BangZoom Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 #17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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walclark Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 #15 Kid Komics #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 #16 That one is The Kilroys # 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 #15 Kid Komics #1 Kid Komics #1 (February 1943) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 #16 That one is The Kilroys # 1 The Kilroys (June - July 1947) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Svord Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 #18 Leave it to Binky #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Svord Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 #17 Leading Comics #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Svord Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Here is a new group of mystery comics for you to ponder. #14 Kewpies #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I have been picking up a lot of bits and pieces lately. This one is missing some cover which I spliced back in but the story is complete. Love the cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 good one! I thinketh it's Saunders and definitely is a tuff Fowler Wright. just about the only other edition is the pricey '30s hardback... an interesting dystopian. The (apt) blurb for one of his most famous (justly) short stories, 'Original Sin': 'Under the Doctrine of Futility Mankind decides to commit suicide..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 BZ, have you ever seen this pulp or series? It's dated Summer 1933 and was released by Centaur Publications. I suppose it has nothing to do the other Centaur but this one was new on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 re: GCD- could be the same Centaur- pulp co 'evolved' to comics co... Notes: Properly speaking, "Centaur" as a publisher should only refer to two indicia publishers: Centaur Publications, Inc. (March, 1938 - December, 1940) and Comic Corporation of America (September, 1939 - April, 1942). Comics published by both of these publishers were advertised together and referred to as being published by the "Centaur Group" in those ads. Several additional companies have historically been lumped under "Centaur" on the grounds that the titles they published were later purchased and continued by Centaur Publications, Inc. The earliest of these was Comics Magazine Co., Inc., formed by William Cook and John Mahon. Cook and Mahon had been the managing editor and business manager, respectively, of National Allied Publications (DC's earliest predecessor). They began publishing The Comics Magazine with material taken from National Allied's inventory (in lieu of unpaid wages, by some accounts), and several National artists followed them to the new company. However, this company lasted just over a year before ceasing operations, selling their two longest-running titles to Frank Z. Temerson and I. W. Ullman's Ultem Publications, Inc. Elsewhere around the same time, Harry "A" Chesler was making his first foray into comic book publishing with Chesler Publications, Inc. He published six issues each of his two oversized titles before he, too, sold his books to Ultem. But while Cook and Mahon were no longer involved with their series, Chesler stayed on to edit Ultem's entire line (two titles each from Chesler and the Comics Magazine Co.), giving all four a similar look. Ultem, too, was short-lived, producing issues for only five months (although Frank Temerson would later form numerous other comic book publishers such as Brookwood, Tem, Helnit, Nita, Et-Es-Go and Continental). They sold all four titles to Joseph Hardie and Raymond Kelly's Centaur Publications, Inc., which had been publishing pulp magazines since at least 1933. Centaur used these to begin their comic book line, and also drew on the back inventory of stories to fill out the early issues of their new titles with reprints. Comic Corporation of America began with Amazing Man Comics in 1939, but did not add other titles until after Centaur Publications, Inc. had ceased production at the end of 1940. By many accounts, Centaur / Comic Corporation of America's titles suffered from poor distribution and as the U. S. was drawn into World War II they ceased publication. Some of their final issues involved an experiment of including advertisements mixed in among the panels of the story. These were published for the Chicago Mail Order Co., (but not by the Chicago Mail Order Co., contrary to some sources) and may have been published later in 1942 than the regularly dated titles. Comic Corporation of America continued on as a publisher of non-comics titles. Two other Hardie / Kelly companies, Harle Publications, Inc. (seen in the statement of ownership of Funny Picture Stories v3#1) and H-K Publications, Inc., would publish a few comics in the 1950's but mostly published other sorts of magazines. See also the separate entries for Harle Publications and H-K Publications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 non listing of authors on cover probably equals grade 'z' content... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Pat, thanks for the cogent citation: "They [ultem] sold all four titles to Joseph Hardie and Raymond Kelly's Centaur Publications, Inc., which had been publishing pulp magazines since at least 1933. Centaur used these to begin their comic book line, and also drew on the back inventory of stories to fill out the early issues of their new titles with reprints." :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 BZ, have you ever seen this pulp or series? It's dated Summer 1933 and was released by Centaur Publications. I suppose it has nothing to do the other Centaur but this one was new on me. I never heard of it. I see via philsp.com that the second and third issue of that title ran stories by Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson which is an interesting bit of trivia. The only Centaur pulp related magazine I have in my collection is Detective Digest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 #18 Leave it to Binky #1 February - March 1948 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 #17 Leading Comics #1 Winter 1941 - 42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 #14 Kewpies #1 Spring 1949 You're on a roll, Doctor Svord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 BZ, have you ever seen this pulp or series? It's dated Summer 1933 and was released by Centaur Publications. I suppose it has nothing to do the other Centaur but this one was new on me. I never heard of it. I see via philsp.com that the second and third issue of that title ran stories by Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson which is an interesting bit of trivia. The only Centaur pulp related magazine I have in my collection is Detective Digest. Did they publish these as well? I think there is some mention of the comics in these later issues. This ad was from a Centaur comic if I recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
