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Happy 130th to the Major
It’s a super heroic birthday for the Major—130 years ago January 7, 1890. And it’s only taken 20 plus years to get a semblance of recognition for the man. I say semblance because his name should be synonymous with comics and that hasn’t quite happened yet. As Uncle...
DC Comics to Reprint New Fun #1: How it all Began
Great news from DC Comics! They are publishing a reprint of New Fun #1, Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson's first comics magazine published under National Allied Publications. The magazine will be reprinted as a commemorative hardcover, original tabloid size with essays...
Castles in the Air
When I was growing up in the early 1950's in the Gulf Coastal town of Mobile, Alabama, not only was it was segregated, but also a little shabby and run-down at the heels. There wasn't a lot of money floating about due to the poverty that had been entrenched in the...
