Crazy Comic Book Numbering 1

This is the first in a new 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 #1 (National/DC)

·        New Comics 1-11 December 1935-December 1936

·        New Adventure Comics 12-31 January 1937-October 1938

·        Adventure Comics 32-503 November 1938-September 1983

·        Adventure Comics 0-12 April 2009-August 2010 then absorbed into original numbering:

·        Adventure Comics 516-529 September 2010-October 2011

Note: a May 1999 Adventure Comics one-shot was not counted in the renumbering.

Case #2 (Timely/Marvel)

·        Joker Comics 1-42 April 1942-August 1950

·        Adventures into Terror 43-44 November 1950-Feburary 1951; treated as first two issues of:

·        Adventures into Terror 3-31 April 1951-May 1954

Case #3 (Timely/Marvel/St. John/Pines/Dell/Gold Key)

·        Terry-Toons Comics 1-86 October 1942-May 1951

·        Paul Terry’s Comics 85-125 March 1951-May 1955

·        Adventures of Mighty Mouse 126-128 August 1955-October 1955

·        Adventures of Mighty Mouse no number for nine issues April 1956-??

·        Adventures of Mighty Mouse 138-160 ??-October 1963 (two #144s)

·        Mighty Mouse 161-165 October 1964-September 1965

·        Title Split!

o   1. Mighty Mouse 166-172 March 1966-October 1968

o   2. Adventures of Mighty Mouse 166-172 March 1979-January 1980

Notes: other than the name Terry-Toons Comics #85-86 are identical to and published at the same time as Paul Terry’s Comics #85-86; Best Western may have branched off from Terry-Toons Comics with #58 but this is unconfirmed.

Case #4 (Archie/Radio)

·        The Fly 1-6 August 1959-May? 1960

·        Adventures of the Fly 7-31 July 1960-May 1965

·        Fly Man 32-39 July 1965-September 1966

·        Mighty Comics 40-50 November 1966-October 1967

Case #5 (All-American/National)

·        All-American Comics 1-102 April 1939-October 1948

·        All-American Western 103-126 November 1948-June-July 1952

·        All-American Men of War 127-128 August-September 1952-? 1952; #127 only renumbered as:

·        All-American Men of War 2-117 December/January 1952.1953-September-October 1966