List of Standard Comics publications explained

Standard Comics^[1] was an American comic book company owned by publisher Ned Pines. Standard in turn was the parent company of two comic-book lines: Better Publications^[2] and Nedor Publishing.^[3] Collectors and historians sometimes refer to them collectively as "Standard/Better/Nedor".^[4] 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
• Dizzy Duck #32–39 (November 1950 – March 1952); Standard / Animated Cartoons Inc., continued from Barnyard Comics
• 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
• Jungle Jim 11–15 (January 1949 – November 1950); Standard / Best Books Inc.
• Kathy #1–17 (September 1949 – September 1955); Standard / Visual Editions / Literary Enterprises
• Leroy #1–5 (November 1949 – September 1950); Standard / Visual Editions
• Little Angel #5–6 (September 1954–September 1955; see Pines below)
• 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
• 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. (#3–7cover 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^[5]
• 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 Comics^[6]
• 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)^[7]
• Goofy Comics #1–14 (June 1943 – June 1946);^[8] 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
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)

Notes and References

1. http://www.comics.org/publisher/1972/ Standard
2. http://www.comics.org/publisher/name/better/sort/alpha/ Better Publications
3. http://www.comics.org/publisher/name/nedor/sort/alpha/ Nedor Publishing
4. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20070928081448/http://www.accomics.com/accomicsgoldenage/snb.htm . September 28, 2007 . Standard/Better/Nedor . AC Comics . 2001 . dead .
5. Book: Mitchell . Kurt . Thomas . Roy . American Comic Book Chronicles: 1940-1944 . 2019 . TwoMorrows Publishing . 978-1605490892 . 159.
6. http://www.comics.org/series/290/ The Black Terror (Standard, 1942 series)
7. http://www.comics.org/imprint/2426/ Nedor Publishing Co.
8. http://www.comics.org/imprint/2406/ Standard : Nedor Publishing Co. #1–14 / Standard #15–48