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Cardal Publishing was a British magazine and comic book publisher active during the Golden Age of comics, based in Manchester, England.

The company's publications included erotic fiction and Western novellas, as well as comics.

According to comic historian and critic Steve Holland, cash flow problems caused by obscenity fines forced the firm out of business before the end of the 1940s. The company was liquidated in 1951.

The indicia to Streamline Comics notes that the comic was printed by The Assurance Agents Press, 132-4 Great Ancoats St, which was one street over from Cardal's Ducie Street offices.

Popular fiction magazines

Western Magazine (c. 1947)
Girls' Journal (Aug 1947)
Gay-etty (c.1949) – erotic fiction
Winter Frolics (1 issue?) (c. 1949) – erotic fiction

Other magazines

Girl's Review (1947) (1 issue)

Novels

The Man who Rode by Night, by Dick Sharples – pocket Western
One Man's War, by Hank Johnson (1949) – pocket Western

The Man Who Rode by Night / One Man's War were published in a single edition in the U.S.

Comics

Streamline Comics #1–4 (1947)
New Worlds Comic (1947, reprint)

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-{{Infobox publisher
-| name = Cardal Publishing
-| logo =
-| publications = Magazines, novels, comics
-| founded = c. 1947
-| status = defunct
-| founder =
-| keypeople =
-| headquarters = 83 Ducie Street [[Manchester]], England, UK<ref>{{cite web|last=Medway|first=Jim|title=Streamline No. 4, Cardal Publishing|url=http://pawqualitycomics.blogspot.co.uk/2009/02/streamline-no4-cardal-publishing.html|work=Paw Quality Comics|date=24 February 2009 |access-date=2 April 2013}}</ref>
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 '''Cardal Publishing''' was a British [[magazine]] and [[comic book]] [[publisher]] active during the [[Golden Age of comics]], based in [[Manchester, England]].
 The company's publications included [[erotic fiction]] and [[Western (genre)|Western]] [[novellas]], as well as comics.
-According to comic historian and critic Steve Holland, cash flow problems caused by obscenity fines forced the firm out of business before the end of the 1940s.<ref>{{cite book|last=Holland|first=Steve|title='The Mushroom Jungle: a History of Postwar Paperback Publishing|year=1993|publisher=Zeon Books|location=Westbury, Wilts.|isbn=1-874113-01-7|pages=53–54}}</ref> The company was liquidated in 1951.<ref>{{cite news|title=Notices of Appointments of Liquidators|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/39159/pages/1061/page.pdf|access-date=11 October 2012|newspaper=The London Gazette|date=27 February 1951|page=1061}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Notices of Appointments of Liquidators|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/39193/pages/1842/page.pdf|access-date=27 April 2013|newspaper=The London Gazette|date=6 April 1951|page=1842}}</ref>
+According to comic historian and critic Steve Holland, cash flow problems caused by obscenity fines forced the firm out of business before the end of the 1940s. The company was liquidated in 1951.
-The indicia to ''Streamline Comics'' notes that the comic was printed by The Assurance Agents Press, 132-4 Great Ancoats St, which was one street over from Cardal's Ducie Street offices.<ref>{{cite web|last=Medway|first=Jim|title=Streamline No. 4, Cardal Publishing|url=http://pawqualitycomics.blogspot.co.uk/2009/02/streamline-no4-cardal-publishing.html|work=Paw Quality Comics|date=24 February 2009 |access-date=2 April 2013}}</ref>
+The indicia to ''Streamline Comics'' notes that the comic was printed by The Assurance Agents Press, 132-4 Great Ancoats St, which was one street over from Cardal's Ducie Street offices.
 ==Popular fiction magazines==
 * ''Western Magazine'' (c. 1947)
-* ''Girls' Journal'' (Aug 1947) <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.philsp.com/links2.asp?magid=GIRLSJOURNAL |title=Girls' Journal |website=Galactic Central |access-date=22 November 2019}}</ref>
+* ''Girls' Journal'' (Aug 1947)
-* ''Gay-etty'' (c.1949)  <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.philsp.com/links2.asp?magid=GAYETTY |title=Gay-etty |website=Galactic Central |access-date=22 November 2019}}</ref> – [[erotic fiction]]
+* ''Gay-etty'' (c.1949)  – [[erotic fiction]]
-* ''Winter Frolics'' (1 issue?) (c. 1949) <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.philsp.com/links2.asp?magid=WINTERFROLICS |title=Winter Frolics |website=Galactic Central |access-date=22 November 2019}}</ref> – erotic fiction
+* ''Winter Frolics'' (1 issue?) (c. 1949)  – erotic fiction
 ==Other magazines==
-* ''Girl's Review'' (1947) (1 issue) <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.philsp.com/links2.asp?magid=GIRLSREVIEW |title=Girls' Review |website=Galactic Central |access-date=22 November 2019}}</ref>
+* ''Girl's Review'' (1947) (1 issue)
 ==Novels==
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 ==Comics==
 * ''[[Streamline (comics)|Streamline Comics]]'' #1–4 (1947)
-* ''New Worlds Comic'' (1947, reprint) <ref>{{cite web|title=Paw Quality Comics|url=http://pawqualitycomics.blogspot.co.uk/2009_02_01_archive.html|access-date=11 October 2012}}</ref>
+* ''New Worlds Comic'' (1947, reprint)
-==References==
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 [[Category:Comic book publishing companies of the United Kingdom]]
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