Comic Books History - Part III

In this concluding issue of amusing books history we get with the twelvemonth 1933.

In 1933, "Detective Dan, Secret Op. 48" was the first comic, sold on the newsstands, with original stuff in it. It was written by Jessye Norman Marsh and published by Wit Publishers Corp. It had a 3 colour cardboard screen and was done in black and white. It was 36 pages long, sold for 10 cents and was 10 by 13. The fictional character was actually a Dick Spencer Tracy clone and today probably would have got been sued for plagiarism. The amusing didn't last very long.

In the 1930's free comedians became popular mostly because of the depression. Cipher could afford to purchase comics. Thousands of comedians were given away for the exclusive intent of advertisement the merchandises in them and to maintain the fourth estates running which would have got been very dearly-won to close down and start back up again. Some of the most well known giveaways were Vaulting Horse Will Rogers and Little Orphan Annie.

In 1933 a gentleman by the name of Harry Wildenberg came up with the thought of advertisement the Gulf Oil Company through amusing books and thus "Gulf Amusing Weekly" was created on April 30th 1933. The full amusing was only 4 pages long and was 10 1/2 by 15. The amusing was given away at Gulf gas stations. This amusing series lasted until May 23, 1941.

Wildenberg also came up with an thought to make a full sized amusing book which was called "Funnies On Parade" and came out in the springtime of 1933. It was the first amusing to utilize the criterion 8 by 11 formatting that we utilize today. This amusing was the start of the Eastern Color Group.

"Famous Funnies" was the 2nd book done by ECG. It was printed in 1933, was 64 pages long and cost 10 cents. It was the first amusing to be sold only through section stores.

In 1934 electrocardiogram and Dell Publication formed a partnership and another issue of "Famous Funnies" was printed. It was 64 pages long and still sold for 10 cents. The amusing lost tons of money and alterations were made after, to cut down publication costs including publication just once a calendar month instead of weekly.

It wasn't until 1936 that amusing books really began to take off with the merging of The Windy City Tribune and Max Gaines. They created "Popular Comics" which included celebrated fictional characters such as as Dick Tracy, Dame Ellen Terry & the Pirates, Gasoline Alley, Skippy, Cur and Jeff, Tailspin Tommy, Little Orphan Annie and many more. "Popular Comics" lasted 145 issues and ended in 1948. This amusing is what set Dell on the map and to this twenty-four hours they are one of the biggest amusing book publishers.

In 1936 another major player came along by the name of King Features. They created "King Comics" which featured some memorable fictional characters such as as Flash Gordon, Popeye, Mandrake Root the Magician, The Lone Ranger, The Phantom, Prince Valiant, Blondie and Little Lulu. "King Comics" lasted 159 issues until 1952.

It was during this time that the last major player of the era, "DC Comics" was created. They featured some popular fictional characters such as as Mr. Mystic, Federal Soldier Agent and of course what would turn out to be the most popular amusing of all time, "Superman."

Yes, comedians have got had an astonishing history. Today there are more than statute titles than any 1 individual could possibly maintain up with. And to believe it all started so humbly and so simply.