15 Facts About Ned Pines

Noah Lewis "Ned" Pines was an American publisher of pulp magazines, comic books, and paperback books, active from at least 1928 to 1971.

Ned Pines was born in Malden, Massachusetts, the son of Joseph and Dora Goldes Ned Pines.

Ned Pines had two brothers, Robert A Pines, who would work with Ned in publishing, and Kermit L Pines, who became a doctor; and a sister, Lillian.

Ned Pines was president and owner of the Manhattan company Ned Pines Publications, which he established in 1928, remaining as president until 1961.

Ned Pines published pulp magazines and other periodicals under a variety of company names, including Thrilling Publications, with pulp magazines that included Thrilling Western, The Lone Eagle, and Thrilling Wonder Stories.

In mid-1936, Ned Pines refuted a claim by the Cartoonists Guild of America that College Humor had not agreed to pay the $15 Guild minimum, payable within 30 days, for drawings by Guild members.

In 1942, Ned Pines founded the paperback book publisher Popular Library, remaining its president through 1966 and serving as chairman through 1968.

Ned Pines retired in 1971 and continued as a consultant.

Ned Pines was, additionally, announced as chairman of the board of Eastern Life Insurance on June 1,1960, after having been a director of the company for 11 years.

Ned Pines was a member of the coordinating committee of the Columbia University Institute of Research from 1945 to 1947; on the advisory board of Commentary magazine; and, from 1970 to 1974, on the board of directors of the Merce Cunningham Dance Federation.

Ned Pines was a leader of the publishers' division of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies and United Jewish Appeal in December 1949 when he was elected to the board of director of the New York Guild for the Jewish Blind, and was made a life trustee of the Federation in 1968.

Ned Pines' brother Robert, who died of a heart attack at age 52 on August 8,1949, was a 1918 Columbia University graduate who practiced law from 1921 to 1935 before becoming editor and publisher of College Humor magazine; in 1941, he became editor and publisher of See magazine.

Ned Pines, who had homes in Paris, France; Manhattan; and East Hampton, New York, died at the American Hospital of Paris after a brief illness.

Ned Pines was later married to Maxine Firestone and had two stepsons, Anthony and Kenneth Michaelman.

In 1941, Pines was an usher at the wedding of Ruth Feinberg, daughter of State Senator Benjamin F Feinberg.