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McCombs

Title Owners:
• Crown Comics
[24-Jun-1946] #7: Lucile E. McCombs;
[18-Apr-1947] #11: McCombs Publications, Inc.; Lucile E. McCombs; William A. McCombs;
[21-Apr-1948] #16: McCombs Publications, Inc.; Lucile E. McCombs; William A. McCombs;

Publishers of Record:
• Golfing, Inc.
Crown Comics (1-6);
• Home Guide Publications
Crown Comics (7-9);
• McCombs Publications, Inc.
Crown Comics (10,11,12?,13,14);

Addresses:
• Editorial Offices:
407 South Dearborn Street, Chicago 5, Illinois (Spr 1945)-(Sum 1946)
1775 Broadway, New York 19, New York (Nov 1946)-(Sum 1948)
• Offices of Publication:
163 Pratt Street, Meriden, Conn. (Spr 1945)-(Sum 1948)

Personnel:
• Publisher:
Lucile E. McCombs [24-Jun-1946]-[18-Apr-1947]
• Editor:
Lucile E. McCombs [24-Jun-1946]-[21-Apr-1948]
• Business Manager:
William A. McCombs [24-Jun-1946]-[21-Apr-1948]

Statements of Ownership:
Crown Comics #7 (Nov 1946)
Crown Comics #11 (Fall 1947)
Crown Comics #16 (Win 1948)

Indicias:
1945-1949
  1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
Jan          
Feb       Crown Comics #12
 
Mar         Crown Comics #17
Spr Crown Comics #11
Crown Comics #5
Crown Comics #9
Crown Comics #13
 
Apr          
May         Crown Comics #18
Jun          
Sum Crown Comics #2
Crown Comics #6
Crown Comics #10
Crown Comics #14
 
Jul         Crown Comics #19
Aug         Love Problems and Advice Illustrated #2
Sep          
Oct          
Fall Crown Comics #3
  Crown Comics #11
Crown Comics #15
 
Nov   Crown Comics #7
     
Dec          
Win Crown Comics #4
Crown Comics #8
  Crown Comics #16
 
  1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1: Estimated cover date.



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