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BIP Comics: Publisher Insignia and Indicia Data
Magazine Enterprises

Insignias:

Title Owners:
• Dan'l Boone
[6-Oct-1955] #5: Sussex Publishing Company; Vincent Sullivan;
Tim Holt
[16-Sep-1949] #13: Magazine Enterprises, Inc.; Vincent Sullivan;
[26-Sep-1951] #28: Magazine Enterprises, Inc.; Vincent Sullivan;
[24-Sep-1952] #34: Magazine Enterprises, Inc.; Vincent Sullivan;
[25-Sep-1953] #40: Magazine Enterprises; Vincent Sullivan;

Publishers of Record:
• Life's Romances Publishing Company
A-1 Comics (Kerry Drake 1); United States Marines (4);
• Magazine Enterprises
A-1 Comics (3); American Air Forces (8); Avenger (3); Best of the West (8); Black Phantom (1); Dogface Dooley (5); Durango Kid (20,25,31); Ghost Rider (4); Great Western (9,11); Hot Dog (107); Keen Teens (3); Little Miss Sunbeam Comics (1); Pixies (1,2,5); Red Hawk (11); Red Mask (49); Straight Arrow (11,12,13,14,15,21); United States Marines (1,2,3,7,8);
• Magazine Enterprises, Inc
Adventures of Koko and Kola (28); Durango Kid (4,7); Funnyman (1,4,5,6); Ghost Rider (1,2); Killers (1); Little Miss Sunbeam Comics (2); Manhunt (1); Straight Arrow (1,6,8,9,10); Teena (3); Tick Tock Tales (22); Tim Holt (2,20);
• Magazine Enterprises of Canada, Ltd.
Funnyman (2,3);
• Magazine Enterprizes
Straight Arrow (16);
• Parkway Publishing Company
Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders (3,6-8,14-18);
• Sussex Publishing Company, Inc.
Brain (1-7); Clubhouse Rascals (1,2); Dan'l Boone (1-5,7,8); Red Mask (54);

Addresses:
• Editorial and Executive Offices:
11 Park Place, New York 7, N.Y.
• Offices of Publication:
8 Lord Street, Buffalo 10, N.Y.

Personnel:
• Publisher:
Vincent Sullivan
• Editor:
Raymond C. Crank [6-Oct-1955]
• Business Manager:
Sarah R. Henderson [6-Oct-1955]

Statements of Ownership:
Dan'l Boone #5 (Jan 1956)
Tim Holt #13 (Jan 1950)
Tim Holt #28 (Mar 1952)
Tim Holt #34 (Mar 1953)
Tim Holt #40 (Mar 1954)

Indicias:
1943-1947
  1943 1944 1945 1946 1947
Jan       Tick Tock Tales #1
 
Feb       Tick Tock Tales #2
 
Mar         Keen Teens #3
Tick Tock Tales #15
Spr   A-1 Comics featuring Kerry Drake #11
United States Marines #21
American Air Forces #41
Keen Teens #11
A-1 Comics #11
Killers #11
Pixies #2
Apr       Tick Tock Tales #4
Tick Tock Tales #16
May          
Jun       Tick Tock Tales #6
Tick Tock Tales #18
Sum   United States Marines #31
  A-1 Comics #31
 
Jul       Tick Tock Tales #7
Tick Tock Tales #19
Aug       Tick Tock Tales #8
 
Sep       Tick Tock Tales #9
 
Oct       Tick Tock Tales #10
Tick Tock Tales #22
Fall       Koko and Kola #1
 
Nov       Tick Tock Tales #11
 
Dec         Tick Tock Tales #24
Win United States Marines #11
United States Marines #41
  Pixies #1
 
  1943 1944 1945 1946 1947

1948-1952
  1948 1949 1950 1951 1952
Jan Funnyman #1
Manhunt #4
  Tim Holt #13
Tim Holt #14
Jet Powers #2 (A-1 #32)1
Straight Arrow #9
Straight Arrow #21
Feb       Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders #6
Straight Arrow #10
 
