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{{short description|American comic book publisher}}
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'''Gold Key Comics''' was an [[imprint (trade name)|imprint]] of American company [[Western Publishing]], created for [[comic book]]s distributed to newsstands. Also known as '''Whitman Comics''', Gold Key operated from 1962 to 1984.

==History==
Gold Key Comics  was created in 1962, when its parent, [[Western Publishing|Western Publishing Company]], switched to in-house publishing rather than packaging content for branding and distribution by its business partner, [[Dell Comics]].<ref name="DonMarkstein">{{cite web |url=http://www.toonopedia.com/goldkey.htm |title=Gold Key Comics |first=Don |last=Markstein |date=2010 |publisher=[[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240527142217/https://www.webcitation.org/6cdAoHJdv?url=http://www.toonopedia.com/goldkey.htm |archive-date=May 27, 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref> Hoping to make their comics more like traditional children's books, they initially eliminated panel line-borders, using just the panel, with its ink and artwork evenly edged, but not bordered by a "container" line. Within a year, they had reverted to using inked panel borders and oval balloons. They experimented with new formats, including ''Whitman Comic Book'', a black-and-white, 136-page, hardcover series consisting of reprints,<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 27964|title= ''A Whitman Comic Book''}}</ref> and ''Golden Picture Story Book'', a [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]]-sized, 52-page, hardcover containing new material.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mouseplanet.com/8234/The_Biggest_Disney_Comic_Book_in_the_World |title=The Biggest Disney Comic Book in the World |first=Wade |last=Sampson |date=February 6, 2008 |publisher=Mouse Planet |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411100342/http://www.mouseplanet.com/8234/The_Biggest_Disney_Comic_Book_in_the_World |archive-date=April 11, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1967, Gold Key reprinted a number of selected issues of their comics under the title ''Top Comics''. They were packaged in plastic bags containing five comics each and were sold at gas stations and various eateries. Like Dell, Gold Key was one of the few major American comic book publishers never to display the [[Comics Code Authority]] seal on its covers, trading instead on the reputation of its child-friendly stories.<ref>{{cite book|last= Booker|first= M. Keith|title= Comics through Time: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas|publisher= [[Greenwood Publishing Group]]|year= 2014|location= Santa Barbara, California|page= xxviii|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=hnuQBQAAQBAJ&q=Gold+Key+Top+Comics+bags&pg=RA1-PR28|isbn= 978-0313397509}}</ref>

===Properties===
Gold Key featured a number of licensed properties and several original titles, including a number of publications that were spun off from Dell's ''[[Four Color]]'' series, or were published as stand-alone titles. Gold Key maintained decent sales numbers throughout the 1960s, due to its offering of many titles based upon popular TV series of the day, as well as numerous titles based on both [[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney Studios]] and [[Warner Bros.]] animated properties.<ref name="DonMarkstein" /> It was also the first company to publish comic books based upon the then current NBC TV series ''[[Star Trek (comics)|Star Trek]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://comicsalliance.com/star-trek-comic-book-guide-dc-marvel-idw-john-byrne/|title= A Navigational Guide To 45 Years Of ''Star Trek'' Comics|first= Kevin|last= Church|date= August 27, 2013|publisher= [[Townsquare Media|ComicsAlliance]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150905052324/http://comicsalliance.com/|archive-date=September 5, 2015 |url-status= live}}</ref> While some titles, such as ''Star Trek'' and ''[[Twilight Zone literature|The Twilight Zone]]'', were published for many years, many other licensed titles were characterized by short runs, sometimes publishing no more than one or two issues. Gold Key considered suing over the similarly themed television series ''[[Lost in Space#Series history|Lost in Space]]'' for its resemblance to the preexisting ''[[Space Family Robinson]]'', but decided their business relationship with [[CBS]] and [[Irwin Allen]] was more important than any monetary reward resulting from such a suit; as a result, the Gold Key series adopted the branding ''Space Family Robinson Lost in Space'' with issue #15 (Jan. 1966), though its narrative had no connection to the TV series.<ref name="SFRobinson">{{cite web |url=http://www.toonopedia.com/spacefam.htm |title=Space Family Robinson |first=Don |last=Markstein |date=2007 |publisher=Don Markstein's Toonopedia |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6cdAX3bIM?url=http://www.toonopedia.com/spacefam.htm |archive-date=October 29, 2015 |url-status=live |quote=Gold Key didn't sue, because it had some very lucrative licensing deals going with various TV producers and didn't want to upset any apple carts. }}</ref><ref>[https://www.comics.org/series/89145/ ''Space Family Robinson Lost in Space''] at the [[Grand Comics Database]].</ref>

Editor Chase Craig stated that Gold Key would launch titles with [[Hanna-Barbera]] characters with direct adaptations of episodes of the program because "[t]he studio had approval rights and the people there could get pointlessly picky about the material ... but they rarely bothered looking at any issue after the first few. Therefore, it simplified the procedure to do the first and maybe the second issue as an adaptation. They couldn't very well complain that a plot taken from the show was inappropriate".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.newsfromme.com/2006/04/25/goodbye-charlie/|title= Goodbye, Charlie!|first= Mark|last= Evanier|author-link= Mark Evanier|date= April 25, 2006|publisher= News From ME|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150905185405/http://www.newsfromme.com/2006/04/25/goodbye-charlie/|archive-date= September 5, 2015|url-status= live}}</ref>

Over the years, Gold Key lost several properties, including the [[King Features Syndicate]] characters ([[Popeye]], [[Flash Gordon]], [[The Phantom]], etc.), to [[Charlton Comics]] in 1966, numerous, but not all, Hanna-Barbera characters also to Charlton Comics in 1970,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.toonopedia.com/charlton.htm |title=Charlton Comics |first=Don |last=Markstein |date=2010 |publisher=Don Markstein's Toonopedia |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20180708063151/http://www.toonopedia.com/charlton.htm |archive-date=July 8, 2018 |url-status=dead |quote=After abandoning licensing for a decade or so, Charlton re-entered that field in 1967, by picking up the titles of King Comics — ''Flash Gordon'', ''Popeye'', ''The Phantom'', ''Blondie'', ''Jungle Jim'', and ''Beetle Bailey''...In 1970, most of the Hanna-Barbera characters, including ''Yogi Bear'' and ''The Flintstones'', went from Gold Key to Charlton. }}</ref> and ''Star Trek'' to [[Marvel Comics]] in 1979.

