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Publisher: Super Publishing
Years in Operation: 1946 - 1953
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Country: Flag Canada Web Site: Brands: 2 Indicia Publishers: 2 Series: 30 Printings: 199 Disclose Notes: It is possible that there were two different Canadian publishers named Super and that we have them combined here. The first published a few comics in 1946 and appears to be related to Rucker Publications Ltd. They appear to have done original comics.

The other was a Canadian reprint publisher in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Address given as 56 1/2 Adelaide Street East, Toronto, Ontario in Boy Comics #46 (circa mid 1949). Publisher given in same issue as Lou Ruby. They may have either taken over the publishing of Lev Gleason comics in Canada from Superior or possibly co-published them with Superior. More evidence is needed. They do appear to be the sole publisher of Harvey comics in Canada.

It is unknown at this time if the two are actually related or should be split.
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Series Name Years in Print Issues (Printings)
Babe Ruth Sports Comics {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Canadian reprint of Harvey comic: Babe Ruth Sports Comics (Harvey, 1949 series). Other issues may exist.
1949 - 2
Black Cat {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Canadian reprint of Harvey comic: Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series). Other issues may exist.
1948 - 1950 12
Black Diamond Western {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Canadian reprint of Lev Gleason comic: Black Diamond Western (Lev Gleason, 1949 series). Other issues may exist. Exact split between when Superior stopped publishing this comic and Super started is unknown.
1951 - 1953 18
Blondie Comics Monthly {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Canadian reprint of Harvey comic: Blondie Comics Monthly (Harvey, 1950 series). Other issues may exist.
1950 - 4
Boy Comics [Boy Illustories] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Canadian reprint of Boy Comics (Lev Gleason, 1942 series). There is much confusion over whether issues of this series were published by Superior or by Super. For convenience's sake, we have split the series when the distributor's mark changes to JBP, since that distributor appears on Super comics and not on Superior comics. There is even some evidence that some issues have both Superior and Super listed as the publisher in different locations in the comic. For example, issue #51 has an indicia with Super, but a note about being published by Superior inside the front cover. The other confusion in this series is the title. It is not certain whether all issues have the same name on the cover as in the indicia. To avoid duplication, the series title reflects both possibilities.
1951 - 1952 21
Boy Meets Girl {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Canadian reprint of Lev Gleason comic: Boy Meets Girl (Lev Gleason, 1950 series). Other issues may exist.
1950 - 1952 10
Boys' Ranch {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Canadian reprint of U.S. series Boys' Ranch (Harvey, 1950 series). More issues may remain to be documented.
1951 - 1951 2
Chic Young's Dagwood Comics {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Canadian reprint of Harvey comic: Chic Young's Dagwood Comics (Harvey, 1950 series). Other issues may exist.
1950 - 2
Crime Does Not Pay {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Canadian reprint of Lev Gleason comic: Crime Does Not Pay (Lev Gleason, 1942 series). Other issues may exist. Possible that some issues were actually published by Superior Comics, there is confusion in online sources as to the Canadian publisher of Lev Gleason.
1948 - 1949 17
Daredevil Comics {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Canadian reprint of Lev Gleason comic: Daredevil Comics (Lev Gleason, 1941 series). Other issues may exist. Unknown if indicia on most issues states "Daredevil Comics" or simply "Daredevil", though on issue #49 it is "Dare Devil Comics". Possible that some issues were actually published by Superior Comics, there is confusion in online sources as to the Canadian publisher of Lev Gleason.
1948 - 1952 25
Dotty Dripple {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Canadian reprint of U.S. Dotty Dripple (Harvey, 1946 series). More issues may remain to be documented.
1950 - 1950 2
Family Funnies {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 1
First Love Illustrated {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Canadian reprint of Harvey comic: First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series). Other issues may exist.
1949 - 2
Flash Gordon {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Canadian reprint of Harvey comic: Flash Gordon (Harvey, 1950 series). Other issues may exist.
1950 - 1951 2
Hi-School Romance {Comic Books} 1949 - ? 2
Humphrey Comics {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Canadian reprint of Harvey comic: Humphrey Comics (Harvey, 1948 series). Other issues may exist.
1948 - 1950 12
Joe Palooka Comics {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Canadian reprint of Harvey comic: Joe Palooka Comics (Harvey, 1945 series). Other issues may exist, though issues between 37 and 48 may have been skipped to re-align the numbering with the American series.
1948 - 1950 21
Kerry Drake Detective Cases {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Canadian reprint of Harvey comic: Kerry Drake Detective Cases (Harvey, 1948 series). Other issues may exist.
1948 - 1949 9
Li'l Abner {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Canadian reprint of Harvey comic: Li'l Abner (Harvey, 1947 series). Other issues may exist.
1948 - 1949 6
Little Max Comics {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Canadian reprint of Harvey comic: Little Max Comics (Harvey, 1949 series). Other issues may exist.
1949 - 2
Love Problems & Advice {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Canadian reprint of Harvey series. The cover title graphics are "True! Love Problems & Advice Illustrated," but the indicia of issue #1 is listed as "Love Problems & Advice." No other indicia scans are currently available to verify the title of other issues.
1949 - 1950 3
Love Stories of Mary Worth {Comic Books} 1949 - ? 2
Lovers' Lane {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Canadian reprint of Lev Gleason comic: Lovers' Lane (Lev Gleason, 1949 series). Other issues may exist.
1952 - 7
Sad Sack Comics {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Canadian reprints of US Sad Sack Comics (Harvey, 1949 series); issues seen correspond to US originals.
1949 - 1950 3
Saucy Stories {Comic Books} 1945 - 2
Scooter Comics {Comic Books} 1946 - ? 1
Snuggy Comics {Comic Books} 1946 - ? 2
Steve Canyon {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Canadian reprint of Harvey comic: Steve Canyon (Harvey, 1948 series). Other issues may exist.
1948 - 1
Terry and the Pirates {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Canadian reprint of Harvey comic: Terry and the Pirates Comics (Harvey, 1947 series). Other issues likely exist.
1948 - 1950 4
Weekender Comics {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: See also The Weekender (Rucker Publications Ltd, 1945 series) also published in Canada.
1946 - ? 2

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