Neptune Distribution was a UK based comic distribution company founded and headquartered in Leicester, which existed from 1985 to 1991.
History
Neptune Comics (as it was named at the outset), began in 1985 as a small direct-to-consumer mail order company selling American comics to UK collectors at a time when there were few specialist retail outlets. In early 1986 Neptune Comics also began selling at regional Comic Marts in cities such as Leeds and Sheffield, and by mid-1986 began supplying retail outlets. Neptune acted as a sub-distributor in regard to American comics, initially acquiring them from Bud Plant Inc. (which was acquired by Diamond Comic Distributors in 1988).[1]
The company was incorporated in the spring of 1987 as Neptune Comic Distributors Limited.[2] By this point, Neptune's initial aim of challenging Titan Distribution's monopoly on the UK comic distribution business was well established.