Ned Pines
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Ned L. Pines 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 magazine
s 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.
Pines 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 his main focus. Popular Library existed until the 1970s, when it merged with Fawcett
.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, and lived in Paris, Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
and East Hampton
East Hampton (town), New York
The Town of East Hampton is located in southeastern Suffolk County, New York, at the eastern end of the South Shore of Long Island. It is the easternmost town in the state of New York...
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 magazine
Pulp magazine
Pulp magazines , also collectively known as pulp fiction, refers to inexpensive fiction magazines published from 1896 through the 1950s. The typical pulp magazine was seven inches wide by ten inches high, half an inch thick, and 128 pages long...
s and others under a variety of company names (Better, Standard
Standard Comics
Standard Comics was a comic book imprint of American publisher Ned Pines, who also published pulp magazines under a variety of company names that he also used for the comics...
, Thrilling
Thrilling Comics
Thrilling Comics is the title of a comic book series published by Standard Comics for 80 issues from 1940 and 1951.It was used again in 1999 by DC Comics as the title of one of the issues of the Justice Society Returns storyline.-Characters:...
) from 1936-55. Most collectors refer to the pulp magazines as Thrilling Publications
Thrilling Publications
Thrilling Publications, aka Beacon Magazines , Better Publications and Standard Magazines , 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...
. From 1939 to 56, the company published comic books under a variety of names — most collectors refer to them as Nedor Comics
Nedor Comics
Nedor Publishing was a comic book imprint of publisher Ned Pines, who also published pulp magazines under a variety of company names that he also used for the 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.
Pines established paperback
Paperback
Paperback, softback or softcover describe and refer to a book by the nature of its binding. The covers of such books are usually made of paper or paperboard, and are usually held together with glue rather than stitches or staples...
book publisher Popular Library
Popular Library
Popular Library was a New York paperback book company established in 1942 by Leo Margulies and Ned Pines, who at the time was a major pulp magazine, newspapers and magazine publishers...
in 1942, which used a pine tree as a logo. After the demise of the pulps and comics, this was his main focus. Popular Library existed until the 1970s, when it merged with Fawcett
Fawcett Publications
Fawcett Publications was an American publishing company founded in 1919 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota by Wilford Hamilton "Captain Billy" Fawcett . At the age of 16, Fawcett ran away from home to join the Army, and the Spanish-American War took him to the Philippines. Back in Minnesota, he became a...
.