THE NEWSSTAND: September through the years

1935 — 80 years ago this month

Two comics from two publishers

DC Comics (1 - 50%): New Fun Comics #6
Eastern Color Press (1 - 50%): Famous Funnies #15

Genres (by cover feature): Humor (2 - 100%)


1940 - 75 years ago this month

48 comics from 17 publishers

Dell Publishing (7 - 14.6%): Crackajack Funnies #28, Four Color #11 (Smitty), The Funnies #48, Hi-Spot Comics #2, Popular Comics #56, Super Comics #29, Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #1
DC Comics (6 - 12.5%): Action Comics #30, Adventure Comics #55, All-American Comics #20, Detective Comics #44, Flash Comics #11, Superman #7
Centaur Comics (5 - 10.4%): Amazing Man Comics #17, Fantoman #4, Masked Marvel #3, Super Spy #2, Wham Comics #1

Fox Features (4 - 8.3%): Fantastic Comics #12, Mystery Men Comics #16, Weird Comics #8, Wonderworld Comics #19

Fiction House (4): Fight Comics #10, Jumbo Comics #21, Jungle Comics #11, Wings Comics #3

Quality Comics (4): Feature Comics #38, Hit Comics #5, National Comics #5, Smash Comics #16

McKay Publishing (3 - 6.3%): Ace Comics #44, King Comics #55, Magic Comics #15

Archie Comics/MLJ (2 - 4.2%): Pep Comics #9, Zip Comics #9

Fawcett Comics (2): Master Comics #7, Whiz Comics #10

Harvey Comics (2): Cyclone Comics #5, O.K. Comics #2

Marvel Comics/Timely (2): Human Torch #2, Marvel Mystery Comics #13

Novelty Press (2): Blue Bolt #6, Target Comics #10

Ace Comics (1 - 2%): Super-Mystery Comics #4
Columbia Comics (1): Big Shot Comics #7
Eastern Color Press (1): Famous Funnies #75
Standard Comics/Nedor (1): Thrilling Comics #10
United Features (1): Single Series #22 (Iron Vic)

Genres (8): Super-Hero (29 - 60.4%), Action/Adventure (7 - 14.6%), Comic Strip Characters (4 - 8.3%), War (3 - 6.3%), Jungle (2 - 4.2%), Crime (1 - 2%), Funny Animal (1), Humor (1)

Walt Disney's Comics & Stories
Dell Publishing #1 (Sept. 1940) — #263 (June 1962) [263 issues]
Western Publishing/Gold Key #264 (July 1962) — #510 (April 1984) [249 issues]
Gladstone Comics #511 (Oct. 1986) — #547 (April 1990)  [37 issues]
Disney Comics #548 (June 1990) — #585 (July 1993) [38 issues]
Gladstone Comics #586 (Aug. 1993) — #633 (Feb. 1999) [48 issues - 85 total]
Gemstone Comics #634 (July 2003) — 698 (2008) [65 issues]
BOOM! Studios #699 (Sept. 2009) — #720 (June 2011) [22 issues]
IDW Publishing #721 (July 2015) — present (#722)  [2 issues to date]

1945 - 70 years ago this month

65 comics from 20 publishers

DC Comics (12 - 18.5%): Action Comics #90, All-American Comics #69, All-Flash #20, Comic Calvacade #12, Detective Comics #105, Funny Stuff #6, Green Lantern #17, Leading Comics #16, More Fun Comics #106, Real Screen Comics #3, Sensation Comics #47, Star-Spangled Comics #50

Dell Publishing (9 - 13.8%): Animal Comics #17, Four Color #86 (Roy Rogers), Four Color #87 (Fairy Tale Parade), Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies Comics #49, New Funnies #105, Our Gang Comics #20, Popular Comics #117, Super Comics #89, Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #61

Fiction House (5 - 7.7%): Fight Comics #41, Jumbo Comics #81, Jungle Comics #71, Rangers Comics #26, Wings Comics #63

Standard Comics/Nedor (5): Black Terror #12, Coo Coo Comics #20, Goofy Comics #11, Real Life Comics #26, Startling Comics #36

