Sol Cohen (December 16, 1910 – July 28, 1988) was an American publisher who worked mostly in the
science fiction field.
Cohen started his long association with
Avon Publications
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in 1947, working as an editor for their
comics division from 1947–1956.
During this same period, from 1947–1949, Cohen was the circulation director and business manager of
EC Comics.
Also during this period, Cohen became associated with
Golden Age comics
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financier
Harry Donenfeld;
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Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999. in 1949 the two men helped found the publisher
Youthful Magazines
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.
Cohen edited Avon magazines, including ''
Avon Science Fiction & Fantasy Reader'', through most of the 1950s,
eventually became an
Avon Books vice-president. When Cohen's stock gains from that job enabled him to retire in the early 1960s, he decided to continue working in publishing, and joined
Robert Guinn
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at ''
Galaxy Science Fiction''.
Cohen left ''Galaxy'' in 1965, and bought ''
Amazing Stories'' and ''
Fantastic'' from
Ziff-Davis, forming a new publishing company, Ultimate Publishing, to do so.
[Ashley, ''Transformations'', p. 263.] Cohen's tenure as publisher of ''Amazing Stories'' and ''
Fantastic'' was filled with conflicts with his editors, contributors, and the
Science Fiction Writers of America.
[Ashley, ''Transformations'', pp. 263–267.]
In 1977, Cohen sold his half of the business to his partner, Arthur Bernhard, and moved to
Fort Lauderdale. He died in July 1988.
[Ashley, ''Gateways'', pp. 348–355.]
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American magazine publishers (people)
1988 deaths
1910 births
Comic book editors