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BIP Comics: Publisher Insigne and Indicia Data
National Comics Group

Insignias:

Title Owners:
• All Flash
[30-Sep-1942] #9: Jolaine Publications; M. C. Gaines; J. S. Liebowitz;
[28-Sep-1944] #17: Jolaine Publications; M. C. Gaines; J. S. Liebowitz;
[25-Sep-1945] #22: Jolaine Publications; J. S. Liebowitz; Detective Comics, Inc.;
[1-Oct-1946] #27: National Comics Publications, Inc.; Harry Donenfeld; Gussie Donenfeld; J. S. Liebowitz; Rose Liebowitz; P. H. Sampliner; Sophie U. Sampliner; Jacob S. Liebowitz and Abraham I. Menin as Successor Trustees for Irwin Donenfeld; Jacob S. Liebowitz and Abraham I. Menin as Successor Trustees for Sonia Donenfeld;
• All Flash Quarterly
[29-Sep-1941] #3: Jolaine Publications; M. C. Gaines; J. S. Liebowitz;
• All-Star Comics
[1-Oct-1940] #4: All-American Comics, Inc.; Jesse K. Gaines; Rose Liebowitz
[29-Sep-1941] #9: All-American Comics, Inc.; J. K. Gaines; R. S. Liebowitz
[30-Sep-1942] #16: All-American Comics, Inc.; J. K. Gaines; R. S. Liebowitz
[29-Sep-1943] #20: All American Comics, Inc.; J. K. Gaines; R. S. Liebowitz
[28-Sep-1945] #28: All American Comics, Inc.; R. S. Liebowitz; Detective Comics, Inc.
[1-Oct-1946] #33: National Comics Publications, Inc.; Harry Donenfeld; Gussie Donenfeld; J. S. Liebowitz; Rose Liebowitz; P. H. Sampliner; Sophie U. Sampliner; Jacob S. Liebowitz and Abraham I. Menin as Successor Trustees for Irwin Donenfeld; Jacob S. Liebowitz and Abraham I. Menin as Successor Trustees for Sonia Donenfeld;
[23-Sep-1947] #39: National Comics Publications, Inc.; Harry Donenfeld; Gussie Donenfeld; J. S. Liebowitz; Rose Liebowitz; P. H. Sampliner; Sophie U. Sampliner; Jacob S. Liebowitz and Abraham I. Menin as Successor Trustees for Irwin Donenfeld; Jacob S. Liebowitz and Abraham I. Menin as Successor Trustees for Sonia Donenfeld;
[15-Sep-1948] #45: National Comics Publications, Inc.; Harry Donenfeld; J. S. Liebowitz; P. H. Sampliner; Gussie Donenfield; Rose Liebowitz; Sophie U. Sampliner; Jacob S. Liebowitz and Abraham I. Menin as Successor Trustees for Irwin Donenfeld; Jacob S. Liebowitz and Abraham I. Menin as Successor Trustees for Sonia Donenfeld; Frederick H. Iger; Arlene J. Donenfeld;
[29-Sep-1949] #51: National Comics Publications, Inc.; H. Donenfeld; G. Donenfeld; J. S. Liebowitz; R. Liebowitz; P. H. Sampliner; S. U. Sampliner; J. S. Liebowitz and A. I. Menin as Trustees for I. Donenfeld and S. Donenfield; A. I. Menin and J. I. Golinko as Trustees for L. Liebowitz and J. Liebowitz, A. Donenfield, F. Iger, H. Donenfeld Foundation, Inc.;
[25-Sep-1950] #57: National Comics Publications, Inc.; H. Donenfeld; G. Donenfeld; J. S. Liebowitz; R. Liebowitz; P. H. Sampliner; S. U. Sampliner; J. S. Liebowitz and A. I. Menin as Trustees for I. Donenfeld and S. Donenfield; A. I. Menin and J. I. Golinko as Trustees for L. Liebowitz and J. Liebowitz, A. Donenfield, F. Iger, H. Donenfeld Foundation, Inc.;
• Detective Comics
[28-Oct-1937] #12: Detective Comics, Inc.; M. W. Nicholson; J. S. Liebowitz;
• More Fun
[13-Oct-1936] #26: More Fun Magazines, Inc.; Nicholson Publishing Co., Inc.; Malcolm Wheeler Nicholson;

