KANTER, AL
	Name and vital stats
		KANTER, AL [ -1973] (publisher; editor)	NULL
	Biographical
		Aka ALBERT LEWIS KANTER	NULL
	Family in arts
		Brother: Maurice Kanter	NULL
		Brother: Mike Kanter	NULL
		Relative: Bernie Stisken (cousin by marriage)	NULL
		Relative: R. E. Kanter	NULL
		Relative: William Kanter	NULL
		Son: Hal Kanter	NULL
		Son: Harry Kanter	NULL
		Son: William Kanter	NULL
		Wife: Rose E. Kanter	NULL
	Other Careers
		Note: Still active in publishing 1969	> 69
	Additional biography
		Journal of Popular Culture v20#3, Spr., 1987	NULL
	Note on comics career
		c1947 - Bought out GILBERTON partners Meyer Levy and Raymond Haas	> 47
		c1967 Sold GILBERTON to TWIN CIRCLE c1967	> 67
	D.S. PUBLISHING
		Support (publ/co-own) 1947-52	> 47 48 49 50 51 52
	ELLIOT PUBLISHING
		BOMBER COMICS~ (co-own/publ) 1944 [Imprints: J.R. MAHON; SUNSET TIMES; MALVERNE HERALD]	> 44
		CLASSICS COMICS~ (co-own/publ) 1941-42	> 41 42
		DOUBLE COMICS~ (co-own) 1940-44 rebound unsold material of various publishers	> 40 41 42 43 44
		DOUBLE UP~ (co-own) 1941 rebound early HARVEY digest comics	> 41
		SPITFIRE~ (co-own/publ) 1944-45 [Imprints: J.R. MAHON; SUNSET TIMES; MALVERNE HERALD]	> 44 45
	GILBERTON
		CLASSICS COMICS~ (publ/co-own/ed) 1942-47	> 42 43 44 45 46 47
		CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED JR.~ (publ/own) 1953-62 plus reprints	> 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62
		CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED SPECIAL ISSUE~ (publ/own) 1955-62	> 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62
		CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED~ (publ/own/bus mgr) 1947-62 plus reprints	> 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62
		Support (bus mgr) 1947-62	> 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62
		Support (ed) 1942-46	> 42 43 44 45 46
		Support (publ) 1942-62	> 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62
		WORLD AROUND US, THE~ (publ/own) 1958-61	> 58 59 60 61
	SEABOARD COMICS
		Support (publ) 1951-52 changed D.S. comics to P.L. comics	> 51 52