King Features

1933 ? - 1979
Country:
United States
Indicia / Colophon Publishers:
3
Brand Groups:
1
Brand Emblems in Use:
3
Total Number of Series:
26
Total Number of Issues:
150
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
Web Site:
http://kingfeatures.com/
Notes:
During 1966-67, King attempted to sell its own comics. They were distributed on newsstands in 1966. In 1967, their comics were distributed in "King Paks," which contained 3 titles for 29 cents. The King Paks contained either adventure titles (Phantom, Mandrake, and Flash Gordon) or humor titles (Blondie, Popeye, and Beetle Bailey).

Prior to that, King Features did publish the copyright books, King Features Illustrated Weekly and King Features Weekly, starting around 1938. These books originally took proof pages made from comic strips (and other feature and editorial non-comic material) intended for newspaper syndication, made reduced copies of the pages, bound them together under a title, and sent them to the Library of Congress to secure copyright on the material. Occasionally these titles surface publicly indicating that they might be offered for sale of subscription periodically.
Series Year Issues Covers Published
Comics Reading Libraries [m] 1973 0 issues (0 indexed) No Covers 1973
Beetle Bailey [m] 1974 1 issues (0 indexed) Gallery 1974
Getting Better Grades 1974 1 issues (1 indexed) Gallery 1974
Hi and Lois [m] 1974 1 issues (0 indexed) Gallery 1974
Jungle Jim [m] 1967 1 issues (1 indexed) Gallery December 1967
King Features Weekly 1933 1 issues (1 indexed) No Covers November 19, 1992
Learn How Dagwood Splits the Atom [m] 1949 1 issues (1 indexed) Gallery 1949
Let's Read the Newspaper [m] 1974 1 issues (1 indexed) Gallery 1974
Mark Trail in the Smokies [m] 1989 1 issues (0 indexed) Gallery 1989
Mike Shelton: A Conservative Political Cartoonist 1986 1 issues (0 indexed) Add 1986
Popeye [m] 1974 1 issues (0 indexed) Gallery 1974
Popeye ᎠᎹᏱ ᎡᏤᎯ [m] 1975 1 issues (0 indexed) Add 1975
ᎤᏍᏗᏥᏄ [m] 1975 1 issues (1 indexed) Gallery 1975
ᏏᏲ ᎠᎴ ᏣᏏ [m] 1975 1 issues (0 indexed) Add 1975
ᏥᏍᎪᏇ ᎠᏲᏍᎩ [m] 1975 1 issues (0 indexed) Add 1975
Blondie [m] 1974 2 issues (1 indexed) Have 3 (Need 1) 1974 - 1975
Comics Teach [m] 1979 4 issues (3 indexed) Gallery 1979 - 1979
Blue Book King Features Syndicate [m] 1943 6 issues (0 indexed) Have 5 (Need 1) 1943 - [1961]
Mandrake the Magician [m] 1966 10 issues (10 indexed) Have 11 (Need 1) September 1966 - November 1967
The Phantom [m] 1966 11 issues (11 indexed) Gallery September 1966 - December 1967
Blondie [m] 1966 12 issues (12 indexed) Gallery August 1966 - December 1967
Flash Gordon [m] 1966 12 issues (11 indexed) Have 16 (Need 2) September 1966 - December 1967
Popeye [m] 1966 12 issues (12 indexed) Gallery August 1966 - December 1967
Beetle Bailey [m] 1966 13 issues (11 indexed) Gallery August 1966 - [January?] 1968
Popeye [m] 1972 15 issues (15 indexed) Gallery 1972 - 1972
King Reading Library [m] 1973 16 issues (11 indexed) Gallery 1973 - 1977
King Classics [m] 1977 24 issues (24 indexed) Gallery 1977 - 1978

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