I.W. Publications
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I.W. Publications was a short-lived comic book
publisher in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The company was part of I.W. Enterprises, and named for the company's owner, Israel Waldman. The later half of the company's existence, it published comics under the Super Comics name. Waldman would later be involved with the short-lived Skywald Publications
in the 1970s.
I.W. Publications were notable for publishing unauthorized reprints of other company's properties, especially Quality Comics
. Many of their titles had a Quality logo. Usually these companies were out of business, but not always. The company started publishing in 1958, and stopped in 1963/64.
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
publisher in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The company was part of I.W. Enterprises, and named for the company's owner, Israel Waldman. The later half of the company's existence, it published comics under the Super Comics name. Waldman would later be involved with the short-lived Skywald Publications
Skywald Publications
Skywald Publications is a 1970s publisher of black-and-white comics magazines, primarily the horror anthologies Nightmare, Psycho, and Scream. It also published a small line of comic books and other magazines....
in the 1970s.
I.W. Publications were notable for publishing unauthorized reprints of other company's properties, especially Quality Comics
Quality Comics
Quality Comics was an American comic book publishing company that operated from 1939 to 1956 and was an influential creative force in what historians and fans call the Golden Age of comic books....
. Many of their titles had a Quality logo. Usually these companies were out of business, but not always. The company started publishing in 1958, and stopped in 1963/64.
Titles
- Algie (1958, 1 issue)
- Apache (1958, 1 issue)
- The Avenger (1958, 1 issue)
- Battle Stories (1963, 7 issues)
- Billy And Buggy Bear (1958, 3 issues)
- Black Knight (1963, 1 issue)
- Blazing Sixguns (1958, 10 issues)
- Brain (1958, 8 issues)
- Buccaneer (1958, 3 issues)
- Buster Bear (1958, 2 issues)
- Candy (1958, 3 issues)
- Casper Cat (1958, 3 issues)
- Cosmo Cat (1958, 1 issue)
- Cowboys 'N' Injuns (1958, 3 issues)
- Danger (1963, 7 issues)
- Danger Is Our Business (1958, 1 issue)
- Daring Adventures (1958, 9 issues)
- Doctor Fu Manchu (1958, 1 issue)
- Dogface Dooley (1958, 2 issues)
- Doll ManDoll ManNote: This article is about the Quality Comics character. For the Full Moon Features film Dollman, see Dollman . For the article on the movie's titular character, please see Brick Bardo....
(1963, 3 issues) - Dream Of Love (1958, 3 issues)
- Dynamic Adventures (1958, 2 issues)
- Dynamic Comics (1958, 1 issue)
- Eerie (1958, 3 issues)
- Eerie Tales (1963, 4 issues)
- Famous Funnies (1958, 3 issues)
- Fantastic Adventures (1963, 7 issues)
- Fantastic Tales (1958, 1 issue)
- Fighting Daniel Boone (1958, 1 issue)
- Firehair (1958, 1 issue)
- Foxhole (1963, 6 issues)
- Frontier Romances (1958, 2 issues)
- Full Of Fun (1964, 1 issue)
- Great Action Comics (1958, 3 issues)
- Great Western (1958, 4 issues)
- Gunfighters (1958, 6 issues)
- Hollywood Secrets Of Romance (1958, 1 issue)
- Human Fly (1958, 2 issues) [reprints of Fox's Blue BeetleBlue BeetleBlue Beetle is the name of three fictional superheroes that appear in American comic books published by a variety of companies since 1939.-Publication history:...
] - Indian Braves (1958, 1 issue)
- Indians Of The Wild West (1958, 1 issue)
- Intimate Confessions (1958, 1 issue)
- Jet Power (1958, 2 issues)
- Jungle Adventures (1963, 5 issues)
- Jungle Comics (1958, 1 issue)
- Ka'a'nga (1958, 2 issue)
- Kat Karson (1958, 1 issue)
- Kid Koko (1958, 2 issues)
- Kiddie Kapers (1958, 4 issues)
- Kit Carson (1963, 1 issue)
- Krazy Krow (1958, 3 issues)
- Leo The Lion (1958, 1 issue)
- Little Eva (1958, 11 issues)
- Little Spunky (1958, 1 issue)
- Love and Marriage (1958, 5 issues)
- Malu In The Land Of Adventure (1958, 1 issue)
- Man O' Mars (1958, 1 issue)
- Marmaduke Monk (1958, 2 issues)
- Marty Mouse (1958, 1 issue)
- Master Detective (1958, 1 issue)
- Meet Merton (1963, 1 issue)
- Mighty Atom And The Pixies (1958, 1 issue)
- Muggsy Mouse (1958, 1 issue)
- Muggy-DooMuggy-DooMuggy-Doo is a funny-animal character created by Hal Seeger; originally appearing in comic books, this character soon went on to animated cartoons, but didn’t last long in either venue.-Comic books:...
