Magazine Enterprises Archives

It's become something I noodle with and take a fresh look at once or twice a year.  But when I saw that there's a CGC FN- 5.5 copy of Tim Holt #30 (Magazine Enterprises, 1952) in this 2024 October 24 – 25 Pre-Code Horror & Crime Comics Showcase Auction #40272 at Heritage Auctions, I couldn't[...]

Nearly-forgotten western hero character Black Phantom was created by underappreciated artist Frank Bolle for her debut in Magazine Enterprises' Tim Holt #25 cover-dated August 1951.  The character was a classic antagonist-turned-hero who appeared at a time when female heroes had rising star power in comic books Originally a one-off villain in Tim Holt #25, the[...]

Frank Frazetta is perhaps the most famous and acclaimed fantasy artist of the past century, and while it might be hard to imagine that much of his work is little-seen and underappreciated, his Ghost Rider covers for publisher Magazine Enterprises might just fit that bill The character combined elements of horror with a classic western[...]

Artist Ogden Whitney was likely working on the creation of the character Undercover Girl for Magazine Enterprize's Manhunt sometime during the summer of 1947.  That's around the same time that former Office of Strategic Services officer Elizabeth McIntosh announced her book Undercover Girl about her exploits working around the world for the OSS.  McIntosh had[...]

Put on the spot by a New York Herald Tribune reporter in the aftermath of one of his comic book titles having been banned by the Detroit Police Department, Magazine Enterprises editor Raymond C Krank responded with surprising candor "In spite of protests against crime comics," Krank said, "the so-called harmless books just don't sell." [...]

Put on the spot by a New York Herald Tribune reporter in the aftermath of one of his comic book titles having been banned by the Detroit Police Department, Magazine Enterprises editor Raymond C Krank responded with surprising candor "In spite of protests against crime comics," Krank said, "the so-called harmless books just don't sell." [...]