Crazy Comic Book Numbering 2

This is the latest in a series of posts covering how various comic series have had name changes or an unusual numbering pattern. The titles covered will give you a sense of what I’m getting at. To qualify the numbering must rename the same or if changed, there must somehow be an obvious tie to the original number somehow. Hiatuses not counted until there is a name and/or numbering change in between. There must also be at least three different names and/or renumberings. Info source:  the current edition of Overstreet’s price guide.

Five cases per post.

Note: I decided against covering All-Famous Crime for now because I’m not convinced that Overstreet has the name pattern right for this title

Case #6 (AA Wyn/Ace)

·        All Romances 1-6 August 1949-June 1950

·        Mr. Risk 7 October 1950 then renumbered as:

·        Mr. Risk 2 December 1950

·        Men Against Crime 3-7 February 1951-October 1951

·        Hand of Fate 8-25 December 1951-December 1954 (two 25s)

Case #7 (Timely/Marvel/Atlas)

·        All-Select Comics 1-11 Fall 1943-Fall 1946

·        Blonde Phantom 12-22 Winter 1946-47-March 1949

·        Lovers 23-86 May 1949-August? 1957

Case #8 (Hillman)

·        Real Sports Comics 1 October-November 1948

·        All Sports Comics 2-3 December-January 1948-49-February-March 1949

·        All-Time Sports Comics 4-7 April-May 1949-October-November 1949

Case #9 (Timely/Marvel)

·        All Surprise 1-12 Fall 1943-Winter 1946-47

·        Jeanie Comics 13-27 April 1947-October 1949

·        Cowgirl Romances 28 January 1950

Case #10 (Timely/Marvel/Atlas)

·        The Sub-Mariner 1-2 Spring 1941-Summer 1941?

·        Sub-Mariner Comics 3-23 Fall? 1941-Summer 1947 then Title Split!

o   1.

§  Official True Crime Cases 24-25 Fall 1947-Winter 1947-48

§  All-True Crime Cases 26-35 February 1948-?

§  All-True Crime 36-52 ?-November 1952

o   2.

§  Sub-Mariner Comics 24-31 Winter 1947-April 1949 then Title Split!

·        1. Amazing Mysteries 32-35 May 1949-January 1950

·        2. Sub-Mariner Comics 32 July 1949 then Title Split!

o   1. Best Love 33-36 August 1949-April 1950

o   2. The Sub-Mariner 33-42 April 1954-October 1955