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Image:1949 Blue Book-01.jpg|''1949 Blue Book cover''
Image:1949 Blue Book-01.jpg|''1949 Blue Book cover''
Image:1949 Blue Book-02.jpg|''Mandrake presentation page''
Image:1949 Blue Book-02.jpg|''Mandrake presentation page''
Image:1949 Blue Book-03.jpg|''page about sample of Sunday page''
Image:1949 Blue Book-03.jpg|''page sample of Sunday page''
Image:1949 Blue Book-04.jpg|''KFS character ("The Phantom") presentation page.
Image:1949 Blue Book-04.jpg|''KFS character ("The Phantom") presentation page''.
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=== The 1954 Blue Book ===
=== The 1954 Blue Book ===
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Image:1954 Blue Book-01.jpg|''1954 Blue Book cover''
Image:1954 Blue Book-02.jpg|''1954 Blue Book back cover''
Image:1954 Blue Book-03.jpg|''page samples of daily strips''
Image:1954 Blue Book-04.jpg|''page sample of Sunday page ("Bringing Up Father")''.
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Revision as of 09:40, 21 March 2024

History

Among its forties and fifties promotional material, King Features Syndicate printed booklets called "Blue Books" which were a sort of catalog of their main comic characters. These booklets were intended make newspaper publishers aware of the choice of comics distributed through the syndication company.

This kind of material - also used by others comics syndicates - was sent only to professional publishers. The "Blue Books" printed by "King Features Syndicate " contain samples of daily strips and Sunday pages as well as samples of other articles and columns.

The 1943 Blue Book

The 1946 Blue Book

The 1949 Blue Book

The 1954 Blue Book

The 1955 Blue Book

The 1961 Blue Book