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	"Export Publishing" was a comic books, pocket books and junior publication house. According to<ref>The Author and Journalist, 1948-10: Vol 33 Iss 10, p 21</ref> their precident, Stanley Roland Schrag, it was a parent company of several Canadian publishing printing concerns. Export Publishing started from the adress at 3079 Dundas Street West and by 1948 moved to a two-story concret block building at 240 Birmingham Street.		"Export Publishing" was a comic books, pocket books and junior publication house. According to<ref>The Author and Journalist, 1948-10: Vol 33 Iss 10, p 21</ref> their precident, Stanley Roland Schrag, it was a parent company of several Canadian publishing printing concerns. Export Publishing started from the adress at 3079 Dundas Street West and by 1948 moved to a two-story concret block building at 240 Birmingham Street.

	The printing house burned<ref>"Out of control five hours", Toronto Daily Star, 11 December 1951, p 5</ref> down in December 1951, the lost, about closer to half a million according the their vice-president Frank R. Steel, was only partially covered by insurance. The building was sold<ref>"The bankruptcy act - sale by tender", Toronto Daily Star, 8 October 1952, p 37</ref >in 1953 shortly before Stanley R. Schrag went<ref>"Notice to creditors", Toronto Daily Star, 12 July 1953, p 12</ref> bankrupt, then as the owner of "Studio Publications".		The printing house burned<ref>"Out of control five hours", Toronto Daily Star, 11 December 1951, p 5</ref> down in December 1951, the lost, about closer to half a million according the their vice-president Frank R. Steel, was only partially covered by insurance. The building was sold<ref>"The bankruptcy act - sale by tender", Toronto Daily Star, 8 October 1952, p 37</ref> in 1953 shortly before Stanley R. Schrag went<ref>"Notice to creditors", Toronto Daily Star, 12 July 1953, p 12</ref> bankrupt, then as the owner of "Studio Publications".

	Their comic books were original material and reprinted US comics - such as "Captain Midnight", "Hobby Comics", "Hopalong Cassidy", "Holiday Comics" - when American comics were not allowed to cross the border.		Their comic books were original material and reprinted US comics - such as "Captain Midnight", "Hobby Comics", "Hopalong Cassidy", "Holiday Comics" - when American comics were not allowed to cross the border.

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	"Export Publishing" was a comic books, pocket books and junior publication house. According to<ref>The Author and Journalist, 1948-10: Vol 33 Iss 10, p 21</ref> their precident, Stanley Roland Schrag, it was a parent company of several Canadian publishing printing concerns. Export Publishing started from the adress at 3079 Dundas Street West and by 1948 moved to a two-story concret block building at 240 Birmingham Street.		"Export Publishing" was a comic books, pocket books and junior publication house. According to<ref>The Author and Journalist, 1948-10: Vol 33 Iss 10, p 21</ref> their precident, Stanley Roland Schrag, it was a parent company of several Canadian publishing printing concerns. Export Publishing started from the adress at 3079 Dundas Street West and by 1948 moved to a two-story concret block building at 240 Birmingham Street.

	~~Their comic books were original material and reprinted US comics - such as~~ "~~Captain Midnight~~", "~~Hobby Comics~~", "~~Hopalong Cassidy~~", "~~Holiday Comics~~" ~~- when American comics were not allowed to cross the border~~.		The printing house burned<ref>"Out of control five hours", Toronto Daily Star, 11 December 1951, p 5</ref> down in December 1951, the lost, about closer to half a million according the their vice-president Frank R. Steel, was only partially covered by insurance. The building was sold<ref>"The bankruptcy act - sale by tender", Toronto Daily Star, 8 October 1952, p 37</ref >in 1953 shortly before Stanley R. Schrag went<ref>"Notice to creditors", Toronto Daily Star, 12 July 1953, p 12</ref> bankrupt, then as the owner of "Studio Publications".

	~~The printing house burned<ref>~~"~~Out of control five hours~~", Toronto Daily Star, 11 December 1951, p 5</ref> down in December 1951, the lost, about closer to half a million according the their vice-president Frank R. Steel, was only partially covered by insurance. The building was sold<ref>"~~The bankruptcy act - sale by tender~~", ~~Toronto Daily Star, 8 October 1952, p 37</ref >in 1953 shortly before Stanley R. Schrag went<ref>~~"~~Notice to creditors~~", ~~Toronto Daily Star, 12 July 1953, p 12</ref> bankrupt, then as the owner of~~ "~~Studio Publications~~".		Their comic books were original material and reprinted US comics - such as "Captain Midnight", "Hobby Comics", "Hopalong Cassidy", "Holiday Comics" - when American comics were not allowed to cross the border.

