Omar Super-Book of Comics
Western,
1944 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Publication Dates:
- [September 30,] 1944] - 1947
- Number of Issues Published:
- 30 (#1 - #30)
- Color:
- color
- Dimensions:
- standard Golden Age U.S.
- Paper Stock:
- newsprint cover; newsprint interior
- Binding:
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- was ongoing series
- Publication Type:
- magazine
Series Details:
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Cover Gallery
Details by Issue
Series Timeline
- Cover and Main Story Overview
- Creator Checklist (via linked story records)
- Creator Name Checklist (via linked story records)
- Character List (via linked story records)
Indicia Publishers:
- without indicia publisher information (30 issues)
Notes
Giveaway comics. Entire series reprinted as Super-Book of Comics [Hancock Oil Co.] (Western, 1947 series).
See also: Super Book of Comics [Pan-Am Oil Co.] (Western, 1942 series).
The Omar Baking Company in the 1930s daily delivered freshly baked bread (Omar Kayam: "Here with a loaf of bread beneath the bough, a flask of wine, a book of verse -- and thou") to homes throughout the midwest. In the 1940s the Omar Man also distributed the Omar Super-Book of Comics exclusively to members of the Omar Junior Comic Book Club. Each monthly issue featured a new episode in the continuing Adventures of Omar, an adventure strip written for the series by Gaylord Du Bois, in which Prince Omar, in a blue suit, orange turban, and white cape, by the power of his golden kernel of wheat, commands the whirlwind.
Page 74
Gaylord Du Bois Account Books, Sorted by Title.
Omar (unidentified strip)
Omar. 4p. For Stock. Paid Feb. 5, 1944.
Omar. 4p. "For Lloyd Smith." Paid March 23, 1944.
Omar (cont.). 8p. "For Lloyd Smith." Paid March 23, 1944.
Omar #III. 8p. For Commercial. Paid March 29, 1944.
Omar #IV. 8p. For Commercial. Paid July 7, 1944.
Omar #VI. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent October 15, 1944.
Omar #VII. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent November 13, 1944.
Omar #VIII. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent December 18, 1944.
Omar #IX. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent December 18, 1944.
Omar #X. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent December 18, 1944.
Omar #XI. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent April 23, 1945.
Omar #XII. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent April 25, 1945.
Omar #13. 6.5p. For Commercial. Submitted July 19, 1945.
Omar #14. 6.5p. For Commercial. Submitted July 21, 1945.
Omar #15. 6.5p. For Commercial. Submitted July 27, 1945.
Omar #16. 6.5p. New. For Commercial. Submitted July 31, 1945.
Omar #16. 6.5p. Old. For Commercial. Submitted July 31, 1945.
Omar #20. 6.5p. For Commercial. Submitted November 24, 1945.
Omar #21. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent January 12, 1946.
Omar #22. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent January 13, 1946.
Omar #23. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent January 22, 1946.
Omar #24. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent January 22, 1946.
Omar #25. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent June 2, 1946.
Omar #26. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent June 2, 1946.
Omar #27. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent June 6, 1946.
Omar #28. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent June 6, 1946.
Omar #29. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent June 6, 1946.
Omar #30. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent June 6, 1946.
As per Catalog of Copyright Entries, Pamphlets; 1945, 1946, 1947
• Publisher of Omar Super-Book of Comics was Omar, Incorporated, Omaha [Omar Bread was the product]
• Publication dates as follows [with strip artist for Adventures of Omar listed when given]
Omar, Inc. (creator), Omaha. Adventures of Omar.
#1 - 1944-09-30
#2 - 1944-10-31
[Gormley (Daniel)] Adventures of Omar. Copyright Omar, Inc., Omaha
#3 - 1944-11-30
#4 - 1944-12-30
#5 - 1945-01-31
#6 - 1945-02-28
[Smith, W. B.] The Adventures of Omar. Nos. 7-12. Copyright Omar, Inc., Omaha.
#7 - 1945-03-31
#8 - 1945-04-30
#9 - 1945-05-31
#10 - 1945-06-30
#11 - 1945-07-31
#12 - 1945-08-31
Omar, Inc., Omaha. Omar Super-Book of Comics. The Adventures of Omar. Pages 10-16.
1945, nos. 13-16.
#13 - 1945-09-29
#14 - 1945-10-30
#15 - 1945-11-30
#16 - 1945-12-31
1946, nos. 17-21.