===Creators===
The stable of writers and artists built up by Western Publishing during the Dell Comics era mostly continued into the Gold Key era. In the mid-1960s, a number of artists were recruited by the newly formed [[Disney comics#Disney Studio Program|Disney Studio Program]] and thereafter divided their output between the Disney Program and Western. Writer/artist [[Russ Manning]] and editor [[Chase Craig]] launched the ''[[Magnus, Robot Fighter]]'' science-fiction series in 1963.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.toonopedia.com/magnus.htm |title=Magnus, Robot Fighter 4000 AD |first=Don |last=Markstein |date=2005 |publisher=Don Markstein's Toonopedia |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6cg5PtKBN?url=http://www.toonopedia.com/magnus.htm |archive-date=October 31, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/manning_r.htm|title= Russell Manning|date= March 22, 2015|publisher= [[Lambiek|Lambiek Comiclopedia]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151015132946/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/manning_r.htm|archive-date= October 15, 2015|url-status= live|quote= Russ Manning also created...''Magnus, Robot Fighter'' (1963-68) for the Gold Key comic books. Especially ''Magnus'', stood out for its excellent artwork.}}</ref> [[Jack Sparling]] co-created the superhero [[Tiger Girl]] with [[Jerry Siegel]] in 1968,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.toonopedia.com/tigrgrl2.htm |title=Tiger Girl |first=Don |last=Markstein |year=2010 |publisher=Don Markstein's Toonopedia |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140609041729/http://www.toonopedia.com/tigrgrl2.htm |archive-date=June 9, 2014 |url-status=live |quote=Tiger Girl's comic was drawn by Jack Sparling...The writer was no less a personage than Jerry Siegel, who co-created Superman himself. }}</ref> drew the toyline tie-in ''Microbots'' [[One-shot (comics)|one-shot]],<ref>{{cite journal|last= Friedt|first= Stephan|title= Here Come the Microbots|journal= [[Back Issue!]]|issue= 76|pages= 11–13|publisher= [[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|date= October 2014|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref> and illustrated comic book adaptations of the television series ''[[Family Affair]]'' and ''[[Adam-12]]''.<ref>{{gcdb|type=credit|search= Jack+Sparling|title= Jack Sparling}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/sparling_jack.htm|title= Jack Sparling|date= 2015|publisher= Lambiek Comiclopedia|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151002113636/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/sparling_jack.htm|archive-date= October 2, 2015|url-status= live}}</ref> [[Dan Spiegle]] worked on ''[[Space Family Robinson]]'',<ref name="SFRobinson" /> ''[[The Green Hornet (TV series)|The Green Hornet]]'', ''[[The Invaders]]'', ''[[Korak (character)|Korak, Son of Tarzan]]'', ''[[Brothers of the Spear]]'', and many of Gold Key's mystery/occult titles.<ref>{{gcdb|type=credit|search= Dan+Spiegle|title= Dan Spiegle}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/spiegle_d.htm|title= Dan Spiegle|date= July 7, 2013|publisher=  Lambiek Comiclopedia|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150919072310/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/spiegle_d.htm|archive-date= September 19, 2015|url-status= live|quote= He also did fillers and issues of ''Space Family Robinson'', ''Magnus Robot Fighter'', ''Maverick'', ''Tarzan'', ''Brothers of the Spear'', ''Flipper'', and ''Lassie''. When Russ Manning left Dell in 1967, Spiegle took over the ''Korak'' title.}}</ref> Among the other creators at Gold Key were writers [[Donald F. Glut]], [[Len Wein]], [[Bob Ogle]], [[John Warner (comics)|John David Warner]], [[Steve Skeates]], and [[Mark Evanier]]; and artists [[Cliff Voorhees]], [[Joe Messerli]],<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.newsfromme.com/2010/06/30/joe-messerli-r-i-p/|first= Mark|last= Evanier|title= Joe Messerli, R.I.P.|publisher= NewsFromMe|date= June 30, 2010|archive-date= October 29, 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151029022447/http://www.newsfromme.com/2010/06/30/joe-messerli-r-i-p/}}</ref> [[Carol Lay]], [[Jesse Santos]],<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/santos_jesse.htm|title= Jesse Santos|date= May 9, 2013|publisher= Lambiek Comiclopedia|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151005002607/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/santos_jesse.htm|archive-date= October 5, 2015|url-status= live|quote= He began an association with Western Publications in 1970...and illustrated Gold Key titles like ''Brothers of the Spear'', ''Dagar'', ''Dr. Spektor'', and ''Tragg''.}}</ref> and [[Mike Royer (comics)|Mike Royer]]. Glut created and wrote several series including ''[[Doctor Spektor|The Occult Files of Dr. Spektor]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.toonopedia.com/spektor.htm |title=Doctor Spektor |first=Don |last=Markstein |date=2007 |publisher=[[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240527141216/https://www.webcitation.org/6cYejQCYV?url=http://www.toonopedia.com/spektor.htm |archive-date=May 27, 2024 |url-status=live |quote=Dr. Adam Spektor, a researcher of the supernatural, was introduced in ''Mystery Comics Digest'' #5 (July, 1972)...The story was written by Don Glut...and drawn by Dan Spiegle. }}</ref> ''[[Dagar the Invincible]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.toonopedia.com/dagar.htm |title=Dagar the Invincible |first=Don |last=Markstein |date=2009 |publisher=Don Markstein's Toonopedia |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240527141336/https://www.webcitation.org/6cYg2VYxK?url=http://www.toonopedia.com/dagar.htm |archive-date=May 27, 2024 |url-status=live |quote=Dagar started as a non-series character, the hero of a story that writer Don Glut...wrote for Gold Key's ''Mystery Comics Digest''. }}</ref> and ''[[Tragg and the Sky Gods]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.toonopedia.com/tragg.htm |title=Tragg and the Sky Gods |first=Don |last=Markstein |date=2007 |publisher=Don Markstein's Toonopedia |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240527141258/https://www.webcitation.org/6cYfVO45h?url=http://www.toonopedia.com/tragg.htm |archive-date=May 27, 2024 |url-status=live |quote=Writer Don Glut...and artist Jesse Santos...supplied the comic, in which aliens from interstellar space had a profound effect on a tribe of Stone Age people. }}</ref> Also in the 1970s, writer [[Bob Gregory (comics)|Bob Gregory]] started drawing stories, mostly for ''Daisy and Donald''. Artist/writer [[Frank Miller (comics)|Frank Miller]] had his first published comic book artwork in ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' for Gold Key in 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://moebiusgraphics.com/comics/twilightzone.php|title= The Complete Works of Frank Miller|date= n.d.|publisher= Moebiusgraphics.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150908170318/http://www.moebiusgraphics.com/comics/twilightzone.php|archive-date= September 8, 2015|url-status= dead}}</ref>

[[Diana Gabaldon]] began her career writing for Gold Key, initially sending a query that stated, "I’ve been reading your comics for the last 25 years, and they’ve been getting worse and worse. I’m not sure if I could do better myself, but I’d like to try." Editor Del Connell provided a script sample and bought her second submission.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2011/11/26/diana-gabaldon-on-her-favorite-and-least-favorite-books-the-ew-book-quiz |title=Diana Gabaldon on her favorite and least-favorite books: The EW Book Quiz! |first=Stephan |last=Lee |date=November 26, 2011 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924104006/http://www.ew.com/article/2011/11/26/diana-gabaldon-on-her-favorite-and-least-favorite-books-the-ew-book-quiz |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

According to former Western Publishing writer [[Mark Evanier]], during the mid-1960s, comedy writer [[Jerry Belson]], whose writing partner at the time was [[Garry Marshall]], also did scripts for Gold Key while writing for leading TV sitcoms like ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]''. Among the comics for which he wrote were ''[[List of The Flintstones media|The Flintstones]]'', ''[[Uncle Scrooge]]'', ''[[Daffy Duck]]'', ''[[Bugs Bunny]]'', ''[[The Three Stooges]]'', and ''[[Woody Woodpecker]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.newsfromme.com/2006/10/12/jerry-belson-r-i-p/|title= Jerry Belson, R.I.P.|first= Mark|last= Evanier|date= October 12, 2006|publisher= News From ME|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151029002525/http://www.newsfromme.com/2006/10/12/jerry-belson-r-i-p/|archive-date= October 29, 2015|url-status= live}}</ref>

[[Leo Dorfman]], creator of ''[[Ghosts (comics)|Ghosts]]'' for [[DC Comics]], also produced supernatural stories for Gold Key's similarly themed ''Twilight Zone'', ''Ripley's Believe it or Not'', ''Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery'', and ''Grimm's Ghost Stories''. One of Gold Key's editors at the time told Mark Evanier, "Leo writes stories and then he decides whether he's going to sell them to DC [for ''Ghosts''] or to us. He tells us that if they come out good, they go to us and if they don't, they go to DC. I assume he tells DC the opposite."<ref>{{cite web
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Editor [[Frank Tedeschi]], who left in 1973 for a job in book publishing, helped bring in such new comics professionals as [[Walt Simonson]], Gerry Boudreau, and John David Warner.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k3LU_mn6j74/UyZYTR-S5rI/AAAAAAAACgo/v8LSY3Ckj_I/s1600/comcreader96-eman.jpg| title = Gold Key & Charlton [News] | work = [[The Comic Reader]] | issue=96  | date=April 1973 | access-date= March 17, 2014|archive-date= March 17, 2014 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140317072916/http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k3LU_mn6j74/UyZYTR-S5rI/AAAAAAAACgo/v8LSY3Ckj_I/s1600/comcreader96-eman.jpg}}</ref>

===Later years===
During the 1970s, the entire comics industry experienced a downswing and Gold Key was among the hardest hit.<ref name="DonMarkstein" /> Its editorial policies had not kept pace with the changing times, and suffered an erosion of its base of sales among children, who instead of buying comic books, could now watch cartoons and other entertainment on television for free. It is also alleged by [[Carmine Infantino]] that in the mid to late 1960s, DC Comics attempted to pressure Gold Key from the comics business through sheer volume of output.<ref>{{cite book|last= Ro|first= Ronin|title= Tales to Astonish: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and the American Comic Book Revolution|publisher= [[Bloomsbury Publishing]]|year= 2004|location= London, United Kingdom|page= 158|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=CFhbqswztWkC&q=Ronin+Ro+Tales+to+Astonish+Gold+Key+Comics&pg=PA158|isbn= 978-1422359013}}</ref> Among the original titles launched by Gold Key in the 1970s were ''Baby Snoots''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://toonopedia.com/snoots.htm |title=Baby Snoots |first=Don |last=Markstein |date=2007 |publisher=Don Markstein's Toonopedia |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150307142415/http://toonopedia.com/snoots.htm |archive-date=March 7, 2015 |url-status=dead |quote=''Baby Snoots'', a Gold Key original launched with an August, 1970 cover date, was a young elephant...''Snoots'' lasted a respectable 22 issues. }}</ref> and ''Wacky Witch''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.toonopedia.com/wackywit.htm |title=Wacky Witch |first=Don |last=Markstein |date=2007 |publisher=Don Markstein's Toonopedia |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160414214622/http://www.toonopedia.com/wackywit.htm |archive-date=April 14, 2016 |url-status=live |quote=''Wacky'' ran 21 issues, ending with a December, 1975 cover date. }}</ref> By 1977, many of the company's series had been cancelled and the surviving titles featured more reprinted material, although Gold Key was able to obtain the rights to publish a comic book series based upon ''[[Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'' between 1979 and 1981. It also lost the rights to publish ''Star Trek''-based comic books to [[Marvel Comics]] just prior to the revival of the franchise via ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]'', with the final Gold Key-published ''Star Trek'' title being issued in March, 1979.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://sequart.org/magazine/20548/on-the-very-first-star-trek-1/|title= On the Very First ''Star Trek'' #1|first= Julian|last= Darius|date= May 13, 2013|publisher= [[Sequart Organization]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150912101750/http://sequart.org/magazine/20548/on-the-very-first-star-trek-1/|archive-date= September 12, 2015|url-status= live}}</ref>