Fawcett Comics (4 - 6.2%): Captain Marvel Adventures #49, Captain Marvel Jr. #32, Whiz Comics #67, Wow Comics #38

Street & Smith Publishing (4): Shadow Comics #56, Super-Magician Comics #43, Supersnipe Comics #24, True Sport Picture Stories #28

Archie Comics/MLJ (3 - 4.6%): Archie Comics #17, Pep Comics #55, Wilbur Comics #6

McKay Publishing (3): Ace Comics #104, King Comics #115, Magic Comics #75

Quality Comics (3): Feature Comics #93, Modern Comics #44, Police Comics #48

Eastern Color Press (2 - 3.1%): Famous Funnies #135, Heroic Comics #33

Fox Features (2): Blue Beetle #40, Green Mask #13

Marvel Comics/Timely (2): Miss America Magazine #1, Terry-Toons Comics #38

Prize Comics (2): Headline Comics #16, Treasure Comics #2

United Features (2): Sparkler Comics #48, Tip Top Comics #112

Ace Comics (1 - 1.5%): Hap Hazard Comics #6

Charlton Comics (1): Zoo Funnies #1

Columbia Comics (1): Big Shot Comics #60

Harvey Comics (1): Front Page Comic Book #1

Lev Gleason Publishing (1): Boy Comics #25

Novelty Press (1): Blue Bolt #61

Genres (13): Super-Hero (20 - 30.8%), Funny Animal (11 - 16.9%), Comic Strip Characters (7 - 10.8%), War (6 - 9.2%), Humor (5 - 7.7%), Action/Adventure (3 - 4.6%), Teen Humor (3), Crime (2 - 3.1%), Fantasy (2), Jungle (2), Sports (2), Western (1 - 1.5%), Working Girl (1) 

1955 - 60 years ago this month

162 comics from 12 publishers

Marvel Comics/Atlas (36 - 22.2%): Adventures of Pinky Lee #5, Apache Kid #17, Astonishing #45, Battle #44, Battle Action #20, Battle Ground #9, Billy Buckskin #2, Combat Casey #25, Combat Kelley #34, Cowboy Action #10, Homer the Happy Ghost #6, Journey Into Mystery #30, Journey Into Unknown Worlds #41, Kid Colt Outlaw #55, Love Romances #55, Lovers #73, Marvel Tales #141, Millie the Model #66, Miss America #76, My Own Romance #50, Mystery Tales #36, Mystic #43, Outlaw Kid #9, Patsy and Hedy #40, Patsy and Her Pals #19, Patsy Walker #62, Rawhide Kid #6, Secret Story Romances #19, Snafu #2, Strange Tales #41, True Secrets #35, Uncanny Tales #37, War Comics #39, Western Outlaws #12, Wild Western #47, Wyatt Earp #2

Dell Publishing (32 - 19.8%): Annie Oakley and Tagg #6, Four Color #653 (Smokey the Bear), Four Color #654 (Pluto), Four Color #655 (Francis the Talking Mule), Four Color #656 (Turok), Four Color #657 (Ben Bowie), Four Color #658 (Goofy), Four Color #659 (Daisy Duck), Four Color #660 (Little Beaver), Four Color #664 (Davy Crockett), Bugs Bunny #45, Bugs Bunny Trick 'n' Treat Fun #3, Carl Anderson's Henry #44, Dell Junior Treasury #3 (Gulliver's Travels), Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan #73, Gene Autry and Champion #104, Indian Chief #20, Jungle Jim #6, Lassie #25, The Lone Ranger #89, The Lone Ranger's Famous Horse Hi-Yo Silver #16, Looney Tunes #169, Marge's Little Lulu #88, New Funnies #225, Popeye #34, Queen of the West Dale Evans #9, Red Ryder Ranch Magazine #145, Roy Rogers and Trigger #95, Tom and Jerry Comics #136, Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #181, Walt Disney's Donald Duck #44, Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker #33

