The STreet Enterprises Benefit Portfolio is a fanzine published by Street Enterprises in the USA in 1975. Limited to just 2000 worldwide, the fanzine contains 83 images completed by 60 artists, including Berni Wrightson, Wallace Wood, Neal Adams, Kinstler, Richard Corben, Sal Buscema, John Romita, Carl Barks, Alex Toth, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Syd Shores, Joe Sinnott, Jim Steranko, Morris Weiss, Gray Morrow, Dick Giordano, Gil Kane, Michael Kaluta, Dave Cockrum, Jim Aparo and many more.
Street Enterprises was established by Jerry Sinkovec and Mike Tiefenbachera in 1971. The publishing house mainly published reprints of newspaper comic strips. The company was based in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, USA, with the companies publisher being Jerry Sinkovec and Mike Tiefenbacher being the editor, with no other staff employed. Operations was run from a storage trailer with publications either sold directly to the consumer or via newsstands.
Street Enterprises ceased operations in 1984.
The STreet Enterprises Benefit Portfolio comes stapled in tabloied style, containing 48 black and white pages measuring 11″ x 17″. The front and back covers can be seen below.
Amongst the large array of images, we find an image of the Phantom illustrated by Dick Giordano on page 32.
A closer look of the image can be seen below, with the Phantom featured alongside Batman, The Green Hornet, Mandrake the Magician and Modesty Blaise, with artist Dick Giordano’s signature appearing in the bottom right of the collage.
Each of The STreet Enterprises Benefit Portfolio fanzine is hand-numbered on the inside front cover, in the bottom left hand side corner, with an edition number appearing from 1 thru to 2000.
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