In this period, Gold Key experimented with [[Digest size|digest]]s with some success. In a similar manner, to explore new markets in the mid-1970s, it produced a four-volume series, with somewhat better production values and printing aimed at the emerging collector market, containing classic stories of the Disney characters by [[Carl Barks]] and [[Floyd Gottfredson]] (''Best of Walt Disney's Comics''). In the late 1970s, somewhat higher-grade reprints of various licensed characters were also aimed at new venues (''Dynabrites''),<ref>{{cite web |url= http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2010/09/28/scotts-classic-comics-corner-shedding-some-light-on-dynabrite/|title= Scott's Classic Comics Corner: Shedding Some Light on Dynabrite|date= September 28, 2010|publisher= [[Comic Book Resources]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110609181229/http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2010/09/28/scotts-classic-comics-corner-shedding-some-light-on-dynabrite/|archive-date= June 9, 2011|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://bp0.blogger.com/_tHVfHpnv17g/RlWykja3F3I/AAAAAAAAAXE/isC8abuotjE/s1600-h/dyna.jpg|title= The Last Word in Comics...Dynabrite!|date= n.d.|publisher= Gold Key Comics|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150905122330/http://bp0.blogger.com/_tHVfHpnv17g/RlWykja3F3I/AAAAAAAAAXE/isC8abuotjE/s1600-h/dyna.jpg|archive-date= September 5, 2015|url-status= live}}</ref> plus ''Starstream'', a four-issue series adapting classic science fiction stories by authors such as [[Isaac Asimov]] and [[John W. Campbell]].<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 2341|title= ''Starstream''}}</ref> Golden Press released trade paperback reprint collections such as ''Walt Disney Christmas Parade'',<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 2416|title= ''Walt Disney Christmas Parade''}}</ref> ''Bugs Bunny Comics-Go-Round'',<ref>[http://www.comics.org/issue/393789/ ''Bugs Bunny Comics-Go-Round''] at the Grand Comics Database</ref> and ''Star Trek: The Enterprise Logs''.<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 13518|title= ''Star Trek: The Enterprise Logs''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://curtdanhauser.com/Logs.html|title= Guide to the Gold Key ''Star Trek'' Comics|first= Curt|last= Danhauser|date= n.d.|publisher= Curtdanhauser.com|archive-url= https://archive.today/20190828022515/http://curtdanhauser.com/Logs.html|archive-date= August 28, 2019|url-status= live|df= mdy-all|access-date= June 29, 2009}}</ref>

In the late 1970s, the distribution of comic books on spinners and racks at newsstands, drug stores, and supermarkets continued, but Western Publishing also sold packages of three comics in a plastic bag to toy and department stores, gas stations, airports, and bus/train stations, "as well as other outlets that weren't conducive to conventional comic racks".<ref name=comicpacs>{{cite web |url= http://www.newsfromme.com/2007/05/02/more-on-comicpacs/|title= More on Comicpacs|first= Mark|last= Evanier|date= May 2, 2007|publisher= News From ME|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151029004708/http://www.newsfromme.com/2007/05/02/more-on-comicpacs/|archive-date= October 29, 2015|url-status= live}}</ref> The newsstand comics were returnable; the dealer could return unsold copies to the distributor for a refund, but the bagged comics were not. To discourage unscrupulous dealers from opening the plastic bags and returning the nonreturnable issues, Western published the newsstand versions under the Gold Key Comics label, and put the Whitman Comics logo on the bagged versions, although otherwise the issues were identical.<ref name=comicpacs/>

Western, at one point, also distributed bagged comics from its rival DC Comics under the Whitman logo, as well as that of Marvel Comics, with its diamond (before the direct market even arrived).<ref>{{Cite web |title=BIP Comics: Marvel Diamond Issues, 1977-1979 |url=https://www.bipcomics.com/showcase/Direct/index.php |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=www.bipcomics.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=John Jackson |date=2020-08-01 |title=Jim Shooter on Marvel Whitmans, the direct market, and more |url=https://comichron.com/blog/2010/04/19/jim-shooter-on-marvel-whitmans-direct/ |access-date=2024-06-01 |language=en-US}}</ref> Former DC Comics executive [[Paul Levitz]] stated, "[The] Western program was enormous — even well into the 1970s, they were taking very large numbers of DC titles for distribution (I recall 50,000+ copies offhand)."<ref name=comicpacs/>

In 1979, Western ceased to be an independent company when [[Mattel]] Inc. purchased the company.<ref name=golden>{{cite book|last=Marcus|first=Leonard S.|title=Golden Legacy|url=https://archive.org/details/goldenlegacyhowg0000marc|url-access=registration|isbn=978-0-375-82996-3|year=2007|publisher=Golden Books}}</ref> The new management stopped selling returnable comics at newsstands, preferring the nonreturnable bagged comics sold at toy stores.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Becattini |first1=Alberto |title=Disney Comics: The Whole Story |date=2016 |publisher=Theme Park Press |isbn=978-1683900177 |page=78}}</ref>

In a 1993 interview, Del Connell, the managing editor at Western's West Coast office in the late 1970s, recalled,

{{blockquote|...the Western comics line was killed by distribution. Perhaps you know that by early 1980 our comics were only being distributed in bagged sets of three. The Whitman label replaced the Gold Key imprint at that time as the comics could no longer be found on the newsstands, but in department, variety, and grocery stores. Our new management assumed that comics could be treated like coloring books or puzzles. That proved an ill-fated decision. The following years were characterized by delays and erratic distribution.<ref name=Connell>{{cite book |last1=Becattini |first1=Alberto |title=Walt's People: Volume 12 |date=2016 |publisher=Xlibris |isbn=978-1477147894}}</ref>}}

Eventually, arrangements were made to distribute these releases to the nascent national network of comic-book stores. Western also prepared a prospectus in the early 1980s for a deluxe Carl Barks reprint project aimed at the collector market that was never published.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://sekvenskonst.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-collectors-editions-that-never-was.html|title= The Collectors Editions that never was|first= Joakim|last= Gunnarsson|date= March 31, 2013|publisher= Sekvenskonst|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140502033150/http://sekvenskonst.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-collectors-editions-that-never-was.html|archive-date= May 2, 2014|url-status= live}}</ref>

In December 1983, a struggling Mattel sold Western Publishing to real-estate investor Richard A. Bernstein.<ref name="WPGHistory">{{cite web|title=History of Western Publishing|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/western-publishing-group-inc-history/|publisher=Funding Universe, citing International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 13 ([[St. James Press]], 1996)|access-date=August 12, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120724052813/http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/western-publishing-group-inc-history/ | archive-date= July 24, 2012| url-status=live}}</ref> Bernstein closed Western's comic-book publishing division in 1984.<ref name=Connell/>

===Relaunches, reprints, and legacy===
Three of Gold Key's original characters, [[Magnus, Robot Fighter]], [[Solar (comics)|Doctor Solar]], and [[Turok|Turok, Son of Stone]], were used in the 1990s to launch [[Valiant Comics]]' fictional universe.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Samsel |first=Robert |date=January 1993 |title=The State of Valiant Address |journal=[[Wizard (magazine)|Wizard]] |issue=17|pages=47–54|publisher=[[Wizard Entertainment]]}}</ref>

[[Dark Horse Comics]] (and later, [[Dynamite Entertainment]]) have published reprints, including several in hardcover collections, of such original Gold Key titles as ''Magnus, Robot Fighter''; ''Doctor Solar''; ''Mighty Samson''; ''[[M.A.R.S. Patrol Total War|M.A.R.S. Patrol]]''; ''Turok: Son of Stone''; ''[[Doctor Spektor|The Occult Files of Doctor Spektor]]''; ''[[Dagar the Invincible]]''; ''Boris Karloff's Tales of Mystery''; ''Space Family Robinson''; ''[[Flash Gordon#Comic books|Flash Gordon]]''; the [[Jesse Marsh]] drawn ''[[Tarzan (comics)|Tarzan]]'';<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/15-793/Edgar-Rice-Burroughs-Tarzan-The-Jesse-Marsh-Years-Volume-1-HC|title= ''Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years'' Vol. 1|publisher= [[Dark Horse Comics]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140728230116/http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/15-793/Edgar-Rice-Burroughs-Tarzan-The-Jesse-Marsh-Years-Volume-1-HC|archive-date= July 28, 2014|url-status= live|access-date= October 7, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/15-794/Edgar-Rice-Burroughs-Tarzan-The-Jesse-Marsh-Years-Volume-2-HC|title= ''Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years'' Vol. 2|publisher= Dark Horse Comics|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140728230202/http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/15-794/Edgar-Rice-Burroughs-Tarzan-The-Jesse-Marsh-Years-Volume-2-HC|archive-date= July 28, 2014|url-status= live|access-date= October 7, 2012}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/15-795/Tarzan-Archives-The-Jesse-Marsh-Years-Volume-3-HC|title= ''Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years'' Vol. 3|publisher= Dark Horse Comics|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140706074841/http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/15-795/Tarzan-Archives-The-Jesse-Marsh-Years-Volume-3-HC|archive-date= July 6, 2014|url-status= live|access-date= October 7, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/15-796/Tarzan-The-Jesse-Marsh-Years-Volume-4-HC|title= ''Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years'' Vol. 4|publisher= Dark Horse Comics|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140728230648/http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/15-796/Tarzan-The-Jesse-Marsh-Years-Volume-4-HC|archive-date= July 28, 2014|url-status= live|access-date= October 7, 2012}}</ref> and some of the [[Russ Manning]]-produced ''Tarzan'' series.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/21-264/Tarzan-The-Russ-Manning-Years-Volume-1-HC|title= ''Tarzan: The Russ Manning Years'' Vol. 1|publisher= Dark Horse Comics|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130721042633/http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/21-264/Tarzan-The-Russ-Manning-Years-Volume-1-HC|archive-date= July 21, 2013|url-status= live|access-date= October 7, 2012}}</ref> They started several revivals of characters under [[Jim Shooter]], including ''Doctor Solar'', ''Magnus'', ''Turok'', and 
''[[Mighty Samson]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=22234|title= CCI: Jim Shooter Talks Gold Key at Dark Horse|first= Shaun|last= Manning|work= Comic Book Resources|date= July 25, 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150610195440/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=22234|archive-date= June 10, 2015|url-status= live}}</ref> The Checker Book Publishing Group, in conjunction with [[Paramount Pictures]], began reprinting the Gold Key ''Star Trek'' series in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=3089|title= Checker collects Gold Key ''Star Trek'' issues|first= Jonah|last= Weiland|date= January 29, 2004|publisher= Comic Book Resources|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151029013540/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=3089|archive-date= October 29, 2015|url-status= live}}</ref> Hermes Press reprinted the three series based on [[Irwin Allen]]'s science-fiction TV series,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsarama.com/1297-hermes-to-collect-irwin-allen-comics.html |title=Hermes to Collect Irwin Allen Comics |date=October 16, 2008 |publisher=[[Newsarama]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090723/http://www.newsarama.com/1297-hermes-to-collect-irwin-allen-comics.html |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> as well as Gold Key's ''[[Dark Shadows]]'',<ref name="Adair">{{cite web|url= http://www.comicsbeat.com/coming-attractions-fall-2011-hermes-press/|title= Coming Attractions: Fall 2011: Hermes Press|first= Torsten|last= Adair|date= December 10, 2011|publisher= ComicsBeat|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150928073147/http://www.comicsbeat.com/coming-attractions-fall-2011-hermes-press/|archive-date= September 28, 2015|url-status= live}}</ref> ''[[My Favorite Martian]]'',<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 78593|title= ''My Favorite Martian The Complete Series''}}</ref> and the Phantom.<ref name="Adair" />

