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Publisher: Tempo Books
Years in Operation: 1962 - 1984
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Country: Flag United States Web Site: Brands: 7 Indicia Publishers: 9 Series: 82 Printings: 128 (117 Issues) Disclose Notes:     Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Series Name Years in Print Issues (Printings)
About Face, Beetle Bailey {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Part of a larger series, not all comics. Continued from #12617. Continued in #12619. Beetle Bailey #15.
1976 - 1
The Amazing Adventures of Flash Gordon {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Part of a larger Tempo Books paperback series, not all comics. Numbering continued from series #17348. Numbering continued in series #17350. Numbering continued from series #17347. Numbering continued in series #17349. Numbering continued from series #17241. Numbering continued in series #17243. Numbering continued from series #17154. Numbering continued in series #17156. Numbering continued from series #17207. Numbering continued in series #17209. Numbering continued from series #17244. Numbering continued in series #17246. Volumes 1 through 4 were also issued together in a slipcase bearing the same illustration as the cover of Volume 4.
1979 - 1980 6
Animal Crackers {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Part of a larger Tempo Books paperback series, not all comics. Continues from series #12623. Continues into series #12625. Imprint: Tempo Books / Grosset And Dunlap, Inc. (a Filmways Company).
1976 - 1
At Ease, Beetle Bailey {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Part of a larger Tempo Books paperback series, not all comics. Continues from series #5328. Continues into series #5330. Continues from series #12160. Continues into series #12162. Continues from series #16895. Continues into series #16897. Imprint: 5329 [3] -- Tempo Books / Grosset And Dunlap, Inc. (A National General Company). 12161 [3] -- Tempo Books / Grosset And Dunlap, Inc.. 16896 [3] -- Tempo Books / Grosset And Dunlap, Inc. (a Filmways Company). 5329 [3]: First Printing. 12161 [3] & 16896 [3] have no printing information listed. Copyright 1970 by King Features Syndicate. Library of Congress Catalog Card #: 71-106305. Third book in Beetle Bailey paperback series.
1970 - 1981 4
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith {Comic Books} 1977 - 1
Batman {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Tempo Books continued from non-comic stock number 14529. Continues in same series Wonder Woman stock number 14531. Six reprint books were published: Justice League of America; Batman; Superman; Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes; Wonder Woman; World's Finest. Sold separately or in a boxed set as DC Superheroes. Artwork reworked for this book. Copyright 1977 by DC Comics Inc. Copyright 1965-1966, 1970-1971 by N.P.P. Inc. Date not listed. Date from The Comic Reader #150. No printing listed. "In cooperation with DC Comics."
1977 - 1 (2)
Beetle Bailey {Comic Books} 1968 - 1
Beetle Bailey on Parade {Trade Paperbacks} 1972 - 1
Big George! {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Copyright 1976-1977 by Field Enterprises, Inc. No printing or publication date listed. Date from last year listed under copyright. Big George comic panel reprints from 1976.
1977 - 1
Blondie {Comic Books} 1976 - 1982 4
Broom-Hilda Baying at the Moon and Other Tales of Unrequited Love {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Part of a larger Tempo Books paperback series, not all comics. Numbering continued from series #14476. Numbering continued into series #14478. 8th book in Broom-Hilda paperback series.
1977 - 1
Casper and Hot Stuff: Super Sizzlers {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: #9 listed on title page. #9 in Tempo's series of Casper reprint paperbacks, each of which had a different title. This is the last of Tempo's Casper paperbacks to be numbered as part of a series. They did publish more (starting in 1981) but they were not numbered, so the "series" ends here.
1979 - 1
Casper and Richie Rich: Million Dollar Fun {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: #8 in Tempo's series of Casper reprint paperbacks, each of which had a different title.
