20 – Win Some Artwork!

New Comics #3 (February 1936) brought another adventure for Siegel & Shuster’s “Federal Men”.  It also had the first contest to win original artwork of its hero Steve Carson.  Eastern Color’s Famous Funnies #20 also featured a letter from a reader for the first time.

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19 – Sandra of the Secret Service

With the introduction of its New Comics magazie, National Allied Publications renamed their “New Fun” comic to “More Fun”.  Sandra of the Secret Service had been present in that magazine since its first issue and is thus the very first example of a female comic book hero.  Note that the villain here, Count Taurus, has […]

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