Orbit Publications

{{Short description|Defunct American comic book publishing company}}

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{{Infobox publisher

| image =Westerner 39.jpg

| status = Defunct (1955)

| founded = 1945

| founder = Ray Herman

| owner = Ray Herman and Marjorie May

| country = United States

| headquarters = 1819 Broadway, New York City

| distribution =

| imprints = Our Publishing Co.
Patches Publications, Inc.
Taffy Publications, Inc.
Toytown Publications, Inc.
Wanted Comic Group

| genre = romance, crime, Western, humor

| keypeople =

| publications = Comic books

}}

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.[http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=HERMAN,+RAE "Rae Herman,"] Who's Who of American Comic Book Artists, 1928–1999. Accessed Sept. 23, 2017. The company was co-owned by Herman and Marjorie May (niece of World Color Press owner Roswell Messing, Sr.).Saunders, David. [https://www.pulpartists.com/Herman.html "RAY R. HERMANN,"] Field Guide to Wild American Pulp Artists. Accessed Sept. 23, 2017.

Orbit operated from 1945 to 1955; the company's longest-running titles were Wanted Comics (crime),[http://www.bipcomics.com/showcase/logos/viewImage.cfm?image=http://www.bipcomics.com/showcase/logos/indicia/wanted/Wanted_Comics_1948.050_013s.jpg BIP Comics: Publisher Insignia and Indicia Data - "Wanted Comics" #50] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724151338/http://www.bipcomics.com/showcase/logos/viewImage.cfm?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bipcomics.com%2Fshowcase%2Flogos%2Findicia%2Fwanted%2FWanted_Comics_1948.050_013s.jpg |date=2011-07-24 }} 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.