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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...
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...
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...
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...
