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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Detective Dan Dunn had a child sidekick by October 1935 in the form of an orphan named Babs (shown above from Famous Funnies #16). It feels like they were going for a Little Orphan Annie vibe here, but I’m sure it’s not coincidence that Dick Tracy also had also adopted an orphan son (Junior) just […]
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Famous Funnies #6 (December 1934) marks the first time that consecutive comic strips were reprinted together in a comic book for better reading. This is a panel from a 4-page section of square-jawed Detective “Dan Dunn“, Secret Operative 48, one of many hat-wearing detectives of the era (the most famous being Dick Tracy).
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