[1] It was founded in 2000 as a daughter company of Egmont Ehapa, after the manga boom in Germany became apparent around the turn of the millennium.

In 1878, Egmont H. Petersen opened his own print shop in Copenhagen, which formed the foundation of the publishing firm.

In 1948, the publishing company managed to secure the rights to Disney comics for several European countries.

In the field of comics, it sold Disney works (translated by Dr. Erika Fuchs) and later also Asterix and Lucky Luke.

Tempel, who had already been responsible for the previous manga publications as the former chief editor for trend subjects at Ehapa.