[[Bongo Comics]] published a parody of Gold Key in ''[[Radioactive Man (Simpsons)|Radioactive Man]]'' #106 (volume 2 #6, Nov. 2002) with script/layout by [[Batton Lash]] and finished art by [[Mike DeCarlo]] that [[Tony Isabella]] dubbed "a nigh-flawless facsimile of the Gold Key comics published by Western in the early 1960s...from the painting with tasteful come-on copy on the front cover to the same painting, sans logo or other type, presented as a "pin-up" on the back cover".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.worldfamouscomics.com/tony/back20030517.shtml|title= Tony's Online Tips|first= Tony|last= Isabella|author-link= Tony Isabella|date= May 17, 2003|publisher= World Famous Comics|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150906064237/http://www.worldfamouscomics.com/tony/back20030517.shtml|archive-date= September 6, 2015|url-status= live|access-date= June 20, 2014}}</ref>

In June 2001, [[DIC Entertainment]] announced they would purchase Golden Books Family Entertainment for {{US$|170|link=yes}}{{nbsp}}million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|170|2001|r=0}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation/year|US}}) and take it out of bankruptcy.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://kidscreen.com/2001/07/01/30920-20010701/|title = DIC gets busy in books and vids}}</ref> However, DIC would pass off the purchase due to high costs<ref>{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2001/BUSINESS/08/16/goldenbooks.re/ |title=CNN.com - Golden Books sold for poky little $84M |date=August 16, 2001 |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=2022-06-10}}</ref> and instead Golden Books Family Entertainment was eventually acquired jointly by [[DreamWorks Classics|Classic Media]], owner of the catalog of [[United Productions of America]], and book publisher [[Random House]] in a bankruptcy auction for the lower $84.4{{nbsp}}million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|84.4|2001|r=1}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation/year|US}}) on August 16, 2001.<ref name="prnewswire">{{cite press release|author=Spectrum Equity Investors |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/spectrum-equity-investors-takes-majority-stake-in-classic-media-americas-largest-independent-family-entertainment-company-54208397.html |title=Spectrum Equity Investors Takes Majority Stake in Classic Media, America's Largest Independent Family Entertainment Company |publisher=PR Newswire |date=April 7, 2005 |access-date=August 17, 2015}}</ref><ref name="awn1">{{cite web|last1=DeMott|first1=Rick|title=Classic Media Gets Monetary Backing |url=http://www.awn.com/news/classic-media-gets-major-monetary-backing |website=Animation World Network |publisher=Awn.com |access-date=August 17, 2015}}</ref> In turn, Random House, and Classic Media gained ownership of Golden Books' entertainment catalog (including the family entertainment catalog of [[Broadway Video]] which includes the pre-1974 library of [[Rankin/Bass Productions]] and the library of [[Total Television]]), as well as production, licensing, and merchandising rights for Golden Books' characters and the Gold Key Comics catalogs, while Random House gained Golden Books' book publishing properties.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2001/BUSINESS/08/16/goldenbooks.re/ |title= 'Poky Little' $84M deal| date= August 16, 2001 |publisher=CNN| agency=[[Reuters]] |access-date=July 3, 2014| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20121007004416/http://edition.cnn.com/2001/BUSINESS/08/16/goldenbooks.re/ | archive-date= October 7, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>  Random House had previously acquired [[Dell Publishing]] through a series of mergers since 1976, effectively reuniting the remnants Gold Key Comics and [[Dell Comics]].

On July 23, 2012, Classic Media was acquired by [[DreamWorks Animation]] for $155{{nbsp}}million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|155|2012|r=0}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation/year|US}}) and renamed [[DreamWorks Classics]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Kung |first=Michelle |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390444025204577543182673790416 |title=DreamWorks Buys Classics Studio Expands Library With Staples Such as Casper, Boosting Its IP Portfolio |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=July 22, 2012 |access-date=September 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814195046/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390444025204577543182673790416 |archive-date=August 14, 2015 |url-status=live }} Additional  on August 14, 2015. Opening paragraphs only without subscription.</ref> On July 1, 2013, Random House merged with the [[Penguin Group]], forming a new company called [[Penguin Random House]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Penguin and Random House Merge, Saying Change Will Come Slowly|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/02/business/media/merger-of-penguin-and-random-house-is-completed.html?_r=0 |website=[[The New York Times]] |date = July 2013|access-date=August 17, 2015|last1 = Bosman|first1 = Julie}}</ref> In April 2016, the acquisition of DreamWorks Animation by [[NBCUniversal]] was announced.<ref name="lat-comcastbuy">{{cite web|title=Comcast's NBCUniversal buys DreamWorks Animation in $3.8-billion deal|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-nbcuniversal-buys-dreamworks--20160428-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|date=28 April 2016|access-date=28 April 2016}}</ref>

In 2021, comics creator and hacker [[Robert Willis (hacker)|Robert Willis]] obtained a trademark registration for a logo identical to the original Gold Key logo.<ref>{{cite web|title=GOLD KEY Trademark of Willis, Robert. Serial Number: 90218909 :: Trademark Elite Trademarks|url=https://www.trademarkelite.com/trademark/trademark-detail/90218909/GOLD-KEY|access-date=2021-09-10|website=www.trademarkelite.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2020-10-01 |title=Privacy in Action: Robert Willis, Hacker & Author |url=https://www.startpage.com/privacy-please/uncategorized/privacy-in-action-robert-willis-hacker-author |access-date=2021-09-10 |website=Startpage.com Blog}}</ref> Later that year the trademark registration was purchased by the newly-formed Gold Key Entertainment LLC. Gold Key Entertainment LLC consists of comic book enthusiasts Lance Linderman, Adam Brooks, Mike Dynes, and Arnold Guerrero. Linderman describes trading a copy of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 to Willis for the rights to Gold Key, in a YouTube interview with Carlos Collects Comics. Gold Key Entertainment is currently working with creators to produce new titles.<ref>{{cite web |title=Boris Karloff's Gold Key Mysteries #1 |url=https://goldkeycomics.com/products/boris-karloffs-gold-key-mysteries-1-10-18-2023-diamond |website=Gold Key Comics |publisher=Gold Key Entertainment LLC |access-date=18 October 2023}}</ref>

==List of titles==
===#===
*''[[One Hundred and One Dalmatians|101 Dalmatians]]'' (February 1970)
*''[[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)#Comic book adaptation|20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]'' (December 1963) 
*''[[55 Days at Peking#Comic book adaptation|55 Days at Peking]]'' (September 1963)
*''[[77 Sunset Strip#Legacy|77 Sunset Strip]]'' #1–2 (November 1962–February 1963)

===A===
*''[[Adam-12#References in other media|Adam-12]]'' #1–10 (December 1973–February 1976)
*''[[The Addams Family (1973 TV series)#Comic book series|The Addams Family]]'' #1–3 (October 1974–April 1975, based on the 1974 Hanna-Barbera animated series)
*''[[Robin Hood (1973 film)#Release|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'' (March 1974–January 1975, based on the 1973 Disney film)
*''[[Alice in Wonderland (1951 film)#Marketing|Alice in Wonderland]]'' (March 1965)
*''[[The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan#Comic book|The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan]]'' #1–4 (May 1973–February 1974)
*''[[Andy Panda#Other appearances|Andy Panda]]'' #1–23.4 (August 1973–January 1978)
*''[[Annie Oakley (TV series)#Comics|Annie Oakley and Tagg]]'' #1 (July 1965)
*''[[The Aristocats#Other media|The Aristocats]]'' (March 1971)
*''[[The Aristocats#Other media|The Aristokittens]]'' #1–9 (October 1971–October 1975, retitled ''The Aristokittens and O'Malley the Alley Cat'' from #3) 
*''[[Astro Boy#Unlicensed comics|Astro Boy]]'' #1 (August 1965)
*''[[Atom Ant#Other appearances|Atom Ant]]'' #1 (January 1966)
*''[[Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy#Later appearances|Augie Doggie]]'' #1 (October 1963)

