Standard ComicsStandard at the Grand Comics Database was an American comic book company owned by publisher Ned Pines. Standard in turn was the parent company of two comic-book lines: Better PublicationsBetter Publications at the Grand Comics Database and Nedor Publishing.Nedor Publishing at the Grand Comics Database Collectors and historians sometimes refer to them collectively as "Standard/Better/Nedor". In 1956, Standard's remaining three titles were incorporated into the Pines Comics lineup along with a variety of titles from St. John Publications.
This is list of Standard Comics publications.
Titles Source: Adventures into Darkness #5–14 (August 1952 – June 1954); Standard / Visual Editions Alley Oop #10–18 (October 1947 – October 1949); Standard / Visual Editions America's Best Comics #18–31 (June 1946 – July 1949); Standard / Visual Editions, from Nedor Comics America's Biggest Comics Book #1 (1944); Standard / William H. Wise & Company America's Funniest Comics #1–2 (1944); Standard / William H. Wise & Company Barnyard Comics #1–31 (June 1944 – September 1950); Polo Magazine, Inc. / Animated Cartoons Inc., continued as Dizzy Duck Battlefront #5 (June 1952); Standard / Visual Editions Best Romance #5–7 (March–August 1952); Standard / Visual Editions Billy West #1–8 (April 1949 – November 1950); Standard / Visual Editions Bill West #9–10 (February 1951 – February 1952); Standard / Visual Editions The Black Terror #15–27 (July 1946 – June 1949); Standard / Visual Editions, from Nedor Comics Boots and Her Buddies #5–9 (September 1948 – September 1949); Standard / Visual Editions Brick Bradford #5–8 (July 1948 – July 1949); Standard / Best Books Inc. Broncho Bill #5–16 (January 1948 – December 1950); Standard / Visual Editions Buster Bunny #1–16 (November 1949 – October 1953); Standard / Animated Cartoons Inc. / Literary Enterprises Inc. Buz Sawyer #1–3 (June 1948 – January 1949); Standard / Best Books Inc. Buz Sawyer's Pal, Sweeney #4–5 (June 1949 – September 1949); Standard / Best Books Inc. Captain Easy #10–17 (October 1947 – September 1949); Standard / Visual Editions Coo Coo Comics #26–56, 60–62 (October 1942 – April 1951, December 1951 – April 1952); Standard / Animated Cartoons Inc., from Nedor Comics Coo Coo, the Bird Brain #57–59 (June 1951 – October 1951); Standard / Animated Cartoons Inc. Crime Files #5–6 (September 1952 – November 1952); Standard / Visual Editions Date with Danger #5–6 (December 1952 — February 1953); Standard / Standard Magazines Dennis the Menace #1–14 (August 1953 – January 1956); Visual Editions / Literary Enterprises; see Pines below Dennis the Menace Giant Vacation Special (Summer 1955); Literary Enterprises Dennis the Menace Giant Christmas Issue (Winter 1955); Literary Enterprises, continued under Pines Dizzy Duck #32–39 (November 1950 – March 1952); Standard / Animated Cartoons Inc., continued from Barnyard Comics Etta Kett #11–14 (December 1948 – September 1949); King Features / Best Books Inc. Exciting War #5 (September 1952); Standard / Visual Editions, continued under Better Publications Fantastic Worlds #5–7 (October 1952 – January 1953); Standard / Visual Editions/ Literary Enterprises Inc. Fighting Yank #17–29 (August 1946 – August 1949); Standard / Visual Editions Freckles and His Friends #5–12 (November 1947 – August 1949); Standard / Visual Editions Goofy Comics #15–48 (August 1946 – March 1952); Standard / Animated Cartoons Inc., from Nedor Comics Happy Comics #14–40 (July 1946 – December 1950); Standard / Animated Cartoons Inc., from Nedor Comics, continued as Happy Rabbit Happy Rabbit #41–48 (February 1951 – April 1948); Standard / Animated Cartoons Inc., continued