Comic Monthly

Embee Distributing Co., 1922 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
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February 1922
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Publication Dates:
January 1922 - [December] 1922
Number of Issues Published:
12 (#1 - #12)
Color:
color cover; black & white interior
Dimensions:
8 1/2" x 9"
Paper Stock:
newsprint interior ?
Publishing Format:
was ongoing series
Series Details:
Publisher's Brands:
  • without publisher's brand information (12 issues)
Indicia Publishers:
Notes
The first regular monthly U.S. comic book. Each issue reprinted newspaper strips from a different single character published during 1921.
Rudolph Block, Jr. (editor); Embee went bankrupt in September 1922 and issues #8-12 were apparently never distributed. Information from "The American Comic Book: The Evolutionary Era, 1884-1939" by Denis Gifford.

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Image Resources Status

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