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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 Comics #1-The Major Adds A New Title

New Comics #1-The Major Adds A New Title

  Contributor mini bio: Robert "Bo" Brown New Comics #1, published by Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, appeared on newsstands November 12, 1935, a little over 85 years ago. It was an appropriate title. The second magazine title published after New Funs 1-6 had...

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