Parent company | Elliot Publishing Company (1940–1945) Excellent Publications (1951–c. 1954) Dearfield Publishing (1955–1958) |
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Founded | 1940 |
Founder | Robert W. Farrell |
Defunct | 1958 |
Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | New York City |
Key people | Robert W. Farrell, Jerry Iger |
Publication types | Comic books |
Fiction genres | Horror, romance, Western, adventure, superhero, funny animals |
Imprints | Ajax America's Best Decker Publications Four Star Publications Red Top Comics |
Farrell Publications is the name of a series of American comic book publishing companies founded and operated by Robert W. Farrell in the 1940s and 1950s, including Elliot Publishing Company, Farrell Comic Group, and Excellent Publications. Farrell is particularly known for its pre-Comics Code horror comics, mostly produced by the S. M. Iger Studio.[1] Farrell also published romance, Western, adventure, superhero, and talking animal comics. Farrell acted as editor throughout. In addition to packaging art for Farrell from the beginning, Jerry Iger was the company's art director from 1955–1957.