Western Publishing, also known as Western Printing and Lithographing Company, was a firm responsible for publishing the Little Golden Books and also the books and comics featured in the franchise of The Flintstones.
History
From 1938 to 1962, Western's comics came out under the Dell Comics imprint, who also handled the distribution and financing of the line. In 1962, Western decided to end its partnership with Dell and publish comics themselves, and set up Gold Key Comics.
This continued until the late 1970s, after which newsstand distribution was discontinued in favor of distribution to toy stores etc. under the "Whitman Comics" banner. They stopped publishing comics in 1984, and all their licenses have since gone to other publishers. Some of their comics were published under that name, especially March of Comics with former shoe brands.
Books
Whitman Tell-A-Tale
Cover
Title
Published
Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones at the Circus
1963
Hanna-Barbera's The Rubbles and Bamm-Bamm: Problem Present
1964
Hanna-Barbera's Pebbles Flintstone: Daddy's Little Helper
1965
Hanna-Barbera's Pebbles Flintstone - ABC's
1966
Whitman Big Tell-A-Tale
Cover
Title
Published
Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones: Picnic Panic
1965
Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones: At the B Bar B
1965
Whitman Top Top Tales
Cover
Title
Published
Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones and Dino
1961
Hanna-Barbera's Fred Flintstone: Bewildered Baby-Sitter with Pebbles
1963
Hanna-Barbera's Pebbles Flintstone: Runaway
1963
Little Golden Book
Cover
Title
Published
Notes
Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones
1961
Before their daughter Pebbles and their pet Dino, The Flintstones had a son named Junior and a giant pet brontosaurus named Harvey. Sadly however, they were not shown and they were deleted in the original series.
