TAY YAYINLARI
Tay Yayınları (Tay Publications) was Turkey's leading comics publisher in the 1970s. Owned and run by Sezen Yalçıner, Tay entered the comics field in 1969 with Tom Braks [Alan Mistero]. Its most popular title has arguably been Zagor.
It is widely accepted that a large credit for Tay's success in the comics market should be given to lavishly illustrated covers by Turkish artists, most notably by Aslan [Aslan Şükür] among others.
Until 1979, Tay's comics magazines were published weekly, with back issues being rebound into 'albums'. In 1979, the weekly format was abandoned and the titles existing were continued only in the album format with new adventures scattered among reprints. New titles introduced afterwards were published bi-weekly or monthly. Tay closed its shop in 1995 and was succeeded briefly by Ecem Yayınları which turned out to be a very short-lived venture.
Titles carried out by Tay:
Title [original title, if different] year of debut
Tom Braks [Alan Mistero] 1969
Zagor 1970
Mini Ringo [Tom Berry] 1971
Galaks-Apo [Galax] 1971
Gordo
n [Flash Gordon] 1973
Kızılmaske [Phantom] 1973
Mandrake 1974
Bonanz
a 1975
Mister No
1975
Yüzbaşı Volka
n 1976
Heidi
1977
Miki
[Mickey Mouse] 1979
Jeriko
1979
Juda
s 1981
Alaska
[Ken Parker] 1982
Atlanti
s [Martin Mystere] 1984
Karaoğlan
198?
Temel Rei
s [Popeye] 198?
Jill
19??
Şerif [Buck Jones] 199?
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