from Happy Comics It Really Happened #1–11 (1944 — October 1947); Standard / William H. Wise & Company / Visual Editions Jet Fighters #5–7 (November 1952 – March 1953); Standard / Visual Editions Jetta #5–7 (December 1952 – April 1953); Standard / Standard Magazine Inc. Jiggs and Maggie #11–21 (June 1949–January 1952); Standard / Best Books Inc., continues at Harvey Comics Joe Palooka Visits the Lost City (1945); Standard / Best Books Inc. Joe Yank #5–16 (March 1952 – July 1954); Standard / Visual Editions Johnny Hazard #5–8 (August 1948 – May 1949); King Features / Best Books Inc. Jungle Jim #11–15 (January 1949 – November 1950); Standard / Best Books Inc. Kathy #1–17 (September 1949 – September 1955); Standard / Visual Editions / Literary Enterprises King Comics #156–159 (Spring 1950 – February 1952); King Features / Best Books Inc., from [David McKay Publications|David KcKay] Leroy #1–5 (November 1949 – September 1950); Standard / Visual Editions Little Angel #5–6 (September 1954–September 1955; see Pines below) Little Miss Muffet (December 1948 – May 1949); King Features / Best Books Inc. Lost Worlds #5–6 (October 1952 – December 1952); Standard / Literary Enterprises Inc. Lucky Duck #5–8 (January 1953 – September 1953); Standard / Literary Enterprises Mark Trail #1 (October 1955); see Pines below Mel Allen Sports Comics #5–6 (November 1949 – June 1950); Standard / Visual Editions My Real Love #5 (June 1952); Standard / Visual Editions Mystery Comics #1–4 (August 1944 – December 1944); Standard / William H. Wise & Company New Romances #5–21 (May 1951 – May 1954); Standard / Visual Editions Out of the Shadows #5–14 (July 1952 – August 1954); Standard / Visual Editions Ozark Ike #11–25 (November 1948 – September 1952); Standard / Best Books Inc. Real Life Comics #32–59 (June 1946 — September 1952); Standard / Visual Editions, from Nedor Comics Peter Pig #5–6 (May 1953 – August 1953); Standard / Literary Enterprises Reg'lar Fellers #5–6 (November 1947 – March 1948); Standard / Visual Editions Ricky #5 (September 1953); Standard / Visual Editions Rodger Dodger #5 (August 1952); Standard / Visual Editions Santa's Christmas Comics (December 1952); Standard / Best Books Inc. Sniffy the Pup #5–18 (November 1949 – September 1953); Standard / Animated Cartoons Inc. / Literary Enterprises Inc. Spunky #1–7 (April 1949 – November 1951); Standard / Animated Cartoons Inc. (#3–7 cover titled Spunky, Junior Cowboy) Starlet O'Hara in Hollywood #1–4 (December 1948 – July 1949); Standard / Visual Editions Supermouse #1–34 (December 1948 – September 1955); Standard / Animated Cartoons Inc. / Literary Enterprises Inc.; see Pines below Teena #20–22 (August 1948 – October 1950); Standard / Best Books Inc. Television Comics #5–8 (February 1952 – November 1952); Standard / Animated Cartoons Inc. This is War #5–9 (August 1952 – May 1953); Standard / Visual Editions Thrilling Comics #39–80 (December 1939 – April 1951); Standard / Standard Magazine Inc. Thrilling Love #5–26 (December 1949 – June 1954); Standard / Standard Magazines Inc. Tim Tyler, Cowboy #1–18 (November 1948 – September 1950); Standard / Best Books Inc. Today's Romance #5–8 (March 1952 — September 1952); Standard / Visual Editions Tommy of the Big Top #11–12 (December 1948 – March 1949); Standard / Best Books Inc. Tuffy #5–9 (July 1949 – October 1950); Standard / Best Books Inc. The Unseen #5–15 (June 1952 – July 1954); Standard / Visual Editions Western Hearts #1–10 (December 1949 – March 1952); Standard / Standard Magazines Inc. Who is Next? #5 (January 1953); Standard / Standard Magazines Inc. Willie the Penguin #1–6 (April 1951 – March 1952); Standard / Animated Cartoons Inc.
