Dell Magazines
Parent company | Crosstown Publications |
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Founded | 1921 |
Founder | George T. Delacorte Jr. |
Country of origin | United States |
Publication types | Magazines |
Nonfiction topics | Crosswords, puzzles, astrology |
Fiction genres | Mystery, science fiction |
Official website | www |
Dell Magazines was a company founded by George T. Delacorte Jr. in 1921 as part of his Dell Publishing Co. Dell is today known for its many puzzle magazines, astrology magazines, as well as fiction magazines such as Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Asimov's Science Fiction, and Analog Science Fiction and Fact. It was sold in March 1996 by Dell's successor company to Crosstown Publications, with headquarters in Norwalk, Connecticut, under the same ownership as Penny Publications, LLC, which publishes PennyPress puzzle magazines. The name "Dell Magazines" is still used on some of its magazines.
The first puzzle magazine Dell published was , in 1931, and since then it has printed magazines containing word searches, math and logic puzzles, and other diversions.
Former Dell magazines[]
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- Magazine publishing companies of the United States
- Publishing companies established in 1921
- United States publishing company stubs