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(1956)

Published:
Alley Oop 1955 2
The Berrys 1
Boots and Her Buddies 3
Captain Easy 1
Freckles and His Friends 4
Judge Parker 2
Kerry Drake 2
Mary Worth 1
Nick Haliday 1
Rex Morgan, M.D. 3
Rivets 3
The Story of Martha Wayne 1
Toodles 1
Vic Flint 2

Latest Download:	Freckles And His Friends 004 c2c Argo
Files Available:	17

1944 Series
U. S. Camera

Oct 1944 - Summer 1946

COMPLETE SERIES!

Issues Published: 9
(#v1#1 (1) to #v2#3 (9))

Latest Download:	Camera Comics 009 (dig cam) -fixed
Files Available:	9

(1946 series)
October 1946 to July 1949

Issues: 28
(v1 #5 - v3#10)

You can read a great essay on this title on our forum here -
http://tinyurl.com/axcs6qy

Published and distributed by Charlton Publications.

Latest Download:	Catholic Comics v3 #01 -fixed
Files Available:	28

(1942-1972, George A. Pflaum: publisher)

NOTE -
You can find more scans from the American Catholic Research Center and University Archives
at this link -
http://tinyurl.com/owucbt2

Latest Download:	Gabriel Lynn 1944 - The Case Against Comics (Catechetical Guild)(giveaway)
Files Available:	294
Sub-Categories:	Treasure Chest

1944 - 1946

Key Comics 5 issues
Lucky Comics 5 issues

Both are complete series here.

Latest Download:	Lucky Comics 005 (now c2c) -JVJ
Files Available:	20
Sub-Categories:	Key Comics (complete) \| Lucky Comics (complete)

McCombs,
1945 Series
1945 to July 1949

COMPLETE SERIES!

Issues Published: 19
(#1 - #19)

Latest Download:	Crown Comics 07 (diff ver)-c2c
Files Available:	21

1949 - 1953

Small publisher that did three books -
The Perfect Crime
Super Circus
Uncle Milty

Indicia Publishers: 2
Cross Publications, Inc., -
Victoria Publications Inc.

Latest Download:	Perfect Crime 026 (damaged)
Files Available:	44
Sub-Categories:	The Perfect Crime \| Super Circus \| Uncle Milty

Croydon Publishing Co 1944-1946

Latest Download:	Great Comics 01 (edit) -JVJ
Files Available:	15
Sub-Categories:	Nebbs, The \| Variety Comics (complete)

1946 - 1951

Dearfield published:
Dexer,
Foxy Fagan,
Junie,
Red Rabbit

Indicia Publishers: Dearfield Publishing Comp -
J. Charles Laue Publishing Co.

Latest Download:	Red Rabbit 01 (c2c)
Files Available:	44
Sub-Categories:	Foxy Fagan Comics \| Junie Prom \| Panhandle Pete and Jennifer \| Red Rabbit Comics

1946 - 1947

Published -
Don Fortune Magazine 1946 - 6 issues,
Vic Verity Magazine 1945 - 7 issues

Latest Download:	Vic Verity 01
Files Available:	12
Sub-Categories:	Don Fortune Magazine \| Vic Verity Magazine

1958 - 1959
Editorial and Executive Offices:
Old Tavern Rd., Orange, Conn. (Dec 1958-May 1959)

Atom Age Combat - 1958 - 2 issues
Beanie the Meanie 1959 - 1 issue
Li'l Ghost 1959 - 2 issues
Li'l Menace 1958 - 3 issues
Tense Suspense 1958 - 2 issues

Latest Download:	Tense Suspense 002
Files Available:	12

This series ran for nearly 20 years with several issues and multiple printings.

