Orbit Publications
Orbit Publications, also known as Orbit-Wanted, was an American comic book publishing house operated by the female publisher, editor, and cartoonist Ray Herman during the Golden Age of Comic Books. The company was co-owned by Herman and Marjorie May (niece of World Color Press owner Roswell Messing, Sr.). Orbit operated from 1945 to 1955; the company's longest-running titles were Wanted Comics (crime), The Westerner (a Western title featuring Wild Bill Pecos) and Love Diary (romance); contributing artists included John Buscema, Syd Shores, Bernard Krigstein and Mort Leav.
Orbit Publications
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- Founded
- Orbit Publications was established or created in 1945.
- Founder
- Ray Herman
- Headquarters
- Orbit Publications is situated in United States.
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Orbit Publications, also known as Orbit-Wanted, was an American comic book publishing house operated by the female publisher, editor, and cartoonist Ray Herman during the Golden Age of Comic Books. The company was co-owned by Herman and Marjorie May (niece of World Color Press owner Roswell Messing, Sr.). Orbit operated from 1945 to 1955; the company's longest-running titles were Wanted Comics (crime), The Westerner (a Western title featuring Wild Bill Pecos) and Love Diary (romance); contributing artists included John Buscema, Syd Shores, Bernard Krigstein and Mort Leav.
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Orbit was a founding member of the Association of Comics Magazine Publishers (the precursor to the Comics Magazine Association of America), for which Hermann served as secretary and board director.
Key facts
Key facts
• Status — Defunct (1955) • Founded — 1945 • Founder — Ray Herman • Owner — Ray Herman and Marjorie May • Country — United States • Headquarters — 1819 Broadway, New York City • Imprints — Our Publishing Co. Patches Publications, Inc. Taffy Publications, Inc. Toytown Publications, Inc. Wanted Comic Group • Genre — romance, crime, Western, humor • Publications — Comic books
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The following is established of the heading itself. The record continues: orbit Publications is recorded from 1945. Institutional cataloguing adds that orbit Publications is associated with United States.
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Orbit Publications is situated in United States.
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Orbit Publications is associated with United States.
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Titles published
• Love Diary (48 issues, July 1949 - September-October 1955) — romance • Love Journal (16 issues, October 1951 - July 1954) – romance • Patches (11 issues, [July] 1945 - December 1947) — Western title continued from Rural Home Publications title • Taffy Comics (10 issues, 1946 - February 1948) — funny animal title continued from Rural Home • Toytown Comics (5 issues, Aug. 1946–May 1947) — humor title continued from B. Antin series • Wanted Comics (45 issues, September-October 1947 - April 1953) — crime comic; numbering continued from Toytown • The Westerner Comics (28 issues, June 1948 - December 1951) — Western title
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- 1."Rae Herman," Who's Who of American Comic Book Artists, 1928–1999. Accessed Sept. 23, 2017.
- 2.Saunders, David. "RAY R. HERMANN," Field Guide to Wild American Pulp Artists. Accessed Sept. 23, 2017.
- 3.BIP Comics: Publisher Insignia and Indicia Data - "Wanted Comics" #50
- 4.Hajdu, David. The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008), p. 128. ,
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