Calvert Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd.

Calvert Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd. is the publisher name printed on these comics. Other series associated with this publisher might have a variation or an unexpected publisher name printed in the comic.
Details
- Country
- Australia
- Locations
26 Calvert Avenue, Killara
7 Angel Place, Sydney NSW 2000 (1955?)
90 Pitt Street, Sydney
38 Martin Place, Sydney (1970 ?)
- Operated
- 1949 – 1971
- Comics
- 1951? – 1961?
- Group
- Calvert
Notes
Little is known for certain about Calvert Publishing, a major publisher of romance, war and crime pulp novels until about 1971. Its most known novel series was Carl Dekker (1951-1965). Cavert also produced the long-running western pulp series, A Six-Gun Western, and the brief Sports Shorts.
This publisher also produced comics for about a decade in the fifties, These included US reprints and original Australian work. Its reprints included some 30 titles with material from US publishers Ace, ACG, Atlas/Marvel, Dell, EC, Harle and Youthful, as well as newspaper strip reprints such as Milton Caniff's Terry and the Pirates.
Calvert's earliest local work was K.O. Comics, soon renamed Kayo Comic and followed up by the similar Trig Matson Comic. The company also published long runs of Virgil Reilly's Silver Flash and Monty Wedd's Captain Justice. In the second half of the fifties, it published romance one-shot comics featuring the work of Moira Bertram, sometimes alongside US reprints and other Australian original work.
Calvert's Atomic Attack comic series was banned in Queensland by the State Literature Board of Review on 28 August 1954. In July 1956, the Board banned Calvert's romance one-shot, Stolen Dreams.
Calvert Publishing Co. Pty. Limited was initially registered on 11 May 1949 'to carry on the business of proprietors and publishers of newspapers, journals, magazines and books, etc.' Its initial shareholders were Percy N. Lansdown and Geraldine Lansdown. (https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-806333257)
It is also reported to have been founded by Denny White in 1951, a former Catalina flying boat pilot during the war in the Pacific. He was a Sydney accountant who seems to have run Calvert as a profitable side-line. In 1950, White was commissioning work from pulp writer Gordon Bleeck who is credited predominanly in Horwitz but also Calvert and other publishers' pulps at that time.
The company name appears to have been based on its official address, which is listed in government registration documents as 26 Calvert Avenue, Killara between at least December 1955 and December 1968 [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/220362825].
By 1955, it seems to have become an imprint of Horwitz. An advertisement in the trade magazine Newspaper News, 2 May 1955, referenced Calvert Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd as one of six companies amalgamated to form the new holding company, Horwitz Publications Inc. Pty.
Despite reports that the company ceased publishing in 1961, it was included on the register of distributors of printed matter (established under the Commonwealth Obscene and Indecent Publications Act) until at least November 1968.
By notice in the Commonwealth Gazette, it was dissolved as a company on 30 January 1990 and 13 February 1990. It was again (listed as CAN 000 079 121) formally dissolved on 27 February 1992. It may not be relevant for Calvert, but Horwitz property Grahame Book Company Pty Ltd was also deregistered at the same time in 1990.
Books and series
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Title | Published | % with index | % with cover | |
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Bandits - One Zero (Calvert, 1960?)
Book one-shot |
([1960?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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The Banjo Boys (Calvert, 1950?)
Pulp series one-shot |
([1950?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Battleground - the Deeps (Calvert, 1965?)
Book one-shot |
([1965?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Beetle Bailey (Calvert, 1954 series)
Comic series |
#1 (1954) to #7 (1955) | 0.0 % (0 of 7) | 85.7 % (6 of 7) |
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The Bitter Taste of War (Calvert, 1968?)
Book one-shot |
([1968?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Blemished Brands (Calvert, 1950? series)
Pulp series series |
nn (1950?) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Blind to Her Game (Calvert, 1955?)
Comic |
([1955?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Border Bullets (Calvert, 1950?)
Pulp series one-shot |
([1950?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Bring Back My Love (Calvert, 1957?)
Comic |
([1957?]) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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The Brush Buster (Calvert, 1950?)
Pulp series one-shot |
([1950?]) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Buffalo Badmen (Calvert, 1952?)
Pulp series one-shot |
([1952?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) |
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Bullets for Bandits (Calvert, 1950?)
Pulp novel one-shot |
([1950?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Campus Snobs (Calvert, 1956?)
