More Fun Comics

More Fun Comics
More Fun Comics #52 (Feb. 1940), debut of the Spectre; cover art by Bernard Baily.
Publication information
PublisherNational Allied Publications
ScheduleMonthly:
#1–4, #7–90, #108–126
Bi-monthly:
#5–6, #91–107, #127
FormatOngoing series
Publication dateFebruary 1935 – November/December 1947
No. of issues127
Main character(s)Doctor Occult, The Spectre, Doctor Fate, Johnny Quick, Green Arrow, Aquaman, Superboy, "Jimminy and the Magic Book"

More Fun Comics, originally titled New Fun: The Big Comic Magazine,[1] is a 1935–1947 American comic book anthology that introduced several major superhero characters and was the first American comic book series to feature solely original material rather than reprints of newspaper comic strips.[2] It was also the first publication of National Allied Publications, the company that would become DC Comics.

  1. ^ New Fun #v1#1 (Feb. 1935) at the Grand Comics Database. The entry notes that while the logo appears to be simply Fun, the indicia reads, "New FUN is published monthly at 49 West 45th Street, New York, N.Y., by National Allied Publications, Inc.; Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, President ... Inquiries concerning advertising should be addressed to the Advertising Manager, New FUN,...."
  2. ^ Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Manning, Matthew K.; McAvennie, Michael; Wallace, Daniel (2019). DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle. DK Publishing. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-4654-8578-6.

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