Frew
Introducing Frew Publications
While The Phantom is Frew Publications' most famous and only remaining comic, from the late 1940s the company also published a wide range of other reprints and original Australian comics.
In 1948, Ron Forsyth, Jim Richardson, Jack Eisen and Peter Watson put in £500 each to found Frew, using an acronym of their four surnames to name the new company—although Eisen and Watson withdrew before the first comic was produced. For the next 40 years, Forsyth and Richardson shaped the company into an Australian icon.
The Phantom was Frew's first monthly publication, picked up from the Australian Woman's Mirror and first published on 9 September 1948. Frew continues to publish the series today and holds the record for the world's longest unbroken run of Phantom comics.
![The Phantom (Frew, 1948 series) #1 ([August 1948])](/image/4621/page-1-phantom-frew-1948-series-1-enter-the-phantom-cover.jpg "The Phantom (Frew, 1948 series) #1 ([August 1948])")
Publisher trade names
Showing items 1 to 9 of 9
| Trade name | Titles | Issues | Indexed | Covers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Blue Diamond Publishing Co.
1953 – 1957 |
10
|
134
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4.5 % (6 of 134) | 32.8 % (44 of 134) |
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Crestwood Publications
1955? |
6
|
17
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5.9 % (1 of 17) | 82.4 % (14 of 17) |
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Frew Publications
195-? |
18
|
102
|
2.9 % (3 of 102) | 52.9 % (54 of 102) |
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Frew Publications Pty Limited
1948 – 2017? |
47
|
2512
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3.7 % (92 of 2512) | 86.9 % (2182 of 2512) |
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M. Rubin
1950? – 1955? |
2
|
8
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0.0 % (0 of 8) | 100.0 % (8 of 8) |
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Magazine Enterprises
1955? – 1959? |
1 (No comics) | 62 (No comics) | 0.0 % (0 of 62) | 8.1 % (5 of 62) |
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Magazine Productions Pty. Limited
1955? – 1960? |
0 (No comics) | 0 (No comics) | 0.0 % (0 of 0) | 0.0 % (0 of 0) |
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Tricho Pty. Ltd.
1961? – 1963? |
1 (1 comic) |
9
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22.2 % (2 of 9) | 66.7 % (6 of 9) |
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Tricho Publications Pty. Ltd.
1958? – 196-? |
12
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224
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2.2 % (5 of 224) | 80.8 % (181 of 224) |