The Semic Group had divisions in a number of European countries — mostly to distribute translated American comics — including Spain, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, France, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary.
Original titles published by Semic included Bobo, Bamse, FF med Bert, and Swedish treatments of James Bond and The Phantom.
Semic Press was preceded by three prior comics imprints: Alga (1942–1950), Serieförlaget (1950–1955), and Åhlén & Åkerlunds Youth Magazines (1955–1962).
[4] With the acquisition of Centerförlaget, Semic took over the publication of such long-running titles as Seriemagasinet, Serie-nytt, Buster, and Hacke Hackspett ('Woody Woodpecker').
A number of Williams' titles, featuring DC Comics characters Superman, Batman, Superboy, and Tomahawk – at that point owned by Warner – had been taken over from Centerförlaget in 1969, and were continued by Semic.
The publication of graphic novels is done through the imprint Kartago Förlag, a company that Bonnier bought from the Norwegian publisher Schibsted and placed as an entity within Semic in January 2010.