American publisher Ned Pines created Pines Publishing and started out as a Publisher of the Thrilling Group brand of Pulp Magazines in 1928. In 1939 Ned Pines and Pines Publishing entered the comics field under the Standard Comics imprint. Standard in turn was the parent company of two comic-book lines: Better Publications and Nedor Publishing, sometimes referred to as "Standard/Better/Nedor".
In business from 1939 to 1956, Standard was a prolific publisher during the Golden Age of comic books. The Better and Nedor imprints were consolidated as the Standard Comics line, with a "Standard Comics" flag-like cover logo. The titles previously had no publisher logo. In 1956, Standard ended and only two titles continued, published by Pines Comics.
Beginning in the 1980s, Standard/Better/Nedor characters have been revived by other publishers:
American Crusader (Nedor, Dynamite)
American Eagle and Eaglet (Nedor, Dynamite)
Amoeba Man
Beggar King
Black Bat I
Black Bat II (Nedor, Moonstone, Dynamite)
Black Barton
Black Death (Nedor version)
Black Satan (Nedor, Dynamite)
Black Terror and Tim, Kid Terror (Nedor, Dynamite)
Black Vulture
Brad Spencer, Wonder Man (Nedor, Dynamite)
Brick Bradford (King Features, Nedor)
Butch O'Leary (Nedor, Dynamite)
Captain Future (Nedor, Moonstone, Dynamite)
Carol Smith (Nedor, Dynamite)
Cavalier (Nedor version)
Chameleon (Nedor version)
Crimson Conqurer
Dark Archer
Deathless Druid
Doc Strange and Mike Ellis (Tom Strange or Strong) (Nedor, Dynamite)
Dr. Bio and his Spider Men
Dr. Fission
Doctor Fosfor
Doctor Ghoul
Doctor X
Doctor Voodoo
Don Davis
Fighting Yank (Nedor, Dynamite)
Electru (Nedor, Dynamite)
Emperor
Faceless Phantom
Fighting Yank (Nedor, Dynamite)
Four Comrades
The Garrator
Ghost aka Green Ghost (Nedor, Moonstone)
Grag
Green Ghoul (Nedor version)
Grim Reaper (Nedor, Dynamite)
Hale the Herald
The Hypnotist
Judy of the Jungle
Jungle Jim (King Features, Nedor, Dell, Charlton, Dynamite)
Kara, the Jungle Princess
King of Futuria
Lady Serpent (Nedor, Dynamite)
Lance Lewis, Space Detective
Liberator (Nedor, Dynamite)
Living Bolt
Lone Eagle
The Magnet
Major Mars
Mask (Nedor version)
Masked Detective
Masked Rider I
Masked Rider II
Mavelli and The Faceless Legion
Mechano or Mekano
Miss Masque (Masquerade) (Nedor, Dynamite)
Mojo
Mr. Eyes
Mystico (Nedor, Dynamite)
The Oracle (Nedor version)
Olly Snate (Nedor, Dynamite)
Phantom Detective (Nedor, Moonstone)
Phantom Soldier
Princess Pantha
Puzzler (Nedor version)
Pyroman (Nedor, Dynamite)
Red Ann (Nedor, Dynamite)
Red Lama
Red Mask (Nedor version)
Red Regent
Rick Howard, Mystery Rider
Scarab (Dynamite character is based on the Scarab) (Pines version)
The Scourge (Nedor version)
Sea Eagle
Silver Knight
Silk Davis (Nedor, Dynamite)
Sinestro and his Beast Men (Nedor version)
Space Emperor
Spectro
Tara, the Pirate Queen
The Dwarf
The Oracle
The Sphinx
The Three Comrades
Thesson, Son of the Gods
Tiny Terror
The Woman in Red (Nedor, Dynamite)
Torch (Nedor version)
Tygra (Nedor version)
Zudo
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