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Publisher Insignia and Indicia Data (return to index) Standard Comics Group Insignias: Title Owners: • America's Best Comics [ 1-Oct-1947] #25: Visual Editions, Inc.; N. L. Pines; [ 1-Oct-1948] #30: Visual Editions, Inc.; N. L. Pines; • Billy West [ 1-Oct-1950] #9: Visual Editions, Inc.; N. L. Pines; • Black Terror [ 1-Oct-1945] #14: Nedor Publishing Company; N. L. Pines; Dora Pines; • Dizzy Duck [ 1-Oct-1950] #33: Animated Cartoons, Inc.; N. L. Pines; • Exciting Comics [ 9-Oct-1940] v3n3: Better Publications, Inc.; N. L. Pines; [ 9-Oct-1942] v9n1: Better Publications, Inc.; N. L. Pines; [ 1-Oct-1943] #31: Better Publications, Inc.; N. L. Pines; [ 1-Oct-1945] #44: (section 2 missing) • Fighting Yank [ 1-Oct-1945] #15: Nedor Publishing Company; N. L. Pines; Dora Pines; [ 1-Oct-1948] #28: Visual Editions, Inc.; N. L. Pines; Dora Pines; • Goofy Comics [ 1-Oct-1946] #18: Animated Cartoons, Inc.; N. L. Pines; • Happy Comics [ 1-Oct-1946] #18: Animated Cartoons, Inc.; N. L. Pines; • Popular Romance [ 1-Oct-1953] #18: Better Publications, Inc.; N. L. Pines; • Startling Comics [10-Oct-1941] v5n1: Better Publications, Inc.; N. L. Pines; [ 1-Oct-1943] #26: Better Publications, Inc.; N. L. Pines; [ 1-Oct-1947] #50: Better Publications, Inc.; N. L. Pines; • Thrilling Comics [ 9-Oct-1940] v5n2: Better Publications, Inc.; N. L. Pines; [10-Oct-1941] v9n1: Better Publications, Inc.; N. L. Pines; [ 1-Oct-1943] #40: Better Publications, Inc.; N. L. Pines; [ 1-Oct-1946] #58: Standard Magazines, Inc.; N. L. Pines; [ 1-Oct-1947] #65: Standard Magazines, Inc.; N. L. Pines; [ 1-Oct-1948] #71: Standard Magazines, Inc.; N. L. Pines; Publishers of Record: • Animated Cartoons, Inc. Buster Bunny (13); Coo Coo Comics (27,34,39,41,45); Dizzy Duck (33); Goofy Comics (18,23,38,41); Happy Comics (18,32,33); Sniffy the Pup (13); Supermouse, the Big Cheese (15); • Best Books, Inc. Little Miss Muffet (13); Ozark Ike (19); Teena (21); Tim Tyler (17); • Better Publications, Inc. America's Best Comics (1,2); Best Comics (2); Exciting Comics (1-5,8-11,13,18,20,22,25,30,36,38,41,42,44,46,51,54,56,58,60,62,65-69); Exciting War (7,8); Popular Romance (9,17,28); Startling Comics (1,2,5-10,13-15,17,20,23,25-29,32,34,36,45,47,50); Thrilling Comics (5,8,10,12,14,19,21,25,30); Wonder Comics (8,11,13); • Better Publications of Canada, Ltd. (Canada) Black Terror Comics (25); Happy Comics (39); • Literary Enterprises, Inc. Fantastic Worlds (6,7); Little Angel (6-11,13,14); Lost Worlds (5); My Real Love (5); Supermouse, the Big Cheese (41); Sweetie Pie (15); Tom Terrific (1-6); • Nedor Publishing Company America's Best Comics (3-12,14,17); Black Terror (6,7,8,9,11,12,14); Coo Coo Comics (23); Happy Comics (3); Real Funnies (2); • Pines Publications Limited (Canada) Fighting Yank (17); • Standard Magazines, Inc. Date with Danger (6); Jet Fighters (6,7); Jetta (5,6); Thrilling Comics (45,50,54-57,59,60,63-66,68,77); • Visual Editions, Inc. Adventures into Darkness (9-14); America's Best Comics (18-21,23-26,28-31); Billy West (4); Black Terror (15,16,20,24); Captain Easy (10,17); Fantastic Worlds (5); Fighting Yank (20,25,27,28); It Really Happened (11); Joe Yank (5,7,8,10,12-14); Leroy (4); Little Angel (5); Out of the Shadows (5,7,9-11,13,14); Ricky (5); Starlet O'Hara (1); This is War (6,7); Unseen (7,11-14); • William H. Wise Co., Inc. (Surrogate) America's Biggest Comics Book (1); Addresses: • Offices: 22 West 48th Street, New York, N.Y. 