Latest Download:	Adventures in Jet Power (1950)
Files Available:	18

1945 - 1946

One-shot titles published include -
K-O Komics,
Atomic Bomb Comics,
Triple Threat Comics,
Top Spot Comicsa

Latest Download:	KO KOMICS 001 (1945)(Gerona)-rescanned
Files Available:	4

1957 - 1958

Notes:
Shared address with the publisher Toby:
17 East 45th Street, NY17

Latest Download:	The Blue Bird Childrens Magazine 11
Files Available:	5
Sub-Categories:	The Blue Bird Children's Magazine \| Teen Timers

1941 - 1942

Published-
Choice Comics
Great Comics

Latest Download:	Choice Comics 003 (-cf)-inc
Files Available:	7
Sub-Categories:	Great Comics (Great Comics Pub.)

Green (Universal Phoenix/Norlen)

1946 to 1957

Titles include -
Adventures of Patoruzu 1946
All Top Comics 1957
Animal Crackers 1957
Atomic Comics 1946
Cosmo Cat 1957
Liberty Comics 1946
Miss Liberty 1945
Ribtickler 1957
Roly-Poly Comics 1945
Romeo Tubbs 1952
Wotalife Comics 1957

Latest Download:	Cosmo Cat 004 (1957)(Green)
Files Available:	28

(1946 Series)
March-April 1946 - May-June 1946

COMPLETE SERIES!

Issues published:
1-2

Latest Download:	Jim Rays Aviation Sketchbook 001
Files Available:	2

1946 - 1947

The Gumps 5 issues
Picture News 10 issues

Latest Download:	Picture News 007 -JVJ
Files Available:	11
Sub-Categories:	Picture News

1947 - 1949

Only one title published -
True Crime Comics
(1947 series)
May 1947 [1948] to Aug/Sep 1949

Issues Published: 6
(#v1#2 - #v2#1)

NOTE -
Canadian reprints have less pages and some edited the covers to lessen violence.

Latest Download:	True Crime v01 04
Files Available:	10

1950 - 1952

Nation-Wide published titles such as Captain Atom,
Do-Do, Lucky Star and Mazie in the early '50's for 5¢

Each of their four titles lasted seven issues.

Lucky Star had Jack Davis art.

Latest Download:	Stevie 002
Files Available:	36
Sub-Categories:	Captain Atom \| Lucky Star \| Mazie (1950 and 1952 Series) \| Stevie

1944 - 1945

GCD info: Founded in c1938 as the publishing arm of the Young Communist League.
In 1944, when the YCL disbanded, and the American Youth for Democracy founded, the New Age Publishers, Inc became affiliated with that organization.
New Age Publishers, Inc is known to have published non-comics magazines, pamphlets, etc from 1943 to 1946.
There is a possibility that New Age Publishers, Inc published some of these comics as a surrogate for Lev Gleason during the WW2 paper restrictions.

Latest Download:	Young Life 002 (inc)
Files Available:	5

Bread Giveaway book from 1948.
Issues 1-35 of Adventures and 1-36 of Peter Wheat News feature Walt Kelly art.
Adventures ran to 66; News ran to at least 61

Latest Download:	Peter Wheat News 01 (1948)
Files Available:	91

1951 - 1951

Border Patrol 3 issues
Captain Rocket 1 issue
Co-Ed Romances 1 issue
Love Life 1 issue
Red Arrow 3 issues
Saari 1 issue
Weird Adventures 3 issues
Western Frontier 3 issues

Notes:
An American publisher who opted for printing its comics in Canada; However, they were compiled in USA, with American advertisements & were destined for the US market (distributed by Kable News); The editorial address was 30 Rockefeller Plaza, NYC, which was also used by another comic book publisher, D.S. Publishing Co. (1948-1950); no further connection is known at this time.

Latest Download:	Red Arrow 003
Files Available:	18

Poppo of the Popcorn Theatre (Publishers Weekly)

Poppo Of The Popcorn Theatre
(1955 Series)
(Publishers Weekly)

Complete Series!

Issues published:
1-13

Title Notes:
Weekly colour series for grocery stores.
Contents created and produced by Charles Biro.

