Panini UK
| Industry | Comics |
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| Headquarters | Modena, Italy |
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Area served
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Argentina, Brazil, Chile, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom |
| Parent | Panini Group |
| Divisions |
Marvel UK Planeta Manga |
| Website | www |
Panini Comics is an Italian comic book publisher. A division of Panini Group, best known for their collectible stickers, it is headquartered in Modena, Italy. The company publishes comic books in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom, as well as manga in several non-English-speaking countries through the Planet Manga publishing division.
In the United Kingdom, Panini Comics prints its Collectors' Edition (CE) line, which consists of reprints of Marvel US Comics. These are usually 76 pages long (with the occasional 100 page special), and the current cost of the comics is £3.99. A subscription offer is also available, and each comic is published every 28 days, with the exception of Astonishing Spider-Man which has been published fortnightly since volume 2.
Panini Comics started as en evolution of Marvel Italia, an Italian division of Marvel Comics created in 1994 to publish in Italy all the Marvel titles, whose rights had been previously held by different publishers (Star Comics, Comic Art, Play Press and Max Bunker Press). In December 1994, Marvel Italia was absorbed by Edizioni Panini of Modena, after the latter had been acquired by Marvel Comics. In the years, Panini Comics in Italy has evolved a series of sub-divisions:
Subsequently, Marvel Comics sold Panini to a group of investors including Indesit Company. Currently, Panini Comics publishes also in Brasil, France, Germany, UK (see next section), Spain, Portugal and Hungary. In Germany and Brasil, it publishes also translation of DC Comics series.
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