Export Publishing
Years of Operation
1946 to 1950 (publishing comics from 1949 to 1950)
Address
Export Publishing Enterprises Limited, 240 Birmingham Street, New Toronto, Ontario (as listed on the back indicia of Worldwide Adventures #2)
Overview
One of the last Golden-Age Canadian publishers to publish original material and a Canadian reprint publisher when American comics were not allowed to cross the border.
Related Names
- Rotocolor Press
- Triangle Comics (?)
Personnel
(as listed in Junior Weekly)
- Managing Editor - Harry M. Steele
- Assistant Editors - Dawn Millar, J. M. Leetch
- Art Director - Sydney Dyke
- Assistant Artists - Wes Chapman, Nick Cantwell
- Advertising Manager - Frank R. Steele
Comic Book Titles
- Adventures Into The Unknown (NLOG) - probably reprints American Comics Group series
- Big Giant Comics - large size, likely reprints of US series
- Big Smash Bargain Comics - large size, likely reprints of US series
- Bill Boyd Western - reprints Fawcett series
- Blazing West (NLOG) - probably reprints American Comics Group series
- Blue Beetle - reprints Fox series (note, later issues reprinted by Superior, maybe)
- Bob Steele Western - reprints Fawcett series
- Buffalo Bill - reprints Youthful series?
- Captain Hobby Comics - original title from February 1947, apparently distributed in the US too (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/comics/027002-8400-e.html)
- Captain Midnight - reprints Fawcett series
- Christmas Comics - probably reprints of US comics
- Cookie Comics (NLOG) - probably reprints American Comics Group series, we have one Canadian issue on the GCD, reprinted by Triangle Comics (only thing printed by them... might be an imprint?)
- Cowboy Love (NLOG) - probably reprints Fawcett series
- Destination Moon - reprints Fawcett series
- Don Winslow Of The Navy - reprints Fawcett series
- Feature Book - reprints David McCay series
- Funny Films (NLOG) - probably reprints American Comics Group series
- Giggles Comics (NLOG)- probably reprints American Comics Group series, though that is Giggle Comics
- Gunsmoke (NLOG) - reprints Youthful series
- Ha Ha Comics (NLOG)- probably reprints American Comics Group series
- Hopalong Cassidy - reprints Fawcett series (note, earlier issues reprinted by Anglo-American)
- Ibis - reprints Fawcett series
- Indian Fighter - reprints Youthful series
- The Kilroys (NLOG) - reprints American Comics Group series
- Love Diary - reprint Our Publishing series (not Quality series)
- Lovelorne (NLOG)- probably reprints American Comics Group series, Lovelorn
- Redskin - reprints Youthful series
- Romantic Adventures (NLOG)- probably reprints American Comics Group series
- Romantic Secrets - reprints Fawcett series
- Romantic Story (NLOG)- probably reprints Fawcett series
- Science Comics - original publication, March 1951 according to MSU, on sale date on one known copy seems to be December 30, 1950.
- Six-Gun Heroes - reprints Fawcett series
- Spy and Counterspy (NLOG)- probably reprints American Comics Group series (only 2 issues were published, in late 1949)
- Sweethearts (NLOG) - reprints Fawcett series
- Thrilling Danger Comics - probably reprints of American comics
- Top Adventure [Top Action Western] - probably reprints of American comics
- True Sweetheart Secrets - reprints Fawcett series
- Western Fighters - might reprint Hillman series
- World-Wide Adventure - cover has American Comics Group logo, but title of comic has been changed from Spy Hunters
- Youthful Love - probably reprint of Youthful series
(NLOG) means not currently listed on the GCD. These titles were gathered from the back cover of World-Wide Adventure #2.
Other Publications
Paperback books, some for export to the UK because of import rules there after World War II.
Junior Weekly, at least 3 issues of a comic book sized magazine for children, including ACG reprints (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canadiancomics/message/7208)
Notes
References
Publisher history from the New Toronto Historical Society[1] (note: this page looks fine in Internet Explorer but not in Firefox)
Publisher record at the GCD
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