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Happy 90th Anniversary DC Comics
January 11 marks the 90th anniversary of what became DC Comics. In the fall of 1934 Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson established National Allied Publications, Inc, with the intention of publishing comics magazines with original material rather than reprints from...
The Major Returns to Paris
Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson was stationed in Paris in 1919 following WWI. There he met Elsa Karolina Bjorkbom, a young Swedish woman studying fashion and they fell in love. One of the Major’s pulp adventure stories “The Monastery of Blue Death,” (The Popular...
New Adventure Comics #21
New Adventure Comics #21, with a November date most likely appeared sometime in late October, 1937. Another great cover by Creig Flessel shows a group of boys filming a jungle hero. It’s a bit of an anomaly since the vanquished person appears to be Native...
Sandra/Sondra of the Secret Service: What’s in a name?
A heroine of 1930’s comics returns! “Sondra of the Secret Service and The Cuban Affair,” story by Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson and art by Lee Marrs is currently appearing as a serial in David Lloyd’s online magazine Aces Weekly. David Lloyd, artist for V for Vendetta is...
Interview with Kim Munson re “Comic Art in Museums”
Recently I interviewed Kim Munson about her book Comic Art in Museums. Although it is not directly connected to the Major's work, I found it to be an excellent reference for discussing the art in the Major's early syndicate 1925-1927 and the art in New Fun,...
DC Comics 85 Years Ago More Fun #7
DC Comics dates its history from January 1935 with New Fun #1. Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson’s foray into comic book publishing in the midst of the Depression continued into 1936 with More Fun #7 arriving on newsstands December 13, 1935 with a January 1936...
