Publisher Insignia and Indicia Data
BIP Comics: Publisher Insignia and Indicia Data
A "Group" name was often used to identify a collection of publishing companies that were tied together, either by ownership or by the management company responsible for advertising. The Publisher-of-record lists here are for easy reference. Click on a Group title to access individual Group pages.
Dates in [] are from Statements of Ownership.
Dates in () are from indicias and/or covers.
- • Able
- Able Manufacturing Co.;
- • Ace Fiction Group
- A. A. Wyn, Inc.;
Ace Books, Inc.;
Ace Magazines, Inc.;
Ace Periodicals, Inc.;
Current Books, Inc.;
Humor Publications, Inc.;
Junior Books, Inc.;
Periodical House, Inc.;
Unity Publishing Corp.;
- • Albrecht
- Albrecht Publishing Company, Inc.;
- • All-Negro Comics
- All-Negro Comics, Inc.;
- • Anglo-American Comics/Double 'A' Comics
- Anglo-American Publishing Company Limited;
- • American Comics Group
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B. & I. Publishing Co., Inc.;
B. & M. Distributing Co., Inc.;
Best Syndicated Features, Inc.;
Creston Publications Corporation;
Michel Publications, Inc.;
Preferred Publications, Inc.;
Regis Publications, Inc.;
Rotary Litho Co., Ltd. (surrogate?);
Scope Magazines, Inc.;
Titan Publishing Co., Inc.;
- • Archie Comic Group/Double Action Comic Group
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Archie Comic Publications;
Archie Comic Publications, Inc.;
Archie Enterprises, Inc.;
Archie Music Corp.;
Close-Up, Inc.;
M. L. J. Magazines, Inc.;
Radio Comics, Inc.;
- • Argo
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Argo Publishing Company, Inc.;
- • Atlas/Seaboard
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Atlas Comics;
Seaboard Periodicals, Inc.;
- • Avalon Communications
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Avalon Communications;
- • Aviation Press
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Aviation Press, Inc.;
- • Avon Comics Group
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Avon Comics, Inc.;
Avon Periodicals, Inc.;
Hearst Corporation, Avon Book Division;
Realistic Comics, Inc.;
- • Baily
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Baily Publishing Co.;
- • Bilbara
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Bilbara Publishing Co., Inc.;
Worth Publishing Co., Inc.;
- • Burten
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Burten Magazine Distributing Co.;
- • Burtis
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Jay Burtis;
- • Cambridge House
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Cambridge House;
- • Carlton
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Carlton Publishing Corp.;
- • Catechetical Guild
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Catechetical Guild Educational Society;
- • Centaur Comic Group
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Centaur Publications, Inc.;
Comic Corporation of America;
Harle Publications, Inc.;
H-K Publications, Inc.;
- • Charlton Comics Group
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Capitol Stories, Inc.;
Charles Publishing Co.;
Charlton Comics;
Charlton Comics, Inc.;
Charlton Comics Group;
Charlton Press, Inc.;
Charlton Publications, Inc.;
Charlton Royal Comics, Inc.;
Childrens Comics Publishers, Inc.;
Children's Comics Publishers, Inc.;
Frank Comunale Publishing Company;
Frank Publishing Company;
Law and Order Magazines, Inc.;
Special Action Comics, Inc.;
Toby Press of Conn., Inc.;
- • Cima
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Cima Publishing Co.;
- • Columbia Comics
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Columbia Comic Corporation;
Publication Enterprises;
- • Comic Magazines
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Comic Magazines Distributors, Inc.;
- • Comic Media
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Allen Hardy Associates, Inc.;
