Frank Temerson

Temerson titles with blue background

10/28/11

 

1933

 
Summer Worth Carnahan publishes Wild Cherries (4 issues) A "snappy story) title.

Publications Service Syndicate, Inc

 

1934

 
May

 Frank Temerson  and I. W. Ullman publish Movie Humor  
 

1936

 
Dec Movie Stars Handies Silk Stockings Revue
 

1937

 
Jan  Silk Stocking Stories
Apr

High Heel Magazine  
Jul Donenfeld publishes The Stocking Parade (Arrow) Ultem sued seekng an injunction but was denied by a court that didn't want to soil its hands with the matter.

Jul

Personal Adventure Stories

ed. J. A. Rosefeld (Resolute Publications Inc., 25¢, 68pp, large pulp, cover by A. E. Drake) -3 issues?

J.A. Rosenfield is I. W. Ullman's brother-in-law.

 
Sep

Ultem purchases Funny Pages and Funny Picture Stories from Comics Magazine Company.

Funny Pages From indicia on contents page: FUNNY PAGES is published monthly by Ultem Publications, Inc., Mount Morris, Illinois. EDITORIAL OFFICE, 276 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, N. Y. Incorrectly listed as v2#2 in indicia on inside front cover; correct numbering on contents page.

 
Nov

Ultem purchases Star Comics and Star Ranger from Harry Chesler. All four titles are edited by Harry Chesler using his shop material.

 

1938

 
Jan

Funny Pages v2#5, Star Comics #9

Last issue published by Ultem.

All four titles sold to Joseph Hardie and Raymond Kelly's Centaur.

July Ultem reorganizes as Lex Publications and stiffs all creditors.  
 

1939

 
July Silk Stocking and High Heel (Feb) end.  
Oct

Brookwood publishes Speed Comics.

381 4th Ave printed in NYC

Edited by Maurice Rosenfield, J. A. Rose(n)field's son.

 
Nov    
Dec 

Worth publishes Champion Comics #2.

1(22) E42nd Street

Worth Carnahan Ed

Worth and Charles Quinlan publishers

(acc to CBM 71)

 

(Probably not related to Temerson.)

1st issue a $.05 giveaway intended for motion picture theatres. Acc to CBM 71.

Adolphe Barreaux studio material begins to appear

 

1940

 
April

Writer's Digest,  April, 1940 issue: 

"Lex Publications," 381 Fourth Avenue, which superseded "Ultem" and "Resolute Publications", is in its turn out.... But there are plans afoot for new corporation names. "Brookwood Publishing Company" is one of these, issuing "Speed Comics". 

"Tem" Publishing is another of the names to be used." credit to Will Murray for his rediscovering this note.

 
April Champion #6 .

May

Crash #1 Tem Publications

381 4th Ave/Holyoke

(Bert Whitman Productions supplies the contents)

 
June

Cyclone Comics

Bilbara Pub

Bilbara is owned by William Cotton and published many other types of magazines including Peek and Movie Portraits. Cotton also owned Ideal Publishing and had connections to the distributor Kable.

Bilbara = Bil(l Cotton) and (Bar)bara (Janes)?

Worth/Charles Quinlan Production

Movie Life ad

122 E 42nd ST

(Worth- not Temerson)

Features Volton (Quinlan), Kingdom of the Moon (Quinlan), Mr. Q (Quinlan), Red Knight (Winter), King Anthony (Papp)

 

Joe Simon cover on Champion 08

 

Whirlwind Comics-3 issues

Nita Publishing

381 4th Avenue

(Bert Whitman Associates)

July O.K. Comics #1 published by Hit Publishing (Worth & Quinlan).  1 East 42nd Street, NY

According to Frank Motler, copyrighted by Worth B. Carnahan and not related to the United Features Okay Comics published the same month.

2 issues. Features Sunset Smith (Quinlan), Don Rayman (Quinlan), Mr. Mist (Quinlan), Jason McCoy (Carnahan), Phantom Knight (Willner), Little Giant (?) among others.

Aug Last Brookwood issue of Speed Comics (11)

Sept

Cat-Man debuts in Crash Comics #4 by Irwin Hasen.  
Oct Champion becomes Champ with #11. Last from Worth/Quinlan.

Nov last issue of Cyclone (5). Carnahan moves to Nashville and leaves comic publishing. Quinlan moves on to Helnit.

last issue of Crash (5) Whitman moves on to Green Hornet from Helnit.

House ad for Crash, Speed and Whirlwind in Crash #5.

 
Dec

Green Hornet #1 from Helnit. 2-6 from Green Hornet Publishing?. Contents supplied by Bert Whitman Associates

Bert Whitman also does Green Hornet comic strip.

381 4th Avenue. Printed in Meriden CT?

 
 

1941

 
Feb Champ takes over publishing of Champ Comics with #12.

225 West 57th ST Leo Greenwald ed and publisher

Adolphe Barreaux's Majestic Studios supplies the contents.

Statement of ownership:* Worth Publishing Co., Inc.

* The editor is Leo Greenwald.

