American Comics Update: The IW/Super Extravaganza: A Mixed Bag of 8 different 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. NB usually with newly-drawn covers. A smorgasbord of variety this week with 8 different titles represented.
IN THIS UPDATE: ALL SOLD
THE BLACK KNIGHT #11 VG+ £8 (PICTURED) Reprints the Black Knight #1 Toby 1953. New cover by Jack Abel. Only issue.
BLAZING SIXGUNS #12 GD+ £5 Reprints Bulls Eye #3 Mainline 1954. New cover by Ross Andru. Mostly Jack Kirby art.
DYNAMIC COMICS #1 FA £2.50 Reprints Dynamic Comics #23 Superior 1947. Cover by Kintsler from Sensational Police Cases #3 Avon 1952.
DYNAMIC ADVENTURES #9 GD £3 Reprints Escape from Devil’s Island #1 Avon 1952 . Original cover from that issue by Kintsler.
FOXHOLE #12 FN £7.50 Reprints Foxhole #2 Mainline 1954). New cover by Jack Abel. A couple of Jack Kirby stories.
GREAT ACTION COMICS #1 VG £6 Reprints Gold Medal Comics #1 Cambridge House 1945. New cover by John Severin.
SENSATIONAL POLICE CASES #5 PR £2.50 Reprints Prison Break #5 Avon 1951. New cover by Carl Burgos. Only issue.
TOP DETECTIVE COMICS #9 GD/VG £3.50 Reprints Criminals on the Run V4#5 Novelty / Premium / Curtis 1948. Cover by Mo Marcus from Police Line-Up #4 Avon 1951. Only issue.
