Comic Media Archives

Dear Lonely Heart #1, from Artful/Comic Media, was published in 1951, and features a pretty cool cover that will make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside when you see it It is also a rare book While this raw copy, taking bids right now at Heritage Auctions, is at $36, it might go much[...]

Army from 1948-1950, Morosi worked for a wide range of publishers throughout the early 1950s, including Fox, Marvel and Lev Gleason.  His arrival at Comic Media in late 1952, along with friend Don Heck, coincides with that publisher moving on from Iger Studio material and establishing a more distinct identity.  Morisi's cover story Accused for[...]

Throughout its brief lifespan,  Allen Hardy Associates repeatedly asked for "the unusual" in the comic book market columns of magazines like Writer's Digest and Author & Journalist.  The blurb sometimes further elaborated that the publisher wanted, "Artists and writers who don't have a hackneyed approach to comics." Better known today as Comic Media, Allen Hardy[...]

"Art Director Jerry Feldman says, "If you got it — you get it." Better known today as Comic Media, Allen Hardy Associates did indeed have an unusual and deceptively sophisticated approach to comic books during its brief lifespan.  The publisher is remembered for its stand-out and notorious horror and romance output, as well as the[...]