Thanks, Jim! BTW when I was quoting from Champ #12 I didn't mean to lecture you on a comic you had already examined, but I figured not everyone knew the full context of the OS there- it's particularly interesting how the indicia and OS provide two snapshots of Greenwald acquiring the title from Worth. The fact that there was (however briefly) a period where Greenwald controlled the title under the original Worth company name seems interesting. While the OS comes from the same cover month as #11 (and therefore a few months after its production), I've wondered whether #11 changed to Champ Comics (from Champion Comics) and was delayed by a month because Greenwald was already taking it over. Have you seen #11 and does it have anything interesting? For instance, was Worth B. Carnahan still credited as editor in the indicia (and if not, when does that stop? I know he is in #4 but I haven't looked at #5-11).
thanks again,
-henry
I didn't take it as a "lecture", Henry,
by all means share information in as much detail as possible.
My list says that I DO have Champ #11, but it's either upstairs or in the mail to Hames Ware. Or perhaps my list is in error. As I was mentioning to Hames earlier today, not having physical access to my comics makes me feel very retarded. Because I never NEEDED to remember all of the details (I simply went upstairs and looked at my notes or at the actual comics), I never DID remember them. Now that I'm physically restricted from jumping up and going upstairs, I feel as if I've had some sort of frontal lobotomy where I can't access half of what I "know". So, alas, I DON'T know if WBC is still listed as the editor. Sorry.
Hames and I suspect that the Ownership Statement in Champ #12 was a done deal when the transfer of ownership happened - in fact the issue may have been ready for the printer. Perhaps, as you say, it was delayed due to the "sale" (which would explain the four month gap between 11 and 12. FYI, here the information on the Worth Champions that I own (or have seen first hand).
CHAMPION COMICS
3 1/40 Worth Pub. Co. ed. 1 E 42nd St. NYC 2nd Class: pending Cleveland, OH
pub @ 1213 West 3rd St, Cleveland OH
ZERO content connection to Temerson or Speed - all typical Barreaux material and characters.
4 2/40 Worth Pub. Co. 1 E 42nd St. NYC 2nd Class: NYC
5 3/40
6 4/40 Worth Pub. Co. 1 E 42nd St. NYC 2nd Class: NYC
7 5/40 Worth Pub. Co. ed. 1 E 42nd St. NYC 2nd Class: Buffalo, NY
pub @ 8 Lord St., Buffalo NY
9 7/40 Worth Pub. Co. ed. 122 E 42nd St. NYC 2nd Class: Buffalo, NY
pub @ 8 Lord St., Buffalo NY
11 10/40 Worth Pub. Co. 122 E 42nd St. NYC 2nd Class: NYC
Adolphe Barreaux is editor
12 2/41 Champ Pub. Co. 225 W 57th St. NYC re-entered as 2nd Class (9/25/40): NYC
listed because of 10/14/40 OS: Owners are Worth Pub. Co. and Leo Greenwald
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