Artful Publications, Inc.;
Harwell Publications, Inc.;
Mystery Publishing Company, Inc.;
- • Comics Magazine Company
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Comics Magazine Company, Inc.;
- • Consolidated Book Publishers
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Consolidated Book Publishers;
- • Consolidated Magazines
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Consolidated Magazines, Inc.;
- • Continental Magazines
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Brookwood Publishing Company, Inc.;
Continental Magazines, Inc.;
Et-Es-Go Magazines, Inc.;
Helnit Publishing Co., Inc.;
Nita Publishing Co, Inc.;
Tem Publishing Co., Inc.;
- • Cross
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Cross Publications, Inc.;
Victoria Publications, Inc.;
- • Crossen
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Fact and Fiction Publications;
Ken Crossen;
Spark Publications;
- • Croydon
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Croydon Publishing Company;
- • Dandy Magazines
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Dandy Magazines, Inc.;
- • Danner
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Fred W. Danner;
- • Dark Horse Comics
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Dark Horse Comics, Inc.;
- • Dearfield
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Dearfield Publishing Company, Inc.;
J. Charles Laue Publishing Company;
- • Dell Comics Group/Dell Super Comics Group
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Dell Publishing Co., Inc.;
- • Devil's Due Publishing
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Devil's Due Publishing;
- • Don Fortune Publishing Company
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Don Fortune Publishing Company;
- • Dougherty
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George W. Dougherty;
- • D.S. Publishing
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D.S. Publishing Company, Inc.;
- • Elliot
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Elliot Publishing Co., Inc.;
- • Entertaining Comics Group
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E.C. Publications, Inc.;
Educational Comics, Inc.;
Entertaining Creations, Inc.;
Fables Publishing Co., Inc.;
I. C. Publishing Co., Inc.;
L. L. Publishing Co., Inc.;
School Comics, Inc.;
Tiny Tot Comics, Inc.;
- • Fago Magazines
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Fago Magazines, Inc.;
- • Famous Funnies Group/Heroic Comics Group
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Eastern Color Printing Co.;
Famous Funnies, Inc.;
- • Farrell Comics Group
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Ajax Publications, Inc.;
Excellent Publications, Inc.;
Farrell Comics, Inc.;
Four Star Comic Corp.;
Four-Star Publications, Inc.;
Steinway Comic Pub., Inc.;
Steinway Pub., Inc.;
Superior Comics, Inc.;
World Famous Comics, Inc.;
- • Fawcett Comics Group
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Fawcett Publications, Inc.;
- • Fiction House Magazines
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Fiction House, Inc.;
Fight Stories, Inc.;
Flying Stories, Inc.;
Glen-Kel Pub. Co.;
Love Romances Pub. Co., Inc.;
Real Adventures Pub. Co., Inc.;
Wings Publishing Co., Inc.;
- • Fox Comics Group
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Bruns Publications, Inc.;
Chicago Nite Life News, Inc. (surrogate);
Fox Feature Syndicate, Inc.;
Fox Features Syndicate, Inc.;
Fox Publications, Inc.;
Hero Books, Inc.;
Larkin, Roosevelt & Larkin (surrogate);
R. W. Voigt (surrogate);
Wm. H. Wise & Co., Inc. (surrogate);
- • Fuller
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Fuller Publishing Company, Inc.;
- • Gerona
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Gerona Publishing Co.;
- • Gilberton
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Gilberton Company, Inc.;
