Companies
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Tsuru Shobo
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ST Publications
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Story Comics
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Superior Publishers Limited
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Wakakusa Shobo
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Tokosha
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Ziff-Davis
Ziff - Davis
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Trojan Magazines
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Angel Bunko
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Youthful
Small, eclectic, late-Golden Age publisher
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Charlton
Charlton Comics entered the comic-book business as a way to keep busy the expensive presses they used to publish magazines. As one may imagine, this meant they weren't too critical of the quality of their output. Charlton owned several characters that were later acquired by DC Comics after the company folded.
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Toby
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Cross Publications
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Avon
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Arnoldo Mondadori Editore
Italian publisher, created in 1907 by Arnoldo Mondadori.
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Star Publications
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American Comics Group
American Comics Group (ACG) The little company that almost could
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Brother Shobo
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Archie Comics
Archie Comics are the publishers of the Riverdale Gang's adventures as well as Sonic.
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Sergio Bonelli Editore
Italian leading comic publisher, founded in 1940 by comics author Gian Luigi Bonelli.
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Chikuma Shobo
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Coamix
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EC
Entertaining Comics, more commonly known as EC Comics, was an American publisher of comic books specializing in horror fiction, crime fiction, satire, military fiction and science fiction from the 1940s through the mid-1950s, most notably the Tales from the Crypt series, until censorship pressures prompted it to concentrate on the seminal humor magazine Mad, which became a major popular culture institution. The publishing company was privately owned by Maxwell Gaines and later, during its period of notoriet
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Spotlight Publishers
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Spark Publications
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Magazine Enterprises
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Thirdline
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Cat Wild Inc.
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Gilberton Publications
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Sekai Bunkasha
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Doumei Shuppansha
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Lev Gleason
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Street and Smith
Founded in 1855, Street & Smith was a New York publisher of inexpensive paperbacks and magazines called pulp fiction or dime novels, as well as comic books and sporting yearbooks.
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Prize
Prize Comics or Crestwood Publications was a Golden Age comic publisher from 1940 to 1968. Some of the best known Prize characters were revived by Dynamite Entertainment in 2008.
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Hillman
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Fawcett Publications
Fawcett is best known as being the publisher that created Captain Marvel, who eclipsed Superman in sales during the Golden age. Eventually sued and forced out of business by litigious competitor DC, they ceased publishing in the early 1950s. DC and others have since revived some of Fawcett's bigger stars.
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Ace Magazines
Ace Magazines was a Golden Age comic book publisher
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Marvel
Formerly known by names including "Atlas" and "Timely", Marvel Entertainment is the publisher of comic books featuring iconic characters and teams such as the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, the Avengers, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor, Captain America and Daredevil. Currently owned by the Walt Disney Company, Marvel is one of the "Big Two" comic publishers along with DC Comics.
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Shogakukan-Shueisha Production
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Eastern Color
Eastern Color Printing are given credit for the birth of the comic book. Funnies on Parade and Famous Funnies were the two comics that gave birth to the medium. Eastern Color published comics from 1933 through the mid 1950's. In 1973 it ceased printing comics for other companies.
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Harvey
Harvey is a long standing publishing company that presents such lovable characters as Casper, the Friendly Ghost, Richie Rich, and Lil' Hot Stuff.
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Fox Comics (US)
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Quality Comics
American publisher, started in part by Will Eisner, and famous as the home of Plastic Man, Blackhawks, The Spirit and others.
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David McKay
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