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|Founded= 1948 | |||
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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. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
"Export Publishing" | "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 | 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/ | <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]] | ||
Revision as of 18:07, 17 August 2025
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Export Publishing Entreprises Limited was a Canadian publisher in the years 1948-1951, based in New Toronto, Ontario.
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.
The printing house burned[1] down in December 1951 and was never[2] rebuilt.
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 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).