[comick]

hi
My first post here
Hopefully this is such a bizarre question some one might help. I

[paw broon]

Well, this is interesting.  If you use the search button for the titles on your link, you'll see what we have. I've just looked up Big Shot #94 and the ad is in it.
However, I'm a fan of Paolozzi's work and his statue of Vulcan is in the GOMA 2 in Edinburgh, along with his studio.
This link shows him using a comic for his work.
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-eduardo-paolozzi-1738

[comick]

hi

paw broon thanks for your post

On Closer examination(must get new glasses). Seems that the dept isn't 170H
There is a H on the end so new research says this is an August publication
I think the other digits are possibly 379H or 378H because its cropped
Now with further research i think i can confirm the numbers before the letter "H" are publisher references. so therefore so far:

American Comic Group   2
Avon Publications   132
Charlton   378   changed to 325 about 1951
Columbia   329
Harvey Comics   303
Lev Gleason / Comic House   254
Prize   243
Quality   330
Star Publications   202
Youthful Magazines    264
Ziff Publications   376

most of the correct images I have found are 1951
I have searched on this site all August 1951 comics but there was no 379H or 378H
so in some sort of current conclusion i'm looking for a comic from August 1951
that is not from the publisher above.

If any one is still listening (some times you think you are going mad) and has DC , Marvel or comics not on this data base comics from August 1951 and fancies looking for a Charles atlas ad I would love to know what dept reference is on those ad.


Thank you for you time and patience

[SuperScrounge]

Didn't realize there was so much info to be gleaned from those department numbers.

[SuperScrounge]

Mike's Amazing World of Comics site has a newsstand feature that's useful.

Here are the comics cover dated August 1951 http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/newsstand.php?publisher=all&type=cover&month=8&year=1951&sort=alpha

Here are the ones on sale in August 1951 http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/newsstand.php?publisher=all&type=calendar&month=8&year=1951&sort=alpha

Hope this helps you narrow down the books to look at.

[comick]

Thanks Super for the link

[GoldTimes]

Hello to all, My first post.

"The only strange one is highlighted yellow, which in the comic looks like 2028 or it might be 202B."

I have Popular Teen-Agers no. 5

The AD is in the book and the number is handwritten in and looks to be 2028.

[comick]

Thanks for the confirmation  GoldTimes

[comick]

Hi every one

Well I searched a very large amount of Comics and Magazines over the weekend
and have come up with a list of Publishers and recorded the Mr Atlas ref see below.
basically I have either found a number which is the publishers number after which there is either another number or a letter. so for example
Ace Magazines is 255 and after that there might be a 10 so thats 25510 ten being the 10th month (October)
Or it might show a 225J. "J" is the 10th letter of the alphabet so (October)
Some publishers have Two numbers ..."none yet means" i have searched a lot of titles but found no Atlas Ad's
The nearest match was a bit weird Charlton had a 378 ref on half page ads that didn't match so i searched
about 100 publications but the number only appeared on the half page AD the rest were 325

One of the big problems is ....... and i hope you can help .... I have no ref numbers for Marvel or DC comics as i can't obviously find them on line. If anyone fancies flicking through a few Marvel and DC comics between 1943 and 1956 to find an atlas AD I would really like the ref numbers.

better still if anyone has any idea why a certain number was applied to a publisher you will get onto my Christmas Card List .....Could they be Sat Nav numbers for the offices :-)



COMICS 1943 to 1956 ish   
Ace Magazines   255
Ajax Farrell   324
American Comic Group   002 and 132
Avon Publications   132
Better / Nedor / Standard / Pines   077 and 226
Canadian Comics   none yet
Centaur Publishing   169
Charlton   378 and 325
Chester Comics   345
Columbia   329
Comic Media    402 2
Crime and Detective   043
D.S. Publishing   160
DC Comics ----------
Dell   none yet
Eastern Color Printing Company   203 and 73
Fawcett Comics   149
Fiction House   236
Fox Feature Syndicate   306
Harvey Comics   303
Hillman Periodicals   225
Holyoke Publishing   368
IW Publishing / Super Comics   none yet
Key Publications   095
Lev Gleason / Comic House   254
Magazine Enterprises   361 and 792
Marvel Comics   Possibly ----------- C60
Mc Combs   751 and 134
MLJ / Archie Comics   266 and 302
Novelty Press   107
Orbit   none yet
Parents Magazine Institute   none yet
Prize Comics Group   243
Quality   330
Rural Comics   none yet
Spark Publications   none yet
St Johns   883
Star Publications   202
Sterling   473
Story Comics   407
Toby / Minoan   374
Trojan Magazines   265
United Features   none yet
Youthful Magazines    264
Ziff Publications   376
   
SMALL PUBLISHERS   
Argos Publishing   none yet
Camera Comics   none yet
Catechetical Guild Comics   none yet
Catholic Comics   none yet
Consolidated Magazines   none yet
Crown Comics   134 and 791
Croydon Publishing Co.   none yet
DearField Publishing   none yet
Don Fortune Publishing   none yet
Fago Magazines   none yet
G.E. Adventure Series   none yet
Gerona   none yet
Graphic Information Service   none yet
Great Comics Publishing   none yet
Green Universal Phoenix / Norlen   none yet
Magazine Village   none yet
Nation Wide   none yet
Nesbit Publications   none yet
New Age Publishers   none yet
P.L. Publising   none yet
Peter Wheat    none yet
Premier Magazines   none yet
Publishers Weekly   none yet
R.B. Leffingwell and Co   none yet
Raiston Purina   none yet
SeaBoard    none yet
Stanhall    189
Vital   none yet
   
MAGAZINES ETC   
Experimenter Publishing Co.   009
Future Science fiction   004
Key Publications   194
Movie and Radio Guide   110
Popular mechanics   008
Popular science   001