Centaur : Comic Corporation of America (Indicia / Colophon Publisher)

1939 - 1942
Country:
United States
Number of Issues:
40
Notes:
The Centaur Group's second and final proper indicia publisher. Initially published only Amazing Man Comics (which was co-advertised with Centaur Publications, Inc. titles as the "Centaur Group"), but was used for additional new titles with patriotic themes several months after the demise of Centaur Publications, Inc., as well as a continuation of Centaur's The Arrow. These later titles, including The Arrow, were also co-advertised with Amazing Man comics, without the Centaur Group branding.

Comic Corporation of America also produced giveaway comics for the Chicago Mail Order Company. Some that were likely produced by this company do not have any indicia information, and therefore even though they are suspected to be published by this company, they only appear under the larger Centaur grouping in the GCD.

Finally, Comic Corporation of America began producing humor comics targeted at military servicemen starting in late 1941. These were not co-advertised and had a different tone and audience, and are found under the Hardie-Kelly publisher grouping: https://www.comics.org/indicia_publisher/6307/

While these other publications continued to later years, the Centaur-related activity by this company stopped in 1942.

Known address recorded as of March 1942: 215 Fourth Avenue, New York, N. Y.
Number Publication Date On-sale Date Brand
Amazing Man Comics (1939 series) #5 September 1939 1939-08-11
Amazing Man Comics (1939 series) #6 October 1939 1939-09-14
Amazing Man Comics (1939 series) #7 November 1939 1939-10-13
Amazing Man Comics (1939 series) #8 December 1939 1939-11-13
Amazing Man Comics (1939 series) #9 February 1940 1939-12-13
Amazing Man Comics (1939 series) #10 March 1940 1940-01-17
Amazing Man Comics (1939 series) #11 April 1940 1940-02-14
Amazing Man Comics (1939 series) #12 May 1940 1940-03-15
Amazing Man Comics (1939 series) #13 June 1940 1940-04-16
Amazing Man Comics (1939 series) #14 July 1940 1940-05-15
Amazing Man Comics (1939 series) #15 August 1940 1940-06-14
Amazing Man Comics (1939 series) #16 October 1940 1940-08-02
Amazing Man Comics (1939 series) #17 November 1940 1940-09-05
Amazing Man Comics (1939 series) #18 December 1940 1940-10-23
Amazing Man Comics (1939 series) #19 January 1941 1940-12-02
Amazing Man Comics (1939 series) #20 February 1941 1941-01-06
Amazing Man Comics (1939 series) #21 March 1941 1941-02-04
Amazing Man Comics (1939 series) #22 May 1941 1941-04-07
Amazing Man Comics (1939 series) #23 August 1941 1941-06-02
Amazing Man Comics (1939 series) #24 October 1941 1941-08-04
Amazing Man Comics (1939 series) #25 December 1941 1941-10-06
Amazing Man Comics (1939 series) #26 January 1942 1941-12-11
The Arrow (1940 series) #3 October 1941
Blackout (1942 series) #1 March 1942 1942-01-02
C-M-O Comics (1942 series) #[1] 1942
C-M-O Comics (1942 series) #2 1942
Khaki Humor (1942 series) #1 November 1941
Liberty Scouts Comics (1941 series) #2 June 1941
Liberty Scouts Comics (1941 series) #3 August 1941
Man of War Comics (1941 series) #1 November 1941 1941-09-04
Man of War Comics (1941 series) #2 January 1942 1941-11-10
Stars and Stripes Comics (1941 series) #2 May 1941 1941-03-05
Stars and Stripes Comics (1941 series) #3 July 1941 1941-05-05
Stars and Stripes Comics (1941 series) #4 September 1941 1941-07-04
Stars and Stripes Comics (1941 series) #5 November 1941 1941-09-03
Stars and Stripes Comics (1941 series) #6 (5) December 1941 1941-10-24
World Famous Heroes Magazine (1941 series) #1 October 1941
World Famous Heroes Magazine (1941 series) #2 December 1941
World Famous Heroes Magazine (1941 series) #3 February 1942
World Famous Heroes Magazine (1941 series) #4 April 1942

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