Independent News

Independent News Co.
Company typeDistributor
IndustryComics, magazines
Founded1932
FounderHarry Donenfeld
Paul Sampliner
Defunct1970
HeadquartersNew York City, U.S.
Key people
Irving Donenfeld, Jack Liebowitz, Irwin Donenfeld
ParentNational Periodical Publications

Independent News Co. was a magazine and comic book distribution business owned by National Periodical Publications, the parent company of DC Comics. Independent News distributed all DC publications, as well as those of a few rival publishers, such as Marvel Comics from 1957 to 1969, in addition to pulp and popular magazines. The company was founded in 1932 and operated until 1970.