	==Mandrake==		==Mandrake==

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	\|name=Export Publishing		\|name=Export Publishing
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	\|Founded= ~~1947~~		\|Founded= 1946
	\|Country= [[Image:mini_canada.gif]] Canada		\|Country= [[Image:mini_canada.gif]] Canada
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	==History==		==History==
	"Export Publishing" was a comic books, pocket books and junior publication house. According to<ref>The Author and Journalist, 1948-10: Vol 33 Iss 10, p 21</ref> their precident, Stanley Roland Schrag, it was a parent company of several Canadian publishing printing concerns.		"Export Publishing" was a comic books, pocket books and junior publication house. According to<ref>The Author and Journalist, 1948-10: Vol 33 Iss 10, p 21</ref> their precident, Stanley Roland Schrag, it was a parent company of several Canadian publishing printing concerns. Export Publishing started from the adress at 3079 Dundas Street West and by 1948 moved to a two-story concret block building at 240 Birmingham Street.

	Their comic books were original material and reprinted US comics - such as "Captain Midnight", "Hobby Comics", "Hopalong Cassidy", "Holiday Comics" - when American comics were not allowed to cross the border.		Their comic books were original material and reprinted US comics - such as "Captain Midnight", "Hobby Comics", "Hopalong Cassidy", "Holiday Comics" - when American comics were not allowed to cross the border.

	The printing house burned<ref>"Out of control five hours", Toronto Daily Star. 11 December 1951, p. 5</ref> down in December 1951 ~~and~~ was ~~never~~<ref>"The bankruptcy act - sale by tender", Toronto Daily Star. 8 October 1952, p 37</ref> ~~rebuilt~~.		The printing house burned<ref>"Out of control five hours", Toronto Daily Star, 11 December 1951, p 5</ref> down in December 1951, the lost, about closer to half a million according the their vice-president Frank R. Steel, was only partially covered by insurance. The building was sold<ref>"The bankruptcy act - sale by tender", Toronto Daily Star, 8 October 1952, p 37</ref >in 1953 shortly before Stanley R. Schrag went<ref>"Notice to creditors", Toronto Daily Star, 12 July 1953, p 12</ref> bankrupt, then as the owner of "Studio Publications".

	==Mandrake==		==Mandrake==

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	==History==		==History==
	"Export Publishing" was a comic books, pocket books and junior publication house. ~~Their comic books were original material~~ and ~~reprinted US comics~~ - ~~such as "Captain Midnight"~~, ~~"Hobby Comics"~~, ~~"Hopalong Cassidy"~~, ~~"Holiday Comics" - when American comics were not allowed to cross the border~~.		"Export Publishing" was a comic books, pocket books and junior publication house. According to<ref>The Author and Journalist, 1948-10: Vol 33 Iss 10, p 21</ref> their precident, Stanley Roland Schrag, it was a parent company of several Canadian publishing printing concerns.

	The printing house burned<ref>"Out of control five hours", Toronto Daily Star. 11 December 1951, p. 5</ref> down in December 1951 and was never<ref>"The bankruptcy act - sale by tender", Toronto Daily Star. 8 October 1952, p 37</ref> rebuilt.		Their comic books were original material and reprinted US comics - such as "Captain Midnight", "Hobby Comics", "Hopalong Cassidy", "Holiday Comics" - when American comics were not allowed to cross the border.

			The printing house burned<ref>"Out of control five hours", Toronto Daily Star. 11 December 1951, p. 5</ref> down in December 1951 and was never<ref>"The bankruptcy act - sale by tender", Toronto Daily Star. 8 October 1952, p 37</ref> rebuilt.

	==Mandrake==		==Mandrake==

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	\|name=Export Publishing		\|name=Export Publishing
	\|image=		\|image=
	\|Founded= ~~1948~~		\|Founded= 1947
	\|Country= [[Image:mini_canada.gif]] Canada		\|Country= [[Image:mini_canada.gif]] Canada
	\|Website=		\|Website=
	\|}}		\|}}

	'''Export Publishing Entreprises Limited''' was a [[Mandrake publications in Canada\|Canadian]] publisher in the years ~~1948~~-1951, based in New Toronto, Ontario.		'''Export Publishing Entreprises Limited''' was a [[Mandrake publications in Canada\|Canadian]] publisher in the years 1947-1951, based in New Toronto, Ontario.

	==History==		==History==

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	'''''Export Publishing Entreprises Limited''''' was a [[Mandrake publications in Canada\|Canadian]] publisher in the years 1948-1951, based in New Toronto, Ontario.		{{Publisher
			\|name=Export Publishing
			\|image=
			\|Founded= 1948
			\|Country= [[Image:mini_canada.gif]] Canada
			\|Website=
			\|}}

			'''Export Publishing Entreprises Limited''' was a [[Mandrake publications in Canada\|Canadian]] publisher in the years 1948-1951, based in New Toronto, Ontario.

	==History==		==History==
	"Export Publishing" ~~published~~ original material and reprinted US comics - such as "Captain Midnight", "Hobby Comics", "Hopalong Cassidy", "Holiday Comics" - when American comics were not allowed to cross the border.		"Export Publishing" was a comic books, pocket books and junior publication house. Their comic books were original material and reprinted US comics - such as "Captain Midnight", "Hobby Comics", "Hopalong Cassidy", "Holiday Comics" - when American comics were not allowed to cross the border.

