BSV publishing house

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Bildschriftverlag
legal form GmbH
founding 1956 / 2013
resolution 1974
Seat Hamburg (1956),
Aachen (1957),
Alsdorf (1972),
Hanover (2013)

The picture magazine publisher (BSV) is a comic book publisher in Germany .

history

Foundation and first successes

The Bildschriftenverlag was founded in Hamburg in 1956 as the Verlag Internationale Klassiker . In 1957 the name was changed to Bildschriftenverlag (BSV), and the headquarters of the publishing house were relocated to Aachen . With the takeover of the comic series Illustrierte Klassiker , the first success was quickly achieved.

1960s

Until the end of the 1960s, the BSV published series under license from the US American Dell Verlag , as well as its successor Gold Key . From 1966 onwards, comics by Marvel Comics appeared in Germany for the first time in the HIT COMICS series . In 1969 series of the Marvel competitor and then American market leader National Periodical (later: DC Comics ) were published in the TOP COMICS series.

The BSV was bought by National Periodical in 1966 , which in turn was bought by Kinney National Services ( Warner Bros. , later Time Warner ). The aim was to license their US series in Europe through further acquisitions from European publishers and to publish them in parallel.

Williams

In 1971, Warner Brothers decided to distribute publications uniformly in Europe under the Williams label . The publishing house Williams & Co. Potsdam had held the exploitation rights for the children's book series Pooh the Bear since the 1920s and also published translations of English-language entertainment literature during the 1930s and 1940s. In 1972 the BSV moved to Alsdorf near Aachen. For the first time, the note "BILDSCHRIFTENVERLAG (BSV) / ​​ABTEILUNG WILLIAMS" appeared in the imprint of the series. 1973 Klaus Recht became managing director at BSV Verlag. In October 1973 the publisher WILLIAMS, now independent from BSV, was founded with its headquarters on Elbchaussee in Hamburg . In 1974 the BSV was finally dissolved.

Start-up

In January 2013 the Bildschriftenverlag Hannover was founded . The publisher is re-issuing the Illustrierte Klassiker series , but also other series such as Phantom Lady .

Series

Gilberton Publications

  • Bilder Märchen (# 1 - 114), becomes: Bilder Märchen - Pelefant (# 115 - 164), becomes: Pelefant (# 165 - 178)
  • Illustrated classics

Dell / Gold Key

Hit Comics (Marvel)

Top Comics (DC)

Super Comics (DC)

Further

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