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New Fun Comics (1935)
New Comics (1935)
Detective Comics (1937)
Action Comics (1938)
All-American Comics (1939) |
Obscure Golden Age DC Characters
(1935-1942)
Compiled by Jason Greenfield
National Allied Publications' second title was New Comics (1935),
which became New Adventure with issue #12 and just Adventure
Comics with #32.
| Character | Appeared in Issues… | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Allan de Beaufort | #1 (Dec. 1935) | Historical. Active in 4th Crusade (1202-1204); became Knight Templar |
| Vikings | #1-22 (Dec. 1935–Dec. 1937) | Historical, probably between 7th–10th centuries. |
| Captain Quick | #1, 2, 4-12, 14-20, 23-25 (Dec. 1935–Apr. 1938) | Historical; circa 1586 |
| Wing Walker | #1-3 (Dec. 1935–Feb. 1936) | Pilot |
| Mr. Weed | #1-4 (Dec. 1935–Apr. 1936) | Time Travel; home era appears Victorian (?) |
| Roy and Gail | #1-10 (Dec. 1935–Nov 1936) | Twins born in 1917 |
| Jim Gale / 17-20 on the black | #1-13 (Dec. 1935–Feb. 1937) | Gambler / adventurer |
| Castaway Island | #2-13 (Jan. 1936–Feb. 1937) | With Larry, Dot and [3rd character?], stranded on island |
| Steve Carson | #2-70 (Jan. 1936–Jan. 1942) | Government agent, leader of the Federal Men |
| Captain Jim of the Texas Rangers | #2-27 (Jan. 1936–June 1938) | Western |
| King Arthur | #3-8 (Feb. 1936–Sept. 1936) | Historical |
| Maginnis of the Mounties | #4–12 (Apr. 1936–Jan. 1937) | |
| Dale Daring | #4–13, 16-37 (Apr. 1936–Apr. 1939)- female agent. | |
| Sandor | #5–27 (June 1936–June 1938) | Tarzan type in jungles of East India |
| Steve Conrad | #5–20, 23-25, 47-76 (June 1936–July 1942) | scientist / adventurer / inventor |
| "Golden Dragon" later feat. Lt. Skip Schulyer | #6–36, 37-46 (July 1936–Jan. 1940) | Mercenaries; Schulyer headlines beginning #37 |
| Blood Pearls | #8–13 (Sept. 1936–Feb. 1937) | |
| New Adventure | ||
| Character | Appeared in Issues… | Notes |
| Dt. Sgt. Carey of the Chinatown Squad | #14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23, 26-28 (Mar. 1937–July 1938) | Then moves to More Fun #35-72 (Sept. 1938–Oct. 1941) |
| "Monestary of the Blue God" feat. Captain Douglas Stewart | #14-25 (May 1937–Apr. 1935) | |
| Nadir, Master of Magic | #17-30 (July 1937–Sept. 1938) | Self-exiled Indian Prince / Magician |
| "G Woman" feat. Jane Justiss: Operator 23 | #22 (Dec. 1937) | |
| Monty of the Mounties | #23 (Jan. 1938) | Could be same character as Maginnis (speculative) |
| Boomerang Jones | #24 (Feb. 1938) | Could be same Boomerang Jones from Quality's 1941 "Blue Tracer" strip (speculative). |
| Guy de Lusigan | #25 (Apr. 1938) | Historical. Crusades. |
| Captain Desmo | #26-47 (May 1938–Feb. 1940) | Pilot; moves to More Fun #53-72 (Mar. 1940–Oct. 1941); also in Flash Comics #8 (Aug. 1940) |
| Tod Hunter, Jungle Master | #27-38 (June 1938–May 1939) | |
| "Anchors Aweigh" feat. Lt. Don Kerry | #28-52 (July 1938–July 1940) | Naval |
| Tom Brent | #28-39 (July 1938–June 1939) | |
| Adventure Comics | ||
| Character | Appeared in Issues… | Notes |
| Cotton Carver | #35-37, 39, 41-65 (Feb. 1939–Aug. 1941) | Explorer adventurer; land of Thule and Mikishawm. |
| Socko Strong | #40-57 (July 1939–Dec. 1940) | Boxer |
| Mark Lansing | #53-62 (Aug. 1940–May 1941) | |
| Paul Kirk | #58-70 (Jan. 1941–Jan. 1942) | Not the same character as the costumed hero, Manhunter |
| Genius Jones | #77-102 (Aug. 1942–Feb. 1946) | Also in More Fun from #108; reappeared in 2007's Tales of the Unexpected |
| Mike Gibbs, guerilla | #84-102 (Mar. 1943–Feb. 1946) | |
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Links and References
The most valuable information in this research came from these two sites:
- Grand Comics Database. The mother of all comics data projects, indispensable.
- Mike's Amazing World of DC Comics. Reprinting great reference data from all over.
These have good, hard information:
- Golden Age Who's Whose? A goldmine of a site, featuring lots of one-page scans of many obscure characters. Also has pages for Quality and Fawcett.
- Who was That Masked Man? A catch-all list of obscurities
Still more:
- An Earth-2 Timeline. Bare bones, but good research.
- Golden Age Heroes Directory. Great for obscure DC heroes.
- Independent Heroes from the U.S.A. Good general resource for many publishers.
- Lambiek Comiclopedia. This site is organized by artist, so it requires a bit of searching.
- Mystery Men Encyclopedia. No DC characters, but there are Fawcett and MLJ characters.