Latest Download:	Poppo of the Popcorn Theatre 013
Files Available:	13

1953-1954

Premier Magazines, Inc.; Swat Malone Enterprises, Inc.;

Titles include -
Animal Fun
Horror from the Tomb
Masked Ranger
Mysterious Stories
Nuts!
Police Against Crime
True Love Confessions

Latest Download:	True Love Confessions 011 (Premier) - JVJ
Files Available:	41
Sub-Categories:	Masked Ranger \| Mysterious Stories \| Nuts! \| Police Against Crime \| True Love Confessions

1944 - 1946

Published -
Chuckle The Giggly Book of Comic Animal
Jeep Comics
Pop-Pop Comics
Topsy-Turvy Comics

Latest Download:	Jeep Comics 001 JVJ-narfstar
Files Available:	5
Sub-Categories:	Jeep Comics

Standard Publishing Company
(1942 - 1947)

Total Number of Series:
5
Total Number of Issues:
8

The Life of Christ Visualized
The Life of Esther Visualized
The Life of Joseph Visualized
New Testament Heroes
Parables Jesus Told

Latest Download:	The Life of Joseph Visualized
Files Available:	8

1951 - 1954
Total Number of Series: 6
Total Number of Issues: 27

Published the following-
Broadway Hollywood Blackouts 1954 -3 issues,
The Farmer's Daughter 1954 -4 issues,
G.I. Jane 1953 -10 issues,
Jingle Dingle Christmas Stocking Comics 1951 -1 issue,
Muggy Doo, Boy Cat 1953 -4 issues,
Oh, Brother! 1953 -5 issues

Latest Download:	Farmers Daughter 02 (inc) -upgrade
Files Available:	9
Sub-Categories:	Muggy-Doo, Boy Cat

Stories By Famous Authors Illustrated (Seaboard)

Published by Seaboard Publishing / Famous Authors Illustrated,
August 1950 - March 1951

Issues published:
1-13

Latest Download:	Stories By Famous Authors Illustrated 003 - She (diff ver)
Files Available:	23

May-June, 1955 to Nov-Dec, 1955
Nesbit Publishing Co.

COMPLETE SERIES!

Issues: 1-4

#1-The Invisible Man app.
#2-The Pirate of the Gulf by J. H. Ingrahams
#3-Wreck of the Grosvenor
#4-O'Henry's "The Texas Rangers"

Latest Download:	Superior Stories 002
Files Available:	5

Tom Mix Comics + Tom Mix Commandos (Ralston-Purina)

Ralston-Purina Company
(1940 Series)
Sep 1940 to Mar 1942

Issues Published: 9
(#1 - #9)

+++
Tom Mix Commandos
(1942 Series)

Issues Published: 3
(#10 - #12)

Notes -
Giveaway that could be obtained by sending in two Ralston box tops. Official Publication of the Tom Mix Ralston Straight Shooters.

