Hillman Periodicals
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Founded | 1938 |
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Founder | Alex L. Hillman |
Defunct | 1953 (comics), 1961 (magazines and paperbacks) |
Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | 535 paperback books |
Fiction genres | Superhero, crime, Western |
Hillman Periodicals, Inc., was an American
Company history
Founding
In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Hillman competed with Bernarr Macfadden and Fawcett Publications by publishing comics, true confessions magazines (Real Story, Real Confessions, Real Romances) and crime magazines (Crime Detective, Real Detective, Crime Confessions).
In 1948 Hillman began publishing paperback books. There were several series of abridged mystery and western novels published in the larger 'digest' size. The long-running Hillman paperbacks first appeared in 1948 and lasted until 1961.
Pageant and Airboy
In 1944, Hillman launched a
Like most comic book publishers during the period fans and historians called the
Later years
Hillman ceased publishing comic books in 1953, while continuing to launch such new magazines as Homeland, and
Hillman periodicals also had a publication named Flight, edited by Norton Wood. (Wood had previously served as managing editor of a highly classified monthly report on air weapons prepared by
Hillman sold Pageant to Macfadden Communications Group in April 1961, and the magazine continued until 1977.
Alex L. Hillman
Publisher Alex L. Hillman was a noted art collector who initially developed an interest in the field when he was a book publisher, commissioning artists to illustrate new editions of
Comic book titles published
Source:[3]
- Air Fighters Comics (1941 series)
- Airboy Comics (1945 series - continues from Air Fighters)
- All Sports Comics (1948 series continues from Real Sports)
- All-Time Sports Comics (1949 series continues from All Sports)
- Clue Comics (1943 series)
- Crime Detective Comics (1948 series)
- Crime Must Stop (1952 series)
- Dead-Eye Western Comics (1948 series)
- Frogman Comics (1952 series) [1]
- Hot Rod and Speedway Comics (1952 series)
- Joe College (1949 series)
- Miracle Comics (1940 series)
- Monster Crime Comics (1952 series)
- Mr. Anthony's Love Clinic (1949 series)
- My Date Comics (1947 series)
- Pirates Comics (1950 series)
- Punch and Judy Comics (1944 series)
- Real Clue Crime Stories (1947 series continues from Clue Comics)
- Real Sports Comics (1948 series)
- Rocket Comics (1940 series)
- Romantic Confessions (1949 series)
- Top Secret (1952 series)
- Victory Comics (1941 series)
- Western Fighters (1948 series)
References
- ^ a b "Blend". Time. November 27, 1944. Archived from the original on March 10, 2007.
- ^ "Battle for the Freeman". Time. January 26, 1953. Archived from the original on May 23, 2011.
- ^ Hillman at the Grand Comics Database.
External links
- "Have Fun! Get Laughs.. Amaze Friends (advertisement)". Airboy vol. 3, #11 (Dec. 1946) via Museum of Comic Book Advertising (website). Archived from the original on February 20, 2006.