Predecessor: | TV Publications |
Status: | Dissolved (1997) |
Founded: | 12 May 1960 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Headquarters: | Paddington Green London, |
Distribution: | International |
Publications: | Children's comics and books |
Topics: | Comics based on television shows |
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.
The company was incorporated as TV Publications on 12 May 1960,[1] ostensibly to publish TV Comic, which it had acquired from Beaverbrook Newspapers.
The company changed its name to Polystyle Publications Ltd in March 1968.[2] [3] It dissolved in 1997 due to insolvency.[4]
Among the titles that it published were: