Crazy Comic Book Numbering 4

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 #16 (St. John)

·        Weird Horrors 1-9 June 1952-October 1953

·        Nightmare 10-13 December 1953-August 1954

·        Amazing Ghost Stories 14-16 October 1954-September 1955

Case #17 (Marvel) – Second Source: Amazing Spider-Man: Official Index to the Marvel Universe

·        Amazing Spider-Man Annual 1-2 1964-1965

·        Amazing Spider-Man Special 3-9 November 1966-1973

·        Amazing Spider-Man Annual 10-28 1976-1994

·        Amazing Spider-Man Annual ’96-’97 1996-1997

·        Amazing Spider-Man ’98 1998

·        Amazing Spider-Man 1999 1999

·        Amazing Spider-Man Annual 2000-2001 2000-2001

·        Amazing Spider-Man Annual 1 December 2008 then folded into old numbering:

·        Amazing Spider-Man Annual 36-39 September 2007-July 2012

Note: Amazing Spider-Man itself had a second set of numbering folded in to the original title. I may cover this later once I finish with those with three or more distinct numbering.]

Case #18 (Marvel)

·        Amazing Spider-Man: Skating on Thin Ice 1 1990

·        Amazing Spider-Man: Double Trouble 2 1990

·        Amazing Spider-Man: Hit and Run 3 1991

·        Amazing Spider-Man: Chaos in Calgary 4 1992?

·        Amazing Spider-Man: Deadball 5 1993

Case #19 (National)

·        Animal Antics 1-23 March-April 1946-November-December 1949

·        Movietown Animal Antics 24-51 January-February 1951-July-August 1954

·        The Raccoon Kids 52-64 September-October 1954-November 1957

Case #20 (Timely/Marvel/Atlas)

·        Daring Mystery Comics 1-8 January 1940-January 1942 then Title Split!

o   1.   

§  Comedy Comics 9-34 April 1942 to Fall 1946

§  Margie Comics 35-49 Winter 1946-47-December 1949

§  Reno Browne, Hollywood’s Greatest Cowgirl 50-52 April 1950-September 1950

§  Apache Kid 53 December 1950 then renumbered as

§  Apache Kid 2-19 February 1951-April 1956

§  Western Gunfighters 20-27 June 1956-August 1957

o   2. Daring Comics 9-12 Fall 1944-Fall 1945

Note: Overstreet conflicts here on whether this title or the previously covered All Surprise becomes Jeanie Comics with #13.