{"product_id":"new-fun-comics-1-facsimile-edition","title":"NEW FUN COMICS #1 1936 Facsimile Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor the 90th anniversary, celebrate DC's very first comic ever published! Written by \u003cstrong\u003eMalcohm Wheeler-Nicholson, Adolphe Barreaux, Bert Salg, Ken Fitch, Jack Warren, Joe Archibald, Lyman Anderson, Robert Weinstein, Eugene Koscik \u003c\/strong\u003eand\u003cstrong\u003e Tom McNamara. \u003c\/strong\u003eArt by \u003cstrong\u003eLyman Anderson, Dick Loeder, Charles Flanders, John Lindermayer, Adolph Schus, Lawrence Lariar, Adolphe Barreaux, Henry Kiefer, Bert Salg, Clem Gretter, Jack Warren, Joe Archibald, Robert Weinstein, Eugene Koscik\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eTom McNamara\u003c\/strong\u003e. Whether you love tales of mystery and suspense, daring westerns, outer-space adventure, or funny animals, this book has it all! A brand-new era for the comics industry began right here with the very first ongoing title made up entirely of all new stories, new art -- New Fun!\n\nPublished at the start of 1935, \u003cem\u003eNew Fun Comics #1\u003c\/em\u003e made history as the first comic book made up of new stories instead of reprints of newspaper comic strips. Cowboys, gunfighters, space heroes, adventurers and soldiers of fortune populated these pages, each of which is a separate one-page installment in the style of Sunday newspaper comics, but twice normal comic book size -- reproduced that huge size, in hardcover.\n\nThis was first intended to be done as part of DC's long-ago \u003cem\u003eFirst Editions\u003c\/em\u003e series and at the time, back in the seventies, \u003cstrong\u003eJerry Bails\u003c\/strong\u003e wrote a wonderful introduction to it. But due to the fact this included installments of Oswald the Rabbit -- his first appearance in comics -- now a Disney property, DC decided to shelve it. So here is Bails' intro for the first time...and the cool little Oswald strips, which run below some of the pages.\n\nFor this edition, \u003cstrong\u003eRoy Thomas\u003c\/strong\u003e has put together an extremely detailed and informative examination of the entire issue, and of each and every creator who was involved here...which is quite a list. And Wheeler-Nicholson's granddaughter, Nikki,here puts together a fine look at the Major, who was the creator of what we now know as DC Comics. She also provides two highly detailed pages with biographies of EVERY contributor.\n\nIt was Wheeler-Nicholson's experiences, first as a soldier and adventurer, then as a writer in the pulps, that led him to creating this. He had the foresight to create a comic with entirely new material that would kick off the era of new comic book material. In fact, he was the first publisher to hire Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, running their \u003cem\u003eRadio Squad, Spy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDoctor Occult\u003c\/em\u003e in subsequent issues of this title as well as \u003cem\u003eDetective Comics\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNew Comics\u003c\/em\u003e. We all know how Batman came along in \u003cem\u003eDetective\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eNew Comics\u003c\/em\u003e would become \u003cem\u003eNew Adventure\u003c\/em\u003e, and finally \u003cem\u003eAdventure Comics\u003c\/em\u003e, home to The Sandman, Starman, and finally Superboy!\n\nAnd of course, Siegel and Shuster kicked off the entire superhero business with Superman in \u003cem\u003eAction Comics #1, \u003c\/em\u003e1938. All because of the Major and his vision.\n\nAdditional creators involved with this special issue: editor \u003cstrong\u003eLloyd Jacquet, Dick Loederer, Lyman Anderson\u003c\/strong\u003e (Inspector Wade), \u003cstrong\u003eAdolphe Barreaux, Charles Flanders\u003c\/strong\u003e (Lone Ranger), \u003cstrong\u003eH.C, Kiefer\u003c\/strong\u003e (a prolific artist of the Golden Age), \u003cstrong\u003eBert Salg\u003c\/strong\u003e (who went on to produce children's books), \u003cstrong\u003eClem Gretta, Ken Fitch, Jack Warren,\u003c\/strong\u003e and a host of others. Many of these creators went on to prolific careers in comics, advertising, newspaper strips, book illustration, and other areas.\n\nTabloid-sized, black and white comic book reprinted oversized, as it first appeared. Besides the newly recolored cover, it reproduces the original cover exactly as it looked on an original 1935 copy (which is listed in Overstreet at $27,000 in Fine condition. Better copies are considered non-existant. Bonus ads for the original First Editions series, an afterword by DC Archives manager, \u003cstrong\u003eBenjamin Le Clear\u003c\/strong\u003e, and more!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59643814740254,"sku":"NEWF01","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/newf01-new-fun-big-comic-magazine.jpg?v=1784520614","url":"https:\/\/shop.budsartbooks.com\/products\/new-fun-comics-1-facsimile-edition","provider":"Bud's Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}