1979 - 1
Casper in Fun and Monsters {Comic Books} 1983 - 1
Casper the Friendly Ghost TV Tales {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: Part of a larger Tempo Books paperback series, not all comics. Continues from series #5595. Continues into series #5597. Series continues being reprinted under Ace Books [Ace Tempo Books] #17119 (circa 1979). Copyright 1968, 1972-1973 by Harvey Famous Cartoons. Actual date not listed. Date a guess based on last copyright date. No printing listed. #2 listed on cover and spine, #2 in Tempo's series of Casper reprint paperbacks, each of which had a different title Title page title is "Casper the Friendly Ghost TV Tales". Cover title is "The Friendly Ghost Casper TV Tales". Spine title is "Casper: TV Tales".
1973 - 1
Casper the Friendly Ghost TV Tales {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Part of a larger Tempo Books paperback series, not all comics. Continues from series #9231. Continues into series #9233. Book continued reprinting from Ace Books [Ace Tempo Books] #17119 (circa 1979). Second Casper book. Copyright 1968, 1972-1973 by Harvey Famous Cartoons.
1982 - 1
Casper the Friendly Ghost: Ghost Stories {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: The first in in Tempo's series of Casper reprint paperbacks, each of which had a different title. Title page title is "Casper The Friendly Ghost: Ghost Stories". Cover title is "The Friendly Ghost Casper: Ghost Stories". Spine title is "Casper: Ghost Stories".
1973 - 2
Casper: Big Doings {Comic Books} 1981 - 1
Casper: Far-Out Fables {Comic Books} 1981 - 1
Casper: Fun and Fantasy {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: #5 listed on cover, #5 in Tempo's series of Casper reprint paperbacks, each of which had a different title.
1976 - 1
Casper: Funny Friends {Comic Books} 1981 - 1
Casper: Laughquakes {Comic Books} 1982 - 1
Conchy on the Half-Shell {Comic Books} 1973 - 1
Conchy: Living in Tomorrow's Past {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints "Conchy" newspaper strips.
1976 - 1
Dick Tracy Meets Angeltop Flattop's Little Girl {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Numbering continues from Secret of Stonehouse (Ace Tempo, 1968 series) #17124-4 (1980) [non-comic paperback publication of the Tempo or Ace Tempo Book series]. Numbering continues in ? (Tempo Books, ? series) #17126-? [non-comic paperback publication of the Tempo or Ace Tempo Book series].
1979 - 1
Dick Tracy Meets the Punks {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Numbering continues from Dunagin's People (A Laughing Look At American Life) (Tempo Books, 1980 series) #17159-7. Numbering continues in Funky Winkerbean #3: Yearbook (Tempo Books, 1980 series) #17161-9. Dick Tracy #2. Copyright 1979-1980 by The Chicago Tribune/New York News Syndicate
1980 - 1
Dunagin's People {Comic Books} 1974 - 1
Fall Out Laughing, Beetle Bailey {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: Reprints daily Beetle Bailey newspaper comic strips.
1969 - 1 (2)
The Friendly Ghost Casper and the Good Little Witch Wendy: Ghosts and Witches {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: #4 listed on cover, spine and title page, #4 in Tempo's series of Casper reprint paperbacks, each of which had a different title. Title page title and cover title are both "The Friendly Ghost Casper and the Good Little Witch Wendy: Ghosts and Witches". Spine title is "Casper: Casper and Wendy"
1974 - 1 (2)
The Friendly Ghost Casper: Classics {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: #8 listed on title page. #7 in Tempo's series of Casper reprint paperbacks, each of which had a different title (the #8 on the title page is apparently an error).
1979 - 1
The Friendly Ghost Casper: Tales of Wonder {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: #3 in Tempo's series of Casper reprint paperbacks, each of which had a different title.
1974 - 1
The Friendly Ghost Casper: The Wishing Cake and Other Stories {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: #6 in Tempo's series of Casper reprint paperbacks, each of which had a different title.
1977 - 1
Gahan Wilson's Cracked Cosmos {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Part of larger Tempo Books paperback series, not all comics. Numbering continues from Broom-Hilda Rides Again! [Broom-Hilda #2] (Tempo Books, 1975 series) #12101. Numbering continues in #12103. Collection of cartoons from "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction".