, Boy Cat (1963, 2 issues) - My Secret Marriage (1958, 1 issue)
- Mystery Tales (1958, 3 issues)
- Nemo in AdventurelandBob McCayRobert Winsor McCay was an American cartoonist during the golden age of comic books. He worked professionally under the names R. Winsor McCay, Winsor McCay Jr., and Bob McCay...
(1964, 1 issue) - Pee-Wee Pixies (1958, 3 issues)
- Pinky The Egghead (1958, 3 issues)
- Planet Comics (1958, 2 issues)
- Plastic ManPlastic ManPlastic Man is a fictional comic-book superhero originally published by Quality Comics and later acquired by DC Comics. Created by writer-artist Jack Cole, he first appeared in Police Comics #1 ....
(1963, 3 issues) - Police Trap (1958, 8 issues)
- Purple Claw (1958, 1 issue)
- Realistic Romances (1958, 3 issues)
- Red Mask (1958, 3 issues)
- Robin Hood (1958, 5 issues)
- Romantic Love (1958, 1 issue)
- Sensational Police Cases (1958, 1 issue)
- Sharpy Fox (1958, 3 issues)
- Sheena, Queen Of The Jungle (1958, 1 issues)
- Silver Kid Western (1958, 2 issues)
- Space Comics (1958, 1 issue)
- Space Detective (1958, 2 issues)
- Space Mysteries (1958, 2 issues)
- Speedy Rabbit (1958, 1 issue)
- The SpiritThe SpiritThe Spirit is a crime-fighting fictional character created by writer-artist Will Eisner. He first appeared June 2, 1940 in "The Spirit Section", the colloquial name given to a 16-page Sunday supplement, distributed to 20 newspapers by the Register and Tribune Syndicate and reaching five million...
(1963, 2 issues) - Star Feature Comics (1958, 1 issue)
- Strange Mysteries (1958, 8 issues)
- Strange Planets (1958, 8 issues)
- Strange Worlds (1958, 1 issues)
- Sunny, America's Sweetheart (1958, 1 issue)
- Super Brat (1958, 6 issues)
- Super Rabbit (1958, 3 issues - one issue does not contain any Super Rabbit stories on the inside)
- Teen Romances (1958, 2 issues)
- Teen-Age Talk (1958, 2 issues)
- Tell It To the Marines (1958, 3 issues)
- Three Rascals (1958, 3 issues)
- Tippy Terry (1963, 2 issues)
- Tom-Tom The Jungle Boy (1958, 3 issues)
- Top Adventure Comics (1958, 2 issues)
- Top Detective Comics (1958, 1 issue)
- Top Jungle Comics (1958, 1 issue)
- Torchy (1958, 1 issue)
- Tuffy Turtle (1958, 1 issue)
- U.S. Fighting Air Force (1958, 2 issues)
- U.S. Fighting Men (1963, 7 issues)
- U.S. Paratroops (1958, 2 issues)
- U.S. Tank Commandos (1958, 2 issues)
- Undersea Commandos (1964, 1 issue)
- Wacky Duck (1958, 4 issues)
- Wacky Woodpecker (1958, 2 issues)
- Wambi (1958, 1 issue)
- Western Action (1958, 1 issue)
- Westerner (1958, 3 issues)
- Whip Wilson (1958, 1 issue)
- Wild Bill Hickok (1958, 4 issues)
- Wild Western Roundup (1958, 1 issue)
- Young Hearts In Love (1958, 1 issue)
- Ziggy Pig (1958, 3 issues)
External links
- Archive of Shaw, ScottScott ShawScott Shaw is an American actor, author, journalist, film director, film producer, musician, professor and martial artist.-Early life:...
, "Title: Wambi (The Jungle Boy) Issue: No. 8", "Oddball Comics" (column) #1084, September 02, 2005. Original page - Super Rabbit at Don Markstein's ToonopediaDon Markstein's ToonopediaDon Markstein's Toonopedia was a web encyclopedia of print cartoons, comic strips and animation. Don D...
- "Publishers" at Wildwood Cemetery: The Spirit Database. WebCitation archive.