- • Gleason Publications/Magazine House Group/Comic House Group
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Boy Comics Publishers, Inc.;
Comic House, Inc.;
Junior Readers' Guild, Inc.;
Daredevil Publishers, Inc.;
Lev Gleason Publications, Inc.;
Lev Gleason Enterprises Corp.;
Magazine House;
Magazine House, Inc.;
New Friday Publications, Inc.;
Newsbook Publishing Corporation;
Your Guide Publications, Inc.;
- • Good Comics
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Good Comics, Inc.;
- • Great American Comics
- Peter George Four Star Publication;
- • Great Comics
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Great Comics Publications, Inc.;
- • Green (Universal Phoenix/Norlen)
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Green Publishing Co.;
Norlen Magazines Inc.;
Universal Phoenix Features Syndicate;
- • Greenwald
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Champ Publishing Co.;
- • Harvey Comics Group
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Alfred Harvey;
Family Comics, Inc.;
Fighting Forces Publications, Inc.;
Harvey Enterprises, Inc.;
Harvey Features Syndicate;
Harvey Picture Magazine, Inc.;
Harvey Picture Magazines, Inc.;
Harvey Publications;
Harvey Publications, Inc.;
Home Comics, Inc.;
Western Tales, Inc.;
Witches Tales, Inc.;
- • Heroes All Company
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Heroes All Company;
- • Hillman Publications
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Hillman Periodicals, Inc.;
Hillman-Curi, Inc.;
- • Holyoke
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Holyoke Publishing Co., Inc.;
- • Howard
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F. E. Howard Publications Ltd.;
- • Image
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Image Comics, Inc.;
- • Interfaith
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Interfaith Committee of Protestant Digest, Inc.;
- • IW/Super
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I.W. Enterprises, Inc.;
Super Comics, Inc.;
- • Lafayette
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299 Lafayette Street Corp.;
News in Color and Action, Inc.;
- • Leader Enterprises
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Leader Enterprises, Inc.;
- • Leffingwell
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Palace Promotions Inc.;
R. B. Leffingwell and Co.;
R. B. Leffingwell Co.;
- • Magazine Enterprises
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Life's Romances Publishing Company;
Magazine Enterprises;
Magazine Enterprises, Inc.;
Magazine Enterprises of Canada, Ltd.;
Magazine Enterprizes;
Parkway Publishing Company;
Sussex Publishing Company, Inc.;
- • Mahon
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John F. Mahon;
- • Mainline Publications
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Mainline Publications, Inc.;
- • Marvel Comics Group
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20th Century Comic Corp.;
Animirth Comics, Inc.;
Atlas Magazines, Inc.;
Broadcast Features Publications, Inc.;
Canam Publishers Sales Corp.;
Chipiden Publishing Corporation;
Classic Detective Stories, Inc.;
Comedy Publications, Inc.;
Comic Combine Corp.;
Complete Photo Story Corp.;
Cornell Publishing Corp.;
Current Detective Stories, Inc.;
Daring Comics, Inc.;
Fantasy Comics, Incorporated;
Interstate Publishing Corp.;
London Publishing Corporation;
Male Publishing Corp.;
Manvis Publications, Inc.;
Margood Publishing Corporation;
Marjean Magazine Corp.;
Marvel Comics;
Marvel Comics, Inc.;
Marvel Comics Group;
Medalion Publishing Corp.;
Non-Pareil Publishing Corp.;
Official Comics, Inc.;
Prime Publications, Inc.;
Select Publications, Inc.;
Snap Publishing Co., Inc.;
Timely Comics, Inc.;
Timely Publications;
U.S.A. Comic Corp.;
U.S.A. Comic Magazine Corp.;
Vista Publications Inc.;
Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc.;
Young Allies, Inc.;
Zenith Publishing Corp.
