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Publisher: Cupples & Leon
Years in Operation: 1902 - 1956
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Country: Flag United States Web Site: Brands: 2 Indicia Publishers: 3 Series: 73 Printings: 147 (143 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.
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Series Name and Issue # View Issue Images Icon Publication Date Content Items
The Adventures of Harold Teen #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 2 January 1931 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
The Adventures of Harold Teen [Treasure Box of Famous Comics] #[nn] (Trade Paperback) View Issue Images Icon December 1934 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
The Adventures of Mutt and Jeff #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon September 1920 13 (12 stories, 1 cover)
America's Black and White Book: 100 Pictured Reasons Why We Are at War #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon January 1917 104 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Angelic Angelina #[nn] (Hardcover) December 1909 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Barney Google and Spark Plug #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon August 1923 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Barney Google and Spark Plug #2 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1924 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Barney Google and Spark Plug #3 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1925 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Barney Google and Spark Plug #4 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon March 1926 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Bringing Up Father #1 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon March 1919 50 (44 stories, 1 cover)
Bringing Up Father #2 [British] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon January 1919 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Bringing Up Father #2 [U.S. Edition] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon August 1919 52 (46 stories, 1 cover)
Bringing Up Father #3 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 2 May 1920 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Bringing Up Father #4 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon April 1921 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Bringing Up Father #5 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon October 1921 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Bringing Up Father #6 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon September 1922 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Bringing Up Father #7 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 2 October 1923 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Bringing Up Father #8 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 August 1924 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Bringing Up Father #9 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 2 June 1925 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Bringing Up Father #10 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon June 1926 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Bringing Up Father #11 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon April 1927 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Bringing Up Father #12 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon January 1927 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Bringing Up Father #13 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon April 1928 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Bringing Up Father #14 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon October 1928 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Bringing Up Father #15 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon March 1929 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Bringing Up Father #16 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon September 1929 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Bringing Up Father #17 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon April 1930 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Bringing Up Father #18 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon September 1930 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Bringing Up Father #19 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon April 1931 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Bringing Up Father #20 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 3 September 1931 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Bringing Up Father #21 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon April 1932 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Bringing Up Father #22 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon October 1932 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Bringing Up Father #23 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 2 April 1933 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Bringing Up Father #24 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 4 January 1933 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Bringing Up Father #25 (Hardcover) January 1933 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Bringing Up Father #26 (Hardcover) January 1934 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Bringing Up Father The Big Book #1 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 2 January 1926 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Bringing Up Father The Big Book #2 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 4 March 1929 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Buddy Tucker and His Friends #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 2 January 1906 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Buddy Tucker Meets Alice in Wonderland [Buster Brown Nuggets Series] #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon January 1907 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Buddy Tucker Visits the House That Jack Built [Buster Brown Nuggets Series] #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon December 1907 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Buster Brown and His Pets #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 2 January 1913 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Buster Brown and Uncle Buster and Other Stories [Buster Brown Nuggets Series] #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon January 1907 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Buster Brown at Play #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 2 January 1915 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Buster Brown Goes Fishing [Buster Brown Nuggets Series] #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 2 December 1907 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Buster Brown Goes Shooting [Buster Brown Nuggets Series] #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 2 December 1907 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Buster Brown Goes Swimming [Buster Brown Nuggets Series] #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 2 December 1907 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Buster Brown in Foreign Lands #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 2 January 1912 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Buster Brown on His Travels #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1910 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Buster Brown on Uncle Jack's Farm [Buster Brown Nuggets Series] #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon December 1907 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Buster Brown Plays Cowboy [Buster Brown Nuggets Series] #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 3 January 1907 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Buster Brown Plays Indian [Buster Brown Nuggets Series] #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon December 1907 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Buster Brown's Amusing Capers #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 January 1908 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Buster Brown's Funny Tricks #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 2 January 1914 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Buster Brown's Happy Days #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 2 January 1911 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Buster Brown's Latest Frolics #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 5/1 January 1907 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Buster Brown, His Dog Tige and Their Jolly Times #[68-page] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 March 1906 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Buster Brown: The Busy Body #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1909 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Buster Brown: Tige and the Bull [Buster Brown Nuggets Series] #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 3 January 1907 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Daffydils #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon January 1911 51 (39 stories, 1 cover)
Dick Tracy and Dick Tracy, Jr. and How They Captured "Stooge" Viller #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 2 April 1933 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Dick Tracy and Dick Tracy, Jr. and How They Captured "Stooge" Viller [Treasure Box of Famous Comics] #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon December 1934 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Dolly Dimples and Bobby Bounce #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon May 1931 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Dolly Dimples and Bobby Bounce [Wonder Chest of Famous Comics] #[nn] (Comic Book) ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Gasoline Alley #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon January 1929 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
The Gumps #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon May 1924 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
The Gumps #2 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 August 1925 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
The Gumps #3 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon May 1926 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
The Gumps #4 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 January 1927 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
The Gumps #5 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon May 1928 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
The Gumps #6 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon August 1929 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
The Gumps #7 (Comic Book) January 1930 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Harold Teen #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 April 1929 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
How Dick Tracy and Dick Tracy Jr Caught the Racketeers [Wonder Chest of Famous Comics] #[nn] (Comic Book) ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
How Dick Tracy and Dick Tracy, Jr. Caught the Racketeers #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon April 1934 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Jimmie Dugan and the Reg'lar Fellers #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 2 August 1921 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Joe Palooka #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 February 1933 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Keeping Up with the Joneses #1 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon May 1920 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
Keeping Up with the Joneses #2 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 2 May 1921 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Little Nemo in Slumberland #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon January 1909 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Little Orphan Annie #[1] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 3 June 1926 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Little Orphan Annie #2 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 2 June 1927 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Little Orphan Annie #3 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon May 1928 6 (1 story, 1 cover)
Little Orphan Annie #4 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon April 1929 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Little Orphan Annie #5 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon March 1930 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Little Orphan Annie #6 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon March 1931 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Little Orphan Annie #7 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon March 1932 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Little Orphan Annie #8 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon March 1933 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Little Orphan Annie #9 (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon April 1934 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Little Orphan Annie [Treasure Box of Famous Comics] #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon December 1934 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Little Orphan Annie [Wonder Chest of Famous Comics] #[nn] (Comic Book) ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Men of Daring #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon June 1933 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Monkey Shines of Marseleen #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon January 1909 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Moon Mullins #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon May 1927 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Moon Mullins #2 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon September 1928 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Moon Mullins #3 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon May 1929 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Moon Mullins #4 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon March 1930 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Moon Mullins #5 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1931 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Moon Mullins #6 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon September 1932 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Moon Mullins #7 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1933 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)

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