Jan 11, 2025 | Comics History, DC Comics, New Fun
Happy 90th Anniversary DC Comics January 11 marks the 90th anniversary of what became DC Comics. In the fall of 1934 Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson established National Allied Publications, Inc, with the intention of publishing comics magazines with original...
Sep 17, 2021 | More Fun Comics, Comics History, DC Comics
More Fun #9: Standard Comic Book Size, Creig Flessel Appears and Who's In Charge? More Fun #9 appeared on newsstands on March 5, 1936, 85 years ago with a March/April cover. The cover in dark blue featured a 4-panel comic by Vin Sullivan and was the last time a...
Aug 13, 2021 | Comics History, DC Comics, New Comics
New Comics #3--Part 1. The Cook and Mahon Kerfuffle and A Mystery Solved New Comics #3 is noteworthy for several reasons. The Major’s comics magazines are beginning to encourage a nascent comics industry with a new comic magazine appearing—The Comics Magazine...
Aug 13, 2021 | Comics History, DC Comics, New Adventure Comics, New Comics
New Comics #3--Part 2: The Women-A Famous Novelist and the First Serial by a Woman Continuing with New Comics #3. “The Vikings” most likely from a script by MWN with artwork by Livingstone is in classic style with the story at the bottom of each panel and no...
Jun 16, 2021 | Comics History, DC Comics, More Fun Comics
DC's New Comics #2--Siegel and Shuster and Federal Men Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson continued publishing comics throughout 1936 under two company names—More Fun Inc. and National Allied Newspaper Syndicate Inc. and there would be a third company added before...
Mar 4, 2021 | Comics History, DC Comics, New Adventure Comics
DC's New Comics #2--Siegel and Shuster and Federal Men Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson’s New Comics #2, the second edition of the Major’s additional title was available on newsstands December 27, 1935 with a January 1936 cover two weeks after More Fun #7 was...
