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Publisher: Pines
Years in Operation: 1939 - 1959
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Country: Flag United States Web Site: Brands: 9 Indicia Publishers: 21 Series: 117 Printings: 1216 (1213 Issues) Disclose Notes: Pines, as a Master Publisher, also contains predecessor publishers that have been known as Better, Nedor, or Standard.   Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Indicia Publisher Name Years in Operation Printings (Issues)
FlagAnimated Cartoons, Inc. Disclose
Note: Address as of 1949, 10 East 40th Street, New York, 16, N. Y.
? - 194 (195)
FlagBest Books, Inc. ? - 72 (73)
FlagBetter Publications Disclose
Note: Most comics from this publisher from this era use "Better Publications Inc.", but some only use this version without the "Incorporated".
1941 - 1942 5
FlagBetter Publications of Canada, Ltd. 1947 - 1948 3
FlagBetter Publications, Inc. ? - 222
FlagCollegian Press Disclose
Note: Used on various magazines, including College Life and the comics-filled Cartoon Humor.
? - 19
FlagEditorial Art Syndicate - Wm. H. Wise & Co. Inc. Publishers 1944 - 1
FlagEditorial Art Syndicate, Inc. - Rotary Litho Co. Limited 1947 - 1
FlagGreat Comics Publications, Inc. Disclose
Note: Active during at least 1945.
? - 5 (6)
FlagHall-Den Comics, Inc. Disclose
Note: Hall-Den Comics, Inc. was co-owned by the Hall Syndicate and Dennis the Menace Enterprises. Packaged and published comics for Pines Comics. Name changed to Hall-Den Publications, Inc. in late 1957.
1956 - 1957 3 (6)
FlagHall-Den Publications, Inc. 1957 - 1 (2)
FlagHallden Publications, Inc. Disclose
Note: Hallden Publications, Inc., 163 Pratt St., Meriden, Conn. All rights reserved. Victor F. Dee, Vice-President and Advertising Director, Pines Publications, Inc., 10 E. 40th St., New York 16, N.Y.
1958 - 1 (5)
FlagLiterary Enterprises, Inc. Disclose
Note: editorial and executive offices, at 10 East 40th Street, New York 16, N. Y. other address listed in indicia: 163 Pratt Street, Meriden, Conn. was the office of their printer; Curtiss Way Corp., which from 1942 to 1960 was a division of Eastern Color Printing.
1952 - 1959 115 (119)
FlagNedor Publishing Company ? - 115
FlagPines Publications Limited ? - 2
FlagPolo Magazine, Inc. Disclose
Note: Polo Magazines, Inc. has a history of magazine publishing from 1927 to at least 1968. They published Polo, Horse and Horseman, Country Life, and possibly others.
1927 - 1968 7
FlagPopular Library Inc. 1956 - 1959 6
FlagStandard Magazines, Inc. ? - 106 (107)
FlagVisual Editions, Inc. Disclose
Note: Address in 1948 was 10 East 40th Street, New York, 16, N. Y.
? - 234 (236)
FlagWilliam H. Wise, Co., Inc. ? - ? 1
FlagWm. H. Wise & Co. ? - ? 7

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