Licensing and merchandising Terrytoons

terry-toons comics #61 (oct. 1947). cover artist unknown.

among many licensed terrytoons products comic books, company s characters licensed timely comics, predecessor of marvel comics, in 1940s. later, st. john publications took on licensing, publishing comics featuring such characters mighty mouse, magpies heckle , jeckle, gandy goose, , little roquefort. first such st. john comic mighty mouse #5 (aug. 1947), numbering taken on timely run. st. john s terrytoons comics include field s first 3-d comic book, 3 dimension comics #1 (sept. 1953 oversize format, oct. 1953 standard-size reprint), featuring mighty mouse. according joe kubert, co-creator brothers norman maurer , leonard maurer, sold exceptional 1.2 million copies @ 25 cents apiece @ time when comics cost dime.

ownership

independent (1930–1955, company);
columbia broadcasting system, inc. (1955–1971, company , underlying rights library);
viacom (1971–2006, underlying rights library);
cbs corporation (2006–present, underlying rights library).

distribution

educational pictures (1930 until 1936)
20th century fox (1936 until 1971; , theatrical re-distribution rights until 1994)
paramount pictures (re-distribution theatrical rights, 1994–2006; , 2006 forward, on behalf of cbs)
paramount home media distribution (home video , dvd rights, on behalf of cbs home entertainment)
cbs television studios (television rights, on behalf of cbs television distribution)




^ zone, ray (n.d.). 1950s 3-d comic book checklist . ray3dzone.com. archived original on february 11, 2009. 
^ joe kubert interview, myth in world of comics , universohq.com, n.d. webcitation archive.