Mar Funnyman #2
  Straight Arrow #1
Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders #7
Straight Arrow #11
Tim Holt #22
Tim Holt #28
Spr Killers #21
Teena #3 (A-1 #15)1
Joan of Arc #1 (A-1 #21)1
Star Parade Presents Dick Powell Adventurer #1 (A-1 #22)1
Ghost Rider #1 (A-1 #27)1
Ghost Rider #3 (A-1 #31)1
Ghost Rider #4 (A-1 #34)1
Major Inapak the Space Ace #11
Thun'da #1 (A-1 #47)1
Apr Funnyman #3
Tim Holt #5
Adventures of Koko and Kola #1 (A-1 #28)1
Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders #8
Straight Arrow #12
 
May Funnyman #4
Tim Holt #6
Durango Kid #4
Straight Arrow #2
Straight Arrow #13
Tim Holt #23
 
Jun       Straight Arrow #14
Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders #141
Sum     Ghost Rider #2 (A-1 #29)1
Jet Powers #1 (A-1 #30)1
  Best of the West #3 (A-1 #52)1
Thun'da #2 (A-1 #56)1
Jul Funnyman #5
  Little Miss Sunbeam Comics #1
Straight Arrow #3
Straight Arrow #15
Manhunt #13 (A-1 #63)1
Aug Funnyman #6
  Straight Arrow #4
Straight Arrow #16
Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders #15
Sep     Little Miss Sunbeam Comics #2
Tim Holt #19
  Dogface Dooley #5 (A-1 #64)1
Tim Holt #31
Oct Tim Holt #2 (A-1 #17)
  Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders #3
Straight Arrow #6
  American Air Forces #8 (A-1 #65)
Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders #16
Fall       Ghost Rider #6 (A-1 #44)1
United States Marines #7 (A-1 #68)1
Nov     Durango Kid #7
Straight Arrow #7
Tim Holt #20
   
Dec Pixies #5
  Straight Arrow #8
  Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders #17
Win         United States Marines #8 (A-1 #72)1
  1948 1949 1950 1951 1952

1953-1957
  1953 1954 1955 1956 1957
Jan Durango Kid #20
Tim Holt #33
Tim Holt #39
Red Mask #46
Dan'l Boone #5
 
Feb Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders #18
       
Mar Best of the West #7 (A-1 #76)
Tim Holt #34
Tim Holt #40
  Dan'l Boone #7
 
Spr     White Indian #15 (A-1 #135)1
   
Apr     Red Mask #48
Strongman #1 (A-1 #130)
  Brain #2
May          
Jun Best of the West #8 (A-1 #82)
Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders #19
Best of the West #12 (A-1 #103)
Great Western #9 (A-1 #105)
White Indian #13 (A-1 #104)
Red Mask #49
Clubhouse Rascals #1
 
Sum Thun'da #6 (A-1 #86)1
       
Jul Tim Holt #36
Hot Dog #1 (A-1 #107)
Red Mask #42
Avenger #3 (A-1 #133)
   
Aug   I'm a Cop #1 (A-1 #111)1
Red Mask #50
Strongman #3 (A-1 #134)
  Brain #3
Sep Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders #20 (A-1 #88)1
Cave Girl #13 (A-1 #116)
Red Mask #43
White Indian #14 (A-1 #117)
Dan'l Boone #1
Brain #1
Dan'l Boone #8
Red Mask #54
Oct Best of the West #10 (A-1 #87)
Durango Kid #25
Badmen of the West #2 (A-1 #120)1
Durango Kid #31
Dan'l Boone #2
Straight Arrow #50
Clubhouse Rascals #2
Brain #4
Fall Red Hawk #11 (A-1 #90)1
White Indian #11 (A-1 #94)1
Black Phantom #1 (A-1 #122)1
     
Nov   Cave Girl #14 (A-1 #125)1
Dan'l Boone #3
  Brain #5
Tom-Tom #1
Dec Best of the West #11 (A-1 #97)
Great Western #11 (A-1 #127)
Dan'l Boone #4
   
Win Badmen of the West #1 (A-1 #100)1
Cave Girl #12 (A-1 #96)1
       
  1953 1954 1955 1956 1957

1958
  1958
Jan Brain #6
Feb  
Mar Brain #7
Spr  
Apr  
May  
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Nov  
Dec  
Win  
  1958

1: Estimated cover date.



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