The Complete Comics Of P.L. Publishing (HC)

The Complete Comics Of P.L. Publishing (HC)P. L. Publishing was one of the handful of short lived late Golden Age entrants into the world of comic publishing. They were only operating the latter half of 1951, and not a lot is known about the company itself, including just what P. L. represents (Pete and Larry? Positively Ludicrous?). Often they are mistakenly called a Canadian company because the pages were printed in Canada, but the evidence shows the pages were assembled in the US, published

P.L. Publishing was one of the handful of short-lived late Golden Age entrants into the world of comic publishing. They were only operating the latter half of 1951, and not a lot is known about the company itself, including just what ÒP.L.Ó represents (ÒPete and LarryÓ? ÒPositively LudicrousÓ?). Often they are mistakenly called a Canadian company because the pages were printed in Canada, but the evidence shows the pages were assembled in the US, published by a US company, and distributed to a US audience. They operated out of the same Rockefeller Center offices as other comic companies, but the connection, if any, is not known.

The Grand Comics Database doesn't indicate that any of the stories are reprints or leftovers from other series', but there are similarities to some other late-40s series which raise a little doubt about whether some of the stories were unpublished works from cancelled titles elsewhere. P.L. Publishing managed 16 issues, including:

BORDER PATROL (3 ISSUES)
WEIRD ADVENTURES (3 ISSUES)
RED ARROW (3 ISSUES)
WESTERN FRONTIER (3 ISSUES)
ONE-SHOTS: CAPTAIN ROCKET, CO-ED ROMANCES, LOVE LIFE, SAARI ÒTHE JUNGLE GODDESSÓ

THE PUBLICATION OF THIS BOOK (AND MANY MORE) IS ONLY DUE TO THE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF ROY THOMAS, KIND OF A BIG GUY IN THE COMICS WORLD