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General Category => Comic Related Discussion => Topic started by: hunterguy on January 14, 2011, 01:02:55 PM

Title: Comic Company List ?
Post by: hunterguy on January 14, 2011, 01:02:55 PM

Thank you all for this great site!
 I am mostly interested in the early fiftys Crime/Horror/War/SF comics pre-code.
Anyone know of a link that has a PDF list of all the companies in business during this time period?  Company/titles/issue numbers ?
I would like it to include companies not in public domain - like EC, etc....

thank you ! 

Title: Re: Comic Company List ?
Post by: CharlieRock on January 15, 2011, 11:45:38 AM

http://www.twomorrows.com/alterego/media/Golden%20Age%20Index.pdf

This link is to the most comprehensive index of the Golden Age comics I have found. I think it is really useful as a reference and actually use it quite often.

Title: Re: Comic Company List ?
Post by: Yoc on January 15, 2011, 10:04:43 PM

Thanks Charlie.
The Keltner Index is a wonderful document everyone on DCM should have a copy of.
Note it is a PDF and you will need an app to read it.

-Yoc

Title: Re: Comic Company List ?
Post by: hunterguy on January 16, 2011, 12:12:19 PM

thank you for the list.  It is a little to superhero leaning for my tastes ! 

Title: Re: Comic Company List ?
Post by: narfstar on January 16, 2011, 10:55:23 PM

Many of the early entries in the GCD came from Keltner's. So those issues may be missing several features. The order may not always be correct either.

Title: Re: Comic Company List ?
Post by: DennyWilson on January 17, 2011, 02:11:16 AM

Quote from: Yoc on January 15, 2011, 10:04:43 PM

The Keltner Index is a wonderful document everyone on DCM should have a copy of.

Wonderful is an understatement! It is by far the single most important document on the Golden Age of Comics.

Title: Re: Comic Company List ?
Post by: josemas on January 17, 2011, 04:59:41 AM

I can't direct you to any single site that might help you but you can check out sites like Atlastales.com (which has a list of titles under its "titles" section) for tons of info on 1940s and 1950s Marvel comics or go to the Grand Comicbook Database (GCD) and do a search by publisher.

That should give you a start.

You might also want to check out Alter Ego #97 which has an article by Lawrence Watt-Evans in which he does a quick run down company by company of 1950s precode horror comics.

Best

Joe

Title: Re: Comic Company List ?
Post by: Yoc on January 17, 2011, 10:10:41 AM

Hunter,
I think the single best place to learn about horror comics, films, etc is this blog -
(click here) the horrors of it all blog (http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/)
Karswell does an amazing job of showcasing the best of the genre.  From there you will learn which titles to look for on DCM.
You can't find a better blog for horror comics.

There is also the non-pc named "Comic Book Bondage Cover of the Day" which has a LOT of 50s horror comic covers there to explore.  Check the Archives link where title and year published are listed.
Here is the link - http://bcotd.com/index.html (http://bcotd.com/index.html)
(Note this might not be good to look at from work or in mixed company)

There is also a semi list on Wikipedia -
(click here) Horror comics in the United States, 1947–1954 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_comics_in_the_United_States,_1947%E2%80%931954)

Title: Re: Comic Company List ?
Post by: hunterguy on January 20, 2011, 11:08:08 AM

Thank you all !!