alex hillman Archives

Best remembered today as the publisher of Airboy and other comics, Alex Hillman entered into the publishing business in the late 1920s, working for publishers including Heron Press, Inc and a publisher of academic texts.  By the early 1930s he was working for publisher William Godwin, Inc., soon becoming president of that firm He eventually[...]

Clue Comics #10 from Hillman Periodicals contains the debut of a character one wouldn't expect to find in a late Golden Age comic book.

Edgar Hoover and the Comic Book Publisher Following a successful career as a comic book writer and editor, Abner Sundell became an editor for Pageant Magazine, during the 1960s.  Pageant Magazine was launched in 1944 by comic book, magazine, and book publisher Alex Hillman The magazine was composed of what had become a typical mainstream men's[...]