Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
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Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson was an American pulp magazine writer, entrepreneur and military officer who pioneered the American comic book, publishing the first such periodical consisting solely of origi
Major Malcolm Wheeler Nicholson
New Fun: The Big Comic Magazine #1 (Feb. 1935). Cover art by Lyman Anderson
Detective Comics #1 (March 1937). Cover art by Vin Sullivan.
Detective Comics
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Detective Comics is an American comic book series published by Detective Comics, later shortened to DC Comics. The first volume, published from 1937 to 2011, is best known for introducing the superher
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
…going to cut off the milk for the kids. I'd send out 10 bucks, just because she needed it". The third and final title published under his aegis would be Detective Comics, advertised with a cover illustration dated Dec. 1936, but eventually premiering three months late, with a March 1937 cover date. Detective Comics would…
Cover of Detective Comics #140 (October 1948), the first appearance of the Riddler. Art by Win Mortimer.
Writer Peter Tomasi at a 2019 signing for the series' 1,000th issue at Midtown Comics in Manhattan