			The printing house burned<ref>"Out of control five hours", Toronto Daily Star. 11 December 1951, p. 5</ref> down in December 1951 and was never<ref>"The bankruptcy act - sale by tender", Toronto Daily Star. 8 October 1952, p 37</ref> rebuilt.

	==Mandrake==		==Mandrake==
	In this specific reprinting way, "[[Feature Book 55 (Export Publishing)]]" - one of the issues of the [[David McKay Company]]'s [[Feature Book]] series, with [[Feature Book 55\|Mandrake]] - was published by "Export Publishing" in 1949 by arrangement with the McKay company.		In this specific reprinting way, "[[Feature Book 55 (Export Publishing)]]" - one of the issues of the [[David McKay Company]]'s [[Feature Book]] series, with [[Feature Book 55\|Mandrake]] - was published by "Export Publishing" in 1949 by arrangement with the McKay company.

	The Canadian publisher has also released the [[Big Giant Comics]] series composed of various material from the American comic-books (at least one issue of this series has a Mandrake story issue #5).		The Canadian publisher has also released the [[Big Giant Comics]] series composed of various material from the American comic-books (at least one issue of this series has a Mandrake story: issue #5).

	==== Reference article ====		==== Reference article ====
	*[https://www.comicsdetective.com/2020/11/border-crossing-canadas-export-publishing/], ''The Story of Canada’s Export Publishing''.		<references />
			==Sources==
			*[https://www.comicsdetective.com/2020/11/border-crossing-canadas-export-publishing/ comicsdetective: ''The Story of Canada’s Export Publishing'']

	[[Category: Publishers\|Export Publishing]]		[[Category: Publishers\|Export Publishing]]

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Reference link.

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	The Canadian publisher has also released the [[Big Giant Comics]] series composed of various material from the American comic-books (at least one issue of this series has a Mandrake story issue #5).		The Canadian publisher has also released the [[Big Giant Comics]] series composed of various material from the American comic-books (at least one issue of this series has a Mandrake story issue #5).

			==== Reference article ====
			*[https://www.comicsdetective.com/2020/11/border-crossing-canadas-export-publishing/], ''The Story of Canada’s Export Publishing''.

	[[Category: Publishers\|Export Publishing]]		[[Category: Publishers\|Export Publishing]]

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	'''''Export Publishing Entreprises Limited''''' was a [[Mandrake publications in Canada\|Canadian]] publisher in the years 1948-1951, based n New Toronto, Ontario.		'''''Export Publishing Entreprises Limited''''' was a [[Mandrake publications in Canada\|Canadian]] publisher in the years 1948-1951, based in New Toronto, Ontario.

	==History==		==History==

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	'''''Export Publishing''''' was a [[Mandrake publications in Canada\|Canadian]] publisher in the years 1948-1951.		'''''Export Publishing Entreprises Limited''''' was a [[Mandrake publications in Canada\|Canadian]] publisher in the years 1948-1951, based n New Toronto, Ontario.

	==History==		==History==
	"Export Publishing" ~~publish~~ original material and ~~reprint~~ US Comics when American comics were not allowed to cross the border.		"Export Publishing" published original material and reprinted US comics - such as "Captain Midnight", "Hobby Comics", "Hopalong Cassidy", "Holiday Comics" - when American comics were not allowed to cross the border.

	==Mandrake==		==Mandrake==
	~~At least~~ one of the issues of the [[David McKay ~~publishing\|David McKay publishing company~~'s]] [[Feature Book]] series with [[Feature Book 55\|Mandrake]] was ~~reprinted~~ by "Export Publishing" in 1949.		In this specific reprinting way, "[[Feature Book 55 (Export Publishing)]]" - one of the issues of the [[David McKay Company]]'s [[Feature Book]] series, with [[Feature Book 55\|Mandrake]] - was published by "Export Publishing" in 1949 by arrangement with the McKay company.

	~~At least one of~~ the ~~issues of~~ [[Big Giant Comics]] series ~~had~~ a Mandrake story.		The Canadian publisher has also released the [[Big Giant Comics]] series composed of various material from the American comic-books (at least one issue of this series has a Mandrake story issue #5).

	[[Category: Publishers\|Export Publishing]]		[[Category: Publishers\|Export Publishing]]

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	==Mandrake==		==Mandrake==
	At least one of the issues of the [[David McKay publishing\|~~the~~ David McKay publishing company's]] [[Feature Book]] series with [[Feature Book 55\|Mandrake]] was reprinted by "Export Publishing" in 1949.		At least one of the issues of the [[David McKay publishing\|David McKay publishing company's]] [[Feature Book]] series with [[Feature Book 55\|Mandrake]] was reprinted by "Export Publishing" in 1949.

	At least one of the issues of [[Big Giant Comics]] series had a Mandrake story.		At least one of the issues of [[Big Giant Comics]] series had a Mandrake story.

	[[Category: Publishers\|Export Publishing]]		[[Category: Publishers\|Export Publishing]]