Latest Download:	Tom Mix Comics 01
Files Available:	11

Name	Uploader	Date	Filesize	Downloads	Comments
3-D Love (Mikeross Pub.) -JVJ	tilliban	8-October-2014 9:05 am	45.61 MB	449	1
Adventures for Boys #nn (Baily Enter.)	narfstar	5-February-2012 6:22 pm	55.04 MB	395	2
Adventures of Jo-Joy nn (W.T. Grant)	Ontology	4-August-2008 2:00 am	12.77 MB	209	0
All Top Comics 06 (one-shot)(Norlen)	js-DCP	15-November-2018 11:45 pm	13.95 MB	165	0
All-Negro Comics 01 (All-Negro Comics Inc)	Yoc	20-October-2013 3:07 am	59 MB	1298	11
Animal Crackers #9 (Norlen)(one-shot)	movielover	17-May-2012 4:58 pm	34.43 MB	277	0
Atomic Thunderbolt (Regor Comp) -fixed	movielover	28-November-2011 7:01 am	6.24 MB	383	0
Bang-Up Comics 001 (Progressive Pub.)(smaller ver)	narfstar	4-September-2010 6:39 pm	49.05 MB	620	0
Bang-Up Comics 001 Part 01 (Progressive Pub)	narfstar	10-July-2008 12:39 pm	61.09 MB	280	0
Bang-Up Comics 001 Part 02 (Progressive Pub)	narfstar	10-July-2008 12:39 pm	60.9 MB	255	0
Bang-Up Comics 002 (Progressive Pub.)[no ifc,ibc]	Yoc	7-September-2019 5:14 pm	62.86 MB	223	2
Baseball Comics 01 (Eisner Pub)	Yoc	6-July-2014 1:26 am	36.29 MB	386	1
Bee-29 the Bombardier 001 (Spotlight Pub)-JVJ	narfstar	15-December-2008 7:22 pm	9.57 MB	299	0
Best Seller Comics #1 (Service Pub)	prime user	25-November-2011 10:31 pm	26.11 MB	220	0
Bomber Comics #01 (Elliott)	loftypilot	17-August-2012 9:01 pm	49.13 MB	579	0
Bomber Comics #02 (Elliott)-inc -upgrade	modanim	18-April-2012 7:44 am	35.88 MB	398	0
Bomber Comics #03 (Elliott) -fixed	prime user	25-November-2011 10:37 pm	40.86 MB	386	0
Bomber Comics #04 (Elliott)	loftypilot	28-March-2014 6:41 pm	40.66 MB	598	3
Boots & Saddles 01 (Metropolitan Print)	narfstar	27-August-2012 11:23 pm	15.43 MB	339	1
Candy 01 (diff ver)	Pyramid	11-April-2020 7:53 pm	45.18 MB	119	1
Candy 01 (Wm. H. & Wise Company)	movielover	23-October-2012 8:59 am	48.54 MB	332	2
Candy 02 (Wm. H. & Wise Company)	movielover	23-October-2012 3:30 pm	46.85 MB	313	1
Candy 02 (Wm. H. & Wise Company) (diff ver)	Pyramid	12-April-2020 3:17 am	43.39 MB	128	2
Candy 03 (Wm. H. & Wise Company)	movielover	23-October-2012 7:37 pm	44.77 MB	322	0
Captain Battle 005 (Picture Scoop, Inc.)	movielover	20-August-2012 6:30 am	58.9 MB	539	0
Captain Easy nn (Hawley)	KaineZ	3-November-2013 12:32 pm	53.4 MB	435	0
Challenger 003 (diff ver)(c2c)	a nonny moose	13-April-2016 2:42 am	50.79 MB	370	1
Challenger 004 (inc - damaged)	Narfstar / Dave Hayward	30-July-2017 9:30 pm	59.26 MB	189	0
Chocolate - The Flavor of Friendship Around the World	Pyramid	28-March-2020 10:52 am	13.94 MB	130	0
Circus of Fun 002 (A.W. Nugent Pub.)	Los Pollos Hermanos	28-March-2020 9:39 am	28.75 MB	111	0
Circus of Fun 003 (A.W. Nugent Pub.)	narfstar	17-February-2009 6:40 pm	6.91 MB	237	0
Circus of Fun 003 (A.W. Nugent Pub.) (diff. ver.)	a nonny moose	19-August-2016 11:53 pm	22.27 MB	182	0
Cisco Kid 001 (Swappers Quarterly)	prime user	25-July-2012 1:14 am	15.59 MB	462	0
