Company type | Distributor |
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Industry | Comics, magazines |
Founded | 1932 |
Founder | Harry Donenfeld Paul Sampliner |
Defunct | 1970 |
Headquarters | New York City, U.S. |
Key people | Irving Donenfeld, Jack Liebowitz, Irwin Donenfeld |
Parent | National Periodical Publications |
Independent News Co. was a magazine and comic book distribution business owned by National Periodical Publications, the parent company of DC Comics. Independent News distributed all DC publications, as well as those of a few rival publishers, such as Marvel Comics from 1957 to 1969, in addition to pulp and popular magazines. The company was founded in 1932 and operated until 1970.