Publisher of Record:
• All-American Comics, Inc.
All-American Comics (1,7-9); All-Star Comics (4,9,16,20,28,32); Flash Comics (10);
• J. R. Publishing Co.
All Flash Quarterly (1); All-American Comics (57);
• DC Comics, Inc.
• Jolaine Publications, Inc.
All Flash (6-22,24-26); All Flash Quarterly (2-5);
• National Comics Publications, Inc.
All Flash (27); All-Star Comics (33,39,45,51,57);
• National Periodical Publications, Inc.
• Signal Publishing Company
Girls' Love Stories (27);

Addresses:
• Editorial and Circulation Offices:
125 East 46th Street, New York, N.Y.
575 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y.
909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
J. R., Publishing Co., 225 Lafayette Street, New York, NY
• Office of Publication:
2nd and Dickey Streets, Sparta, IL
• Advertising Offices:
Richard A. Feldon and Co., 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY (May 1946)
Richard A. Feldon and Co., 205 East 42nd Street, New York, NY (Nov 1946)-(Jan 1947)
National Comics Group, 205 East 42nd Street, New York, NY (Nov 1946)-(Jan 1947)

Personnel:
• President:
M. C. Gaines (Feb 1943)-(Sum 1945)
Sol Harrison
• Vice-President Production:
Jack Adler
• Publisher:
Jenette Kahn
• Editorial Director:
Carmine Infantino
• Managing Editor
M. C. Gaines (Apr 1939)-[28-Sep-1944]
Joe Orlando
• Editorial Coordinator:
Paul Levitz
• Editor:
M. C. Gaines [29-Sep-1941]
Sheldon Mayer (Mar 1947)
Mort Weisinger
Dick Giordano
Jack C. Harris
Whitney Ellsworth
Jack Schiff
Julius Schwartz
Murray Boltinoff
George Kashdan
• Associate Editor:
Murray Boltinoff
George Kashdan
• Assistant Editor:
Sheldon Mayer (Apr 1939)
E. Nelson Bridwell
• Treasurer:
Arthur Gutowitz
• Business Manager:
J. S. Liebowitz [29-Sep-1941]-[28-Sep-1944]

Note: In 1945 M. C. Gaines sold his interest to Liebowitz and started Educational Comics. After the split Gaines maintained the rights to the Picture Stories from the Bible line of comics. It appears that the cover to issue #2 had already been printed with an All-American logo but the interior indicia shows Educational Comics, Inc. as the publisher. Inside of #2 there is an advertisement for New Testament Edition #1 that bears the All-American logo, however, the 1944 original issue #1 bears the DC logo and the 1946 reprint of issue #1 bears no logo, just the LN distributor and ID marks.
Statements of Ownership:
All-Flash #9 (Apr 1943)
All-Flash #17 (Win 1944)
All-Flash #22 (May 1946)
All-Flash #27 (Mar 1947)
All Flash Quarterly #3 (Win 1941)
All-Star Comics #4 (Apr 1941)
All-Star Comics #9 (Mar 1942)
All-Star Comics #16 (May 1943)
All-Star Comics #20 (Spr 1944)
All-Star Comics #28 (May 1946)
All-Star Comics #33 (Mar 1947)
All-Star Comics #39 (Mar 1948)
All-Star Comics #45 (Mar 1949)
All-Star Comics #51 (Mar 1950)
All-Star Comics #57 (Mar 1951)
Detective Comics #12 (Feb 1938)
More Fun #26 (Dec 1936)

Indicias:
1935-1939
  1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
Jan       Detective Comics #11
Action Comics #8
Feb   More Fun #8
  Detective Comics #12
 