Clyde Beatty 01 (Commodore Prod) -JVJ	movielover	23-January-2016 9:51 pm	79.66 MB	293	0
Colossus Comics 001 [Sun.Pubs][paper]	Yoc	21-June-2015 10:37 pm	73.96 MB	668	4
Comic Land 01 (one-shot)	freddyfly	19-March-2020 6:39 am	23.26 MB	206	1
Conqueror Comics 001 (Albrecht, 1945)	Tigger	28-November-2006 6:19 am	14.7 MB	396	0
Courage Comics 002 (J. Edward Slavin)(raw)	narfstar	17-December-2008 5:37 pm	11.42 MB	294	0
Courage Comics 077 (#1)(J. Edward Slavin)(digital pics)	narfstar	25-November-2011 10:43 pm	49.13 MB	208	0
Cryin Lion 002 (diff ver)(Wm. H. & Wise Company)	Yoc	29-January-2015 7:57 pm	43.35 MB	226	0
Cryin Lion 002 (Wm. H. & Wise Company)	movielover	23-December-2012 9:53 am	45.58 MB	426	0
Debbie Dean Career Girl 002 (Civil Service Pub)	prime user	30-December-2015 12:30 am	18.71 MB	305	0
Detective Dan, Secret Operative No. 48 (one-shot)(Humor Pub. Co.) -Rupps Comics	Rupps Comics Collection	10-May-2014 6:53 am	40.25 MB	611	7
Driving Like a Pro (Greyhound)	Pyramid	28-March-2020 10:53 am	15.67 MB	129	0
Eerie Tales 1959 (Hastings)	deni	26-April-2011 1:40 am	53.61 MB	926	4
Enchanting Love 01 (Kirby Pub Co.)	a nonny moose	18-February-2017 2:26 am	33.08 MB	307	0
Enchanting Love 02 (Kirby Pub Co.)	narfstar	18-November-2013 3:13 am	48.5 MB	324	2
Flyin' Jenny #2	fett	24-October-2017 9:59 am	34.77 MB	288	1
Flyin' Jenny nn (#1)(Pentagon Pub)	movielover	15-April-2016 1:12 pm	40.85 MB	368	0
Flying Models v1 003 (1954) (H-K Publ-damaged) -fixed	prime user	25-November-2011 10:52 pm	15.45 MB	214	0
Future World 001 (George W. Dougherty) -JVJ	OtherEric	21-September-2009 9:00 pm	26.04 MB	733	1
Future World 002 (George W. Dougherty) -JVJ	OtherEric	2-June-2010 10:15 am	26.23 MB	761	0
Future World Comics 002 (George W. Dougherty)(dig cam) -fixed	narfstar	25-November-2011 10:57 pm	33.73 MB	334	0
Get Lost 001 (diff ver) -JVJ	tilliban	15-August-2014 4:17 pm	44.3 MB	530	0
Get Lost 001 (Mikeross Pub.) -Huge scan!	narfstar	24-December-2013 5:19 am	152.35 MB	493	1
Get Lost 002 -JVJ	tilliban	17-August-2014 2:37 pm	44.96 MB	506	0
Get Lost 003 -JVJ	tilliban	23-August-2014 8:45 am	43.46 MB	498	0
Gold Medal Comics (Cambridge House)(one-shot)	comicwanderer	7-March-2016 9:00 pm	49.89 MB	250	0
Golden West Love 001	narfstar	13-January-2012 7:13 am	70.53 MB	387	0
Golden West Love 001 (Kirby Pub Co.)(diff ver) -revised	a nonny moose	14-February-2017 5:28 am	55.08 MB	179	0
Golden West Love 002 (Kirby Pub. Complany)	Corinne	31-May-2009 2:26 pm	34.67 MB	373	0
Golden West Love 003 (Kirby Pub Co.)(re-edit)	Kracalactaka	14-February-2017 5:29 am	79.65 MB	185	0
Green Giant Comics 001 (Pelican.Pub)-fiche	Pmackscans	27-January-2012 11:06 pm	43.84 MB	753	4
Hank nn (Pentagon Publications)	Aussie500	6-February-2007 2:00 pm	17.48 MB	266	0
Heart and Soul 01 [Mikeross Pub]-JVJ	tilliban	15-October-2014 10:24 am	45.05 MB	332	1
Heart and Soul 02 [Mikeross Pub-1954]	Twobyfour	31-August-2009 1:15 pm	39.04 MB	294	0
