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Max Gaines

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Maxwell Charles Gaines (September 21, 1894 – August 20, 1947) was a pioneering figure in the creation of the modern comic book. [1]

57 relations: Al Smith, All Star Comics, All-American Comics, All-American Publications, American comic book, Canada Dry, Cereal, Character (arts), Comic book, DC Comics, Doctor Fate, EC Comics, Ed Wheelan, Famous Funnies, Fifty Who Made DC Great, Flash Comics, Funnies on Parade, Funny animal, Grand Comics Database, Green Lantern, H. G. Peter, Ham Fisher, HarperCollins, Harry Donenfeld, Harvey Kurtzman, Hawkman, Jack Liebowitz, Joe Palooka, Joey Cavalieri, John Wanamaker, Kinney Shoes, Lake Placid, New York, Land of the Lost (radio), Mad (magazine), McClure Newspaper Syndicate, McNaught Syndicate, Mutt and Jeff, National Comics Publications, New York (state), New York City, Newsagent's shop, Percy Crosby, Procter & Gamble, Reform Judaism (magazine), Ron Goulart, Sheldon Mayer, Skippy (comic strip), Soft drink, Spectre (DC Comics character), Starman (comics), ..., Tales from the Crypt (comics), The New York Times, Weird Science (comics), Wheatena, William Gaines, William Moulton Marston, Wonder Woman. Expand index (7 more) »

Al Smith

Alfred Emanuel Smith (December 30, 1873 – October 4, 1944) was an American politician who was elected Governor of New York four times and was the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate in 1928.

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All Star Comics

All Star Comics is an American comic book series from All-American Publications, one of three companies that merged with National Periodical Publications to form the modern-day DC Comics.

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All-American Comics

All-American Comics was a comics anthology and the flagship title of comic book publisher All-American Publications, one of the forerunners of DC Comics.

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All-American Publications

All-American PublicationsThe name is spelled with a hyphen per its logo (pictured) and sources including at Don Markstein's Toonopedia.

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American comic book

An American comic book is a thin periodical, typically 32-pages, containing comics content.

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Canada Dry

Canada Dry is a brand of soft drinks owned since 2008 by the American Dr Pepper Snapple Group.

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Cereal

A cereal is any edible components of the grain (botanically, a type of fruit called a caryopsis) of cultivated grass, composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran.

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Character (arts)

A character (sometimes known as a fictional character) is a person or other being in a narrative (such as a novel, play, television series, film, or video game).

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Comic book

A comic book or comicbook, also called comic magazine or simply comic, is a publication that consists of comic art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes.

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DC Comics

DC Comics, Inc. is an American comic book publisher.

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Doctor Fate

Doctor Fate (also known as Fate) is a fictional deity-superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character has appeared in various incarnations, with Doctor Fate being the name of several different individuals in the DC Universe who are a succession of sorcerers. The original version of the character was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Howard Sherman, and first appeared in More Fun Comics #55 (May 1940).

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EC Comics

Entertaining Comics, more commonly known as EC Comics, was an American publisher of comic books, which specialized in horror fiction, crime fiction, satire, military fiction, and science fiction from the 1940s through the mid-1950s, notably the Tales from the Crypt series.

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Ed Wheelan

Edgar S. Wheelan (1888 - 1966), who signed his work Ed Wheelan, was an American cartoonist best known for his comic strip Minute Movies, satirizing silent films, and his comic book Fat and Slat, published by DC Comics.

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Famous Funnies

Famous Funnies is an American publication of the 1930s that represents what popular culture historians consider the first true American comic book, following seminal precursors.

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Fifty Who Made DC Great

Fifty Who Made DC Great is a one shot published by DC Comics to commemorate the company's 50th anniversary in 1985.

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Flash Comics

Flash Comics was a comics anthology published by All-American Publications and later by National Periodical Publications (DC Comics).

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Funnies on Parade

Funnies on Parade is an American publication of 1933 that was a precursor of comic books.

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Funny animal

A funny animal is an anthropomorphic animal character who lives like a human.

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Grand Comics Database

The Grand Comics Database (GCD) is an Internet-based project to build a database of comic book information through user contributions.

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Green Lantern

Green Lantern is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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H. G. Peter

Harry George Peter (March 8, 1880 – 1958), usually cited as H. G. Peter, was a newspaper illustrator and cartoonist known for his work on the Wonder Woman comic book and for Bud Fisher of the San Francisco Chronicle.

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Ham Fisher

Hammond Edward Fisher (September 24, 1900 (some sources indicate 1901) – December 27, 1955) was an American comic strip writer and cartoonist who signed his work Ham Fisher.

