Hillman Periodicals

Hillman Periodicals
Founded1938
FounderAlex L. Hillman
Defunct1953 (comics), 1961 (magazines and paperbacks)
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters location535 Fifth Avenue, New York City
Publication typesComic books, magazines, paperback books
Fiction genresSuperhero, crime, Western

Hillman Periodicals, Inc., was an American magazine and comic book publishing company founded in 1938 by Alex L. Hillman, a former New York City book publisher. It is best known for its true confession and true crime magazines; for the long-running general-interest magazine Pageant; and for comic books including Air Fighters Comics and its successor Airboy Comics, which launched the popular characters Airboy and The Heap.