Mar New Fun #2
    Detective Comics #13
Action Comics #10
Spr          
Apr     Detective Comics #2
Detective Comics #14
Action Comics #11
All-American Comics #1
May     Detective Comics #3
  Action Comics #12
Jun     Detective Comics #4
Action Comics #1
Action Comics #13
Sum          
Jul     Detective Comics #5
Action Comics #2
Action Comics #14
Aug New Fun #5
  Detective Comics #6
Action Comics #3
Action Comics #15
Sep     Detective Comics #7
Action Comics #4
Action Comics #16
Oct     Detective Comics #8
Action Comics #5
Action Comics #17
All-American Comics #7
Fall          
Nov     Detective Comics #9
Action Comics #6
Action Comics #18
All-American Comics #8
Dec   More Fun #26
Detective Comics #10
Action Comics #7
Action Comics #19
All-American Comics #9
Win          
  1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940-1944
  1940 1941 1942 1943 1944
Jan Detective Comics #35
       
Feb       All-Flash #8
 
Mar     All-Star Comics #9
   
Spr     All Flash Quarterly #4
  All-Star Comics #20
All-Flash #14
Apr   All-Star Comics #4
  All-Flash #9
All-American Comics #57
May       All-Star Comics #16
 
Jun       All-Flash #10
 
Sum   All Flash Quarterly #1
All Flash Quarterly #5
  All-Flash #15
Jul          
Aug       All-Flash #11
 
Sep          
Oct Flash Comics #10
  All-Flash #6
   
Fall   All Flash Quarterly #2
  All-Flash #12
All-Flash #16
Nov          
Dec     All-Flash #7
   
Win   All Flash Quarterly #3
  All-Flash #13
All-Flash #17
  1940 1941 1942 1943 1944

1945-1949
  1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
Jan     All-Star Comics #32
All-Flash #26
All-Flash #32
 
Feb          
Mar     All-Star Comics #33
All-Flash #27
All-Star Comics #39
All-Star Comics #45
Spr All-Flash #18
       
Apr          
May   All-Star Comics #28
All-Flash #22
All-Flash #28
   
Jun          
Sum All-Flash #19
       
Jul     All-Flash #29
   
Aug          
Sep   All-Flash #24
All-Flash #30
   
Oct          
Fall All-Flash #20
       
Nov   All-Flash #25
All-Flash #31
   
Dec          
Win All-Flash #21
       
  1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950-1954
  1950 1951 1952 1953 1954
Jan          
Feb         Girls' Love Stories #27
Mar All-Star Comics #51
All-Star Comics #57
     
Spr          
Apr          
May          
Jun          
Sum          
Jul          
Aug          
Sep          
Oct          
Fall          
Nov          
Dec          
Win          
  1950 1951 1952 1953 1954

1955-1959
  1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
Jan          
Feb          
Mar          
Spr          
Apr Batman #91
       
May          
Jun Girls' Love Stories #31
  Our Army at War #59
   
Sum          
Jul          
Aug          
Sep          
Oct          
Fall          
Nov          
Dec          
Win          
  1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960-1964
  1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
Jan       Superboy 102
 
Feb     Batman 145
   
Mar          
Spr          
Apr          
May       Action Comics 300
Action Comics 312
Jun       Aquaman #9
Adventure Comics 321
Sum         Superboy Annual #1
Jul     Strange Adventures 142
Superboy #98
Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #34
   
Aug   Blackhawk 163
Our Army at War 121
Our Fighting Forces #70
   
Sep          
Oct       Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72
 
Fall          
Nov       Brave and the Bold #50
 
Dec          
Win          
  1960 1961 1962 1963 1964

1965-1969
  1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Jan          
Feb          
Mar          
Spr          
Apr 80 Page Giant #9
      Superman 215
May          
Jun          
Sum          
Jul          
Aug          
Sep Metal Men #15
       
Oct          
Fall          
Nov          
Dec Batman 176
       
Win          
  1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970-1974
  1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
Jan          
Feb          
Mar          
Spr          
Apr Hot Wheels #1
       
May          
Jun          
Sum          
Jul          
Aug          
Sep          
Oct          
Fall          
Nov          
Dec          
Win          
  1970 1971 1972 1973 1974

1975-1979
  1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Jan          
Feb          
Mar          
Spr          
Apr          
May          
Jun          
Sum          
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Aug          
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Fall          
Nov          
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Win          
  1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980
  1980
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Sep Ghosts #92
Oct  
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Win  
  1980




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