*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. A mixed bag this week, with adventure, war, horror, science fiction and the Spirit. In all cases, these are the only issues published by IW in these series (we told you their numbering was esoteric!).
IN THIS UPDATE: ALL SOLD
DYNAMIC ADVENTURES #8 VG+ £5.75 Reprints Fight Comics #53 (Fiction House 1947). New cover by Sol Brodsky.
DYNAMIC ADVENTURES #9 GD p £2.75 Reprints Escape From Devil’s Island #1 (Avon 1952) Re-touched original cover by Everett Kintsler.
PURPLE CLAW #8 GD £3.50 Reprints Purple Claw #1 (Toby 1953) with cover from #1 by Bob Brown
THE SPIRIT #11 VG/FN £10 Reprints The Spirit #19 (Quality Comics 1950) which included reprints from various Spirit sections. New cover by Joe Simon.
THE SPIRIT #12 VG/FN £10 Reprints The Spirit #17 (Quality Comics 1950) which included reprints from various Spirit sections. New cover by Joe Simon. 
STRANGE WORLDS #5 GD- £20 (PICTURED) Reprints Strange Worlds #9 (Avon 1952) New cover by Carl Burgos.