===B===
*''Baby Snoots'' #1–22 (August 1970–November 1975)
*''[[The Jungle Book (1967 film)#Legacy|Baloo and Little Britches (Mowgli)]]'' #1 (April 1968)
*''[[Bambi#Comic adaptation|Bambi]]'' (September 1963)
*''[[List of The Flintstones media#Comic books|Bamm-Bamm and Pebbles Flintstone]]'' #1 (October 1964)
*''[[The Banana Splits#Comics|The Banana Splits]]'' #1–8 (January 1970–October 1971)
*''[[Barney Google and Snuffy Smith#Comic books|Barney Google and Snuffy Smith]]'' #1 (April 1964)
*''[[Battle of the Planets (comics)|Battle of the Planets]]'' #1–10 (June 1979–December 1980)
*''[[Beagle Boys#The Beagle Boys in comics|The Beagle Boys]]'' #1–47 (November 1964–December 1978)
*''[[Beagle Boys#Other comics|The Beagle Boys vs. Uncle Scrooge]]'' #1–12 (March 1979–February 1980)
*''[[Yellow Submarine (film)#Reception|Beatles - Yellow Submarine]]'' (1968)
*''[[Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner#Comic books|Beep Beep the Road Runner]]'' #1–88 (October 1966–February 1980)
*''[[Beetle Bailey#Beyond the strip|Beetle Bailey]]'' #39–53 (November 1962–May 1966)
*''[[Ben Casey#Comics|Ben Casey Film Stories]]'' #1 (1962)
*''[[Beneath the Planet of the Apes#Comic book adaptations|Beneath the Planet of the Apes]]'' (December 1970)
*''The Best of Bugs Bunny'' #1–2 (October 1966–October 1968)
*''The Best of Donald Duck'' #1 (November 1965)
*''The Best of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge'' #1–2 (1964–September 1967)
*''The Best of Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck'' #1 (November 1966)
*''[[Big Red (film)|Big Red]]'' (November 1962)
*''[[The Black Hole (1979 film)#Marketing|The Black Hole]]'' #1–4 (March–September 1980, the later two issues are set after the events of the film)
*''[[Blackbeard's Ghost#Comic book adaptation|Blackbeard's Ghost]]'' (June 1968)
*''Blake Harper, City Surgeon'' #1 (August 1963)
*''[[Bonanza#Bonanza merchandise|Bonanza]]'' #1–37 (August 1962–August 1970)
*''[[Boris Karloff]] Tales of Mystery'' #3–97 (April 1963–February 1980, based upon the TV series ''[[Thriller (US TV series)|Thriller]]'' and continued from #2 of the former title)
*''Boris Karloff Thriller'' #1–2 (October 1962–January 1963, based upon the TV series ''Thriller'')
*''[[Brothers of the Spear]]'' #1–18 (June 1972–May 1982, originally a backup series in ''Tarzan'')
*''[[Buck Rogers (comics)|Buck Rogers]]'' #1 (October 1964, adapting the comic strip)
*''[[Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'' #1–16 (July 1979–May 1982, adapting the 1979-81 TV series)
*''Buffalo Bill Jr.'' #1 (June 1965)
*''[[Bugs Bunny#Comic books|Bugs Bunny]]'' #86–218 (October 1962–March 1980)
*''Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig'' #1 (September 1965)
*''Bugs Bunny Winter Fun'' #1 (December 1967)
*''[[The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin|Bullwhip Griffin]]'' (June 1967)
*''[[The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends#Comics|Bullwinkle and Rocky]]'' #1–25 (November 1962–February 1980)

===C===
*''Captain Johner and the Aliens'' #1 (September–December 1967)
*''[[Captain Nice]]'' #1 (November 1967)
*''[[Captain Sindbad#Comic book adaptation|Captain Sindbad]]'' (September 1963)
*''Captain Venture and the Land Beneath the Sea'' #1–2 (October 1968–October 1969)
*''[[List of The Flintstones media#Comic books|Cave Kids]]'' #1–16 (February 1963–March 1967)
*''[[Checkmate (American TV series)#Comics|Checkmate]]'' #1–2 (October–December 1962)
*''[[Chip 'n' Dale#Comic series|Chip 'n' Dale]]'' #1–64 (September 1967–January 1980)
*''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' (February 1969)
*''[[Choo-Choo Charlie]]'' #1 (December 1969)
*''[[Cinderella (1950 film)#Sequels and other media|Cinderella]]'' (August 1965)
*''The Close Shaves of Pauline Peril'' #1–4 (June 1970–March 1971)
*''[[Total Television#The Colossal Show (1964)|The Colossal Show]]'' #1 (1969)
*''[[Condorman#Comic book adaptation/sequel|Condorman]]'' #1–3 (November 1981–January 1982)
*''[[Cowboy in Africa]]'' #1 (March 1968)

===D===

*''[[Dagar the Invincible]]'' #1–19 (October 1972–January 1982)
*''[[Daffy Duck#Comics|Daffy Duck]]'' #31–127 (December 1962–February 1980)
*''[[Daisy Duck#In comics|Daisy and Donald]]'' #1–41 (May 1973–November 1979) 
*''[[Daniel Boone (1964 TV series)|Daniel Boone]]'' #1–15 (January 1965–April 1969)
*''[[Darby O'Gill and the Little People#Comic book adaptation|Darby O'Gill and the Little People]]'' (January 1970)
*''[[Dark Shadows#Comics|Dark Shadows]]'' #1–35 (March 1968–February 1976)
*''[[Davy Crockett (miniseries)#Legacy|Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier]]'' #1–2 (December 1963–November 1969)
*''Dear Nancy Parker'' #1–2 (June–September 1963)
*''[[Deputy Dawg#Background|Deputy Dawg]]'' #1 (August 1965)
*''Deputy Dawg Presents [[Dinky Duck]] and [[Hashimoto-san]]'' #1 (August 1965)
*''[[Doc Savage#Modern Age|Doc Savage]]'' #1 (November 1966, the comic was to tie into an ultimately unproduced movie)
*''[[Solar (comics)|Doctor Solar]]'' #1–27 (October 1962–April 1969)
*''[[Donald Duck (American comic book)#Western Publishing|Donald Duck]]'' #85–211 (December 1962–September 1979)
*''Donald Duck Album'' #1–2 (August–September 1963)
*''Donald Duck Beach Party'' #1 (September 1965)
*''Duke of the K-9 Patrol'' #1 (April 1963)
*''[[Dumbo#Media and merchandise|Dumbo]]'' (October 1963)

===E===
*''[[El Dorado (1966 film)#Comic book adaption|El Dorado]]'' (October 1967)
*''[[Emil and the Detectives (1964 film)#Comic book adaption|Emil and the Detectives]]'' (February 1965)
*''[[Escapade in Florence]]'' (January 1963)

===F===
*''[[The Fall of the Roman Empire (film)#Reception|The Fall of the Roman Empire]]'' (July 1964)
*''[[Family Affair#Appearances in other media|Family Affair]]'' #1–4 (January–October 1970)
*''[[Fantastic Voyage#Related novels and comics|Fantastic Voyage]]'' (February 1967, based on the film)
*''[[Fantastic Voyage (TV series)#Comic book|Fantastic Voyage]]'' #1–2 (August–December 1969, based on the TV series)
*''The Fantastic Voyages of Sindbad'' #1–2 (October 1965–June 1967)
*''[[Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids#Other media|Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids]]'' #1–29 (March 1974–February 1979)
*''[[The Fighting Prince of Donegal#Comic book adaption|The Fighting Prince of Donegal]]'' (January 1967)
*''[[First Men in the Moon (1964 film)#Comic book adaptation|First Men in the Moon]]'' (March 1965)
*''[[Flash Gordon#Comic books|Flash Gordon]]'' #1 (June 1965)
*''[[The Flintstones (comics)|The Flintstones]]'' #7–60 (October 1962–September 1970)
*''The Flintstones at the New York's World Fair'' (1964)
*''[[Flipper (1964 TV series)#Merchandise|Flipper]]'' #1–3 (April 1964–November 1967)
*''The Flintstones – Bigger and Boulder'' #1–2 (November 1962, June 1966)
*''The Flintstones on the Rocks'' (September 1961)
*''The Flintstones – with Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm'' (November 1965)
*''[[The Fox and the Hound#Comic adaptations|The Fox and the Hound]]'' #1–3 (August–October 1981)
*''[[The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends#Fractured Fairy Tales|Fractured Fairy Tales]]'' #1 (October 1962)
*''[[Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles#Adaptations|Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles]]'' #1 (January 1967)
*''Freedom Agent'' #1 (May 1963)
*''[[The Funky Phantom#Comics|The Funky Phantom]]'' #1–13 (March 1972–March 1975)
*''[[Fury (American TV series)|Fury]]'' #1 (November 1962)

