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Publisher Insignia and Indicia Data (return to index)


BIP Comics: Publisher Insignia and Indicia Data
Universal Comic Group

Publishers of Record:
• Almanac Publishing Co.
Navy Heroes (1);
• Farm Women's Publishing Co.
Circus Comics (2);
• Gail Hillson
Eagle Comics (2);
• Lindsay L. Baird, Inc.
Red Band Comics (4); Meteor Comics (1);
• Publicaciones Recreativas, S.A.
Red Band (1); Red Band Comics (2);
• Rewl Publications Inc.
Blazing Comics (1-3); Blue Circle Comics (1-3);
• Rural Home Publishing Co.
Blazing Comics (v2n1,v2n2); Blue Circle Comics (v2n1-v2n3); Cannonball Comics (2); Eagle Comics (1); Laffy-Daffy Comics (1,2); Red Circle Comics (1-4); Taffy Comics (1);

Addresses:
• Editorial and Circulation Offices:
Rewl Publications Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY (Jun 1944)-(Sep 1944)
Publicaciones Recreativas, S.A., Paseo de la Reforma No. 1, Desp. 905, Mexico City, Mexico D.F. (Nov 1944)-(Jan 1945)
Rural Home Publishing Co., 2749 West Madison Street, Chicago, IL (Jan 1945)
Rural Home Publishing Co., 2747 West Madison Street, Chicago, IL (Feb 1945)-(Apr 1945)
Rural Home Publishing Co., 155 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL (Mar 1945)-(Apr 1945)
Almanac Publishing Co., 155 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL (1945)
Farm Women's Publishing Co., 155 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL (Jun 1945)
Gail Hillson, 5 Prospect Place, New York, NY (May 1945)
Lindsay L. Baird, Inc., 41 East 42nd Street, New York, NY (May 1945)-(Nov 1945)
• Advertising Office:
Universal Comic Group, 15 East 40th Street, New York, NY (Jan 1945)-(Apr 1945)
• Offices of Publication:
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
221 Conyngham Avenue, Wilkes Barre, PA
Buffalo, NY
8 Lord Street, Buffalo, NY
420 De Soto Avenue, St. Louis, MO

Personnel:
• Proprietor, Rural Home Publishing Co.:
Edwin Hamilton
• President Rewl Publications, Inc.:
Lindsay L. Baird

NOTE: Medal of Honor Comics #1 does not contain any indicia information. But content is copyrighted by A.S. Curtis Feature Syndicate. Content for Navy Heroes is copyrighted by A.S. Curtis and published by Almanac Publishing Co. with the same address used by as editorial offices by Rural Home Publishing Co. and Farm Women's Publishing Co. Medal of Honor Comics may not belong here, but based on this loose connection it has been placed here until better information is available.
Indicias:
1944-1946
  1944 1945 1946
Jan   Red Band Comics #2
Red Circle Comics #1
 
Feb   Blazing Comics #4(v2n1)
Blue Circle Comics #4(v2n1)
Laffy Daffy Comics #1
Red Circle Comics #2
 
Mar   Blazing Comics #5(v2n2)
Blue Circle Comics #5(v2n2)
Cannonball Comics #2
Eagle Comics #1
Laffy Daffy Comics #2
Red Circle Comics #3
 
Spr   Navy Heroes #11
Medal of Honor Comics #1
Apr   Blue Circle Comics v2n3 (cover)
Red Circle Comics #4 (cover)
Taffy Comics #1
 
May   Eagle Comics #2
Red Band Comics #41
 
Jun Blazing Comics #1
Blue Circle Comics #1
Circus Comics #2
 
Sum      
Jul Blazing Comics #2
Blue Circle Comics #2
   
Aug      
Sep Blazing Comics #3
Blue Circle Comics #3
   
Oct      
Fall      
Nov Red Band #1
Meteor Comics #1
 
Dec      
Win      
  1944 1945 1946

1: Estimated cover date.



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