Thursday, October 1, 2015

Crazy Comic Book Numbering 7



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.

Case #31 (New Friday/Comic House/Lev Gleason)
·        Captain Battle 1-2 Summer 1941-Fall 1941
·        Boy Comics 3-42 April 1942-?
·        Boy Illustories 43-108 ?
·        Boy Comics 109-119 ?-March 1956

Case #32 (Charlton)
·        Brides in Love 1-45 August 1956-February 1965 then Title Split!
      o   1.
          §  Hollywood Romances 46-59 November 1966-June 1971
          §  For Lovers Only 60-87 August 1971-November 1976
      o   2. Summer Love 46-48 October 1965-November 1968

Case #33 (Mainline/Charlton)
·        Bulls-Eye 1-7 July-August 1954-August 1955
·        Cody of the Pony Express 8-10 October 1955-June 1956
·        Outlaws of the West 11-88 July 1957-April 1980

Case #34 (Harry ‘A’ Chesler/Superior)
·        Scoop Comics 1-3 November 1941-March 1943
·        Yankee Comics 4-7 1940s
·        Scoop Comics 8 1944
·        Snap 9 1944 then Title Split!
      o   1. Jest 10-11 1944
      o   2.
          §  Komik Pages 10 (oddly Overstreet says April 1945)
          §  Bulls-Eye Comics 11 1944 Then titles merge back as
·        Kayo 12 March 1945
·        Carnival Comics 13 1945
·        Red Seal Comics 14-22 October 1945-December 1947

Case #35 (Timely/Marvel) – also used Captain America: Official Index to the Marvel Universe as resource
·        Captain America Comics 1-73 March 1941-July 1949
·        Captain America’s Weird Tales 74-75 October 1949-February 1950
·        Captain America May 1954-September 1954

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