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BIP Comics: Publisher Insignia and Indicia Data
Story Comics

• Title Owners:
Fight Against Crime
[23-Sep-1953] #19: Story Comics, Inc.; Morton Myers; William K. Friedman;
Mysterious Adventures
[23-Sep-1953] #19: Story Comics, Inc.; Morton Myers; William K. Friedman;
[28-Sep-1954] #24: Story Comics, Inc.; Morton Myers; William K. Friedman;

Publishers of Record:
• Master Comics, Inc.
Dark Mysteries (3,5-8,12,13,16,19); Romantic Hearts 1953 (1,2);
• Mens Publications, Inc.
Fighting War Stories (1,2);
• Story Comics, Inc.
Fight Against Crime (5,11,20); Fight Against the Guilty (22); Mysterious Adventures (1-6,8,10,11,14-16,19,22,24,25); Pawnee Bill (1,3); Romantic Hearts 1951 (3,5);

NOTE: Master Comics, Inc., is later acquired by Trojan Magazines (Estrow).

Addresses:
• Editorial and Executive Offices:
Story Comics, 7 East 44th St., New York 17, N.Y. (Feb 1951)-(Aug 1955)
Story Comics, 11 East 44th Street, New York 17, New York (Apr 1954)-(Mar 1955)
Master Comics, 11 East 44th Street, New York 17, New York (Nov 1951)-(Aug 1954)
Mens Publications, 40 West 45 Street, New York 17, N.Y. (Aug 1952)-(Oct 1952)
• Office of Publication:
353 Third Street, Niagra Falls, N.Y. (Jul 1951)-(Jul 1952)

Personnel:
• Editor
William K. Friedman [23-Sep-1953]
Harry Harrison [28-Sep-1954]
• Managing Editor
William K. Friedman [23-Sep-1953]
Harry Harrison [28-Sep-1954]
• Business Manager
Morton Myers [23-Sep-1953]-[28-Sep-1954]

Statements of Ownership:
Fight Against Crime #19 (May 1954)
Mysterious Adventures #19 (Apr 1954)
Mysterious Adventures #24 (Mar 1955)

Indicias:
1951-1955
  1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
Jan   Fight Against Crime #5
Fight Against Crime #11
   
Feb Pawnee Bill #1
Mysterious Adventures #6
  Dark Mysteries #16
 
Mar Mysterious Adventures #1
Dark Mysteries #5
    Mysterious Adventures #24
Spr          
Apr       Mysterious Adventures #19
 
May   Dark Mysteries #6
     
Jun Mysterious Adventures #2
Mysterious Adventures #8
Dark Mysteries #12
Mysterious Adventures #14
Mysterious Adventures #20
 
Sum          
Jul Pawnee Bill #3
Dark Mysteries #7
Romantic Hearts #1
Fight Against Crime #20
 
Aug Mysterious Adventures #3
Romantic Hearts #3
Fighting War Stories #1
Dark Mysteries #13
Mysterious Adventures #15
Dark Mysteries #19
Mysterious Adventures #25
Sep   Dark Mysteries #8
Romantic Hearts #2
   
Oct Mysterious Adventures #4
Fighting War Stories #2
Mysterious Adventures #10
Romantic Hearts #10
Dark Mysteries #14
Mysterious Adventures #16
Mysterious Adventures #22
 
Fall          
Nov Dark Mysteries #3
       
Dec Mysterious Adventures #5
Romantic Hearts #5
Mysterious Adventures #11
Dark Mysteries #15
Fight Against the Guilty #22
 
Win          
  1951 1952 1953 1954 1955




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