and The Kilroys. An October 1, 1952 "Statement of the Ownership, Management, and Circulation" published in ACG's Forbidden Worlds #15 gave its publisher's name as Preferred Publications, Inc., 8 Lord St., Buffalo, New York" and the owners as Preferred Publications and "B. W. Sangor, 7 West 81st Street, New York, N. Y." The editor was listed as Richard E. Hughes, 120 West 183rd St., New York, N. Y." and the business manager as "Frederick H. Iger, 50 Beverly Road, Great Neck, Great Neck, L. I., N. Y." An October 1, 1950, statement published in ACG's Cookie #29 gives identical data, with the exception of the publisher and co-owner being listed as "Michel Publications, Inc. 420 DeSoto Ave., St. Louis 7, Mo. Almost all stories after 1957 were written by editor Hughes under a variety of pseudonyms. Besides the satirical superhero the Fat Fury, other ACG superheroes of the period known as the Silver Age of Comic Books included Magicman (starting in Forbidden Worlds #125), Nemesis in Adventures into the Unknown (starting with #154), and John Force, Magic Agent, in his own title in 1962, then later in Unknown Worlds (#35, 36, 48, 50, 52, 56), with a few stories in Forbidden Worlds (#124, 145) and Adventures into the Unknown (#153, 157). By 1967, the company had ended publication, except for its commercial comics division, Custom Comics, established in 1950, which lasted until the early 1980s doing work for a variety of clients such as the A. C. Gilbert toy company, Montgomery Ward, Tupperware, and the United States Air Force. Titles Adventures into the Unknown #1–174 (Fall 1948–August 1967) Blazing West #1–20 (Fall 1948–November 1951); continues as The Hooded Horseman v1 Commander Battle and the Atomic Sub #1–7 (July 1954–August 1955) Confessions of the Lovelorn #52–114 (63 issues, August 1954–June 1960); continues from Lovelorn (the indicia title through #75) Cookie #1–55 (April 1946–September 1955) Dizzy Dames #1–6 (September 1952–July 1953) Forbidden Worlds #1–145 (July/August 1951–August 1967); paused after #34 to briefly continue as Young Heroes before resuming Funny Films #1–29 (September 1949–May 1954) Gasp! #1–4 (March 1967–August 1967) Giggle Comics #1–99 (October 1943 – January 1955); acquired from Creston Publications; continues as Spencer Spook Ha Ha Comics #1–99 (October 1943 – December 1954/January 1955); continues as TeePee Tim Hi-Jinks #1–7 (July 1947 – July 1948) Herbie #1–23 (April/May 1964 – February 1967) The Hooded Horseman v1 #21–27 (7 issues, January 1952–January