Toby
A small outfit in business from 1949 until 1955. Published some original titles like Billy the Kid, The Purple Claw, and Super Brat. Also published some newspaper comics reprints like Barney Google and Lil Abner. The latter is not surprising, since Toby's owner, Elliot Caplin, was Al Capp's brother and creator in his own right of comic strips The Heart of Juliet Jones and Big Ben Bolt.
The Purple Claw has been republished by AC comics from time to time.
The original characters
Black Knight (Toby version)
Buck Rogers (Toby Press, Eastern Color, Dell, Gold Key, Marvel, DC, Dynamite)
Captain Comet (Toby) debuted 2 years after DC's Captain Comet
Flash Gordon (Toby, Eastern Color, Dell, Gold Key, Harvey, Charlton, Marvel, DC, Dynamite)
Purple Claw (Toby, AC)