Publishers

Introduction

This page is intended to preserve information about publishing companies and their relationships and practices that either does not fit into the GCD proper or is not yet understood thoroughly enough to be entered. The data should be organized alphabetically by the publishing "group" name (i.e. common names like DC and Marvel that include a number of historical corporations and imprints).

Wherever possible, information here should cite references, even if only to a thread on a mailing list on a particular day.

Holyoke

• April 14, 2008

contains discussions about Holyoke Publishing Co., Inc. and related companies Et-Es-Go Magazines and Continental and the oddities around the series Sparkling Stars.

Morse

• April 14, 2008

briefly mentions Kable and Morse near the beginning of a long discussion of Holyoke companies and titles.

Dynamic (Chesler)

• This thread discusses the various one-shots published by Dynamic/Chesler in terms of which ones are part of the series spanning Scoop Comics #9 and Red Seal Comics #14.

Ajax/Farrell, Four Star, America's Best, Steinway

• This thread discusses the relationships (or lack thereof) among these publication names and how we should record them.

Surrogate Publishers

• This thread contains Frank Motler's list of known / suspected surrogate publishers from the 40's, and some further discussion of the topic.

• Black Market Comics of the Golden Age, a revised version of an article that originally appeared in Comic Book Marketplace #108.