Mainline was a very short lived line, but a storied one anyway.
First though - wow, what a cover! Remember that the Korean War had only 'ceased firing' in the summer of 1953
This is only a few months after the 1954 Senate Hearings on #juveniledelinquency with Wertham and Gaines and would have a historic impact on the business of comic books
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On watching Gaines testify, Simon chided "stupid, stupid, stupid"
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The printers needed material to print
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Is Mainline the first Creator Owned company?
I'll ask @ErikJLarsen
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However, there is a review of Foxhole no 1 (and others) at the Jack Kirby Museum.
kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonand…
In the section for 50 Best Kirby Covers, Foxhole 1 was chosen by Mark Evanier and Bill Morrison. That cover stopped me in my tracks
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