List of Golden Age comics publishers

List

• American Comics Group
• Crestwood Publications
• Gilberton
• Dell Comics
• Fawcett Comics
• Charlton Comics
• Harvey Comics
• National Allied Publications, Inc.
• MLJ Comics
• Timely Comics

Alphabetical list of American Golden Age publishers

• Ace Comics
• Ajax/Farrell — part of Farrell Publications. Imprint: Four Star Publications
• All-American Publications — taken over by National Comics Publications
• American Comics Group
• Archie Comics
• Atlas Comics — previously Timely Comics, became Marvel Comics
• Aviation Press
• Avon — also known as Avon Periodicals; continued on publishing novels after the 1950s
• Cambridge House Publishers
• Centaur Publications — acquired the assets of Ultem Publications
• Charlton Comics
• Columbia Comics
• Comic Media
• Comics Magazine Company — assets acquired by Ultem Publications
• Crestwood Publications — later known as Prize Comics
• David McKay Publications
• DC Comics — founded as National Allied Publications, Inc.
• Decker
• Dell Comics
• D.S. Publishing
• Eastern Color Printing — continued on as a printer from 1955 until 2002
• EC Comics — continued to publish Mad magazine
• Farrell Publications — numerous imprints
• Fawcett Comics — canceled its original comics line in 1953 after National Comics Publications v. Fawcett Publications lawsuit
• Fiction House
• Fox Feature Syndicate
• Frank Z. Temerson — imprints include Ultem Publications, Tem Publishing, Nita Publishing, Helnit Publishing ; Et-Es-Go Magazines, Continental Magazines and possibly Continental Publications ; acquired assets of Chesler Publications and the Comics Magazine Company in 1937; Temerson assets acquired by Centaur Publications in 1938; Temerson assets temporarily acquired by Holyoke Publishing in 1942–1943
• Gilberton
• Great Comics Publications
• Green Publishing
• Harry "A" Chesler Comics — also known as Harry A. Chesler Feature Syndicate. Imprints: Dynamic Publications, Home Guide Publications, Magazine Press
• Harvey Comics
• Hillman Periodicals — continued on publishing magazines from 1953 until 1961
• Holyoke Publishing — acquired assets of Helnit and Fox; lost Helnit assets to successor Et-Es-Go Magazines
• Humor Publications/Current Books — Ace Magazines imprint.
• Key Publications imprints: Aragon Magazines, Gillmor Magazines, Medal Comics, Media Publications, S. P. M. Publications, Stanmor Publications, and Timor Publications)
• Lev Gleason Publications — also known as Comic House Publications
• Magazine Enterprises
• Mainline Publications
• Marvel Comics — known as Timely Comics 1939 – c. 1950 and Atlas Comics c. 1950 – c. 1957, with periods of no particular brand identity
• Master Comics
• Pix-Parade
• Mikeross Publications
• Narrative Publishers
• Nedor Comics — also known as Standard Comics, Better Comics, and Thrilling Comics
• Nesbit
• Novack Publishing Company
• Novelty Press — also known as Premium Service Co., Novelty Publications, and Premier Group
• P.L. Publishing - Printed in Canada, but compiled and sold in the USA.
• Orbit Publications — also known as Orbit Comics and Orbit-Wanted
• Quality Comics
• Reston Publications
• Rural Home Publications — group of loosely tied fly-by-night publishers using prepackaged material, many using black market supplies of paper at the end of World War II; mutual tie-ins unclear. Enwil listed as copyright publisher. Some titles continued by Orbit Publications and others by Charlton Comics.
• Spark Publications
• St. John Publications — continued on publishing magazines from 1958 until 1967
• Star Publications — acquired assets of Novelty Press. Founded by noted cover artist L.B. Cole
• Street & Smith Comics
• Timely Comics — evolved into Atlas Comics and subsequently Marvel Comics
• Toby Press — also known as Toby Comics
• Trojan Magazines — evolved from 1940s pulp magazine publisher owned by Harry Donenfeld and Mike Estrow. Imprints: Pix-Parade, Ribage, Stanhall
• United Feature — division of United Feature Syndicate; after ending the United Feature comics line in 1954, some United Feature titles were continued by St. John Publications, and later by Dell Comics
• Worth Carnahan Imprints: Worth Publishing, Bilbara Publishing, Hit Publishing
• Youthful — also known as Youthful Magazines
• Ziff-Davis Comics — continued on publishing magazines after 1953

Alphabetical list of non-American Golden Age publishers

• Anglo-American Publishing
• Bell Features
• Cardal Publishing
• DC Thomson — established in 1905, began publishing "funny books" like The Dandy and The Beano in 1937–1938
• Dargaud — publisher of Lucky Luke
• Dupuis — publisher of Spirou
• Frew Publications — publisher of The Phantom
• Hillborough Studios
• Horwitz — reprinted Marvel comics
• L. Miller & Son, Ltd.
• Le Lombard — publisher of The Smurfs
• Maple Leaf Publishing
• O Globo -reprinted American comics, replaced by Rio Gráfica e Editora
• Rio Gráfica e Editora Ran into the silver and bronze age. Created original stories for many american heroes like Black Rider, Mandrake, Rocky Lane and Straight Arrow.
• Superior Publishers Limited — reprinted American comics

Packagers

• Bernard Baily Studio
• Eisner & Iger / S. M. Iger Studio — — Eisner & Iger operated from c. 1936–1939; Iger operated from 1940–1955
• Funnies Inc./Lloyd Jacquet Studios
• Harry "A" Chesler — also operated as a publisher
• Jack Binder Studio
• L. B. Cole studio
• Sangor Studio

Visual timeline of Golden Age comics publishers