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| Indicia Publisher Name | Years in Operation | Printings (Issues) |
Bilbara Publishing Co. Inc.
Note: This company has often been erroneously tied to Holyoke and to Frank Z. Temerson's companies because Charles Quinlan was involved in this and other Carnahan ventures, and took the character name "Volton" (but not any other aspect of the character) with him to Helnit/Holyoke. Also, Bilbara's Cyclone Comics (featuring a character called Tornado Tom) appeared at the same time that one of Temerson's earlier companies produced Whirlwind Comics (featuring a character called Cyclone).
Bilbara published magazines c1938 to at least the late 1940s, mostly movie and romance magazines. It is believed by some to not be owned not by Worth Carnahan, but by William M. Cotton, owner of Ideal Publications. Cyclone Comics does have ads for Bilbara's movie magazines. The possibility of Bilbara being from Cotton needs conformation and would result in removing Bilbara from the Worth Carnahan published comics.
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1940 | 5 |
Hit Publishing Co. Inc.
Note: The correct name might be "Hit Publications, Inc." as no indicia have been spotted.
Worth Carnahan's daughter Cynthia Woody spoke of Worth Publishing Co., Bilbara Publishing Co., and Hit Publishing Co. as her father's companies in an interview in Comic Book Marketplace #71, titled "The Unknown Publisher: Worth Carnahan"). Bilbara and Worth have been confirmed, so it seems likely that she is remembering all three correctly.
Both Howard Keltner and Jerry Bails list this company as Hit Publications, Inc. However, this sort of very minor publishing company name detail has often been misreported. CGC has labeled some slabbed issues Hit Publications, but others United Features Syndicate (confusing this O.K. Comics with UFS's Okay Comics), so that does not appear to be a reliable source of confirmation.
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1940 | 2 |
Worth Publishing Co. Inc.
Note: See also Worth Publishing Co., Inc. under Harvey ( http://www.comics.org/indicia_publisher/639/ )
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1939 - 1940 | 10 |