Comic |
([1956?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Captain Crossbones (Calvert, 1955 series)
Comic series |
#1 (1955) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Captain Justice (Calvert, 1955 series)
Comic series |
#1 (1955) to #21 (1957) | 0.0 % (0 of 21) | 71.4 % (15 of 21) |
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Captain Silver Flash (Calvert, 1956? series)
Comic series |
#1 (1956?) to #3 (1956?) | 0.0 % (0 of 3) | 66.7 % (2 of 3) |
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Captives of Corruption (Calvert, 1971)
Book one-shot |
(1971) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Captives of Kumakai (Calvert, 1970?)
Pulp novel one-shot |
([1970?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Ace Carter Adventurer (Calvert, 1955? series)
Comic series |
#1 (1955?) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Ace Gremlin (Calvert, 1950?)
Comic |
([1950?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Code Name Moloch (Calvert, 1970?)
Book one-shot |
([1970?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Combat! (Calvert, 1956? series)
Comic series |
#1 (1956?) to #15? (1957?) | 0.0 % (0 of 15) | 26.7 % (4 of 15) |
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Command to Annihilate (Calvert, 1970?)
Book one-shot |
([1970]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Cottonwood Partners (Calvert, 1950?)
Pulp series one-shot |
([1950?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) |
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Cowboy Derby (Calvert, 1950?)
Pulp series one-shot |
([1950?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) |
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The Cowboy Killers (Calvert, 1952?)
Pulp series one-shot |
([1952?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Crisis in Ward L (Calvert, 1965?)
Book one-shot |
([1960?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Cross-Draw King (Calvert, 1950?)
Pulp series one-shot |
([1950?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) |
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Culture of Evil (Calvert, 1970?)
Book one-shot |
([1970?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) |
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Deep Sea Nurse (Calvert, 1966?)
Book one-shot |
([1966?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Demon with a Scalpel (Calvert, 1970?)
Book one-shot |
([1970?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) |
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Desert Duel (Calvert, 1952?)
Pulp series one-shot |
([1952?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Desert Guns (Calvert, 1950?)
Pulp series one-shot |
([1950?]) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Devil's Eden (Calvert, 1971?)
Book one-shot |
([1971?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Devils of the Desert Hell (Calvert, 1968?)
Book one-shot |
([1968?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Doctors in Conflict (Calvert, 1965?)
Book one-shot |
([1965?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Dollars for Dogies (Calvert, 1952?)
Pulp series one-shot |
([1952?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Don't Bother to Knock (Calvert, 1960?)
Book one-shot |
([1960?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Double or Nothing (Calvert, 1950?)
Book one-shot |
([1950?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Double Trouble with Goober (Calvert, 1955? series)
Comic series |
#1 (1955?) to #6 (1955) | 33.3 % (2 of 6) | 83.3 % (5 of 6) |
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Dust for My Brothers (Calvert, 1965?)
Book one-shot |
([1965?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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El Paso Pete (Calvert, 1950?)
Pulp series one-shot |
([1950?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) |
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Engage and Destroy! (Calvert, 1965?)
Book one-shot |
([1965?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Eruption (Calvert, 1960?)
Book one-shot |
([1960?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Everything But a Heart (Calvert, 1956?)
Comic |
([1956?]) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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The Fall (Calvert, 1950?)
Book one-shot |
([1950?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Fangs of Lead (Calvert, 1950?)
Pulp series one-shot |
([1950?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) |
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Fate Chose This Number (Calvert, 1960?)
Book one-shot |
([1960?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Feathers of Doom (Calvert, 1950?)
Pulp series one-shot |
([1950?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) |
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Fire Rapid Salvos (Calvert, 1968?)
Book one-shot |
([1968?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Flight into Fear (Calvert, 1960?)
Book one-shot |
([1960?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Four Tragic Hearts (Calvert, 1956?)
Comic |
([1956?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Freighters Fury (Calvert, 1950?)
Pulp series one-shot |
([1950?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) |
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Frontier Feud (Calvert, 1950?)
Pulp series one-shot |
([1950?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) |
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Fumes of Infamy (Calvert, 1967?)
Book one-shot |
([1967?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) |
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Fury of the Despised (Calvert, 1970?)
Book one-shot |
([1970?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) |
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Girls in Love (Calvert, 1957?)
Comic |
([1957?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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The Guerillas (Calvert, 1955?)
Pulp novel one-shot |
([1955?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Gun Feud for Gunslicks (Calvert, 1950?)
Pulp series one-shot |
([1950?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Gun Road to Glory (Calvert, 1952?)