1975 - 1
Hägar the Horrible {Comic Books} 1974 - 1983 9 (16)
Hägar the Horrible - Animal Haus {Comic Books} 1981 - 1
Hägar the Horrible - On the Rack {Comic Books} 1976 - ? 1
Hägar the Horrible Brings 'Em Back Alive! {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Hägar the Horrible #8.
1977 - 1
Hagar the Horrible: Born Leader {Comic Books} 1978 - 1
Hagar the Horrible: Happy Hour {Comic Books} 1983 - 1
Hi and Lois {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints "Hi and Lois" newspaper strips.
1970 - ? 1
Hi and Lois #3 Beware! Children at Play {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Copyright 1971 (original strips) and 1977 (first printing by previous publisher). Undated, year is a guess based on a circa 1982 copy by previous publisher having a cover price of $1.50, compared to this cover price of $1.75.
1984 - 1
Hi and Lois American Gothic {Comic Books} 1983 - 1
Hi and Lois in Darkest Suburbia {Comic Books} 1971 - 2
I Don't Want to Be Out Here Any More Than You Do, Beetle Bailey {Comic Books} 1970 - 1
...I Love You, Broom-Hilda {Trade Paperbacks} 1973 - 1975 2
I'll Flip You for It, Beetle Bailey {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Part of a larger paperback series, not all comic books. Continued from #14036. Continued in #14038. Beetle Bailey #16.
1977 - 1
I'll Throw the Book at You, Beetle Bailey {Trade Paperbacks} 1973 - 1
I've Got You On My List, Beetle Bailey {Comic Books} 1975 - 1
The Incredible Hulk {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Series reprints The Incredible Hulk newspaper comic strip.
1980 - ? 5
Is That All, Beetle Bailey {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Part of a larger series, not all comics. Continued from #5797. Continued in #5799. Continued from #12612. Continued in #12614. Beetle Bailey #14.
1976 - 2
Is This Another Complaint, Beetle Bailey? {Comic Books} 1983 - 1
John Darling: Take One {Comic Books} 1980 - ? 1
Justice League of America {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Tempo Books continued from Superman stock number 14532. Continues in same series in World's Finest stock number 14534. Six reprint books were published: Justice League of America; Batman; Superman; Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes; Wonder Woman; World's Finest. Sold separately or in a boxed set as DC Superheroes. Artwork reworked for this book. Copyright 1977 by DC Comics Inc. Copyright 1975-1976 by N.P.P. Inc. Date not listed. Date from The Comic Reader #150. No printing listed. "In cooperation with DC Comics."
1977 - 1
Mandrake the Magician {Comic Books} 1979 - 1
Miss Peach of the Kelly School: Big Test Today. No Cheating! {Comic Books} 1972 - 1
Miss Peach, Again {Comic Books} 1972 - 1972 1
Momma-We're Grownups Now! {Comic Books} 1979 - 1
Mr. Tweedy {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Collection of the "Mr. Tweedy" newspaper comic panel.
1977 - 1
Nancy & Sluggo {Comic Books} 1976 - 1
Peace, Beetle Bailey {Comic Books} 1981 - 1981 1
Richie Rich Around the World {Comic Books} 1977 - 1979 2
Richie Rich Treasure Chest {Comic Books} 1977 - 1
Richie Rich: Derring-Do and Dough-Re-Mi {Comic Books} 1983 - 1
Richie Rich: The Family Tree {Comic Books} 1978 - 1
Richie Rich: The Money Game {Comic Books} 1982 - 1
Shape Up or Ship Out, Beetle Bailey {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Part of a larger Tempo Books paperback series, not all comics. Continued from #5707. Continued in #5709. Continued from #12176. Continued in #12178 (Take Ten, Beetle Bailey). Continued from #17177. Continued in #17179. Title was continued as Shape Up or Ship Out, Beetle Bailey (Ace Tempo Books, 1981 series) #12659. Ninth Tempo Books Beetle Bailey series. Copyright 1974 by King Features Syndicate. No printings listed on any issues.
1974 - 1978 4
Steve Canyon {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Part of a larger Tempo Books paperback series, not all comics. Continues from series #17057. Continues into series #17059. Newspaper strip reprints; $1.50 cover price. Copyright 1978-1979 by Field Newspaper Syndicate. No actual date listed. Date a guess based on last copyright date. No printing listed.
