A-1

From 1944-57, Magazine Enterprises was a "small" comics publisher who had some of the coolest titles and best artists in the business.  Headed by Vincent Sullivan (formerly of National / DC) and editor Ray Krank, they may be most known today as the home of the original "Haunted Horseman", U.S. Marshall Rex Fury-- alias, The Ghost Rider!

M.E.'s longest-running title was A-1, a rotating anthology in the tradition of Dell's FOUR COLOR and DC's COMICS CAVALCADE.  The format allowed them to put out whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted, without having to spring for multiple second-class mailing permits.  Some series were spun off into their own separate titles, while others remained part of A-1 for their entire run (such as GHOST RIDER and BEST OF THE WEST).

I'm setting up this page to showcase some of the odds and ends I've done restorations of (or plan to in the near future).  ENJOY!

A-1 #8  /  art by CHARLES M. QUINLAN   (1947)

A-1 #22 / DICK POWELL - ADVENTURER!   (1949)

Predating MARVEL'S GREATEST COMICS by 15 years, GREAT WESTERN was an all-reprint series collecting stories from earlier comics.

A-1 #93 / GREAT WESTERN 8  /  art by FRED GUARDINEER   (?? 1953)

A-1 #105 / GREAT WESTERN 9  /  art by FRANK BOLLE   (April-June 1954)

A-1 #113 / GREAT WESTERN 10  /
art by FRANK BOLLE   (July-September 1954)

A-1 #127 / GREAT WESTERN 11  /
art by FRANK BOLLE   (October-December 1954)

A-1 #130 / STRONGMAN 1  /  art by BOB POWELL   (March-April 1955)

More as I go!

Artwork (C) Magazine Enterprises

Raw scans of A-1 #8, 22, 113 & 127 at the Comic Book Plus site
Raw scans of A-1 #93, 105 & 130 from the Heritage Auctions site

Restorations by Henry R. Kujawa 

Read M.E.'s A-1 comics at the Comic Book Plus site!
Read M.E.'s GREAT WESTERN comics at the Comic Book Plus site!
Read STRONGMAN at the Comic Book Plus site!

Read all 55 issues of STRAIGHT ARROW at the Comic Book Plus site!
Read all 41 issues of DURANGO KID at the Comic Book Plus site!
Read all 13 issues of RED MASK at the Comic Book Plus site!
Read all 5 episodes of The Calico Kid in TIM HOLT #6-10
     at the Comic Book Plus site!