*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, the #1 (of 2) of Planet Comics, which reprints stories from Planet Comics #41 (Fiction House 1946) with art by Lily Renee, Joe Doolin, Murphy Anderson and more. Interplanetary adventure with many a scantily-clad female. New cover art by Gray Morrow. 
PICTURED: PLANET COMICS #1 VG+ £40 Solid mid-grade copy with some edge wear and soft creasing (mostly not breaking colour). Nice firm staples and clean white to off-white pages. SOLD