Dragon Lady Press was the publishing wing of the

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store Dragon Lady Comics, operating from 1985 to 1988. The company was known for its reprints of classic newspaper

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in various forms.George Kovacs & C. W. Marshall ''Classics and comics''. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011. (p. 3). Its publications were distributed through the

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throughout the United States and Canada.

Titles published

* ''

Alley Oop ''Alley Oop'' is a syndicated comic strip created December 5, 1932, by American cartoonist V. T. Hamlin, who wrote and drew the strip through four decades for Newspaper Enterprise Association. Hamlin introduced a cast of colorful characters an ...

Quarterly'', 3 issues (Nov. 1987–Jan. 1988) * ''The Best of the

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'', 4 issues (Sept. 1985–Apr. 1986) — continues in ''Thrilling Adventure Strips'' * ''Bravo for Adventure'' (

Alex Toth Alexander Toth (June 25, 1928 – May 27, 2006) was an American cartoonist active from the 1940s through the 1980s. Toth's work began in the American comic book industry, but he is also known for his animation designs for Hanna-Barbera throughout ...

), 1 issue (Jan. 1987) * ''

Buz Sawyer ''Buz Sawyer'' is a comic strip created by Roy Crane.Ron Goulart, ''The Funnies : 100 Years of American Comic Strips''. Holbrook, Mass. : Adams Pub, 1995. (pp. 149-50) Distributed by King Features Syndicate, it had a run from November 1, 1943 to ...

Quarterly'', 3 issues (Nov. 1986–Apr. 1987) * ''Classic Adventure Strips'', 16 issues (Jan. 1985–Aug. 1987) * ''The Complete Max Collins/ Rick Fletcher

Dick Tracy ''Dick Tracy'' is an American comic strip featuring Dick Tracy (originally Plainclothes Tracy), a tough and intelligent police detective created by Chester Gould. It made its debut on Sunday, October 4, 1931, in the ''Detroit Mirror'', and it ...

'', 3 issues (June 1986–Aug. 1987) * ''Dragon Lady Press Presents'', 16 issues (Jan. 1986–Jan. 1988) * ''Dragon Lady Productions'', 2 issues ( ug.1985– ct.1985) * '' Johnny Hazard Quarterly'', 10 issues (Aug. 1986-Aug. 1987) * ''

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'' * ''Science Fiction Classics'', 1 issue (Nov. 1987) * ''Thrilling Adventure Strips'', 16 issues (June 1986–Apr. 1987) — continues from ''The Best of the Tribune Co.'' * ''

Wash Tubbs ''Wash Tubbs'' is an American daily comic strip created by Roy Crane that ran from April 14, 1924 to 1949, when it merged into Crane's related Sunday page, ''Captain Easy''. Crane left both strips in 1943 to begin ''Buz Sawyer'', but a series of ...

Quarterly'', 7 issues (Oct. 1986 - Nov. 1987)

References

External links

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