Pulp novel one-shot |
([1952?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Gun Song on the Mesa (Calvert, 1950?)
Pulp series one-shot |
([1950?]) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Guns Aflame (Calvert, 1950?)
Pulp series one-shot |
([1950?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) |
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Harbour Love (Calvert, 1957?)
Comic |
([July 1957?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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The Hippie Doctor (Calvert, 1971?)
Book one-shot |
([1971?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) |
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Hombres to Hang (Calvert, 1952?)
Pulp series one-shot |
([1952?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) |
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Hoodlum Doctor (Calvert, 1971?)
Book one-shot |
([1971?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) |
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Incident on Shaggy Ridge (Calvert, 1950?)
Pulp novel one-shot |
([1950?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Indian Fighter (Calvert, 1955? series)
Comic series |
#1 (1955?) to #6 (1955?) | 16.7 % (1 of 6) | 100.0 % (6 of 6) |
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Iroquois Hate (Calvert, 1952?)
Pulp series one-shot |
([1952?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Jason and the Argonauts (Calvert, 1965?)
Book one-shot |
([1965?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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The Judas Cage (Calvert, 1968?)
Pulp novel one-shot |
([1968?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Jungle Jim (Calvert, 1955? series)
Comic series |
#1 (1955?) to #22 (1958?) | 4.5 % (1 of 22) | 63.6 % (14 of 22) |
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Kayo Comic (Calvert, 1950? series)
Comic series |
#1? (1950?) to #6 (1950?) | 0.0 % (0 of 6) | 50.0 % (3 of 6) |
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Kent Blake of the Secret Service (Calvert, 1953 series)
Comic series |
#1 (1953) to #18 (1955?) | 11.1 % (2 of 18) | 77.8 % (14 of 18) |
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The Kilroys (Calvert, 1954? series)
Comic series |
#1 (1954?) to #3 (1954?) | 0.0 % (0 of 3) | 66.7 % (2 of 3) |
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King's Cross Nurse (Calvert, 1970?)
Book one-shot |
([1970?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) |
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Lance Harwood (Calvert, 1956 series)
Comic series |
#1 (1956) to #5 (1957) | 0.0 % (0 of 5) | 100.0 % (5 of 5) |
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Lariat for Larkin (Calvert, 1945?)
Pulp series one-shot |
([1945?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) |
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Laughing Dude (Calvert, 1950?)
Pulp series one-shot |
([1950?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) |
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Lay Low My Lovely (Calvert, 1950?)
Book one-shot |
([July 1950?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Lazy Lawman (Calvert, 1952?)
Pulp series one-shot |
([1952?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) |
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The Lead Slinger (Calvert, 1950?)
Pulp series one-shot |
([1950?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) |
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Lightnin' Pete (Calvert, 1950?)
Pulp series one-shot |
([1952?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Lone Gun Grubstake (Calvert, 1952?)
Pulp series one-shot |
([1952?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) |
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Love Came Second (Calvert, 1957?)
Comic |
([1957?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Love Locked Out (Calvert, 1957?)
Comic |
([1957?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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The Love That Was Mine (Calvert, 1956?)
Comic |
([1956?]) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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The Love-Fear Tapestry (Calvert, 1969?)
Book one-shot |
([1969?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) |
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Mammoth Western & Adventure (Calvert, 1958?)
Comic |
([1958?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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The Man in Her Diary (Calvert, 1957?)
Comic |
([1957?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Masked Riders (Calvert, 1950?)
Pulp series one-shot |
([1950?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) |
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Medics on Location (Calvert, 1965?)
Book one-shot |
([1965?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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The Mexican (Calvert, 1950?)
Pulp series one-shot |
([1950?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Miracle Doctor (Calvert, 1968?)
Book one-shot |
([1968?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) |
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Mission Ship (Calvert, 1970?)
Pulp novel one-shot |
([1970?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) |
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Model Hobbies and Crafts (Calvert, 1957? series)
Comic series |
#1 (1957?) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Model with Bobby Benson (Calvert, 1957? series)
Comic series |
#2 (1957?) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Monster of Surgery (Calvert, 1970?)
Book one-shot |
([1970?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 100.0 % (1 of 1) |
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Monster Western & Adventure (Calvert, 1958? series)
Comic series |
#1 (1958?) to #2 (1958?) | 50.0 % (1 of 2) | 100.0 % (2 of 2) |
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Murder on the Mesa (Calvert, 1950?)
Pulp series one-shot |
([1950?]) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) | 0.0 % (0 of 1) |