[Robb_K]

I think that this series&#39; issue #2 should be moved from being stored in the Better/Nedor/Standard/Pines publisher section to join its other series issue in The ACG group. That is because every bit of evidence, other than Issue #2 being issued by Better Publishing of Canada, points to Ben Sangor&#39;s Creston/ACG being the owners and producers of that product; and just switching from an independent Canadian comic book printer/distributor with very limited distribution (Rotary Litho), to his son-in-law&#39;s (Ned Pines&#39;)joint-venture Canadian printer/distributorship, which was already successful in marketing and distributing Pines&#39; Nedor, US-produced comic books in that country. Evidence in favour of ACG having produced the product, paid for its production, and owned its rights:<br /><br />1) The title logo on this 1947-48 series&#39; cover is the exact same that ACG used for its earlier, 1945 Merry-Go-Round Giant 130-page comic book.<br /><br />2) The inner pages&#39; formats and colouring styles match exactly those used by ACG/Creston, and are quite different from those used by Better/Nedor/Standard.<br /><br />3) ALL stories printed in the 2 issues which have been identified (by Grand Comic Database and myself) as having been printed earlier and/or reprinted later, were printed only in Creston/ACG books, and NONE in Ned Pines&#39; Better/Nedor/Standard books.<br /><br />This all indicates that Sangor joint ventured with his son-in-law&#39;s Canadian distribution firm or leased his own product to them, to earn profits from selling his product in that country, and that the printing plates were returned to HIM after Canadian Merry-Go-Round folded (just after Issue #2), because HE, rather than Ned Pines&#39; Nedor, was their owner, and his ACG was the producer of the series, and Ned Pines&#39; Canadian distributor was only a packager and distributor for Sangor&#39;s series in a foreign country, for only the second half of that series&#39; run. Therefore, BOTH Merry-Go-Round #1 and #2 should be placed together under ACG, given that CB+, unlike DCM, doesn&#39;t have a separate section for Canadian publishers.

Link to the book: Merry-Go-Round-1(RotaryLithoOfCanada)(1947)