#17 - 1946-01-30
#18 - 1946-02-28
#19 - 1946-03-30
#20 - 1946-04-30
#21 - 1946-05-31
Omar, Inc. The Adventures of Omar (in Omar Super-Book of Comics)
#22 - 1946-06-29
#23 - 1946-07-31
#24 - 1946-08-31
#25 - 1946-09-30
#26 - 1946-10-31
#27 - 1946-11-30
#28 - 1946-12-31
not found
#29 - 1947-01-31
#30 - 1947-02-28
See also: Super Book of Comics [Pan-Am Oil Co.] (Western, 1942 series).
The Omar Baking Company in the 1930s daily delivered freshly baked bread (Omar Kayam: "Here with a loaf of bread beneath the bough, a flask of wine, a book of verse -- and thou") to homes throughout the midwest. In the 1940s the Omar Man also distributed the Omar Super-Book of Comics exclusively to members of the Omar Junior Comic Book Club. Each monthly issue featured a new episode in the continuing Adventures of Omar, an adventure strip written for the series by Gaylord Du Bois, in which Prince Omar, in a blue suit, orange turban, and white cape, by the power of his golden kernel of wheat, commands the whirlwind.
Page 74
Gaylord Du Bois Account Books, Sorted by Title.
Omar (unidentified strip)
Omar. 4p. For Stock. Paid Feb. 5, 1944.
Omar. 4p. "For Lloyd Smith." Paid March 23, 1944.
Omar (cont.). 8p. "For Lloyd Smith." Paid March 23, 1944.
Omar #III. 8p. For Commercial. Paid March 29, 1944.
Omar #IV. 8p. For Commercial. Paid July 7, 1944.
Omar #VI. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent October 15, 1944.
Omar #VII. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent November 13, 1944.
Omar #VIII. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent December 18, 1944.
Omar #IX. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent December 18, 1944.
Omar #X. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent December 18, 1944.
Omar #XI. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent April 23, 1945.
Omar #XII. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent April 25, 1945.
Omar #13. 6.5p. For Commercial. Submitted July 19, 1945.
Omar #14. 6.5p. For Commercial. Submitted July 21, 1945.
Omar #15. 6.5p. For Commercial. Submitted July 27, 1945.
Omar #16. 6.5p. New. For Commercial. Submitted July 31, 1945.
Omar #16. 6.5p. Old. For Commercial. Submitted July 31, 1945.
Omar #20. 6.5p. For Commercial. Submitted November 24, 1945.
Omar #21. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent January 12, 1946.
Omar #22. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent January 13, 1946.
Omar #23. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent January 22, 1946.
Omar #24. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent January 22, 1946.
Omar #25. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent June 2, 1946.
Omar #26. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent June 2, 1946.
Omar #27. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent June 6, 1946.
Omar #28. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent June 6, 1946.
Omar #29. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent June 6, 1946.
Omar #30. 6.5p. For Commercial. Sent June 6, 1946.
As per Catalog of Copyright Entries, Pamphlets; 1945, 1946, 1947
• Publisher of Omar Super-Book of Comics was Omar, Incorporated, Omaha [Omar Bread was the product]
• Publication dates as follows [with strip artist for Adventures of Omar listed when given]
Omar, Inc. (creator), Omaha. Adventures of Omar.
#1 - 1944-09-30
#2 - 1944-10-31
[Gormley (Daniel)] Adventures of Omar. Copyright Omar, Inc., Omaha
#3 - 1944-11-30
#4 - 1944-12-30
#5 - 1945-01-31
#6 - 1945-02-28
[Smith, W. B.] The Adventures of Omar. Nos. 7-12. Copyright Omar, Inc., Omaha.
#7 - 1945-03-31
#8 - 1945-04-30
#9 - 1945-05-31
#10 - 1945-06-30
#11 - 1945-07-31
#12 - 1945-08-31
Omar, Inc., Omaha. Omar Super-Book of Comics. The Adventures of Omar. Pages 10-16.
1945, nos. 13-16.
#13 - 1945-09-29
#14 - 1945-10-30
#15 - 1945-11-30
#16 - 1945-12-31
1946, nos. 17-21.
#17 - 1946-01-30
#18 - 1946-02-28
#19 - 1946-03-30
#20 - 1946-04-30
#21 - 1946-05-31
Omar, Inc. The Adventures of Omar (in Omar Super-Book of Comics)
#22 - 1946-06-29
#23 - 1946-07-31
#24 - 1946-08-31
#25 - 1946-09-30
#26 - 1946-10-31
#27 - 1946-11-30
#28 - 1946-12-31
not found
#29 - 1947-01-31
#30 - 1947-02-28
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