===G===
*''[[G-8 and His Battle Aces]]'' #1 (October 1966)
*''[[The Gallant Men#Tie-ins|The Gallant Men]]'' (October 1963)
*''[[Gallegher (character)#Disney|Gallegher, Boy Reporter]]'' #1 (May 1965)
*''[[Gay Purr-ee#Release and reception|Gay Purr-ee]]'' (January 1963)
*''[[George of the Jungle#Comic book|George of the Jungle – with Tom Slick and Super Chicken]]'' #1–2 (February–October 1969)
*''[[The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.#Original novels|The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.]]'' #1–5 (January–October 1966)
*''[[The Gnome-Mobile]]'' (October 1967)
*''Gold Key Champion'' #1–2 (May 1978)
*''Gold Key Spotlight'' #1–11 (May 1976–February 1978)
*''[[Golden Comics Digest]]'' #1–48 (May 1969–January 1976)
*''[[Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.#Media|Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.]]'' #1–3 (July 1966–October 1967)
*''[[Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969 film)#Comic book adaption|Goodbye, Mr. Chips]]'' (June 1970)
*''[[The Governor & J.J.|The Governor and J.J.]]'' #1–3 (February–August 1970)
*''[[The Green Hornet (TV series)#Comics|The Green Hornet]]'' #1–3 (February–August 1967)
*''Grimm's Ghost Stories'' #1–54 (January 1972–November 1979)
*''[[Gunsmoke#Comics|Gunsmoke]]'' #1–6 (February 1969–February 1970)

===H===
*''[[Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!#Production and promotion|The Hair Bear Bunch]]'' #1–9 (February 1972–February 1974)
*''[[Hanna-Barbera]] Band Wagon'' #1–3 (October 1962–April 1963)
*''Hanna-Barbera Fun-In'' #1–15 (February 1970–December 1974)
*''Hanna-Barbera Hi-Adventure Heroes'' #1–2 (May–August 1969)
*''Hanna-Barbera Super TV Heroes'' #1–7 (April 1968–September 1969) 
*''[[The Happiest Millionaire]]'' (April 1968)
*''[[Happy Days#Comic books|Happy Days]]'' #1–6 (March 1979–January 1980)
*''[[The Hardy Boys#Comic book|The Hardy Boys]]'' #1–4 (April 1970–January 1971, based on the [[Filmation]] [[The Hardy Boys (1969 TV series)|cartoon series]])
*''[[Harlem Globetrotters (TV series)#Gold Key Comics series|Harlem Globetrotters]]'' #1–12 (April 1972–January 1975)
*''[[Hawaiian Eye#In other media|Hawaiian Eye]]'' #1 (July 1963)
*''[[Heckle and Jeckle#Comic books and licensing|Heckle and Jeckle]]'' #1–4 (November 1962–August 1963)
*''[[Hector Heathcote]]'' #1 (March 1964)
*''[[Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!#Release and reception|Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!]]'' (September 1964)
*''[[The High Chaparral]]'' #1 (1968)
*''[[Honey West (TV series)#Print adaptations|Honey West]]'' #1 (September 1966)
*''The Horse Without a Head'' (January 1964)
*''[[How the West Was Won (film)#Adaptations|How the West Was Won]]'' (July 1963)
*''[[H.R. Pufnstuf]]'' #1–8 (October 1970–July 1972)
*''[[Huckleberry Hound#In other media|Huckleberry Hound]]'' #18–43 (October 1962–October 1970)
*''[[Huey, Dewey and Louie]] – [[Junior Woodchucks]]'' #1–61 (August 1966–February 1980)

===I===
*''[[I Spy (1965 TV series)#Original novels, comic books, and reference books|I Spy]]'' #1–6 (August 1966–September 1968)
*''[[In Search of the Castaways (film)#Reception|In Search of the Castaways]]'' (March 1963)
*''[[The Inspector#In other media|The Inspector]]'' #1–19 (July 1974–February 1978)
*''[[The Invaders#Comics|The Invaders]]'' #1–4 (October 1967–October 1968)
*''[[It's About Time (TV series)|It's About Time]]'' #1 (January 1967)

===J===
*''Jet Dream'' #1 (June 1968)
*''[[The Jetsons#Comics|The Jetsons]]'' #1–36 (January 1963–September 1970)
*''[[John Carter of Mars#Comics|John Carter of Mars]]'' #1–3 (April–October 1964) 
*''[[John Steed]] [[Emma Peel]]'' #1 (November 1968, based on [[The Avengers (TV series)|''The Avengers'' TV series]] and retitled to avoid confusion with the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] [[The Avengers (comic book)|comic book bearing the same title]])
*''John Steele Secret Agent'' #1 (December 1964)
*''Judge Colt'' #1–4 (October 1969–September 1970)
*''[[The Jungle Book (1967 film)|The Jungle Book]]'' (March 1968)

===K===
*''[[Kidnapped (1960 film)#Reception|Kidnapped]]'' (June 1963)
*''[[King Kong (comics)#Gold Key Comics|King Kong]]'' (September 1968)
*''[[King Leonardo and His Short Subjects#Later appearances|King Leonardo and His Short Subjects]]'' #1–4 (May 1962–September 1963)
*''[[The Jungle Book (1967 film)#Legacy|King Louie and Mowgli (Little Britches)]]'' #1 (May 1968)
*''[[Korak (character)#Comic books|Korak, Son of Tarzan]]'' #1–45 (January 1964–January 1972)
*''[[Krazy Kat#Comic book adaptation|Krazy Kat]]'' #1 (October 1963)
*''[[The Krofft Supershow]]'' #1–6 (April 1978–January 1979)

===L===
* ''[[Lady and the Tramp#Other media|Lady and the Tramp]]'' (January 1963)
*''[[Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp#Reception|Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp]]'' #1–8 (May 1971–February 1973)
*''[[Lancer (TV series)|Lancer]]'' #1–3 (February 1968–September 1969) 
*''[[Land of the Giants#Merchandise and licensing|Land of the Giants]]'' #1–5 (November 1968–September 1969)
*''[[Laredo (TV series)|Laredo]]'' #1 (June 1966)
*''[[Lassie (1954 TV series)#Comics|Lassie]]'' #59–70 (October 1962–July 1969)
*''[[Laurel and Hardy (TV series)#Comic book|Laurel and Hardy]]'' #1–2 (January–October 1967)
*''[[The Legend of Lobo#Reception|The Legend of Lobo]]'' (March 1963)
*''[[The Legend of Jesse James (TV series)#Merchandising|The Legend of Jesse James]]'' (February 1966)
*''The Legend of Young Dick Turpin'' (May 1966)
*''[[Lidsville#Comics|Lidsville]]'' #1–5 (October 1972–October 1973)
*''[[Linus the Lionhearted]]'' #1 (Gold Key Comics, September 1965)
*''[[The Lion (film)#Comic book adaption|The Lion]]'' (January 1963)
*''[[Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har#Other appearances|Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har]]'' #1 (Gold Key Comics, March 1963)
*''[[Little Lulu#Comic strips and comic books|Little Lulu]]'' #165–257 (October 1962–January 1980)
*''Little Lulu Summer Camp'' #1 (August 1967)
*''Little Lulu Trick 'n' Treat'' #1 (December 1962)
*''The Little Monsters'' #1–44 (November 1964–February 1978)<ref>[http://www.comics.org/series/12565/ ''The Little Monsters''] at the [[Grand Comics Database]].</ref><ref name=toonopedia-littlemonsters>{{cite web |url=http://www.toonopedia.com/litlmnst.htm |title=The Little Monsters |first=Don |last=Markstein |publisher=Don Markstein's Toonopedia |date=2007 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240527145030/https://www.webcitation.org/6cyJfNSAI?url=http://www.toonopedia.com/litlmnst.htm |archive-date=May 27, 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=November 12, 2015 }}</ref>
*''[[The Little Stooges]]'' #1–7 (September 1972–March 1974)
*''[[Lone Ranger#Comic books|The Lone Ranger]]'' #1–28 (September 1964–March 1977)
*''The Lone Ranger Golden West'' #1 (October 1966) 
*''[[Looney Tunes#Gold Key Comics/Whitman (1962–1984)|Looney Tunes]]'' #1–47 (April 1975–December 1982)
*''[[Lord Jim (1965 film)#Comic book adaption|Lord Jim]]'' (September 1965)
*''[[The Love Bug]]'' (June 1969)
*''[[Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.]]'' (October 1966)
*''[[The Lucy Show#Comic book|The Lucy Show]]'' (June 1963–June 1964)

===M===
*''[[M.A.R.S. Patrol Total War]]'' #1– (July 1965–, initially titled ''Total War'' for the first two issues)
*''[[Magilla Gorilla#Other appearances|Magilla Gorilla]]'' #1–10 (May 1964–December 1968)
*''[[Magnus, Robot Fighter#Gold Key|Magnus Robot Fighter 4000 A.D.]]'' #1–46 (February 1963–January 1977)
*''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.#Comic books|The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'' #1–22 (May 1965–April 1969)
*''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'' (January 1965)
*''[[Maya (American TV series)|Maya]]'' (March 1968)
*''Merlin Jones as [[The Monkey's Uncle]]'' (October 1965)
*''[[McLintock!#Comic-book adaption|McLintock!]]'' (March 1964)
*''[[Mickey Mouse (comic book)#Classic era|Mickey Mouse]]'' #85–204 (November 1962–February 1980)
*''Mickey Mouse Album'' #1 (September 1963)
*''[[Mickey Mouse Club]]'' #1 (January 1964)
*''The Microbots'' #1 (December 1971)
*''[[The Mighty Hercules]]'' (July–November 1963)
*''[[Mighty Mouse#Comics|Mighty Mouse]]'' #156–160 (October 1962–October 1963)
*''[[Mighty Samson]]'' #1–31 (July 1964–March 1976)
*''[[Milton the Monster|Milton the Monster and Fearless Fly]]'' #1 (May 1966)
*''[[Miracle of the White Stallions#Comic book adaption|Miracle of the White Stallions]]'' (June 1963)
*''[[The Misadventures of Merlin Jones]]'' (May 1964)
*''[[Mister Ed#Legacy|Mister Ed the Talking Horse]]'' #1–6 (November 1962–February 1964)
*''[[Duck family (Disney)#Moby Duck|Moby Duck]]'' #1–30 (October 1967–March 1978)
*''Mod Wheels'' #1–19 (February 1971–February 1976)
*''The Modniks'' #1–2 (August 1967–August 1970)
*''[[The Moon-Spinners#Critical reception|The Moon-Spinners]]'' (October 1964)
*''[[Mr. and Mrs. J. Evil Scientist#Comic book|Mr. and Mrs. J. Evil Scientist]]'' #1–4 (November 1963–September 1966) 
*''[[Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 film)#Comic book adaption|Mutiny on the Bounty]]'' (February 1963)
*''[[The Munsters#Merchandise|The Munsters]]'' #1–16 (January 1965–February 1968)
*''[[Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse#Other appearances|Mushmouse and Punkin Puss]]'' #1 (September 1965)
*''[[My Favorite Martian#Comics|My Favorite Martian]]'' #1–9 (January 1964–October 1966)
*''[[Mystery Comics Digest]]'' #1–26 (March 1972–November 1975)

