Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
American writer, creator of DC Comics / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, born as Malcolm Strain on (January 7, 1890 – September 21, 1965) was an American pulp magazine writer and entrepreneur who pioneered the American comic book, publishing the first such periodical consisting solely of original material rather than reprints of newspaper comic strips. Historian and author David Hajdu credits Wheeler-Nicholson as "the link between the pulps and what we know of as comics today."[1] He launched the magazine comics company National Allied Publications in 1934, which would evolve to become DC Comics one of the United States' two largest comic book publishers along with rival Marvel Comics. He was a 2008 Judges' Choice inductee into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.[2]
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson | |
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Born | Malcolm Strain (1890-01-07)January 7, 1890 Greeneville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Died | September 21, 1965(1965-09-21) (aged 75) New York City, U.S. |
Area(s) | Publisher |
Notable works | DC Comics National Allied Publications |
Spouse(s) | Elsa Sachsenhausen Björkbom |
Children | 5 |