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Publisher: Cupples & Leon

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Years in Operation: 1902 - 1956

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United States Web Site: Brands: 2 Indicia Publishers: 1 Series: 73 Printings: 147 (146 Issues) Disclose

Notes: Cupples & Leon was an American publishing company founded by Victor I. Cupples (1864–1941) and Arthur T. Leon (1867–1943). They published juvenile fiction and children's books but are mainly remembered today as the major publisher of books collecting comic strips during the early decades of the 20th century.

In Manhattan, the company was initially located in the Presbyterian building at 156 Fifth Avenue and, during the 1920s, at 449 Fourth Avenue.

In 1903, Cupples & Leon collected such strips as The Katzenjammer Kids. Alphonse and Gaston, Happy Hooligan, On and Off the Ark, Poor Lil Mose and The Tigers. Their major competitor in books of comic strip reprints was Frederick A. Stokes, who died in 1939.

They left the comic strip reprint field in 1934, concentrating on their juvenile fiction lines. The Platt & Munk publishing firm acquired Cupples & Leon in 1956. Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.

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