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Series: New Fun Public Domain
Years in Print: 1935
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Publisher: FlagDC Country: Flag United States Language: English Issues: v1 #1 - v1 #6 (6 Issues) Continued From Continued From: none Continued In Continued In: More Fun [1936 - ] by DC Disclose Tracking Notes:   Disclose Notes: In the latter half of 1934, having seen the emergence of Famous Funnies and other oversize magazines reprinting comic strips, Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson founded National Allied Publications and published New Fun #1. It was an anthology of humor features, such as the funny animal comic "Pelion and Ossa" and the college-set "Jigger and Ginger", mixed with such dramatic fare as the Western strip "Jack Woods" and the "yellow peril" adventure "Barry O'Neill", featuring a Fu Manchu-styled villain, Fang Gow.

Most significantly, however, whereas some of the existing publications had eventually included a small amount of original material, generally as filler, New Fun #1 was one of the first American comic books containing all-original material (though not THE first -- it was preceded by Dell's The Funnies in 1929). Additionally, it carried advertising, whereas previous comic books were sponsored by corporations such as Procter & Gamble, Kinney Shoes, and Canada Dry beverages, and ad-free.

The first four issues were edited by future Funnies, Inc., founder Lloyd Jacquet, the next, after a three-month hiatus, by Wheeler-Nicholson himself. Issue #6 brought the comic-book debuts of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the future creators of Superman, who began their careers with the musketeer swashbuckler "Henri Duval" and, under the pseudonyms "Leger and Reuths", the supernatural adventurer Doctor Occult. They would remain on the latter feature through issue #32 (June 1938), following the magazine's retitling as More Fun and More Fun Comics.

The features in this oversize series often took up less than a full page, with filler strips (generally one row of panels) occupying the remainder of the page. Given the scarcity of these issues, such fillers are often unknown and unindexed.
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Publication Type: Comic Books
Color: color cover; black and white interior (#1-2); partially in color interior (#3-6)
Dimensions: 10" x 15"
Paper Stock: glossy covers (#1-3); paper covers (#4-6); newsprint Interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Issue # Publication Date Pages Content Items Issue Images Count
v1 #1 February 1935 36 53/26/1 Issue Image
v1 #2 March 1935 36 66/36/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
v1 #3 April 1935 36 57/32/1 Issue Image
v1 #4 May 1935 36 63/35/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
v1 #5 August 1935 44 67/48/1 Issue Image
v1 #6 October 1935 44 81/52/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total

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