American Comics Update: The IW/Super Extravaganza: 4 titles
*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 four different titles, including Star Feature, which I’ve never seen a copy of before.
IN THIS UPDATE: ALL SOLD
GREAT ACTION COMICS #1 GD £3 Reprints Gold Medal Comics #1 Cambridge House 1945. New cover by John Severin.
SENSATIONAL POLICE CASES #5 VG/FN £8.50 Reprints Prison Break #5 Avon 1952. New cover by Carl Burgos.
STAR FEATURE COMICS #9 VG+ £6 (PICTURED) Reprints Feature Comics #141 Quality 1949. New cover by Sol Brodsky.
TOP ADVENTURE COMICS #1 FN- £10 (PICTURED) Reprints High Adventure #1 Decker 1957. New cover by John Severin.
TOP ADVENTURE COMICS #2 FA £3 Reprints Red Seal #22 Superior 1947. Cover by Kinstler from inside front cover on Prison Break #5.