Friday, September 25, 2015

Crazy Comic Book Numbering 3



This is the latest in a series of posts covering how various comic series have had name changes or an unusual numbering pattern. The titles covered will give you a sense of what I’m getting at. To qualify the numbering must rename the same or if changed, there must somehow be an obvious tie to the original number somehow. Hiatuses not counted until there is a name and/or numbering change in between. There must also be at least three different names and/or renumberings. Info source:  the current edition of Overstreet’s price guide.

Five cases per post.

Note: I decided against covering All-Famous Crime for now because I’m not convinced that Overstreet has the name pattern right for this title

Case #11 (Fox)
·        All Top Comics 1-18 1945-March 1949
·        My Experience 19-22 September 1949-March 1950
·        Judy Canova 23-24 May 1950-July? 1950 then renumbered as
·        Judy Canova 3 September 1950

Case #12 (Avon)
·        All-True Detective Cases 2-4 (no #1) April-May 1954-August-September 1954
·        Kit Carson 5-8 November-December 1954-September 1955
·        Fighting Davy Crockett 9 November-December 1955

Case #13 (USA/Marvel/Atlas)
·        All Winners Comics 1-19 Summer 1941-Fall 1946
·        All Teen 20 January 1947
·        Teen Comics 21-35 April 1947-May 1950
·        Journey Into Unknown Worlds 36-38 September 1950-February 1951 then renumbered as
·        Journey Into Unknown Worlds 4-31 April 1951-August 1957

Note: There was also an All Winners Comics #21 that was Young Allies Comics for #1-20

Case #14 (Marvel/Atlas)
·        All Winners Comics 1 August 1948
·        All Western Winners 2-4 Winter 1948-49-4 April 1949
·        Western Winners 5-7 June 1949-December 1949
·        Black Rider 8-27 March 1950-March 1955
·        Western Tales of Black Rider 28-31 May 1955-November 1955
·        Gunsmoke Western 32-77 December 1955-July 1963

Note: Romance Tales #7 may have split off of Western Winners #6.

Case #15 (Atlas/Marvel)
·        Amazing Adventures 1-6 June 1961-November 1961
·        Amazing Adult Fantasy 7-14 December 1961-July 1962
·        Amazing Fantasy 15-18 August 1962-February 1996

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