10 East 40th Street, New York 16, N.Y. Personnel: • President: N.L. Pines • Editor: N.L. Pines [1-Oct-1948] Joseph Archibald [1-Oct-1953] • Business Manager: H.L. Herbert [1-Oct-1948] Harry Slater [1-Oct-1953] Statements of Ownership: America's Best Comics #25 (blurry) (Feb 1948) America's Best Comics #30 (Apr 1949) Billy West #9 (Feb 1951) Black Terror #14 (Apr 1946) Dizzy Duck #33 (Feb 1951) Exciting Comics v3n3(9) (May 1941) Exciting Comics v9n1(25) (Feb 1943) Exciting Comics #31 (Feb 1944) Exciting Comics #44 (Feb 1946) Fighting Yank #15 (Feb 1946) Fighting Yank #28 (Apr 1949) Goofy Comics #18 (Feb 1947) Happy Comics #18 (Mar 1947) Popular Romance #28 (Apr 1954) Startling Comics v5n1(13) (blurry) (Feb 1942) Startling Comics #26 (blurry) (Mar 1944) Startling Comics #50 (Mar 1948) Thrilling Comics v5n2(14) (Mar 1941) Thrilling Comics v9n1(25) (Feb 1942) Thrilling Comics #40 (Feb 1944) Thrilling Comics #58 (Feb 1947) Thrilling Comics #65 (Apr 1948) Thrilling Comics #71 (Apr 1949) Indicias: 1939-1943   1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Jan     Thrilling Comics v4n3(12)     Feb     Startling Comics v2n2(5) America's Best Comics v1n1(1) Startling Comics v5n1(13) Thrilling Comics v9n1(25) America's Best Comics v2n1(4) Exciting Comics v9n1(25) Mar     Exciting Comics v3n2(8) Thrilling Comics v5n2(14)   Real Funnies #2 Startling Comics v7n2(20) Spr           Apr   Exciting Comics v1n1(1) Startling Comics v1n3(3) Startling Comics v2n3(6) Exciting Comics v6n3(18) Startling Comics v5n2(14) America's Best Comics v2n2(5) May   Exciting Comics v1n2(2) Exciting Comics v3n3(9) Startling Comics v3n1(7)     Jun   Exciting Comics v1n3(3) Startling Comics v1n1(1) Thrilling Comics v3n2(5) Exciting Comics v4n1(10) Startling Comics v5n3(15)   Sum           Jul   Exciting Comics v2n1(4) Exciting Comics v4n2(11) Startling Comics v3n2(8) Exciting Comics v7n2(20) America's Best Comics v2n3(6) Aug   Startling Comics v1n2(2) Startling Comics v3n3(9) Thrilling Comics v7n1(19)     Sep   Exciting Comics v2n2(5) Thrilling Comics v3n5(8) Startling Comics v4n1(10) America's Best Comics v1n2(2) Startling Comics v8n2(23) Oct     Exciting Comics v5n1(13) Thrilling Comics v7n3(21) Exciting Comics v8n1(22) Startling Comics v6n2(17) Thrilling Comics v10n2(30) America's Best Comics v3n1(7) Fall           Nov   Thrilling Comics v4n1(10)   America's Best Comics v1n3(3)   Dec Best Comics #2       Exciting Comics #30 Win             1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944-1948   1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 Jan America's Best Comics v3n2(8) Startling Comics v9n1(25) America's Best Comics v4n3(12) America's Best Comics #14     Feb   Black Terror #9 Exciting Comics #44 Goofy Comics #18 America's Best Comics #25 Thrilling Comics #64 Mar Startling Comics #26 Startling Comics #32 America's Best Comics #17 Coo Coo Comics #23 America's Best Comics #21 Exciting Comics #54 Happy Comics #18 Exciting Comics #60 Startling Comics #50 Spr America's Biggest Comics Book #11         Apr America's Best Comics v3n3(9) Exciting Comics #38 Black Terror #14 Exciting Comics #46 Thrilling Comics #59 Wonder Comics #11 Thrilling Comics #65 May Black Terror #6 Startling Comics #27     Fighting Yank #20 Startling Comics #45 America's Best Comics #26 Coo Coo Comics #39 Jun     America's Best Comics #18 Thrilling Comics #54 Thrilling Comics #60 Thrilling Comics #66 Sum           Jul America's Best Comics v4n1(10) Startling Comics #28 Startling Comics #34 Black Terror #15 Coo Coo Comics #27 Coo Coo Comics #34 Exciting Comics #56 Exciting Comics #62 Fighting Yank #25 Aug Black Terror #7 Black Terror #11 Fighting Yank #17 Thrilling Comics #55 Wonder Comics #13   Sep Startling Comics #29   America's Best Comics #19 Exciting Comics #51 America's Best Comics #23 Startling Comics #47 Black Terror #24 Coo Coo Comics #41 Oct America's Best Comics v4n2(11) Happy Comics #3 Exciting Comics #41 Thrilling Comics #50 Black Terror #16 Thrilling Comics #56 Wonder Comics #8 Black Terror #20 Captain Easy #10 It Really Happened #11 Thrilling Comics #68 Fall           Nov Black Terror #8 Black Terror #12 Startling Comics #36   Exciting Comics #58 America's Best Comics #28 Dec Exciting Comics #36 Thrilling Comics #45 Exciting Comics #42 America's Best Comics #20 Thrilling Comics #57 America's Best Comics #24 Goofy Comics #23 Thrilling Comics #63 Black Terror Comics #25 Starlet O'Hara #1 Win             1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949-1953   1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 Jan America's Best Comics #29 Exciting Comics #65 Fighting Yank #27   Goofy Comics #41   Fantastic Worlds #7 Jet Fighters #6 Out of the Shadows #7 This is War #7 Feb     Dizzy Duck #33 Popular Romance #17 Date With Danger #6 Exciting War #7 Jetta #6 Joe Yank #10 Mar Exciting Comics #66     Buster Bunny #13 Joe Yank #5 Jet Fighters #7 Spr           Apr America's Best Comics #30 Fighting Yank #28       Adventures Into Darkness #9 May Coo Coo Comics #45 Exciting Comics #67 Little Miss Muffet #13 Tim Tyler #17     Exciting War #8 Jun   Leroy #4   My Real Love #5 Adventures Into Darkness #10 Sum           Jul America's Best Comics #31 Exciting Comics #68 Happy Comics #32 Goofy Comics #38 Thrilling Comics #77   Out of the Shadows #5 Out of the Shadows #9 Aug       Joe Yank #7 Joe Yank #12 Unseen #11 Sep Captain Easy #17 Exciting Comics #69 Happy Comics #33 Ozark Ike #19   Fantastic Worlds #5 Adventures Into Darkness #11 Ricky #5 Oct   Happy Comics #39 Popular Romance #9 Supermouse, the Big Cheese #15 Joe Yank #8 Lost Worlds #5 This is War #6 Joe Yank #13 Out of the Shadows #10 Fall           Nov Billy West #4 Supermouse #5 Teena #21     Fantastic Worlds #6 Unseen #7 Unseen #12 Dec     Sniffy the Pup #13 Jetta #5 Adventures Into Darkness #12 Win             1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954-1958   1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 Jan Joe Yank #14 Out of the Shadows #11         Feb Unseen #13         Mar Adventures Into Darkness #13     Little Angel #8   Spr         Tom Terrific #4 Apr Popular Romance #28 Unseen #14   Supermouse, the Big Cheese #35     May Out of the Shadows #13         Jun Adventures Into Darkness #14         Sum       Tom Terrific #1 Little Angel #13 Tom Terrific #5 Jul           Aug Out of the Shadows #14   Little Angel #7 Little Angel #9   Sep Little Angel #5 Little Angel #6       Oct           Fall       Little Angel #10 Supermouse, the Big Cheese #41 Sweetie Pie #15 Tom Terrific #2 Little Angel #14 Tom Terrific #6 Nov           Dec           Win       Little Angel #11 Tom Terrific #3     1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959   1959 Jan   Feb   Mar   Spr   Apr   May   Jun   Sum   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Fall   Nov   Dec   Win     1959 1: Estimated cover date. Promotional Issues: • 1959: Dennis the Menace and Dirt #1 (return to index)

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