Saturday, 21 August 2010

Nordic Carter Browns.

Since January this year I have visited the National Libraries of Denmark, Norway and Finland.  It is exciting and exhausting as I have uncovered hundreds of Carter Brown titles and a whole slew of new covers.

Here is a summary of CB's publishing history in these countries. In order of appearance

Finland 
1957-85
first title The Wench is Wicked

139 books incl reprints

One publisher: Valpas-Mainos (Finland only)
 
Norway


1959-1968
289 books incl reprints

2 series/publishers (Denmark and then Norway)
  1. Ponni-bok (1959 - 61). Publisher:   Nasjonalforlaget printed in Oslo – 26 titles
  2. CB series (1960-8).  Publishers:   Alle, Ingar Weyer Tveitan – Copenhagen (til 1975) and then Oslo (+1975)
Denmark
200 titles
1960 – 84
Publisher: Winther.

Sweden
178 books

1961 – 89
Publisher: Wennerberg (Copenhagen and then Stockholm)


Finland was out of step with the other three countries in that they reprinted Australian covers and used Australian material--not Signet material.  Thus the Finnish covers are different to those used in the other countries (see this website).   This suggests that there was an ongoing relationship with Horwitz, Carter Brown's Sydney publishers.  On the other hand,  Denmark, Norway and Sweden seem to have developed their relationship with Signet in America.  As a result, they favoured Robert McGinnis covers. 
 
 
Over the next few days I will be adding tables comparing the titles and series numbers of Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden.  In the meantime, below is the Danish Series
 