Better Publications Source: American's Best Comics #1–2 (February 1942 – September 1942); continued under Nedor Comics Best Comics #1–4 (November 1939 – February 1940) Cartoon Humor Exciting Comics #1–69 (April 1940 – September 1949) Exciting War #6–9 (November 1952 – November 1953); continued from Standard Comics, with Standard Comics cover banner Popular Romance #5—29 (December 1949 – July 1954); with Standard Comics cover banner Real Life Comics #1–4 (September 1941 – April 1942); continued under Nedor Comics Startling Comics #1–53 (June 1940 – September 1948) Thrilling Comics #1–38 (February 1940 – October 1943); continued under Standard Comics Wonder Comics #8–20 (October 1946 – October 1948); #1–7 (May 1944 – January 1946) from Great Comics Publications, Inc.
Nedor Comics America's Best Comics #3–17 (November 1942 – March 1946); from Better Publications, continued under Standard Comics The Black Terror #1–14 (Winter 1942/43 – Jan. 1944); continued under Standard ComicsThe Black Terror (Standard, 1942 series) at the Grand Comics Database Coo Coo Comics #1–25 (October 1942 – May 1946); continued under Standard Comics Fighting Yank #1–16 (September 1942 – May 1946); continued under Standard Comics Funny Funnies #1, 68pgs (April 1943)Nedor Publishing Co. at the Grand Comics Database Goofy Comics #1–14 (June 1943 – June 1946);Standard : Nedor Publishing Co. #1–14 / Standard #15–48 at the Grand Comics Database continued under Standard Comics Happy Comics #1–13 (August 1943 – March 1946); continued under Standard Comics Major Hoople Comics #1 (February 1943) Real Funnies #1–3 (January 1943 – June 1943) Real Life Comics #5–31 (May 1942 – May 1946); from Better Publications, continued under Standard Comics
Pines Comics Adventures of Mighty Mouse #129–144 (May 1956 – April 1959); picked up from St. John, went to Dell Comics Adventures of Winky Dink #75 (March 1957) Clay Cody, Gunslinger #1 (Fall 1957) Dennis the Menace #15–31 (March 1956 – November 1958); picked up from Standard, went to Fawcett Comics Dennis the Menace Giant #2–6 (Summer 1956 – June 1958); Hal-Den Publications Inc.; picked up from Standard, went to Fawcett Comics Dinky Duck #16–19 (Fall 1956–Summer 1958); picked up from St. John Gandy Goose #5–6 (Fall 1956–Summer 1958); picked up from St. John Heckle and Jeckle #25–34 (Fall 1956–June 1959); picked up from St. John, went to Dell Knights of the Round Table #10 (April 1957) Let's Take a Trip #1 (Summer 1958); CBS Television Presents Little Angel #7–16 (August 1956–September 1959); picked up from Standard Little Roquefort Comics #10 (Summer 1958); picked up from St. John Mark Trail's Adventure Book of Nature #1 (Summer 1958) Paul Terry's Mighty Mouse #68–71 (March 1956–December 1956); picked up from St. John, continued as Mighty Mouse Mighty Mouse #72–83 (March 1957–June 1959); continued from Paul Terry's Mighty Mouse (cover titled New Mighty Mouse) Mighty Mouse Fun Club Magazine #1–6 (1957–1958) Supermouse, the Big Cheese #35–45 (April 1956–Fall 1958); picked up from Standard Sweetie Pie #15 (October 1957); picked up from Ajax-Farrell Terrytoons Giant Summer Fun Book #101–102 (Summer 1957–Summer 1958) Terrytoons, the Terry Bears #4 (June 1958); picked up from St. John Tom Terrific #1–6 (Summer 1957 – Fall 1958) Zippy the Chimp #50–51 (March 1957 – August 1957); CBS Television Presents
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