*IW/Super: We continue with our series of updates from that most esoteric publisher IW/Super. IW Publications was a short-lived comic book publisher in the late 1950s and early 1960s, named for the company’s owner Israel Waldman. Comics were published under both the IW and Super imprints and were notable for publishing unauthorised Golden Age reprints of other company’s properties. Usually these companies were out of business, but not always. Basically, it seemed to be whatever they could get their hands on that determined the esoteric nature of their output. Thus you get super-heroes, war, romance, western, funny animals, crime, horror, science fiction and just about every genre within their pages. Full details of what was reprinted in what are listed in our website catalogue. NB usually with newly-drawn covers. Over the next few months, we’ll be presenting a series of issues from this publisher. Inasmuch as most IW/Super titles were portmanteau series, Fantastic Adventures, with its mix of war, crime, horror, good girl, jungle, adventure etc, all from different sources, was a typical example. 6 out of the 7 known issues here, starting at #10 and running to #17 (there were no issues #13 or #14 and we don’t have the final issue, #18) (we told you that the IW numbering system was esoteric, right?)
IN THIS UPDATE: FANTASTIC ADVENTURES ALL SOLD
#10 VG+ £5.75 Reprints He-Man #2 Toby 1954. New cover by John Severin.
#11 VG £6.75 Reprints Blue Bolt Weird Tales #118 Star 1951. New cover by Ross Andru.
#12 VG £5 Not reprints. Unused Chesler material, most likely would have been Zor the Mighty #3. Cover by Ross Andru.
#15 FN+ £9 Reprints Spook #23 Star 1953. New cover by Ross Andru. Pictured below
#16 VG £5 Reprints Dark Shadows #2 Farrell 1958. New cover by Ross Andru
#17 GD- £3 Reprints Seven Seas #6 Iger 1947. New cover by Ross Andru