Denmark CB Series

1960 Body CB 1

1960 Blonde CB 2

1960 Corpse CB 3

1961 Lover CB 4

1961 Mistress CB 5

1961 Victim CB 6

1961 Passionate CB 7

1961 Wanton CB8

1961 Dame CB 9

1961 Desired CB 10

1961 Bombshell CB11

1961 Temptress CB 12

1961 Savage Salome CB 13

1961 Ever-Loving Blues CB 14

1961 Myopic Mermaid CB 15

1962 Million Dollar Babe CB 16

1962 Stripper CB 17

1962 Unorthodox Corpse CB 18

1962 Tigress CB 19

1962 Exotic CB 20

1962 Zelda CB 21

1962 Sad-Eyed Seductress CB 22

1962 Murder Wears a Mantilla CB 23

1962 Angel! CB 24

1962 Hellcat CB 25

1962 Murder In Key Club CB 26

1962 Ice Cold Nude CB 27

1963 Lady Is Transparent CB 28

1963 Good-Morning, Mavis! CB 29

1963 Lover Don't Come Back CB 30

1963 Bullet for My Baby CB 31

1963 Loving and the Dead CB 32

1963 Hong Kong Caper CB 33

1963 Murderer Among Us CB 34

1963 Dum Dum Murders CB 35

1963 Guilt Edged Cage CB 36

1963 Lady Is Available CB 37

1963 None But the Lethal Heart CB 38

1963 White Bikini CB 39

1964 Girl Who was Possessed CB 40

1964 Passionate Pagan CB 41

1964 Blonde On Rocks CB 42

1964 Girl In A Shroud CB 43

1964 Nymph to the Slaughter CB 44

1964 Jade-Eyed Jungle CB 45

1964 Charlie Sent Me! CB 46

1965 Dance Of Death CB 47

1965 Scarlet Flush CB 48

1965 Walk Softly Witch CB 49

1965 Silken Nightmare CB 50

1965 Wind-Up Doll CB 51

1963 Hoodlum was a Honey CB 52

1965 Never-Was Girl CB 53

1965 Baby You're Guilt-Edged CB 54

1965 Vixen CB 55

1965 Murder is a Package Deal CB 56

1965 Bump and Grind Murders CB 57

1965 Who Killed Doctor Sex? CB 58

1965 Catch Me A Phoenix! CB 59

1965 Wreath for Rebecca CB 60

1965 No Blonde Is An Island CB 61

1965 Nude with a View CB 62

1965 Corpse For Christmas CB 63

1965 Strip Without Tease CB 64

1965 Venus Unarmed CB 65

1965 Sometime Wife CB 66

1966 Hammer Of Thor CB 67

1966 Girl From Outer Space CB 68

1966 Frame is Beautiful CB 69

1966 Blonde On A Broomstick CB 70

1966 So What Killed the Vampire CB 71

1966 Play Now- Kill Later CB 72

1967 Black Lace Hangover CB 73

1967 Target for their Dark Desire CB 74

1967 Wayward Wahine CB 75

1967 No Tears from the Widow CB 76

1967 Until Temptation Do Us Part CB 77

1967 Seidlitz and the Super-Spy CB 78

1968 Long Time No Leola CB 79

1968 House of Sorcery CB 80

1968 Plush-Lined Coffin CB 81

1968 Lament for a Lousy Lover CB 82

1968 Deadly Kitten CB 83

1968 Had I But Groaned CB 84

1968 Deep Cold Green CB 85

1969 Mini-Murders CB 86

1969 Flagellator CB 87

1969 Only Very Rich CB 88

1970 Die Anytime After Tuesday! CB 89

1970 Wanton CB 90

1970 Stripper CB 91

1970 Unorthodox Corpse CB 92

1970 Uptight Blonde CB 93

1970 Exotic CB 94

1970 Streaked-Blond Slave CB 95

1970 Sad-Eyed Seductress CB 96

1970 Murder Is Message CB 97

1970 Angel! CB 98

1970 Hang Up Kid CB 99

1970 Hellcat CB 100

1971 Good Year For Dwarfs? CB 101

1971 Tigress CB 102

1971 Tomorrow Is Murder CB 103

1971 Murder Wears a Mantilla CB 104

1971 True Son Of Beast! CB 105

1971 Ice Cold Nude CB 106

1971 Burden Of Guilt CB 107

1971 Murder In Harem Club CB 108

1971 Creative Murders CB 109

1971 Girl Who was Possessed CB 110

1971 Sex Clinic CB 111

1971 Murderer Among Us! CB 112

1972 Murder In Family Way CB 113

1972 Good Mourning Mavis CB 114

1972 Coffin Bird CB 115

1972 Bullet for My Baby CB 116

1972 Where Did Charity Go? CB 117

1972 Passionate Pagan CB 118

1972 Coven CB 119

1972 White Bikini CB 120

1972 WHORE! CB 121

1972 Nymph To Slaughter CB 122

1973 Invisible Flamini CB 123

1973 Girl In A Shroud CB 124

1973 Seven Sirens CB 125

1973 Blonde On Rocks CB 126

1973 Clown CB 127

1973 Jade-Eyed Jungle CB 128

1973 Angry Amazons CB 129

1973 Dum Dum Murders CB 130

1973 Pornbroker CB 131

1973 None But the Lethal Heart CB 132

1974 Master CB 133

1974 Dance Of Death CB 134

1974 Manhattan Cowboy CB 135

1974 Walk Softly Witch CB 136

1974 Murder Is So Nostalgic CB 137

1974 Silken Nightmare CB 138

1974 Murder On High CB 139

1974 Catch Me A Phoenix! CB 140

1974 Wheeler Fortune CB 141

1974 Hoodlum was a Honey CB 142

1975 Phreak-Out! CB 143

1975 Never-Was Girl CB 144

1975 And Undead Sing CB 145

1975 Bombshell CB 146

1975 So Move Body CB 147

1975 Vixen CB 148

1976 Star-Crossed Lover CB 149

1976 Night Wheeler CB 150

1976 Donavan CB 151

1976 Early Boyd CB 152

1976 Negative In Blue CB 153

1976 Wheeler Dealer! CB 154

1976 Sex Trap CB 155

1976 Donavan's Day CB 156

1976 Savage Sisters CB 157

1976 Aseptic Murders CB 158

1976 Ride Roller Coaster CB 159

1976 Iron Maiden CB 160

1977 Dream Merchant CB 161

1977 Remember Maybelle? CB 162

1977 Chinese Donavan CB 163

1977 Murder Is A Package Deal CB 164

1977 Pipes Are Calling CB 165

1977 Bump And Grind Murders CB 166

1978 Donavan's Delight CB 167

1978 Born Loser CB 168

1979 Strawberry Blonde Jungle CB 169

1979 Busted Wheeler CB 170

1979 See It Again Sam CB 171

1979 Who Killed Doctor Sex? CB 172

1979 Spanking Girls CB 173

1979 Wreath for Rebecca CB 174

1980 Rip-Off CB 175

1980 Nude--With A View CB 176

1980 Phantom Lady CB 177

1980 Target For Their Dark Desire CB 178

1980 Murder is So Gay CB 179

1980 Black Lace Hangover CB 180

1981 Swingers CB 181

1981 Until Temptation Do Us Part CB 182

1981 Antique Blonde (Wicked Widow) CB 183

1980 Wayward Wahine CB 184

1981 Kiss Michelle Goodbye CB 185

1981 Play Now Kill Later CB 186

1982 Death To A Downbeat CB 187

1982 Temptress CB 188

1982 No Tears From Widow CB 189

1982 Seidlitz And Super-Spy CB 190

1982 Blonde Avalanche CB 191

1983 Plush-Lined Coffin CB 192

1983 House of Sorcery CB193

1983 Lament For A Lousy Lover CB 194

1983 Deadly Kitten CB 195

1983 Had I But Groaned CB 196

1983 Long Time No Leola CB 197

1983 So What Killed Vampire? CB 198

1974 Wheeler Fortune CB 199

1984 Real Boyd CB 200

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