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Publisher: Horwitz
Years in Operation: 1920 - 2007
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Country: Flag Australia Web Site: Brands: 0 Indicia Publishers: 7 Series: 204 Printings: 2249 (2294 Issues) Disclose Notes: Horwitz Publications was a large comics publisher between about 1950 and 1966, predominantly reprints from Timely/Atlas/Marvel, but also other publishers, newspaper strip reprints and some local work. Horwitz was founded in Sydney in 1920 and the company rapidly expanded into books, trade journals, community newspapers and magazines. The earliest Horwitz comics were produced under the indicia publishers Associated General Publications Pty. Ltd and Transport Publishing Co., before adopting the more familiar Horwitz Publications Inc. Pty. Ltd. At its peak, Horwitz released nearly 50 comic titles monthly, with print-runs of up to 250,000 copies. The Australian version of MAD Magazine was started in 1980 by Horwitz and is still published by Nextmedia, which acquired Horwitz in 2007. Some reprints of Horwitz comics were published by Page Publications in the late 1960s/early 1970s.   Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Series Name Years in Print Issues (Printings)
Air Hawk and the Flying Doctors {Comic Books} 1962 - ? 3
Airboy {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: This series is undated. It could have been published at any time from 1952-1955.
1953 - 5
Alone in Love {Comic Books} 1957 - 1957 1
Annie Oakley Western Tales {Comic Books} 1956 - ? 8
Apache Kid {Comic Books} 1959 - 1960 8
Apache Kid {Comic Books} 1960 - ? 2
Arizona Kid {Comic Books} 1954 - 1955 9
Arizona Kid {Comic Books} 1957 - ? 5
At Last It's Love {Comic Books} 1957 - 1957 1
Attack {Comic Books} 1958 - ? 15
Australian Mad Super Special {Comic Books} 1981 - 2013 106
The Avengers {Comic Books} 1965 - ? 1
Battle Action {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Comics in this series are undated. Dating is an estimate.
1954 - 1963 78
Battle Action {Comic Books} 1965 - 0
Battle Brady {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 6
Battle! {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Comics in this series are undated.
1954 - 1958 46
Battle! {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Only one issue of this second series has been identified, but more might have been published. The second series can be distinguished by the low issue numbering on comics with a glossy cover (not matte), priced at 1/- (not 8d), and with an Indicia publisher of Horwitz (not AGP/Transport). Some high numbered issues of the previous series (#45+ ?) also match these criteria. Dating for this series is uncertain as Horwitz comics are undated. It is after 1958, but might be early 1960s.
1959 - 1960 1
Battle! Comics {Comic Books} 1953 - 1954 4
Before the Wedding {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 1
The Best of Petty {Comic Books} 1968 - 1
Big Mouth Andy Capp {Comic Books} 1983 - 1
Billy the Kid {Comic Books} 1960 - ? 1
Black Knight {Comic Books} 1956 - 1958 4
Black Knight {Comic Books} 1960 - ? 2 (0)
Black Rider {Comic Books} 1954 - 1956 26
Black Rider {Comic Books} 1956 - ? 7
The Boy Next Door {Comic Books} 1957 - 1957 1
Buck Jones {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 4
Buffalo Bill {Comic Books} 1951 - 1965 166
Captain America {Comic Books} 1954 - 2
Captain Easy {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 1
Captain Justice {Comic Books} 1963 - 5
Captain Science {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 1
Carbine Kid {Comic Books} 1958 - ? 6
Carter Brown {Comic Books} 1958 - 4
The Cloak Tells Tales of Mystery {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Mick Stone's checklist in Bonzer (ed. Annette Shiell) reports this series as 1959.
1959 - 1960 9
Combat Casey {Comic Books} 1957 - 1958 11
Combat Kelly {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: The style of early issues point to dating around 1957, while advertisement date codes on later issues indicate 1963. It is possible Horwitz released two series of Combat Kelly, there was a break in publication or issues were released on a very irregular basis.