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HarperCollins

HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C. is one of the world's largest publishing companies and is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Hachette, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, and Simon & Schuster.

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Harry Donenfeld

Harry Donenfeld (October 17, 1893 – February 1, 1965) was an American publisher who is known primarily for being the owner of National Allied Publications, which distributed Detective Comics and Action Comics, the originator publications for the superhero characters Superman and Batman.

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Harvey Kurtzman

Harvey Kurtzman (October 3, 1924 – February 21, 1993) was an American cartoonist and editor.

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Hawkman

Hawkman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Jack Liebowitz

Jacob S. "Jack" Liebowitz (born Yacov Lebovitz October 10, 1900 – December 11, 2000), Social Security Number 091-03-2495, last residence New York City, New York 10019.

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Joe Palooka

Joe Palooka is an American comic strip about a heavyweight boxing champion, created by cartoonist Ham Fisher in 1921.

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Joey Cavalieri

Joey Cavalieri is an American writer and editor of comic books.

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John Wanamaker

John Wanamaker (July 11, 1838 – December 12, 1922) was an American merchant and religious, civic and political figure, considered by some to be a proponent of advertising and a "pioneer in marketing".

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Kinney Shoes

The G.R. Kinney Company was an American manufacturer and retailer of shoes from 1894 until September 16, 1998.

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Lake Placid, New York

Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States.

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Land of the Lost (radio)

Land of the Lost was a 1940s radio fantasy adventure, written and narrated by Isabel Manning Hewson, about the adventures of two children who traveled underwater with the fatherly fish Red Lantern.

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Mad (magazine)

Mad (stylized as MAD) is an American humor magazine founded in 1952 by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines, launched as a comic book before it became a magazine.

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McClure Newspaper Syndicate

McClure Newspaper Syndicate, the first American newspaper syndicate, introduced many American and British writers to the masses.

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McNaught Syndicate

The McNaught Syndicate (1922–1989) was an American newspaper syndicate founded in 1922.

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Mutt and Jeff

Mutt and Jeff is a long-running and widely popular American newspaper comic strip created by cartoonist Bud Fisher in 1907 about "two mismatched tinhorns".

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National Comics Publications

National Comics Publications, Inc. was the comic book company that would become DC Comics.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Newsagent's shop

A newsagent's shop or simply newsagent's (British English), newsagency (Australian English) or newsstand (American and Canadian English) is a business that sells newspapers, magazines, cigarettes, snacks and often items of local interest.

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Percy Crosby

Percy Lee Crosby at FamilySearch.org.

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Procter & Gamble

Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G) is an American multi-national consumer goods corporation headquartered in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 1837 by British American William Procter and Irish American James Gamble.

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Reform Judaism (magazine)

Reform Judaism was the official magazine of the Union for Reform Judaism.

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Ron Goulart

Ron Goulart (born January 13, 1933)Comics Buyer's Guide #1650; February 2009; Page 107 is an American popular culture historian and mystery, fantasy and science fiction author.

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Sheldon Mayer

Sheldon Mayer (April 1, 1917 – December 21, 1991) was an American comics artist, writer, and editor.

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Skippy (comic strip)

Skippy was an American comic strip written and drawn by Percy Crosby that was published from 1923 to 1945.

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Soft drink

A soft drink (see terminology for other names) typically contains carbonated water (although some lemonades are not carbonated), a sweetener, and a natural or artificial flavoring.

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Spectre (DC Comics character)

The Spectre is the name given to several fictional antihero characters who have appeared in numerous comic books published by DC Comics.

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Starman (comics)

Starman is a name used by several different DC Comics superheroes, most prominently Ted Knight and his sons David and Jack.

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Tales from the Crypt (comics)

Tales from the Crypt was an American bi-monthly horror comic anthology series published by EC Comics from 1950 to 1955, producing 27 issues.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Weird Science (comics)

Weird Science was an American science fiction comic book magazine that was part of the EC Comics line in the early 1950s.

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Wheatena

Wheatena is an American high-fiber, toasted-wheat cereal that originated on Mulberry Street in New York City, New York, circa 1879, when a small bakery owner began roasting whole wheat, grinding it, and packaging it for sale under this brand name.

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William Gaines

William Maxwell "Bill" Gaines (March 1, 1922 – June 3, 1992), was an American publisher and co-editor of EC Comics.

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William Moulton Marston

William Moulton Marston (May 9, 1893 – May 2, 1947), also known by the pen name Charles Moulton, was an American psychologist, inventor of an early prototype of the lie detector, self-help author, and comic book writer who created the character Wonder Woman.

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Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Gaines

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