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New Adventure Comics #21

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 American....

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New Fun #2 and #3: 85 Years of DC Comics

New Fun #2 and #3: 85 Years of DC Comics

Mini bios: Richard Loederer, Bert Salg, Bob Weinstein, Lawrence Lariar, Adolph Schus, Lyman Matthew Anderson Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson’s New Fun #2 appeared on newsstands on February 8, 1935--85 years ago a little less than a month after New Fun #1 on January...

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New Fun #1: The Major’s Modern Era of Comics Begins

New Fun #1: The Major’s Modern Era of Comics Begins

Mini bios: Lloyd Jacquet, Rexford L. May, D. Henry Cushing, Richard Loederer, Sheldon Stark New Fun #1 published by Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson marks the beginning of DC Comics 85 years ago. Although there were other comics that featured original material, they...

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Happy 85th Anniversary DC Comics and New Fun #1

Happy 85th Anniversary DC Comics and New Fun #1

One of the myths repeated through the years is that Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson used original material for his first comic magazine—New Fun #1—because he could not obtain the rights to reprint newspaper strips. If anyone has any paper evidence to back this up, I’d...

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