GCD shows as M.S. Dist. not M.S. Publishing as there was an M.S. Publishing that had a few platinum age showing on GCD but CGC apparently shows it as M.S. Pub. as you list.  I saw a slabbed copy on HA of Western Thrillers #52.

Series	Year	Issues	Covers	Published
Home Sweet Home	1925	1 issues (0 indexed)	Gallery	1925
Life's Little Jokes	1924	1 issues (0 indexed)	Gallery	1924 ?
Little Napoleon	1924	1 issues (0 indexed)	Have 1 (Need 1)	1924 ?
Reg'lar Fellers	1925	1 issues (0 indexed)	Gallery	1925

I know not much help and probably all you already knew but it made me curious too.