New Fun #2 and #3: 85 Years of DC ComicsMini 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...
New Fun #1 The Major's Modern Era of Comics BeginsMini 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...
Famous First Edition: New Fun #1-A True Adventure StoryNew Fun #1 appeared on newsstands January 11, 1935. No one at the time had any notion that it was the Big Bang of the comics industry. New Fun #1 was the alchemical transformation of all the one-off original...
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...
DC Comics to reprint New Fun #1: How it all BeganGreat 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...
