Private company

Dell Publishing

American publisher

Dell Publishing Company, Inc. is an American publisher of books, magazines and comic books, that was founded in 1921 by George T. Delacorte Jr. with $10,000 (equivalent to $180,504 in 2025), two employees and one magazine title, I Confess, and soon began turning out dozens of pulp magazines, which included penny-a-word detective stories, articles about films, and romance books (or "smoochies" as they were known in the slang of the day). During the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, Dell was one of the largest publishers of magazines, including pulp magazines.² It ceased to exist in 1976.¹ Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1921Founded¹

HeadquartersNew York City¹
Founded inNew York City¹
Websitebantam-dell.atrandom.com

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Corporate structure

Dell Publishing sits at the top of its group. 4 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Dell Publishing New York City
- Dell Comics Subsidiary · New York City
- Dial Press Subsidiary · New York City
- Delacorte Press Subsidiary

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Dell Publishing reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.