L. Miller & Son
| Status | Defunct (1966) |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1943 |
| Founder | Leonard Miller Arnold Miller |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters location | London |
| Key people | Colin Traver, Mick Anglo, Len Miller, Colin Andrew |
| Publication types | Comic magazines |
| Fiction genres | Superheroes, Westerns, Horror/suspense, Adventure |
L. Miller & Son, Ltd. was a British publisher of magazines, comic books, and pulp fiction intended primarily to take advantage of the British ban on importing printed matter. Between 1943 and 1966, the firm published British editions of many American comic books, primarily those of Fawcett Comics. They are best known for the 1954 creation of Marvelman — a blatant imitation of the Golden Age Captain Marvel — after America's Fawcett Publications capitulated to National Periodicals (DC Comics). (The two companies had fought a long legal battle in which National claimed Captain Marvel infringed on Superman's copyright.) L. Miller & Son also published a large line of Western comics, many reprints but also some original titles.
The company was founded in 1943 by book publisher Arnold Miller and his son Leonard Miller. They started out in 1945 publishing black-and-white reprints of the Fawcett Comics Marvel Family titles, including Captain Marvel Adventures Captain Marvel Jr., The Marvel Family, and Whiz Comics.
Between 1950-1952, British writer/artist Mick Anglo produced Space Commando Comics, featuring "Space Commander Kerry," for L. Miller & Son.
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