American Comics Update: IW/Super Extravaganza: Doll Man & Plastic Man
*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; this week, two classic Quality super-heroes, both in the only three of their IW/Super issues (ignore the esoteric numbering!).
IN THIS UPDATE: ALL SOLD
DOLL MAN
#11 GD £3.50 Reprints Doll Man #20 (Quality 1949). New cover by Ross Andru.
#15 VG £6.75 Reprints Doll Man #23 (Quality 1949). New cover by Ross Andru.
#17 VG+ £7.50 (PICTURED) Reprints Doll Man #28 (Quality 1950). New cover by Ross Andru.
PLASTIC MAN
#11 GD £3.50 Reprints Plastic Man #16 (Quality 1949). New cover by Jack Abel (?)
#16 VG/FN £8.25 (PICTURED) Reprints Plastic Man #21 (Quality 1950) New cover by Gray Morrow.
#18 GD/VG £5 Reprints Police Comics #95 (Quality 1949) New cover by Ross Andru.