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Publisher: Cartoon Art
Years in Operation: 1946 - 1956
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Country: Flag United Kingdom Web Site: Brands: 0 Indicia Publishers: 3 Series: 76 Printings: 157 (154 Issues) Disclose Notes: "Cartoon Art was a company from Glasgow, Scotland [...] With artists like Crewe Davies, Denis M. Reader, producing sci-fi type comics like Super Duper, and Whizzer and a comic called Marsman Comics drawn by Paddy Brennan before he joined DC Thomson. In 1950 they reprinted a collection of Star Pirate strips in a one off." (Peter Hansen, 2002-08-22)   Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Series Name Years in Print Issues (Printings)
Acomic Bombshell {Comic Books} 1947 - 1
Bat Magazine {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Uncommon, undated series from Scottish publisher but printed in Republic of Ireland. all issues feature original covers; with contents, a mixture of original horror style material and Ghost Rider reprints from U.S. title: A-1 (Magazine Enterprises, 1944 Series) Note/ recent reprints exist from 'Nostalgia Recreations', which are only detectable by inspecting interior pages, which will be photocopy paper, rather than newsprint.
1952 - 1952 3
Battle Action Comic {Comic Books} 1952 - 1
Best in the West {Comic Books} 1951 - 8
Best of All Comics {Comic Books} 1948 - 1
Big Fight Comics {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: The only known issue (#2) is undated, so assigned date is speculative, it corresponds to the date of the US edition.
1949 - 1949 2
Black Phantom {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Comic contains no date, year entered is speculative based on the date of the original US publication.
1954 - 1
Boys Dux {Comic Books} 1948 - 1
Buster Comics {Comic Books} 1947 - 1
Captain Fight {Comic Books} 1950 - 1
Captain Magnet {Comic Books} 1947 - 1948 2
Captain Science {Comic Books} 1951 - 2
Crime Files {Comic Books} 1962 - 1
Daredevil Western Comics {Comic Books} 1949 - 1
Durango Kid {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 3
Exciting War {Comic Books} 1962 - 1
Fantastic Worlds {Comic Books} 1962 - 1
Fight Comics - Attack {Comic Books} 1951 - 1
Fighting Brit {Comic Books} 1948 - 1
Fighting Indians {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 1
Flash-Bang Comics Adventure {Comic Books} 1948 - 1
Four Deuces {Comic Books} 1948 - ? 1
G-Boy Comics {Comic Books} 1947 - 1
Gag-Mag {Comic Books} 1946 - 1
Gene Autry {Comic Books} 1950 - 1950 1
The Ghost Rider {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Contains reprints from the US Magazine Enterprises series.
1952 - 1953 1
Girls Dux {Comic Books} 1948 - 1
Glee Cub Comic {Comic Books} 1946 - 1
Hollywood Aces {Comic Books} 1950 - 1
Hooks Devlin {Comic Books} 1950 - 1
Indians {Comic Books} 1951 - 3
Joe Yank {Comic Books} 1962 - 1
Jumbo Comics {Comic Books} 1950 - 2
Jungle Comic {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 1
K.O. Knockout {Comic Books} 1947 - 1
Kayo Kirby {Comic Books} 1950 - 1
Li'l Fight Comics {Comic Books} 1950 - 1 (2)
Lost World Comics {Comic Books} 1950 - 1
Lucky Dice Comic {Comic Books} 1946 - 1
Marsman Comics {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: "With artists like Crewe Davies, Denis M. Reader, producing sci-fi type comics like Super Duper, and Whizzer and a comic called Marsman Comics." (Peter Hansen, 2002-08-22). 20 pages.
1948 - 1
Masked Riders of the Range {Comic Books} 1952 - 1
Mysteries of Scotland Yard {Comic Books} 1955 - 1
New Jungle Comics {Comic Books} 1950 - 1
Planet Comics {Comic Books} 1950 - 1
Polly Pigtails {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: More issues may remain to be documented.
1948 - ? 1
Rangers Comics {Comic Books} 1950 - 1
Razzle Dazzle {Comic Books} 1946 - 1947 2
Real Life Stories {Comic Books} 1962 - 1
Red Arrow Comics {Comic Books} 1948 - 1
Red Hawk {Comic Books} 1953 - 4 (5)
Redskin Legion Comics {Comic Books} 1950 - 1
Rip Carson {Comic Books} 1950 - 1
Senorita Rio {Comic Books} 1950 - 1
Sensational Acromaid Comics {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Inserted in another comic book?
Public Domain
1950 - 1950 1
Sky Police Comics {Comic Books} 1949 - 1
Spaceman Comics {Comic Books} 1950 - 1
Speed Gale Comics {Comic Books} 1947 - 1
Spellbound Magazine {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: The magnificent, Cartoon Art published the Spellbound Magazine which reprinted, among others, St. John's Nightmare #12 from 1954, it may well have been their last shot.
1954 - 1
Star Pirate Comics {Comic Books} 1950 - 1
Straight Arrow {Comic Books} 1952 - ? 25
Super Duper {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: "With artists like Crewe Davies, Denis M. Reader, producing sci-fi type comics like Super Duper, and Whizzer and a comic called Marsman Comics." (Peter Hansen, 2002-08-22)
1946 - 1960 22
Super Duper Omnibus Annual {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 1
Suspense Magazine {Comic Books} 1952 - 1
Three Westerners {Comic Books} 1951 - 4
Tiger Girl {Comic Books} 1950 - 1
Tim Holt {Comic Books} 1952 - 5 (6)
True Love Confessions {Comic Books} 1954 - 1
True Police Comics {Comic Books} 1950 - 1
Two-Fisted Tales {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Entertaining Comics (E.C.) Two-Fisted Tales. Material drawn from the "New" format period which began with #36 (January, 1954). The 1955 date is an estimate.
1955 - 1
Unseen {Comic Books} 1962 - 1
Weird Science Illustories {Comic Books} 1962 - 1
Western Fighters {Comic Books} 1951 - 2
Whizzer Comics {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: "With artists like Crewe Davies, Denis M. Reader, producing sci-fi type comics like Super Duper, and Whizzer and a comic called Marsman Comics." (Peter Hansen, 2002-08-22)
1947 - 1948 5
Wings Comics {Comic Books} 1950 - 1
Zipper-Ripper Comic {Comic Books} 1946 - 1
Zippy Comics {Comic Books} 1947 - 1

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