It was founded in 1959 when the Mirror Group acquired the Amalgamated Press, then based at Fleetway House, Farringdon Street, London. It was one of the companies that merged into the IPC group in 1963, and the Fleetway banner continued to be used until 1968 when all IPC's publications were reorganised into the unitary IPC Magazines.[1]
In 1987 IPC's comics line was sold to Robert Maxwell as Fleetway Publications. Egmont UK bought Fleetway from Maxwell in 1991, merging it with their own comics publishing operation, London Editions, to form Fleetway Editions, but the name "Fleetway" ceased to appear on their comics some time after 2002.[1]
In August 2016, Rebellion Developments acquired the Fleetway library from Egmont,[2][3] making it the owner of all comics characters and titles created by IPC's subsidiaries after January 1, 1970, together with 26 specified characters which appeared in Buster and Roy of the Rovers. IPC retained its other comics characters and titles, including Sexton Blake, The Steel Claw, and Battler Britton,[4] until 2018 when it sold them to Rebellion too.[5] The exception was Dan Dare, which was sold separately and is now owned by the Dan Dare Corporation.
^ abAP/Fleetway: A Potted History, Kerschner & Taylor, retrieved 8 January 2012
^Bunge, Nicole. "REBELLION ACQUIRES FLEETWAY AND IPC YOUTH GROUP ARCHIVES". ICv2. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
^Johnston, Rich (25 August 2016). "Rebellion Buys Fleetway Archive – Roy Of The Rovers, Oink, Tammy, Battle, Whizzer And Chips And More". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
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January 01, 1970
fleetway, publications, magazine, publishing, company, based, london, founded1959defunct2002successoregmontcountry, originunited, kingdomheadquarters, locationlondonpublication, typescomic, books, contents, history, notable, titles, published, references, exte. Fleetway Publications was a magazine publishing company based in London Fleetway PublicationsFounded1959Defunct2002SuccessorEgmontCountry of originUnited KingdomHeadquarters locationLondonPublication typesComic books Contents 1 History 2 Notable titles published 3 References 4 External linksHistory editIt was founded in 1959 when the Mirror Group acquired the Amalgamated Press then based at Fleetway House Farringdon Street London It was one of the companies that merged into the IPC group in 1963 and the Fleetway banner continued to be used until 1968 when all IPC s publications were reorganised into the unitary IPC Magazines 1 In 1987 IPC s comics line was sold to Robert Maxwell as Fleetway Publications Egmont UK bought Fleetway from Maxwell in 1991 merging it with their own comics publishing operation London Editions to form Fleetway Editions but the name Fleetway ceased to appear on their comics some time after 2002 1 In August 2016 Rebellion Developments acquired the Fleetway library from Egmont 2 3 making it the owner of all comics characters and titles created by IPC s subsidiaries after January 1 1970 together with 26 specified characters which appeared in Buster and Roy of the Rovers IPC retained its other comics characters and titles including Sexton Blake The Steel Claw and Battler Britton 4 until 2018 when it sold them to Rebellion too 5 The exception was Dan Dare which was sold separately and is now owned by the Dan Dare Corporation Notable titles published editMain article List of Fleetway and IPC Comics publicationsReferences edit a b AP Fleetway A Potted History Kerschner amp Taylor retrieved 8 January 2012 Bunge Nicole REBELLION ACQUIRES FLEETWAY AND IPC YOUTH GROUP ARCHIVES ICv2 Retrieved 4 November 2016 Johnston Rich 25 August 2016 Rebellion Buys Fleetway Archive Roy Of The Rovers Oink Tammy Battle Whizzer And Chips And More Bleeding Cool Retrieved 4 November 2016 Birmingham Mail article Archived July 20 2011 at the Wayback Machine McMillan Graeme 28 September 2018 2000 AD Publisher Acquires TI Media Comic Archive The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved 8 January 2019 External links edit nbsp United Kingdom portal nbsp Comics portal Complete List of Harmsworth Fleetway IPC comic titles Archived 14 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fleetway Publications amp oldid 1219077134, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