DC Comics (30 - 18.5%): Action Comic #210, Adventure Comics #218, Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis #25, Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #24, All-American Men of War #27, Big Town #36, Buzzy #68, Detective Comics #225, Dodo and the Frog #87, Falling in Love #2, Frontier Fighters #2, Girls' Love Stories #38, Hopalong Cassidy #107, House of Mystery #44, It's Gametime #2, Leave It to Binky #51, Mr. District Attorney #48, My Greatest Adventure #6, Nutsy Squirrel #68, Our Army at War #40, Raccoon Kids #59, Real Screen Comics #92, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer #6, Star Spangled War Stories #39, Strange Adventures #62, Superman #101, Tomahawk #36, Western Comics #54, Wonder Woman #78, World's Finest Comics #79

Quality Comics (17 - 10.5%): Blackhawk #95, Brides Romances #15, Candy #58-59, Exotic Romances #25, G.I. Combat #31, Girls in Love #49, Heart Throbs #38, Love Confessions #47, Love Letters #43-44, Love Secrets #48, Marmaduke Mouse #56, Plastic Man #58, T-Man #30-31, Wedding Bells #13

Harvey Comics (14 - 8.6%): Blondie Comics #84, Casper the Friendly Ghost #38, Chic Young's Dagwood Comics #59, Dick Tracy Comics #93, Felix the Cat #65, First Love Illustrated #58, Hi-School Romance #45, Joe Palooka #92, Little Dot #14, Little Lotta #1, Love Problems and Advice Illustrated #36, Paramount Animated Comics #18 (Baby Huey), Sad Sack Comics #52, Spooky #1

Charlton Comics (13 - 8%): Atomic Rabbit #2, Danger and Adventure #26, Davy Crockett #3, Gabby Hayes #56, Hot Rods and Racing Cars #25, I Love You #8, Lash Larue Western #58, Nyoka the Jungle Girl #14, Racket Squad in Action #19, Rookie Cop #27, Six-Gun Heroes #33, TV Teens #10 (Mopsy), Unusual Tales #1

EC Comics (7 - 4.3%): Aces High #5, Extra! #5, Impact #5, Incredible Science Fiction #32, M.D. #5, Panic #12, Valor #5

Lev Gleason Publishing (5 - 3.1%): Black Diamond Western #59, Boy Comics #117, Boy Loves Girl #55, Cutie Pie #3, Daredevil #127

Archie Comics (4 - 2.5%): Archie Comics #77, Archie's Christmas Stocking #2, Pat the Brat Comics #2, Pep Comics #112

Ace Comics (2 - 1.2%): Heroes of the Wild Frontier #1, Penalty #48

Standard Comics (1 - 0.1%): Dennis the Menace #13

Prize Comics (1): Prize Comics Western #115

Genres (20): Western (29 - 17.9%), Romance (22 - 13.6%), Funny Animal (19 - 11.7%), Humor (14), War (12), Mystery/Horror (10), Action/Adventure (9), Teen Humor (8), Super-Hero (7), Comic Strip Characters (6), Crime (6), Working Girl (5), Jungle (3), Science Fiction (3), Colonial/Frontier (2), Fantasy (2), Satire (2), Hot Rod (1), Medical (1), Miscellaneous (1)


