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BIP Comics: Publisher Insignia and Indicia Data
Centaur Comic Group

Insignia:


Title Owners:
• Amazing Man Comics
[29-Sep-1939] #9: Comic Corporation of America; Joseph J. Hardie; Raymond J. Kelly; E. L. Angel;
[27-Sep-1940] #20: Comic Corporation of America; Joseph J. Hardie; Raymond J. Kelly; E. L. Angel;
• Amazing Mystery Funnies
[29-Sep-1939] v3#1: Centaur Publications, Inc.; Raymond J. Kelly; S. J. Fried; Joseph J. Hardie; E. L. Angel;
• Funny Pages
[29-Sep-1939] v4#1: Centaur Publications, Inc.; Raymond J. Kelly; S. J. Fried; Joseph J. Hardie; E. L. Angel;
• Funny Picture Stories
[29-Sep-1938] v3#1: Centaur Publications, Inc.; Harle Publications, Inc.; Raymond J. Kelly; S. J. Fried;
• Model Fun
[28-Sep-1954] #4: Harle Publications, Inc.; Joseph J. Hardie; Raymond J. Kelly; Clare S. Aichele;
• Star Ranger Funnies
[29-Sep-1938] v2#1: Centaur Publications, Inc.; Harle Publications, Inc.; Raymond J. Kelly; S. J. Fried;

Publishers of Record:
• Centaur Publications, Inc.
Amazing Mystery Funnies (v2n3,v2n7,v3n1); Funny Picture Stories (v3n1); Keen Detective Funnies (v2n11,v2n12,21,24); Star Ranger Funnies (v2n1); Super Spy (1);
• Comic Corporation of America
Amazing Man Comics (5-7,9,10,12-14,16-18,20,22-25); Arrow (3); CMO Comics (1,2); Liberty Scouts Comics (2,3); Man Of War Comics (1); Stars And Stripes Comics (2-4);
• Harle Publications, Inc.
Model Fun (3,4);
• H-K Publications, Inc.
Flying Models (v61#3);

Addresses:
• Editorial and Executive Offices:
220 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY (Jan 1939)-(Dec 1939)
215 Fourth Avenue, New York, NY (Jan 1940)-(Apr 1942)
• Offices of Publication:
420 De Soto Avenue, St. Louis, MO (Jan 1939)-(Oct 1940)
29 Worthington Street, Springfield, MA (Sep 1939)-(Dec 1941)

Personnel:
• Publisher:
Joseph J. Hardie [29-Sep-1938]-[27-Sep-1940];[28-Sep-1954]-(Spr 1955)
Raymond Kelly (Spr 1955)
• Editor:
Lloyd Jacquet [29-Sep-1938]-[29-Sep-1939]
George A. Weaver [27-Sep-1940]
Walter H. Holze [28-Sep-1954]
Bob Buragas (Spr 1955)
• Business Manager:
Raymond J. Kelly [29-Sep-1938]-[27-Sep-1940];[28-Sep-1954]
• Managing Editor
Walter H. Holze [28-Sep-1954]-(Spr 1955)
• Art Director
George Weaver (Spr 1955)

Note: Ultem titles were acquired by Centaur in 1938.
Statements of Ownership:
Amazing Man Comics #9 (Feb 1940)
Amazing Man Comics #9 (blurry) (Feb 1940)
Amazing Man Comics #20 (Feb 1941)
Amazing Man Comics #20 (blurry) (Feb 1941)
Amazing Mystery Funnies v3#1 (Jan 1940)
Funny Pages v4#1 (Jan 1940)
Funny Picture Stories v3#1 (Jan 1939)
Model Fun #4 (Spr 1955)
Star Rangers Funnies v2n1 (Jan 1939)

Indicias:
1938-1942
  1938 1939 1940 1941 1942
Jan   Funny Picture Stories v3#1
Star Rangers Funnies v2n1
Amazing Mystery Funnies v3#1
Funny Pages v4#1
   
Feb     Amazing Man Comics #9
Amazing Man Comics #9
Amazing Man Comics #20
CMO Comics #11
Mar   Amazing Mystery Funnies v2#3
Amazing Man Comics #10
   
Spr          
Apr         CMO Comics #21
May     Amazing Man Comics #12
Amazing Man Comics #22
Stars and Stripes Comics #2
 
Jun     Amazing Man Comics #13
Keen Detective Funnies #21
Liberty Scouts Comics #2
 
Sum          
Jul   Amazing Mystery Funnies v2#7
Amazing Man Comics #14
Stars and Stripes Comics #3
 
Aug       Amazing Man Comics #23
Liberty Scouts Comics #3
 
Sep   Amazing Man Comics #5
Keen Detective Funnies #24
Stars and Stripes Comics #4
 
Oct   Amazing Man Comics #6
Star Rangers Funnies v2#5
Amazing Man Comics #16
Super Spy #1
Amazing Man Comics #24
Arrow #3
 
Fall          
Nov Amazing Mystery Funnies v1#3
Amazing Man Comics #7
Keen Detective Funnies v2#11
Amazing Man Comics #17
Wham Comics #1
Man of War Comics #1
 
Dec   Comic Pages v3#6
Keen Detective Funnies v2#12
Amazing Man Comics #18
Amazing Man Comics #25
World Famous Heroes Magazine #2
 
Win          
  1938 1939 1940 1941 1942

1: Estimated cover date.

Note: H-K Publications was run concurrently with Comic Corporation of America as seen by this advertisement. For this reason, H-K and Harle have been included in the Centaur Group even though more than a decade seperates these two sets of titles.
Indicias:
1954-1955
  1954 1955
Jan    
Feb    
Mar    
Spr   Model Fun #4
Apr    
May Flying Models v61#3(#254)
 
Jun    
Sum    
Jul    
Aug    
Sep    
Oct    
Fall    
Nov    
Dec    
Win Model Fun #3
 
  1954 1955




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