- • McCombs
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Golfing, Inc.;
Home Guide Publications;
McCombs Publications, Inc.;
- • Medal Comics
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Aragon Magazines, Inc.;
Gillmor Magazines, Inc.;
Key Publications;
Key Publications, Inc.;
Media Publications, Inc.;
S. P. M Publications, Inc.;
Stanmor Publications, Inc.;
- • Merit
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Merit Publications, Inc.;
- • MF Enterprises
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M.F. Enterprises, Inc.;
- • National Comics Group/Detective Comics Group
- All-American Comics, Inc.;
DC Comics, Inc.;
J. R. Publishing Co.;
Jolaine Publications, Inc.;
National Periodical Publications, Inc.;
Signal Publishing Company;
- • Parents' Magazine
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"21" Publishing Corp.;
Calling All Boys, Inc.;
Calling All Girls, Inc.;
Commended Comics, Inc.;
The Good Comics Division of Parents' Institute;
Parents' Institute, Inc.;
Parents' Magazine Press, Inc.;
Parents' Magazine Press, a division of The Parents' Institute, Inc.;
Polly Pigtails, Inc.;
Quality Comics, Inc.;
Real Heroes, Inc.;
Sweet Sixteen, Inc.;
True Comics, Inc.;
- • Pflaum
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Geo. A. Pflaum, Publisher, Inc.;
- • Preferred Comics Group
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Jubilee Publications, Inc.;
St. John Publishing Company;
St. John Publishing Corporation;
- • Premier Magazines
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Premier Magazines, Inc.;
Swat Malone Enterprises, Inc.;
- • Premium Group of Comics
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Premium Group of Comics, a Division of The Premium Service Co., Inc.;
Novelty Press Division of The Premium Service Co., Inc.;
Novelty Press, Inc.;
- • Prize Comic Group
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American Boys' Comics, Inc.;
Crestwood Publishing Co., Inc.;
Feature Publications, Inc.;
Headline Publications, Inc.;
- • Quality Comics Group
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Arnold Publications;
Arnold Publications, Inc.;
Everett M. Arnold;
E. M. Arnold;
Comic Favorites, Inc.;
Comic Magazines;
Comic Magazines, Inc.;
Vital Publications, Inc. (surrogate);
- • Red Top Comics
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Decker Publications, Inc.;
- • Seaboard Publishers
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Famous Authors Ltd.;
Seaboard Publishers, Inc.;
- • Skywald
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Skywald Publishing Corporation;
- • Slavin
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J. Edward Slavin;
- • Standard Comics Group/Thrilling Comics Group
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Animated Cartoons, Inc.;
Best Books, Inc.;
Better Publications, Inc.;
Better Publications of Canada, Ltd.;
Literary Enterprises, Inc.;
Nedor Publishing Company;
Pines Publications Limited;
Standard Magazines, Inc.;
Visual Editions, Inc.;
William H. Wise Co., Inc. (surrogate);
- • Star Comics
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Star Publications, Inc.;
- • Sterling
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Feature Television Productions;
Nesbit Publishers, Inc.;
Sterling Comics, Inc.;
- • Story Comics
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Master Comics, Inc.;
Mens Publications, Inc.;
Story Comics, Inc.;
- • Street & Smith Comics Group
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Street & Smith Publications, Inc.;
- • Superior Comic
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Superior Publishers Limited;
- • Timor
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Accepted Publications, Inc.;
Timor Publications, Inc.;
- • Toby Press Group
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Minoan Publishing Corp.;
Toby Press, Inc.;
- • Trojan Magazines
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Master Comics, Inc.;
Ribage Publishing Corp.;
Stanhall Publications, Inc.;
Trojan Magazines, Inc.;
- • Ultem Publications
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Chesler Publications, Inc.;
Ultem Publications, Inc.;
- • United Feature Comics Group
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United Feature Syndicate, Inc.;
- • Universal Comic Group
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Almanac Publishing Co.;
Farm Women's Publishing Co.;
Gail Hillson;
Lindsay L. Baird, Inc.;
Publicaciones Recreativas, S.A.;
Rewl Publications Inc.;
Rural Home Publishing Co.;
- • Wanted Comic Group
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Orbit Publications, Inc.;
Patches Publications, Inc.;
Taffy Publications, Inc.;
Toytown Publications, Inc.;
- • Western Publishing Company (Gold Key/Whitman)
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Western Publishing Company, Inc.;
- • World's Greatest Comics
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Dynamic Publications, Inc.;
Flying Cadet Publishing Co., Inc.;
H. Clay Glover Company;
Harry "A" Chesler Features Syndicate, Inc.;
Harry "A" Chesler Jr. Features Syndicate, Inc.;
Magazine Press;
Remington Morse (surrogate);
- • Youthful Magazines
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Bimfort, Inc.;
Pix Parade, Inc.;
Stamp Comics, Inc.;
Western Comics, Inc.;
Youthful Magazines, Inc.;
- • Ziff-Davis Comic Group
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Approved Comics, Inc.;
Ziff-Davis Publishing Company;
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