Juniorpress was a Dutch publisher known for its translations of American comic books. It published Marvel Comics, Image Comics, and DC/Cliffhanger comics under its own name, and the imprint Baldakijn Boeken for the publication of DC Comics superhero comics such as Batman, Superman, and the New Teen Titans. It operated from 1976 to c. 2015.
History
Founded by Rob Spijkstra, Juniorpress started as the Dutch-language branch of the Swedish publishing group Semic Press. Although founded in 1973, the company didn't start publishing comics until 1976, with a selection of war, Western, romance, and horror comics, with titles such as Bajonet, Front, Gruwel, Krimi, Marshall, Oorlog, Romantica, and Western. Many of these were reprints of the Dutch publisher Nooit Gedacht.
In 1978, Juniorpress acquired the Dutch-language license to publish Marvel Comics