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Slam Bradley–DC Comics’ Detective Hero
Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster made their debut in Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson’s Comics magazine, New Fun #6, appearing on newsstands, September 13, 1935 with an October cover. Apparently, Siegel sent in unsolicited material including an early Superman...
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...
More Fun #9: Standard Comic Book Size, Creig Flessel Appears and Who’s In Charge?
More Fun #9 appeared on newsstands on March 5, 1936, 85 years ago with a March/April cover. The cover in dark blue featured a 4-panel comic by Vin Sullivan and was the last time a full panel comic was featured on the cover of More Fun. Sullivan’s character...
