Polystyle Publications
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| founded = 12 May 1960
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| headquarters = Paddington Green
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| distribution = International
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| publications = Children's comics and books
| topics = Comics based on television shows
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Polystyle Publications Ltd was a British publisher of children's comics and books that operated from 1960 to 1997, publishing such titles as TV Comic, I-Spy, Pippin, Countdown/TV Action, and BEEB.
The company's registered offices were at Polly Perkins House, Paddington Green, 382/386 Edgware Road, London W2. Its publications were distributed in the United Kingdom by The Argus Press Ltd of 12/18 Paul Street, London EC2. Overseas, Polystyle's publications were distributed by its sole agents: for Australia and New Zealand, Messrs Gordon & Gotch (Asia) Ltd; for South Africa, the Central News Agency Ltd.
History
The company was incorporated as TV Publications on 12 May 1960,[http://ukdata.com/company/00658984/POLYSTYLE-PUBLICATIONS-LIMITED Company details for Polystyle Publications], UKData.com. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120310112051/http://ukdata.com/company/00658984/POLYSTYLE-PUBLICATIONS-LIMITED Archived at the Wayback Machine]. ostensibly to publish TV Comic, which it had acquired from Beaverbrook Newspapers.
The company changed its name to Polystyle Publications Ltd in March 1968.Scoones, Paul, The Comic Strip Companion: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Doctor Who in Comics: 1964-1979, Prestatyn: Telos, 2012, pp. 11, 20Ainsworth, John, "Behind the Frame" [I: Polystyle strips (1960s)] in Doctor Who Classic Comics [Issue 1], 9 December 1992, pp. 20–21 It dissolved in 1997 due to insolvency.[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/54717/pages/3843/page.pdf The London Gazette], 27 March 1997.
Titles
Among the titles that it published were:
- BEEB (1985)
- Buttons for Play School Children (1981–90)
- Countdown/TV Action (1971–73)
- I-Spy ({{circa}} 1967–{{circa}} 1982)
- Pippin (1966–1986)
- Playland (1968–1975)
- Read To Me (1977)
- Target (1978)
- TV Comic (1960–1984; originated in 1951, previously published by News of the World then Beaverbrook)
- TV Comic Annual (1960–1985)
- TV Comic Holiday Special (23 issues, 1962–1985)
References
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Category:Children's book publishers
Category:Comic book publishing companies of the United Kingdom
Category:Companies disestablished in 1997
Category:Publishing companies based in London
Category:Publishing companies established in 1960
Category:1960 establishments in the United Kingdom
Category:1997 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
Category:Defunct companies of the United Kingdom
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