* The owners are Worth Publishing Co., Inc. and Leo Greenwald

* The statement is "signed" Leo Greenwald, Publisher

There is no mention of Worth B. Carnahan anywhere in the Statement of Ownership

Addresses for both Greenwald and the Worth Publishing Co., Inc. are given as 122 East 42nd St., New York City.

The address for Champ Publishing Company in the indicia is 225 West 57th Street, New York, N. Y.

Mar Speed Comics 12 and 13 published by Speed Comics, Inc. (Greenwald ?)  
May

Cat-Man #1 Helnit

Charles Quinlan takes over packaging.

continues from Crash

 
Aug

Captain Fearless produced by Quinlan for Helnit.

(2 issues)

Last Green Hornet (6)

 
Sep Speed Comics 14 pub by Alfred Harvey  
Dec

Captain Aero pub by Helnit #7-

continued from Green Hornet.

 
 

1942

 
Feb

Sherman Bowles, publisher of 4 Springfield Mass newspapers and owner of Holyoke Press  takes over Catman with #12(7) and Captain Aero with #8.

Quinlan goes with them.  Temerson is not a part owner of Holyoke.

Last Fox Blue Beetle 11

 
May Harvey takes over Champ with issue 18

Jun

Bert Whitman sells the Green Hornet to Harvey. #7

 

Holyoke takes over Blue Beetle (#12)

Quinlan takes over with #13.

52 Vanderbuilt Ave NYC

 
 

1943

 
Jan last Holyoke issue of Catman (17)

Apr

New Blue Beetle (20)

Chas Quinlan Ed.

statement of Ownership

 
Jul

Temerson forms Et-Es-Go and resumes publication of Catman

220 W 42nd ST

Printed in St. Louis

 
Aug last Quinlan Blue Beetle story (24)

BB still at Vanderbuilt Ave- still printed in Holyoke.

Produced by Ferstadt studios?

 
Sept Catman numbering mixed up with Captain Aero.

1st Et-Es-Go Captain Aero v3-9(11)

Dec

Suspense #1 (Et-Es-Go)

Quinlan cover

1st L. B. Cole artwork

 
 

1944

 
Jan

Terrific Comics #1 (Et-Es-Go)

Mr Nobody by John Giunta appears

 
Mar

Captain Flight

Four Star publications

packaged by L. B. Cole?

Robert Farrell publisher

printed in St Louis

 

May

Rae Herman listed as editor of Catman 24  
Jun

Fox wins Blue Beetle back from Holyoke and resumes publication with #31- Otis (E.C. Stoner) takes over the art with #36. Fox prints comics in Buffalo, NY.

 

Power Comics from Narrative Press

33 West 42nd ST

printed in St. Louis

packaged by L.B. Cole and Bernard Baily?

 

Holyoke begins Sparkling Stars to replace all the titles it lost.  33 issues through 1948. Produced by Ferstadt Studios?  Basically Blue Beetle without the lead feature.

Jul

Temerson  forms Continental with Catman v2#12 (25) L.B. Cole cover

Aviation Press issues Contact Comics #1-also packaged by Cole

80 E 42nd St

printed in St Louis

Aug Mr. Nobody by L.B. Cole moves to Suspense (#5)

Captain Aero moves to Continental  with v4#2 (16)

Sept

statement of ownership Catman 26

Continental Magazines, Inc, 220 West 42nd Street, New York City. Distributor: P.D.C..

Managing Editor: R.R. Hermann,

220 West 42nd Street, New York City.
Business Manager: F.Z. Temerson, Owners: Continental Magazines, Inc, 220 West 42nd Street, New York City, R.R. Hermann,  Esther Temerson,  Dated: 29th September 1943.

Sept 44 last Power Comics from Narrative.

 
Nov

last Quinlan Catman (26A)

last Terrific (#6)

 

Quinlan moves on to Magazine Enterprises, then Fawcett (Hopalong Cassidy) and Quality (mostly romance comics)

  Suspense 7  
 

1945

 
Feb

Mask Comics from Rural Home inherits material from Power Comics? (2 issues)  
April CatMan 27 (long gap)  
June

CatMan 28

Suspense 8

 
Aug

CatMan 29

Suspense 9

 
Dec

CatMan 30

Suspense 10

 
no date Toytown #1 Shoppers Quarterly- packaged by L.B. Cole/Rae Herman?  
 

1946

 
June

Catman 31 (long gap)

Suspense 11

 
Aug

 

last issue of Catman #32

last Captain Aero (26)

 

Statement of Ownership in Catman 32:

Continental Magazines

220 W 42nd ST

Ray Willner editor

FZ Temerson

Esther Temerson owners

Irving Solomon Bus Mgr

 

 

 

Toytown #3 Orbit??

Sept last issue of Suspense #12

 

1950

 
March last Continental Comic series? The Great Foodini based on the puppet TV series runs four issues before moving to Fawcett.

 

1952

 
March

Sherman H. Bowles dies

March 3, 1952

 
 

195?

 
  Frank Temerson works for Major Magazines, on exactly what is unknown.  
 

1963

 
July July 27 Frank Temerson dies.