Dell Comics facts for kids
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| Parent company | Dell Publishing |
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| Founded | 1929 |
| Founder | George T. Delacorte, Jr. |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | New York City |
| Key people | Helen Meyer |
| Publication types | Comic books |
| Fiction genres | Licensed material |
Dell Comics was the comic book publishing arm of Dell Publishing, which got its start in pulp magazines. It published comics from 1929 to 1974. At its peak, it was the most prominent and successful American company in the medium. In 1953 Dell claimed to be the world's largest comics publisher, selling 26 million copies each month.
Corporate acquisitions
Dell was acquired by Doubleday in 1976. Doubleday was acquired by Bertelsmann in 1986, who formed Bantam Doubleday Dell as its US subsidiary. Bertelsmann acquired Random House in 1998 and renamed its US business after the acquisition. After the merger, Bantam was merged with Dell Publishing. In 2001, Random House purchased Golden Books' book publishing properties effectively reuniting the remnants of Dell and Western Publishing. Bantam Dell became part of the Random House publishing group in 2008. Ballantine Books was merged with Bantam Dell in 2010. In 2013, Random House merged with Penguin to form Penguin Random House.
Fan revivals
After Dell ceased publication, a numober of its obscure characters were brought back in independent comics. In August 2016, InDELLible Comics was formed in tribute to the public domain characters orphaned by Dell. In July 2017, All-New Popular Comics #1 was published, and was #1 in its category on Amazon upon release. Founded and edited by the team of Jim Ludwig, David Noe and Dærick Gröss Sr., the first issue featured some original characters as well as stories and cameos with many Dell characters.
Examples of titles
- 1000 Jokes (116 issues, 1938–1969)
- Animal Comics (30 issues, 1942–1947)
- Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
- Ben Casey (1962–1964)
- Brain Boy (5 issues, 1962–1963)
- Brave Eagle (see TV Series Brave Eagle)
- Burke's Law
- Campus Clowns
- The Cisco Kid (41 issues, 1950–1958)
- Combat (40 issues)
- Crackajack Funnies (43 issues, 1938–1942)
- Deadwood Gulch
- Dr. Kildare (1962–1965)
- Dracula (3 issues, 1966–1967)
- Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan (131 issues, 1948–1962) — later continued by Western, et al.
- Four Color (1,354 issues, 1938–1968)
- Frankenstein (3 issues, 1966–1967)
- The Funnies (36 issues, 1929–1930)
- Gene Autry Comics / Gene Autry and Champion (121 issues, 1946–1959)
- Get Smart
- Ghost Stories (37 issues, #1 only written by John Stanley)
- Idaho (8 issues, 1963-1965)
- Jungle War Stories (11 issues 1962-1966) retitled Guerilla War in 1965 (issues 12–14 March 1966)
- Kona, Monarch of Monster Isle (22 issues, 1962–1964)
- Little Lulu (164 issues, 1948–1962) — later continued by Western, et al.
- The Lone Ranger (145 issues, 1948–1962) — later continued by Gold Key
- The Lone Ranger's Famous Horse Hi-Yo Silver (34 issues, 1952–1960)
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics (153 issues, 1941–1954)
- Mission: Impossible (5 issues)
- Naza Stone Age Warrior (9 issues)
- New Funnies (288 issues, 1942–1962)
- Neutro (1 issue)
- Nukla (4 issues, 1965–1966)
- Popular Comics (145 issues, 1936–1948)
- Possum Holler
- Ponytail (20 issues)
- Red Ryder (151 issues, 1941–1956)
- Rock-Age Roy
- Sancho and the Don
- Sea Hunt
- Super Comics (121 issues, 1938–1949)
- Super Heroes (1967, starred the "Fab 4")
- Tales of the Green Beret (5 issues, 1967-1969)
- Thirteen Going on Eighteen (29 issues, written by John Stanley)
- Toka the Jungle King (10 issues)
- Tom & Jerry Comics (153 issues, 1949–1962)
- Turok, Son of Stone (130 issues, 1956–1982)
- Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (264 issues, 1940–1962) — continued by Western, et al.
- Werewolf (1966–1967)
- Yak Yak (early 1960s satirical comic principally drawn by artist Jack Davis)
See also
In Spanish: Dell Comics para niños