Hurricane Comics nn (Cambridge House Pub) -JVJ	narfstar	16-December-2008 6:01 pm	11.1 MB	253	0
Hyper Mystery Comics 001 (paper)(Hyper.Publications)	Yoc	3-August-2014 4:46 pm	63.59 MB	471	0
Hyper Mystery Comics 002 (JVJ-narfstar)-now c2c	Pmackscans	11-July-2011 8:27 pm	63.97 MB	506	1
Inside Crime #[nn] (M. S. Dist. reprint)	tilliban	29-April-2012 3:39 pm	21.56 MB	423	3
Jack the Giant Killer (Bimfort INC)-c2c-missing pg added	narfstar	17-March-2009 5:56 pm	8.15 MB	342	0
Jack-In-The-Box Comics 001 (Charles Pub Co)	fett	20-July-2011 2:10 pm	32.66 MB	306	0
Jamboree 001 (Round Pub. Com.)	IRA Collection	28-March-2013 2:58 pm	45.58 MB	359	1
Jamboree 003 (Round Pub. Com.)	narfstar	28-November-2016 12:24 am	51.31 MB	617	1
Jet Pup 01 (3D)	narfstar	21-August-2012 10:50 pm	64.39 MB	356	0
Judo Joe 01 (Jay-Jay Corp)	Tigger	2-December-2008 4:57 pm	27.64 MB	338	0
Judo Joe 02 c2c	Tigger	2-December-2008 5:00 pm	26.13 MB	294	0
Judo Joe 03 (Jay-Jay Pub.)(1953-Final Issue)	Tigger	30-September-2008 11:59 am	26.61 MB	262	1
Kasco Komics 001 (Kasco Mills, Inc.)	BobR	30-April-2020 7:32 pm	10.35 MB	138	1
Kasco Komics 2	narfstar	10-January-2016 7:08 pm	54.64 MB	366	2
Kewpies 01 (Eisner Pub)	Yoc	9-September-2016 11:43 pm	33.11 MB	248	0
Latest Comics 02 (Spotlight Pub)	mriley	6-February-2007 1:42 pm	14 MB	262	0
Law Against Crime 03 (Essankay pub.)(SOTI)	freddyfly	15-October-2018 7:04 am	24.64 MB	213	2
Little Groucho (Reston Pubs) -fixed	prime user	26-November-2011 12:13 am	3.83 MB	198	1
Lots "O" Fun Comics	a nonny moose	5-November-2017 5:49 pm	32.9 MB	184	1
Lucky7 #01 (Howard Pub)(4pgs added)-now 45pgs	Yoc	19-June-2011 3:48 pm	34.89 MB	436	0
Mad Hatter 01 (O. W. Comics Corp)	Twitchin' Tommy	23-February-2012 3:18 pm	28.32 MB	666	1
Mad Hatter 02 (edit) -JVJ	plasticman6	29-June-2013 5:37 pm	24.1 MB	408	0
Mad Hatter 02 (O. W. Comics Corp)-JVJ	narfstar	7-December-2008 1:50 am	21.45 MB	390	2
Medal Of Honor Comics 001 (Curtis)(Fiche)	Tigger	1-December-2006 6:09 am	15.14 MB	353	5
Model Fun 002 (Harle Publication)	prime user	6-December-2010 6:38 pm	12.53 MB	321	0
Model Fun 004 (Harle Publication) -fixed	narfstar	25-November-2011 11:27 pm	39.48 MB	219	0
Model Fun 005 (Harle Publication)	comicwanderer	7-January-2016 4:37 am	38.64 MB	275	0
Mortie 002 (Magazine Publ)	cooperway4	25-March-2013 2:02 pm	55.04 MB	288	0
My Pal Dizzy 01 (Metropolitan Print)	narfstar	21-February-2012 11:23 pm	63.53 MB	342	0
Navy Heroes 001 c2c JVJ-narfstar RAW SCANS	narfstar	16-December-2008 6:01 pm	7.71 MB	293	0
New World 01 (Metropolitan Print) -JVJ	narfstar	20-December-2009 8:16 pm	14.91 MB	385	0
O.K. Comics 001 (Worth Carnahan)(no ifc & ibc)	rangerhouse	17-August-2011 10:41 pm	34.1 MB	495	2
Penrod's Boys' Almanac nn [Fall-1952] (Reliance Man. Co.) -JVJ	Dave Hayward	5-February-2017 12:51 pm	25.46 MB	221	0
Picture Parade v1 01 (Gilberton)	blastaar	4-April-2010 10:09 pm	25.13 MB	454	0

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