Of Pandemics and Racial Justice

Of Pandemics and Racial Justice

Jun 17, 2020 | Military, DC Comics, Family History

Of Pandemics and Racial Justice  I am writing a full biography of my grandfather, Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, the founder of DC Comics. Recently I’ve been focusing on the chapters about his military career. I’ve noted several of these events in earlier...
Every Hero comes out of Darkness into the Light

Every Hero comes out of Darkness into the Light

Jan 7, 2017 | Family History, Military

Every Hero comes out of Darkness into the Light  Today is the 127th anniversary of Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson’s birth. He was born in Greenville, Tennessee January 7th 1890. The year ahead is going to be productive for the Major. Besides working on his...
Buffalo Soldiers

Buffalo Soldiers

May 31, 2016 | Military

Buffalo Soldiers  “His eye roved over the bare mesa and out to where quivering heat waves distorted the outlines of the distant hills, huge, angular masses of scarified rock, the slag and clinkers of some ancient volcanic blaze uprearing tortured pinnacles and...
The Major’s Military Career

The Major’s Military Career

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...
Let’s All Eat Cake

Let’s All Eat Cake

Jan 7, 2011 | Military, Comics History, DC Comics, Family History

Let's All Eat Cake  Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson was born January 7, 1890 marking this year, 2011 as the 121st anniversary of his birth. He often listed his place of birth as Greeneville, Tennessee, the county seat of Greene County in East Tennessee. More than...