1965 — 50 years ago this month

124 comics from nine publishers

DC Comics (30 - 24.2%): Action Comics #330, Adventure Comics #338, Adventures of Jerry Lewis #91, All-American Men of War #112, Aquaman #24, Batman #175, Blackhawk #214, Capt. Storm #10, Detective Comics #345, Doom Patrol #99, Falling in Love #79, The Flash #156, Girls' Love Stories #115, House of Secrets #75, Justice League of America #39-40, Metamorpho #3, Mystery in Space #103, Our Army at War #160, Our Fighting Forces #96, Rip Hunter Time Master #29, Sea Devils #26, Showcase #59 (Teen Titans), Strange Adventures #182, Superman #181, Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane #61, Tomahawk #101, Wonder Woman #158, World's Finest Comics #153, Young Love #52
Charlton Comics (19 - 15.3%): Army War Heroes #11, Black Fury #55, Career Girl Romances #31, Cheyenne Kid #53, Fightin' Five #34-35, Fightin' Marines #66, Fightin' Navy #123, Gunmaster #86, Hot Rod Racers #6, I Love You #59, Just Married #44, Konga #23, Outlaws of the West #56, Sarge Steel #6, Son of Vulcan #49, Teen Confessions #36, Teenage Hotrodders #15, War Heroes #16
Gold Key Comics (18 - 14.5%): Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery #12, Bugs Bunny #102, Cave Kids #11, Daffy Duck #43, Doctor Solar Man of the Atom #15, Edgar Rice Burroughs' Korak Son of Tarzan #11, Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes #154, The Jetsons #18, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. #3, Marge's Little Lulu #178, Mighty Samson #4, Porky Pig #4, Three Stooges #26, Turok Son of Stone #48, Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #302, Walt Disney's Donald Duck #104, Walt Disney's the Best of Donald Duck #1, Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge #60
Harvey Comics (18): Baby Huey the Baby Giant #67, Blondie & Dagwood Family #4, Friendly Ghost Casper #88, Harvey Hits #98 (Sad Sack), Hot Stuff the Little Devil #69, Little Audrey TV Funtime #14, Little Sad Sack #8, Playful Little Audrey #61, Richie Rich #40, Richie Rich Millions #15, Sad Sack #172, Sad Sack and Sarge #52, Sad Sack Laugh Special #27, Spooky #89, Spooky Spooktown #15, TV Casper and Company #10, Wendy Witch World #15, Wendy the Good Little Witch #33
Marvel Comics (14 - 11.3%): Amazing Spider-Man #31, Avengers #22, Fantastic Four #45, Journey Into Mystery #122 (Thor), Millie the Model #133, Modeling with Millie #43, Monsters Unlimited #5, Patsy and Hedy #103, Rawhide Kid #49, Sgt. Fury #24, Strange Tales #139 (Nick Fury), Tales of Suspense #72 (Iron Man/Captain America), Tales to Astonish #74 (Sub-Mariner/Hulk), X-Men #14
Archie Comics (11 - 8.9%): Archie Giant Series Magazine #35, Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #119, Archie's Joke Book Magazine #94, Archie's Pal Jughead #126, Betty and Me #2, Fly Man #34, Laugh #176, Life with Archie #43, Mighty Crusaders #1, Pep #187, Reggie #18
Dell Publishing (11): Air War Stories #6, Alvin #14, Bewitched #4, Charlie Chan #2, Combat #19, Movie Classics #35 (Hallelujah Trail), Movie Classics #36 (Die Monster Die), Movie Classics #37 (The Great Race), Sinbad Jr. #2, Thirteen #17, Toka #6
Tower Comics (2 - 1.6%): T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #1, Tippy Teen #1
Warren Publishing (1 - 0.8%): Creepy #6

Genres (20): Super-Hero (28 - 22.6%), Humor (20 - 16.1%), War (14 - 11.3%), Teen Humor (11 - 8.9%), Funny Animal (9 - 7.3%), Romance (7 - 5.6%), Action/Adventure (5 - 4%), Western (5), Jungle (3 - 2.4%), Monster (3), Science Fiction (3), Spy (3), Working Girl (3), Hot Rod (2 - 1.6%), Mystery/Horror (2), TV Sitcom (2), Animal Hero (1 - 0.8%), Colonial/Frontier (1), Comic Strip Character (1), Crime (1)

1975 — 40 years ago this month

170 comics from nine publishers

DC Comics (36 - ): 1st Issue Special #9 (Dr. Fate), Action Comics #454, Batman #270, Beowulf #5, Brave and the Bold #123, DC Special #19, Detective Comics #454, The Flash #238, G.I. Combat #185, Hercules Unbound #2, House of Mystery #238, House of Secrets #138, Justice League of America #125, Kamandi the Last Boy on Earth #36, Kong the Untamed #4, Limited Collectors' Edition #C-40 (Dick Tracy), Limited Collectors' Edition #C-41 (Super Friends), Man-Bat #1, Our Army at War #287,  Our Fighting Forces #162, Phantom Stranger #40, Richard Dragon Kung-Fu Fighter #5, Sandman #6, Secrets of Haunted House #5, Stalker #4, Star Spangled War Stories #194, Super-Team Family #2, Superboy #213, Superman #294, Superman Family #174, Swamp Thing #20, Tarzan #244, Witching Hour #61, Wonder Woman #221, World's Finest Comics #234, Young Love #119

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