Ballantine Books
1952
-
1973
- A-Z
- 1
- Country:
- United States
- Indicia / Colophon Publishers:
- 2
- Brand Groups:
- 4
- Brand Emblems in Use:
- 5
- Total Number of Series:
- 29
- Total Number of Issues:
- 68
- Show Covers by Month:
- using on-sale date or using publication date
- Show Issues by Month:
- using on-sale date or using publication date
- Creator Checklist:
- via linked story records
- Notes:
- Ballantine began as publisher of newsstand-size paperbacks, low-priced for mass-market sales, often simultaneously released alongside the hardcover versions of the same works released by other publishers.
In 1973, Ballantine was acquired and became a division of Random House.
Editing
| Series | Year | Issues | Covers | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The World of Li'l Abner [b] | 1952 | 3 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | December 1952; February 1953; September 1956 - September 1965 |
| The Vault of Horror | 1965 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | August 1965 |
| Utterly Mad [b] | 1956 | 7 issues (3 indexed) | Gallery | October 1956 - May 1975 |
| The Trouble With Tribbles [b] | 1973 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | No Covers | May 1973 |
| Tomorrow Midnight [b] | 1966 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | June 1966 |
| Tales of the Incredible [b] | 1965 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | March 1965 |
| Tales from the Crypt [b] | 1964 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | December 1964 |
| Secret Agent for the C.I.A. [b] | 1972 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1972 |
| R. Crumb's Head Comix [b] | 1970 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1970 |
| R. Crumb's Fritz the Cat [b] | 1969 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | October 1969 |
| Picture Stories from the Bible: Old Testament [b] | 1986 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1986 |
| Picture Stories from the Bible: New Testament [b] | 1986 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1986 |
| Peanuts Jubilee | 1976 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | October 1976 |
| Mad Strikes Back [b] | 1955 | 11 issues (4 indexed) | Have 10 (Need 2) | May 1955 - November 1978 |
| The Mad Reader [b] | 1954 | 5 issues (1 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 2) | [November] 1954 - February 1975 |
| Kudzu | 1982 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | August 1982 |
| Inside Mad [b] | 1955 | 6 issues (2 indexed) | Have 5 (Need 1) | November 1955 - April 1975 |
| The Humbug Digest [b] | 1957 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1957 |
| Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book [b] | 1959 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | [September] 1959 |
| Garfield: Complete Works [b] | 2018 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 2018 - present |
| Garfield His 9 Lives [b] | 1984 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | November 1984 |
| Fritz the No-Good [b] | 1972 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | June 1972 |
| Fritz Bugs Out [b] | 1972 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1972 |
| Dracula [b] | 1966 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | January 1966 |
| Drabble...In the Fast Lane [b] | 1985 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | March 1985 |
| A Doublewide with a View [b] | 1989 | 0 issues (0 indexed) | No Covers | 1989 |
| The Brothers Mad [b] | 1958 | 8 issues (4 indexed) | Have 6 (Need 3) | October 1958 - 1978 |
| Barnaby [b] | 1985 | 6 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | November 1985 - October 1986 |
| B. Wiseman's Cartoon Countdown [b] | 1959 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1959 |
| The Autumn People [b] | 1965 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | October 1965 |
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