1979 - 1
Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Tempo Books continued from World's Finest stock number 14534. Continues in same series in non-comic stock number 14536. Six books were published: Justice League of America, Batman, Superman, Superboy and the Legion Of Super-Heroes, Wonder Woman, and World's Finest. Sold in a boxed set as DC Superheroes. Date based on copyright date.
1977 - 1
Superman {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Tempo Books continued from Wonder Woman stock number 14531. Continues in same series in Justice League of America stock number 14533. Six books were published: Justice League of America; Batman; Superman; Superboy & the Legion Of Superheroes; Wonder Woman; World's Finest. Sold in a boxed set as DC Superheroes. Artwork reworked for this book. Copyright 1978 by DC Comics Inc. Copyright 1959, 1961 by Superman Inc. Copyright 1959, 1961, 1965 by N.P.P. Inc. Actual date not listed. Date a guess based on last copyright date. No printing listed. "In cooperation with DC Comics."
1978 - 1
Take Ten, Beetle Bailey {Comic Books} 1975 - 1
Tank McNamara {Comic Books} 1974 - 1
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: Part of a larger Tempo Books paperback series, not all comics. Continues from series #17295. Continues into series #17297 (Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye Volume Two). Also continues as a sub-series all its own, Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye Volume Two (Tempo, 1980 series) #17151 [2]. Reprints the daily King Features strips from 02/06/1961 to 09/09/1961. Copyright 1961, 1979 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.
1979 - 1980 4 (5)
Tiger {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints of "Tiger" daily newspaper strips by Bud Blake.
1969 - ? 1
Tiger Turns On {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints of "Tiger" daily newspaper strips by Bud Blake.
1970 - ? 1
Ugly Is as Ugly Does Broom-Hilda {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Continues as Ugly Is As Ugly Does Broom-Hilda (Ace Tempo Books, 1982 series) #12397. Part of a larger Tempo Books paperback series, not all comics. Continues from series #12397. Continues into series #12399. Broom-Hilda series #3. Copyright 1973-1974, 1976 by The Chicago Tribune. Broom-Hilda comic strip reprints from 1973-1974. Actual date not listed. Date a guess based on last copyright date. "Ugly Is As Ugly Does The Broom-Hilda Story" on cover.
1976 - 1
Up, Up and Away, Beetle Bailey {Comic Books} 1980 - 1
We're All in the Same Boat, Beetle Bailey {Comic Books} 1973 - 1
What Is It Now, Beetle Bailey {Comic Books} 1971 - 1
Who's in Charge Here, Beetle Bailey {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Beetle Bailey #23.
1982 - 1
Will Eisner's Spirit Casebook of True Haunted Houses and Ghosts {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: This Mass Market Paperback series, produced by Poorhouse Press is a borderline acceptable comic. Against: The text reads sufficiently to tell the story without the images. For: The placement of the text in the images adds to story telling, so that the images go beyond being an illustrated text.
1976 - 2
Wonder Woman {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Tempo Books continued from Batman stock number 14530. Continues in same series with Superman stock number 14532. Six books were published: Justice League of America; Batman; Superman; Superboy & the Legion Of Superheroes; Wonder Woman; World's Finest. Sold in a boxed set as DC Superheroes. Artwork reworked for this book. Actual date not listed. Date a guess based on last copyright date. No printing listed. "In cooperation with DC Comics."
1978 - 1
World's Finest {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Tempo Books continued Justice League of America stock number 14533. Continues in same series in Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes stock number 14535. Six books were published: Justice League of America; Batman; Superman; Superboy & the Legion Of Superheroes; Wonder Woman; World's Finest. Sold in a boxed set as DC Superheroes. Artwork reworked for this book. Copyright 1978 by DC Comics Inc. Copyright 1958-1959 by N.P.P. Inc. Copyright by 1958-1959 by Superman Inc. Actual date not listed. Date a guess based on last copyright date. No printing listed. "In cooperation with DC Comics."
1978 - 1

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