Magazine Enterprises

Magazine Enterprises was an American

Magazine Enterprises should not be confused with the same-name Scottish company that published science fiction magazines from at least 1946 to 1960.

Publication history

In late 1947, Superman creators

Magazine Enterprises' best-known character may be Ghost Rider, a horror-themed Western avenger created by writer Ray Krank and artist Dick Ayers in 1949. After the trademark lapsed, Ayers and others adapted it as Marvel Comics' non-horror but otherwise near-identical Western character Ghost Rider in 1967.^[2]

The company's two superhero characters were the Avenger, created by writer

Children's

• Clubhouse Rascals
• Ding Dong
• The Pixies
• Koko and Kola
• Little Miss Sunbeam Comics
• Mighty Atom (child superhero, not the anime character)
• Mighty Atom and the Pixies
• Muggsy Mouse (1951 and 1954 series)
• Tom-Tom and Itchi the Monk
• Tom-Tom, The Jungle Boy
• Tick Tock Tales
• Vacation Comics

Crime

• Dick Powell a.k.a. Star Parade Presents Dick Powell
• I'm A Cop
• Kerry Drake Detective Cases
• The Killers
• Manhunt
• Mysteries of Scotland Yard
• Undercover Girl

Historical adventure

• Robin Hood (1955–1957; see also Movie/TV, below)
• Dan'l Boone

Humor

• The Brain
• Dogface Dooley
• Dotty Dripple
• Hot Dog
• Jimmy Durante Comics

Jungle

• Africa
• Cave Girl
• Thun'da

Misc.

• A-1 Comics^[8]

Rotating anthology sometimes used as an alternate title/issue number; for example, Hot Dog #3 was also A-1 Comics #24; Danger is Their Business #11 (the only issue of that title published) was also A-1 Comics #50; Home Run #3 (the only issue of that title published) was also A-1 Comics #89; and Ghost Rider #1-14 was also A-1 #27, 29, 31, 34, 37, 44, 51, 57, 69, 71, 75, 80, 84 & 112.

• Extra Comics

Movie/TV

• The Adventures of Robin Hood (1957; see also Historical Adventure, above)
• Keen Teens
• Movie Thrillers

See also: Dick Powell (Crime), Jimmy Durante Comics (Humor), Tim Holt (Western)

Romance

• Dream Book of Love
• Dream Book of Romance
• Romantic Picture Novellettes

Science fiction

• Jet Powers^[9]
• Major Inapak the Space Ace a.k.a. Space Ace

Sports

• Pride of the Yankees

Superhero

• The Avenger
• Funnyman
• Strong Man

War

• The American Air Forces
• United States Marines

Western

• Badmen of the West! (1953–1954)
• Best of the West (1951–1954)
• Black Phantom (1954)
• Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders (1950–1953)
• Cowboys 'N' Injuns/Cowboys and Indians (1946–1952)
• Durango Kid
  (1949–1955)
• Ghost Rider
  (1950–1954)
• Great Western (1953–1954)
• Guns of Fact and Fiction (1948)
• Red Hawk (1953)
• Red Mask (1954–1957)^[10]
• Straight Arrow (1950–1956)
• Straight Arrow's Fury (1954)
• Tim Holt (1948–1954)
• Trail Colt (1949)
• White Indian (1953–1955)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Magazine Enterprises.

• Magazine Enterprises at the Grand Comics Database
• Magazine Enterprises at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
• Nolan, Michelle (September 2004). "Super Hero Limbo". Vol. 3, no. 8. Nolan's Niche (column), CGC (CG Comics newsletter). Archived from the original on July 16, 2011.
• Shaw, Scott (January 26, 2004). "Tom-Tom the Jungle Boy #1". Oddball Comics (column), ComicBookResources.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2004.