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RANGE RIDER WESTERN
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Published bi-monthly from 1938 to 1952 by Better Publications (although it said A Thrilling Publication on the cover), Range Riders Western was originally just called Range Riders.
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Thrilling Publications, aka Beacon Magazines (1936–37), Better Publications (1937–43) and Standard Magazines (1943–55), was a pulp magazine publisher run by Ned Pines, publishing such titles as Startling Stories and Thrilling Wonder Stories.
A native of Malden, Massachusetts, Pines became the president of Pines Publications in 1928. Leo Margulies, a long-time editor with Pines, was the highest-paid pulp editor for many years. Pines folded most of his magazines in 1955 but continued to lead the company until 1961.
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Ned L. Pines (1906–1990) was a New York publisher. He died in Paris, and lived in Paris, Manhattan and East Hampton NY. He was married to the former Maxine Firestone, has two daughters, two stepsons, and one granddaughter.
He was president and owner of Pines Publications, which he established in 1928 and remained as president until 1961. Pines published pulp magazines and others under a variety of company names (Better, Standard, Thrilling) from 1936-55. Most collectors refer to the pulp magazines as Thrilling Publications. From 1939 to 56, the company published comic books under a variety of names, most collectors refer to them as Nedor Comics. With the cover dates of May 1949, the comics used the emblem "Standard Comics", switching with the cover date of March 1956 to Pines Comics, which lasted until 1959.
He established paperback book publisher Popular Library in 1942, which used a pine tree as a logo. After the demise of the pulps and comics, this was the main focus of Pines. Popular Library existed until the 1970s, when it merged with Fawcett.
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THE ART OF GEORGE ROZEN
GEORGE ROZEN
(1895-1973)
George Jerome Rozen was born October 16, 1895 in Chicago. His parents were Mary and Vaclav James Rozen, who had both immigrated in the 1860s from Bohemia (the Czech Republic). The father was a saloon keeper. There were six children in the family, including George's twin brother, Jerome. The twins were the youngest. The Rozen family lived at 1317 West 18th Street.
In 1899, the Rozens left the Chicago tenements and moved to Arizona for the health of their eldest son, James (16), who had contracted tuberculosis. They lived at 824 West Birch Avenue in Flagstaff. The father found work as a house carpenter for a building contrator. In 1902 brother James died from TB.
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