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Toby Press was an American comic-book company that published from 1949 to 1955. Founded by Elliott Caplin, brother of cartoonist Al Capp and himself an established comic strip writer, the company published reprints of Capp's ''Li'l Abner'' strip; licensed-character comics starring such film and animated cartoon properties as John Wayne and Felix the Cat; and original conceptions, including romance, war, Western, and adventure comics. Some of its comics were published under the imprint Minoan. Some covers bore the logo ANC, standing for American News Company, at the time the country's largest newsstand distributor. It is unrelated to the book publisher Toby Press, acquired by Amazon.com in 2010. ==History== Elliott Caplin entered the comic-book field as editor of ''True Comics'' for the Parents Magazine Institute.〔Benton, Mike. ''The Comic Book in America: An Illustrated History'' (Taylor Publishing Company : Dallas, Texas 1989) p.148. ISBN 0-87833-659-1〕 Some years later, he founded Toby Press with reprints of his brother Al Capp's popular newspaper comic strip ''Li'l Abner'', a satire built around hillbilly archetypes. The first Toby comic-book series was ''Al Capp's Li'l Abner'', which began with issue #70 (May 1949), picking up the numbering from Harvey Publications' ''Li'l Abner Comics''.〔(''Li'l Abner'' (Harvey, 1947 series) ) at the Grand Comics Database. Harvey had published issues #61–69 (Dec. 1947 – Feb. 1949).〕 It ran 28 issues, through #97 (Jan. 1955) Toby's second title was the three-issue ''Al Capp's Dogpatch Comics'', numbered #71, followed by #2–3 (June–Dec. 1949). They reprint of ''Li'l Abner'' strips that the newspaper syndicate United Feature had published in the omnibus comic-book ''Tip Top'' #112–114 (Nov. 1946 – Jan. 1947). Following through 1952 were ''Al Capp's Shmoo Comics'' #1–5 (July 1949 – April 1950); ''Al Capp's Wolf Gal'' #1–2 (1951–1952); and a series of pocket-sized, 6.75 × 3.5-inch, one-shot comics produced as premiums for Oxydol and Dreft detergents: ''Al Capp's Shmoo in Washable Jones' Travels''; ''Al Capp's Daisy Mae in Ham Sangwidges also Cousin Weakeyes'', and ''Al Capp's Li'l Abner in The Mystery o' the Cave!!''〔 Toby's next series was ''John Wayne Adventure Comics'', named after the Hollywood Western star and frequently featuring photo covers bearing scenes from his movies. It ran 31 issues (Winter 1949/1950–May 1955) and spawned its own Oxydol/Dreft pocket-sized premium, ''John Wayne: The Cowboy Trouble-Shooter!'' Further such premiums included ''Archie in Mask Me No Questions'', featuring the Archie Comics teen-humor star; and ''Paul Terry's Terry-Toon Comics'' (both 1950).〔 In its brief existence, Toby Press published in a wide variety of genres, including funny animal, with the 42-issue Felix the Cat (1951–June 1955, taking over the numbering from the Dell Comics series), which spawned spin-offs including ''Felix the Cat 3D Comic Book'' (1953); Western, with the likes of ''Gabby Hayes Western'', a one-shot starring the movie sidekick, and the 29-issue ''Billy the Kid Adventure Magazine''; war comics such as the 15-issue ''Tell It to the Marines'' and the six-issue ''Monty Hall of the U.S. Marines'' (no relation to the game-show host); the genre-evident ''Great Lover Romances'' and ''Tales of Horror''; the medieval-adventure one-shot ''The Black Knight'', with art by Ernie Schroeder; and even a two-issue comic ''Captain Tootsie'', that starred the heroic mascot of Tootsie Roll candy.〔(Captain Tootsie ) at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. (Archived ) from the original November 15, 2011.〕 Toby went out of business in 1955, a victim of the anti-comics sentiment stirred in that era by Dr. Fredric Wertham's book ''Seduction of the Innocent'' and the United States Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency.〔Aydin, Andrew. ("The comic book that changed the world: Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story's vital role in the Civil Rights Movement," ) ''Creative Loafing'' (Aug. 1, 2013).〕 Toby's final comic, ''Felix the Cat'' #61, was cover-dated June 1955. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Toby Press」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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