Defunct comic book publishers.

[Zero Hunter]

[Zero Hunter]

[Rob Allen]

Comic Magazines Company wasn't Centaur Comics yet when it published the Clock in FUNNY PAGES No. 6 and FUNNY PICTURE STORIES No. 1. That company got off the ground thanks to Busy Arnold, who went on to start up Quality Comics. Their next angel was Harry "A" Chesler but he was bought out by Ultern Publications, before they in turn were bought out by Centaur Publications. Chesler then went on to package comics for other publishers including for his own imprints.

The Clock meanwhile was sold off by Ultern to Quality Comics, which published new stories in FEATURE FUNNIES (aka FEATURE COMICS), before moving to CRACK COMICS. But when Centaur took over from Ultern, they also reprinted the old Clock stories from their inventory.

Great info, Jim, except that the company's name was "Ultem", named after the owners, Ullman & Temerson. See https://www.comics.org/publisher/7631/ for more.

[Jim Kelly]

the company's name was "Ultem", named after the owners, Ullman & Temerson.

Well that makes sense. Big OOPS on my part. I should just copy and paste, rather than relying on my poor ability to read from computer screens. For the longest time I thought Stephen Amell was Stephen Arnell. Maybe if screen fonts were in Times New Roman rather than Arial, I wouldn't have this problem.

[Electricmastro]

Charlton Comics, who were publishing quite a bit of material by 1955.

[Chintzy Beatnik]

I loved Crossgen so much and it broke my heart when it all fell apart. It had something for everyone no matter what your tastes. Sword and Sorcery, space opera, gods, detective stories, horror, and so much more.
I wish Marvel would do something with it since they own it now, bu the few times they did do anything it was just so different it might as well have been a new thing.

I almost quit reading comics all together when things fell apart there.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

I have to wonder when Disney will turn their attention to some of these properties in Crossgen they own. The company owns the characters. Ruse would make a good TV series.

[Zauriel]

CrossGen had such great promise as a competing publisher but its CEO made bad business decisions that bankrupted CrossGen. I hope Disney will be better management than the CEO.

[Zero Hunter]

Something like Meridian is custom made for a big budget Disney movie. Teenage heroine, flying airship, floating cities, sky pirates, ect. It just screams Disney movie.

[Chintzy Beatnik]

Especially since they have Disney Plus now and it’s the perfect platform for smaller projects.

[PaulBullion]

Something like Meridian is custom made for a big budget Disney movie. Teenage heroine, flying airship, floating cities, sky pirates, ect. It just screams Disney movie.

And if they make a movie out of Sojourn, they can use the actual actors and celebrities who appeared in the series, as traced by Greg Land!

[dancj]

And if they make a movie out of Sojourn, they can use the actual actors and celebrities who appeared in the series, as traced by Greg Land!

They'd have to have three actors for each character and switch actors between each shot

[Electricmastro]

One of the most underrated artists who worked at Charlton would definitely have to be Enrique Nieto (Just Married #104, February 1975):