1957 - 1963 16
Commando {Comic Books} 1955 - ? 0
Confessions {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 1
Crime Casebook {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 2
Crime Casebook {Comic Books} 1953 - 1954 20
Crime-Busters {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 22
Crime-Busters {Comic Books} 1957 - 1957 5
Cruise to Romance {Comic Books} 1957 - 1957 1
Daniel Boone {Comic Books} 1964 - ? 5
Daredevil {Comic Books} 1965 - ? 1
Diet Slurp & Hiccup {Comic Books} 1960 - 1960 7
Don Christy R.A.N. {Comic Books} 1960 - 1961 4
Famous Gunfighters {Comic Books} 1960 - 1960 1 (0)
Farewell Date {Comic Books} 1957 - 1957 1
The Fast Gun {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: A later series of The Fast Gun by Yaffa / Page picks up numbering with a significant gap. Although more issues might exist, it is unlikely that all issue numbers were published.
1957 - 1959 16
Feeling for Love {Comic Books} 1950 - 1950 1
Fighting Western {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 4
The Flying A's Range Rider {Comic Books} 1955 - ? 5
Forever Yours {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 1
Free to Love {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 1
Frogman {Comic Books} 1953 - 1955 19
Frogman {Comic Books} 1957 - 1958 11
Giant Gunsmoke Western {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 17
Giant Battle {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 6
The Giant Best of... Andy Capp {Comic Books} 1977 - ? 1
Giant Lone Rider {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 1
Giant Marines in Action {Comic Books} 1960 - ? 3
Giant Two-Gun Kid {Comic Books} 1965 - 1 (0)
Giant Western Adventure {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 1
Giant Western Gunfighters {Comic Books} 1962 - ? 6
Giant Wild West {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 7
Giant Wyatt Earp {Comic Books} 1960 - ? 7
Good Sport Andy Capp {Comic Books} 1983 - 1
Gunslingers {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 3
Hedy of Hollywood {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 22
Help Yourself Andy Capp {Comic Books} 1990 - 1
Homer, the Happy Ghost {Comic Books} 1956 - 1958 28
Howzat! Andy Capp {Comic Books} 1983 - 1
I Can't Stand Andy Capp {Comic Books} 1984 - 1
Is This Love? {Comic Books} 1956 - 1956 1
It's a Hard Life Andy Capp {Comic Books} 1984 - 1
It's a Hard Life Andy Capp {Comic Books} 1984 - 1
It's Herman {Comic Books} 1983 - 1
Jetman and His Robot Tempo {Comic Books} 1950 - 1954 4
Johnny Comet {Comic Books} 1954 - ? 6
Johnny Mack Brown {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 2
June Wedding {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Publication date based on a store stamp on the back of the indexed item and the publication date of the source material.
1956 - 1
Kid Colt Outlaw {Comic Books} 1952 - 1964 155
Kid Colt Outlaw Giant {Comic Books} 1960 - ? 23
The Kid from Texas {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 1
Kid Justice {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 1
Kid Slade {Comic Books} 1960 - ? 10
Kid Valour {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: All Kid Valour stories in this series are Marvel reprints that feature the character Two-Gun Kid. Why the Australian publisher renamed him for this series is unknown, since Horwitz also published a long-running Two-Gun Kid series that did reprint stories featuring this character.
1950 - ? 3
The Laid Back Andy Capp {Comic Books} 1986 - 1
Last Chance for Love {Comic Books} 1957 - 1957 1
Lights Out Herman {Comic Books} 1983 - 1
The Lone Rider {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 33
The Lone Rider {Comic Books} 1953 - ? 32
Long John Silver {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 3
Lorna the Jungle Girl {Comic Books} 1954 - 1 (0)
Losing Heart {Comic Books} 1957 - 1957 1
Lost Love {Comic Books} 1957 - 1957 1
Love Comics {Comic Books} 1951 - 1951 3

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