===N===
*''[[National Velvet (TV series)|National Velvet]]'' #1–2 (December 1962–March 1963) 
*''[[The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn|The New Adventures of Huck Finn]]'' #1 (December 1968)
*''[[Terrytoons#Terrytoons comic book titles|New Terrytoons TV Time]]'' #1–54 (October 1962–January 1979)
*''[[The Nurses (TV series)|The Nurses]]'' #1–3 (April–October 1963)

===O===
*''[[Doctor Spektor|The Occult Files of Dr. Spektor]]'' #1–24 (April 1973–February 1977)
*''O.G. Whiz'' #1–11 (February 1971–January 1979)
*''[[Old Yeller (film)#Comic book adaptation|Old Yeller]]'' (January 1966)
*''[[The Aristocats#Other media|O'Malley and the Alley Cats]]'' #1–9 (April 1971–January 1974)
*''The Owl'' #1–2 (April 1967–April 1968)

===P===
*''[[List of The Flintstones media#Comic books|Pebbles Flintstone]]'' #1 (September 1963)
*''[[Peter Potamus#Other appearances|Peter Potamus]]'' #1 (January 1965)
*''[[The Phantom#Internationally|The Phantom]]'' #1–17 (November 1962–July 1966)
*''[[The Phantom Blot]]'' #1–7 (October 1964–November 1966)
*''[[Pink Panther (character)#Comics|The Pink Panther and the Inspector]]'' #1–87 (April 1971–March 1984)
*''[[Popeye#Comic books|Popeye the Sailor]]'' #66–80, #139–171 (October 1962–May 1966, May 1978 – 1982)
*''[[Porky Pig#Later years|Porky Pig]]'' #1–109 (January 1965–June 1984)
*''[[PT 109 (film)#Comic book adaption|PT 109]]'' (September 1964)

===R===
*''[[Raggedy Ann#Comic books|Raggedy Ann and Andy]]'' #1–6 (December 1971–September 1973)
*''[[Rawhide (TV series)#Comics|Rawhide]]'' #1–2 (April–July 1963–October 1963-January 1964)
*''[[The Rifleman#Merchandising|The Rifleman]]'' #13–20 (November 1962–October 1964)
*''[[Rio Conchos (film)#Reception|Rio Conchos]]'' (March 1965)
*''[[Ripley's Believe It or Not!#Books|Ripley's Believe It or Not!]]'' with three subtitles: "True War Stories" (#1 and #5), "True Demons & Monsters" (#7, #10, #19, #22, #25, #26 and #29) and "True Ghost stories" (remaining numbers) - not to be confused with the three issue Harvey Comic of 1953. #4–94 (April 1967–February 1980)
*''[[The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends#Comics|Rocky and His Fiendish Friends]]'' #1–5 (October 1962–September 1963)
*''[[The Roman Holidays#Comics|The Roman Holidays]]'' #1–4 (February–November 1973)
*''[[Roy Rogers#Film career|Roy Rogers and Trigger]]'' #1 (April 1967)
*''[[Run, Buddy, Run#Merchandising|Run, Buddy, Run!]]'' #1 (June 1967)

===S===
*''[[Scamp (comics)|Scamp]]'' #1–45 (December 1967–January 1979)
*''[[Doctor Syn#The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh (1963)|The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh]]'' #1–3 (April 1964–October 1965)  
*''[[Scooby-Doo#Comic books|Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]]'' #1–30 (March 1970–February 1975)
*''[[Danger Man#Original novels and comic books|Secret Agent]]'' #1–2 (November 1966–January 1968, based upon the TV series ''Danger Man'')
*''[[Secret Squirrel#Other appearances|Secret Squirrel]]'' #1 (October 1966)
* ''[[The Shaggy Dog (1959 film)|The Shaggy Dog]]'' ''[[The Absent-Minded Professor#Comic book adaptation|and The Absent-Minded Professor]]'' (August 1967)
*''[[Smokey Bear#Adaptations|Smokey Bear]]'' #1–13 (February 1970–March 1973)
*''[[Snagglepuss#Other appearances|Snagglepuss]]'' #1–4 (October 1962–June 1963)
*''[[Snooper and Blabber#Other media|Snooper and Blabber, Detectives]]'' #1–3 (November 1962–May 1963)
*''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)#Comic adaptations|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' (September 1967)
*''[[Son of Flubber#Reception|Son of Flubber]]'' (April 1963)
*''[[Space Family Robinson]]'' #1–59 (December 1962–May 1982, retitled ''Space Family Robinson – Lost in Space'' to tie-in with the ''[[Lost in Space]]'' TV series, but with no narrative connection maintained)
*''[[Space Ghost (TV series)#Comics|Space Ghost]]'' #1 (December 1966)
*''[[Space Mouse#Walter Lantz' Space Mouse comic book and cartoon character (1960)|Space Mouse]]'' #1–5 (November 1962–November 1963)
*''Spine-Tingling Tales'' #1–4 (May 1975–January 1976)
*''[[Star Trek (comics)#Gold Key|Star Trek]]'' #1–61 (July 1967–March 1979)
*''[[Fireball XL5#Tie-ins and home video|Steve Zodiac and the Fireball XL5]]'' #1 (December 1963)
*''[[The Story of Robin Hood (film)|Robin Hood]]'' (June 1965) 
*''[[Summer Magic (film)#Critical response|Summer Magic]]'' (September 1963)
*''[[Supercar (TV series)#Comic book|Supercar]]'' #1–4 (November 1962–August 1963)
*''[[Super Goof]]'' #1–57 (October 1965–February 1980)
*''[[Swiss Family Robinson (1960 film)#Reception|Swiss Family Robinson]]'' (April 1969)
*''[[The Sword in the Stone (1963 film)|The Sword in the Stone]]'' (February 1964)

===T===
*''Tales of Sword and Sorcery Featuring [[Dagar the Invincible]]'' #1–19 (October 1972–January 1982)  
*''[[Tarzan in comics#Western Publishing|Tarzan of the Apes]]'' #132–206 (November 1962–February 1972)
*''[[Tasmanian Devil (Looney Tunes)#Later appearances|Tasmanian Devil and His Tasty Friends]]'' #1 (November 1962)
*''[[That Darn Cat!#Comic book adaptation|That Darn Cat]]'' (February 1966)
*''[[Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines#Reception|Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines]]'' (October 1965)
*''[[The Three Stooges#Comic books|The Three Stooges]]'' #10–55 (October 1962–June 1972, primarily based on the animated TV series, but also standalone adaptations of later Stooges films)
*''[[The Three Stooges in Orbit]]'' (November 1962)
*''Tiger Girl'' #1 (September 1968)
*''[[A Tiger Walks]]'' (June 1964)
*''[[The Time Tunnel#Comic books|The Time Tunnel]]'' #1–2 (February–July 1967)
*''[[Tom and Jerry#Comic books|Tom and Jerry]]'' #213–344 (November 1962–June 1984)
*''[[The Jungle Twins|Tono and Kono – The Jungle Twins]]'' #1–18 (April 1972–May 1982)
*''[[Top Cat#Comic books|Top Cat]]'' #4–31 (October 1962–September 1970)
*''[[Tragg and the Sky Gods]]'' #1–9 (June 1975–May 1977)
*''[[Tubby Tompkins|Tubby and the Little Men from Mars]]'' (October 1964)
*''[[Turok|Turok, Son of Stone]]'' #30–125 (December 1962–January 1980)
*''[[Tweety#Comic books|Tweety and]] [[Sylvester the Cat#In comic books|Sylvester]]'' ##1–102 (November 1963–February 1980)
*''[[The Twilight Zone#Comic books|The Twilight Zone]]'' #1–92 (November 1962–May 1982)

===U===
*''UFO Flying Saucers'' #1–25 (October 1968–February 1980, retitled ''UFO and Outer Space'' from #14)
*''[[Uncle Scrooge]]'' #40–209 (January 1963–March 1984)
*''Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck'' #1 (June 1965)
*''[[Scrooge McDuck and Money|Uncle Scrooge and Money]]'' (March 1967)
*''[[Underdog (TV series)#Books and comics|Underdog]]'' #1–23 (March 1975–February 1979)

