Jan 11, 2020 | New Fun, Comics History, DC Comics
Happy 85th Anniversary DC Comics and New Fun #1One of the myths repeated through the years is that Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson used original material for his first comic magazine—New Fun #1—because he could not obtain the rights to reprint newspaper strips. If...
Jan 7, 2018 | Family History, Comics History, DC Comics
Happy 128th Birthday to Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson was born on January 7th 1890 in Greeneville, Tennessee. Although various internet sources state his birth as January 4th, January 7th 1890 is the date MWN filled in on all...
Dec 27, 2017 | Comics History, DC Comics
The Long and Winding Road A little over 20 years ago I embarked on an adventure to discover my paternal grandfather, Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson’s, legacy in comics history. Like any adventure there have been difficult losses and daunting challenges. In...
Nov 11, 2014 | DC Comics, Family History, Military
The Major's Military Career DC Comics history and comics history in general has been partially based on anecdotal oral tales told forty years or so later and has become the comic book canon. In speaking about the Major, the stories told of him were by people who...
Jun 22, 2012 | DC Comics, The Pulps
The Pulps and Comics If you love comics you need to know about the pulps. Modern comic books are rooted in that late great period of American fiction writing known as Pulp Fiction. This nomenclature is often confused with 1950s paperback novels, many with lurid...
