Panini Comics

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Panini Comics is an Italian comic book publisher (a division of Panini Group, which also makes collectible stickers — see Panini (stickers)) that publishes comic books in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom. Panini also publishes manga in several non-English-speaking countries through the Planet Manga publishing division.

It obtained the Marvel UK license in 1995, enabling it to reprint reprinted American Marvel comics, but has also been and continues to be the company responsible for printing the Doctor Who Magazine.

In the UK, Panini Comics prints its Collectors' Edition line, which consists of reprints of Marvel US Comics. These are usually 76 pages long, and the current cost of the comics is £2.50. 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. Their current Comics are:

Also printed is Ultimate Spider-Man and X-Men and, in a larger format to its US counterpart and for younger readers there is Spectacular Spider-Man Adventures and Spider-Man and Friends. Former titles printed by Panini include Marvel Rampage, Batman Legends (now printed by Titan Magazines), Marvel Heroes Reborn and Ultimate Fantastic Four.

Panini also release their own range of Graphic Novels. These are all reprinted material from the American originals, and can be bought from their online shop. They have also been printing a seemingly highly successful series of A.T.O.M comics, though this appears to have been recently cancelled.

The CE's have now been printing the "events" that Marvel have put out yearly. House of M was recently printed in Essential X-Men 160-163 and Civil War teasers have been revealed. Civil War will either be printed in Mighty World of Marvel or Avengers United with the latter being the expected.

The UK site also has a popular forum, primarily for discussion of Panini Comics' publications and comics in general as well as promotion of British Comic Conventions. It has around 400 members and 83817 posts as of February 2008 and members have recently been previewing the Collector's Editions on Youtube.

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