===V===
*''Vacation in Disneyland'' #1 (August 1965)
*''[[The Virginian (TV series)#Reception|The Virginian]]'' #1 (June 1963)
*''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)#Other media|Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]'' #1–16 (December 1964–May 1969)

===W===
*''Wacky Adventures of Cracky'' #1–12 (December 1972–September 1975)
*''[[Wacky Races (1968 TV series)#Spin-offs and similar series|Wacky Races]]'' #1–7 (August 1969–May 1972)
*''Wacky Witch'' #1–21 (January 1971–January 1976)
*''[[Wagon Train]]'' #1–4 (January–October 1964)
*''Wally'' #1–4 (December 1962–September 1963)
*''[[Walt Disney Comics Digest]]'' #1–57 (June 1968–February 1976)
*''Walt Disney Showcase'' #1–54 (October 1970–January 1980) 
*''[[Walt Disney's Comics and Stories]]'' #264–510 (Sept 1962–July 1984)
*''Walt Disney's Christmas Parade'' #1–9 (January 1963–January 1972) 
*''Walt Disney's World of Adventure'' #1–3 (April–October 1963)
*''Wart and the Wizard'' #1 (November 1963)
*''[[Where's Huddles?#Comic book|Where's Huddles?]]'' #1–3 (January–December 1971)
*''[[Who's Minding the Mint?#Production notes|Who's Minding the Mint?]]'' (August 1967)
*''[[The Wild Wild West#Comics|The Wild Wild West]]'' #1–7 (August 1966–October 1969)
*''[[Winnie the Pooh (franchise)|Winnie the Pooh]]'' #1–33 (January 1977–July 1984)
*''[[Woody Woodpecker#Comics|Woody Woodpecker]]'' #73–201 (October 1962–March 1984)
*''[[The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm#Comic book adaptation|The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm]]'' (October 1962)
*''Woodsy Owl'' #1–10 (November 1973–February 1976)

===X===
*''[[X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes#In other media|X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes]]'' (September 1963)

===Y===
*''[[Yakky Doodle#Other appearances|Yakky Doodle and Chopper]]'' #1 (December 1962)
*''[[Yogi Bear#Comics|Yogi Bear]]'' #10–42 (October 1962–October 1970)
*''[[Yosemite Sam#Later years|Yosemite Sam and Bugs Bunny]]'' #1–65 (December 1970–December 1979)

===Z===
*''Zody the Mod Rob'' #1 (July 1970)

==Collected editions==
Several classic Gold Key titles have been archived in high quality <br>
Hardcover Collected editions : Beginning with Dark Horse comics in 2007

===Dark Horse===
*''Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom'' archives volume 1 {{ISBN|1-59307-285-6}} (reprints #1–7)
*''Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom'' archives volume 2 {{ISBN|1-59307-327-5}} (reprints #8–14)
*''Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom'' archives volume 3 {{ISBN|1-59307-374-7}} (reprints #15–22)
*''Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom'' archives volume 4 {{ISBN|1-59307-825-0}} (reprints #23–31, including ''The Occult Files of Dr. Spektor'' issue #14) as well.
*''Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery'' Archives volume 1 {{ISBN missing}}
*''Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery'' Archives volume 2 {{ISBN missing}}
*''Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery'' Archives volume 3 {{ISBN missing}}
*''Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery'' Archives volume 4 {{ISBN missing}}
*''Dagar the Invincible Archives'' Vol. 1	October 2011 ISBN 1595828184 (reprints #1–9)

[[Doctor Spektor|The Occult Files of Dr. Spektor]]
*''The Occult Files of Doctor Spektor'' Archives volume 1 {{ISBN|1-59582-600-9}} 
*''The Occult Files of Doctor Spektor'' Archives volume 2 {{ISBN|1-59582-667-X}} 
*''The Occult Files of Doctor Spektor'' Archives volume 3 {{ISBN|1-59582-819-2}} 
*''The Occult Files of Doctor Spektor'' Archives volume 4 {{ISBN|1-59582-852-4}}
*''Magnus, Robot Fighter '' Archives (volume 1) #1–7 {{ISBN|978-1593072698}}  November 2004
*''Magnus, Robot Fighter '' Archives (volume 2) #8–14 {{ISBN|978-1616552947}}  July 2005
*''Magnus, Robot Fighter '' Archives (volume 3) #15–21 {{ISBN|978-1593073398}}  October 2006
*''Turok: Son of Stone Archives'':
**''Volume 1'' (collects ''Four Color Comics'' #596 and 656 and ''Turok'' #3–6, 224 pages, March 2009, {{ISBN|1-59582-155-4}})
**''Volume 2'' (collects ''Turok'' #7–12, 224 pages, July 2009, {{ISBN|1-59582-275-5}})
**''Volume 3'' (collects ''Turok'' #13–18, 224 pages, August 2009, {{ISBN|1-59582-281-X}})
**''Volume 4'' (collects ''Turok'' #19–24, 224 pages, November 2009, {{ISBN|1-59582-343-3}})
**''Volume 5'' (collects ''Turok'' #25–30, 224 pages, March 2010, {{ISBN|1-59582-442-1}})
**''Volume 6'' (collects ''Turok'' #31–35,37, 224 pages, July 2010, {{ISBN|1-59582-484-7}}) (#36 reprinted issue #14)
**''Volume 7'' (collects ''Turok'' #38–43, 216 pages, November 2010, {{ISBN|1-59582-565-7}})
**''Volume 8'' (collects ''Turok'' #44–50, 232 pages, April 2011, {{ISBN|1-59582-641-6}})
**''Volume 9'' (collects ''Turok'' #51–53, 55–56, 58–59, 232 pages, November 2010, {{ISBN|1-59582-789-7}})<br>(#54 reprinted issue #26 and #57 reprinted issue #17)
**''Volume 10'' (collects ''Turok'' #60–67, March 2012, {{ISBN|1-59582-861-3}})
*''Space Family Robinson-Lost in Space'' Archives volume 1 {{ISBN missing}}
*''Space Family Robinson-Lost in Space'' Archives volume 2 {{ISBN missing}}
*''Space Family Robinson-Lost in Space'' Archives volume 3 {{ISBN missing}}
*''Space Family Robinson-Lost in Space'' Archives volume 4 {{ISBN missing}}
*''Space Family Robinson-Lost in Space'' Archives volume 5 {{ISBN missing}}

===IDW Publishing===

*''Star Trek Gold Key Archives''  Volume 1<br/>April 2014 {{ISBN|1613779224}} (hardcover)( Reprinting issues 1-6 )
*''Star Trek Gold Key Archives'' Volume 2<br/>October 2014 {{ISBN|1631401084}} (hardcover)( Reprinting issues 7-12 )
*''Star Trek Gold Key Archives'' Volume 3<br/>April 2015 {{ISBN|1631402315}} (hardcover)( Reprinting issues 13-18 )
*''Star Trek Gold Key Archives'' Volume 4<br/>December 2015 {{ISBN|1631404490}} (hardcover)( Reprinting issues 19-24 )
*''Star Trek Gold Key Archives'' Volume 5<br/>June 2016 {{ISBN|1631405985}} (hardcover) ( Reprinting issues 25-31 )
*''Star Trek Gold Key Archives'' Volume 6<br/>July 2017 {{ISBN|1631407422}} (hardcover)( Reprinting issues 32-39 )

===Hermes Press===

*''I SPY: The Complete Gold Key Comics Collection '' Archives (volume 1)<br/>Hardcover – October 30, 2013  {{ISBN|978-1613450604}} Hermes Press
*''Dark Shadows: The Complete Series Volume One '' Archives (volume 1)<br/>second printing Hardcover – March 2, 2021 {{ISBN|978-1613452233}}
*The Phantom Omnibus: The Complete Gold Key Comics<br/>Hardcover – July 7, 2015 {{ISBN|978-1613450765}}
*The Phantom The Complete Series: The Gold Key Years Volume 2<br/>Hardcover – March 11, 2014 Hermes Press ISBN {{ISBN|978-1613450239}}
*''The Phantom the Gold Key Years Volume One ''(Phantom the Gold Key Years, 1)<br/>Hermes Press (March 11, 2014) {{ISBN|978-1613450239}}<br/>second printing Hardcover (September 12, 2023) ISBN 978-1613452820
*''The Phantom the Gold Key Years Volume Two ''(Phantom the Gold Key Years, 2)<br/>second printing Hardcover (September 19, 2023)  {{ISBN|978-1613452837}}
*Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: The Complete Series Volume 2<br/>Hardcover – Hermes Press; First Edition (January 19, 2010) {{ISBN|978-1932563368}}
*Zorro: The Complete Pre-Code Comics Hardcover – Hermes Press<br/>Hermes Press; First Edition(November 25, 2014) {{ISBN|978-1613450666}}

==References==
{{Reflist|35em}}

==External links==
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*{{cite web|url= http://www.newsfromme.com/2007/04/29/its-in-the-bag/|first= Mark|last= Evanier|title= It's in the Bag!|publisher= NewsFromMe|date= April 29, 2007|archive-date= October 29, 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151029022218/http://www.newsfromme.com/2007/04/29/its-in-the-bag/}}
*{{cite web|editor-first= Rob|editor-last= Kelly|title = Other [''Golden Picture Story Book'' #1-4]|url= http://www.treasurycomics.com/gallery/galleryOTHERgolden.htm|publisher= TreasuryComics.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151026023843/http://www.treasurycomics.com/gallery/galleryOTHERgolden.htm|archive-date= October 26, 2015|url-status= live|access-date= March 17, 2014}}
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