New Fun - Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Famous First Edition: New Fun #1-A True Adventure Story

Jul 28, 2020 | New Fun, Comics History, DC Comics

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 #1

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...

DC Comics to Reprint New Fun #1: How it all Began

Aug 24, 2019 | New Fun

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...

New Fun Magazine-The Birth of an Industry by Jon Berk

Oct 24, 2009 | New Fun

New Fun Magazine-The Birth of an Industry by Jon Berk Editor’s note: Jon Berk was a comics collector and among his other comics had a complete run of the rare New Funs #1-6. He was much more than a collector. Jon had a deep knowledge of comics history and a love...