Indicia/Colophon Publisher

• Optional

• Indicia publisher is the publisher of the comic as listed in the indicia of the comic (the small print which is usually on the first page). If the comic has no indicia, it doesn't have an indicia publisher.

• The Indicia publisher has to be added separately so it will be available in the drop-down. See Adding an Indicia Publisher for more details.

• The Indicia publisher is at the issue level because it can change from one issue of a series to another. It is not the copyright info.

• It should include all the words, including the words "Publications", "Comics", "Company", and even "Inc." and "S.A."

• Publishers listed in the indicia as a division of another company should be documented in this field using only the shortened version.

• Examples:

* Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc.
* DC Comics, Inc
* DC Comics
* National Comics Publications, Inc.
* Pantheon Books (when the indicia reads "Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc.")

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Note: Indicia publisher was added to the database at the end of 2009, so any issues that had been added before that will need to have this added at some point.

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