Orbit Publications, also known as Orbit-Wanted, was an American comic book publishing house operated by the female publisher, editor, and cartoonist Ray Herman during the Golden Age of Comic Books.[1] The company was co-owned by Herman and Marjorie May (niece of World Color Press owner Roswell Messing, Sr.).[2]
Orbit operated from 1945 to 1955; the company's longest-running titles were Wanted Comics (crime),[3] The Westerner (a Western title featuring Wild Bill Pecos) and Love Diary (romance); contributing artists included John Buscema, Syd Shores, Bernard Krigstein and Mort Leav.
Orbit was a founding member of the Association of Comics Magazine Publishers (the precursor to the Comics Magazine Association of America), for which Hermann served as secretary and board director.