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The Major Returns to Paris

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...

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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...

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New Fun #4 and 5-85 Years of DC Comics and the Fans

New Fun #4 and 5-85 Years of DC Comics and the Fans

Contributor mini bios: Monroe Eisenberg, Jack A. Warren Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson’s New Fun #4 arrived on newsstands 85 years ago April 12, 1935 with a cover date of May. The Major also had a pulp story published in May 1935, Thrilling Adventures, “Riders of the...

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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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