More Fun Comics , originally titled New Fun: The Big Comic Magazine , is a 1935–1947 American comic book anthology that introduced several major superhero characters and was the first American comic book series to feature solely original material rather than reprints of newspaper comic strips . It was also the first publication of National Allied Publications , the company that would become DC Comics .
18-511: More Fun may refer to: More Fun Comics , one of the earliest American comic-book series More Fun , a defunct webcomic by Shaenon K. Garrity See also [ edit ] More Fund Comics , a benefit publication by the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund More Fun Than an Open Casket Funeral , an album by the band The Accüsed More Fun in
36-465: A cardstock, non-glossy cover, it was an anthology of humor features, such as the talking animal comic "Pelion and Ossa" and the college-set "Jigger and Ginger", mixed with such dramatic fare as the Western strip "Jack Woods" and the " yellow peril " adventure "Barry O'Neill", featuring a Fu Manchu -styled villain, Fang Gow. The first issue also featured humor strip "Caveman Capers", an adaptation of
54-583: A demonic cult, but were rescued by a shadowy group called "The Seven". The two were later trained in the use of occult magics themselves. Thirty-six years later, Doctor Occult establishes a detective agency and joins the All-Star Squadron during World War II. After Occult sacrifices his soul to defeat the Stalker entity, Rose fuses with him to save his life. Doctor Occult has used sorcery to halt his aging, so that he appears in modern comics to still be
72-523: A man in his late thirties or early forties, even though he was born in the late 1800s. In 1991, Neil Gaiman brought the character back into the spotlight with a prominent supporting role in The Books of Magic . He, Mister E , the Phantom Stranger , and John Constantine act as Tim Hunter 's mentor and guide him to become a powerful magician. In Day of Judgment , Occult appears as
90-670: A member of the Sentinels of Magic , a group created to prevent artifacts such as the Spear of Destiny falling into the wrong hands. Occult appears as a main character in the backup story by Keith Giffen in the Reign in Hell mini-series where he enters Hell to find Rose Psychic. In The New 52 continuity reboot, Occult is depicted as the keeper of the House of Secrets . Doctor Occult has
108-692: A mystic realm where he flies and wears a cape, making him the first caped comic book superhero. Doctor Occult's last Golden Age appearance was in More Fun Comics #32 in 1938. After years of obscurity, the character was revived in the 1980s, appearing in issues of All-Star Squadron , Swamp Thing , and Crisis on Infinite Earths . The character had a featured origin story in Secret Origins #17 (1987). He later appeared in comics such as Neil Gaiman 's The Books of Magic (1991), The Trenchcoat Brigade (alongside Mister E ,
126-524: Is an occult detective , private investigator and magic user who specializes in cases involving the supernatural. Doctor Occult first appeared in 1935 during the Platinum Age of Comic Books . He was published by National Comics Publications and Centaur Publications within anthology titles. He is the earliest recurring, originally featured fictional character still used in the DC Universe . He
144-459: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages More Fun Comics In the latter half of 1934, having seen the emergence of Famous Funnies and other oversize magazines reprinting comic strips, Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson founded National Allied Publications and published New Fun #1 on January 11, 1935 ( cover-dated February 1935). A tabloid-sized, 10-inch by 15-inch, 36-page magazine with
162-614: Is sometimes affiliated with the All-Star Squadron and has appeared in paranormal-related stories by DC and Vertigo Comics titles. Doctor Occult first appeared in the sixth issue of the anthology comic books series New Fun in October 1935. (New Fun was retitled More Fun beginning with issue #7 and again to More Fun Comics with issue #20.) The character was credited to "Leger and Reuths" — partial anagrams of Siegel and Shuster's surnames. Later, Siegel and Shuster left
180-573: The Phantom Stranger , and John Constantine ) (1999), and " Day of Judgement " (1999) as part of the Sentinels of Magic . In The New 52 continuity reboot, Doctor Occult appears in Justice League Dark , Constantine , Secret Six , and The Books of Magic series. Doctor Occult appears in comic books outside of the mainstream DC Universe in what is referred to as the multiverse . Many are adaptation tie-ins, including Justice League Unlimited #14, Batman: The Brave and
198-781: The 1819 novel Ivanhoe , spy drama "Sandra of the Secret Service", and a strip based on an early Walt Disney creation Oswald the Lucky Rabbit . Most significantly, however, whereas some of the existing publications had eventually included a small amount of original material, generally as filler, New Fun #1 was the first comic book containing all-original material. Additionally, it carried advertising, whereas previous comic books were sponsored by corporations such as Procter & Gamble , Kinney Shoes , and Canada Dry beverages, and ad-free. The first four issues were edited by future Funnies, Inc. , founder Lloyd Jacquet ,
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#1732783408575216-518: The Bold #9, and Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year 3 Annual #1. Occult also appears in issue #2 of the Elseworlds comic series Superman & Batman: Generations II . The fictional character's origin was revealed in Secret Origins (vol. 2) #17. (August 1987) by E. Nelson Bridewell and Roy Thomas. They depicted him and his partner Rose Psychic being slated as human sacrifices at the hands of
234-534: The New World , an album by the band X Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title More Fun . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=More_Fun&oldid=1147088795 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
252-671: The character for the more popular Superman . Occult was depicted as a supernatural detective whose detecting style was in the style of Sam Spade , but with supernatural abilities. Supporting characters in the strip included Rose Psychic and Occult's butler. Writers such as Les Daniels have cited the character as a prototype of Superman. Renamed to "Dr. Mystic", Occult also appeared in Centaur Publications ' The Comics Magazine #1 (May 1936), with that story continuing in DC's More Fun Comics #14-17. In this story, he travels to
270-482: The latter title through issue #32 (June 1938), following the magazine's retitling as More Fun (issues #7–8, Jan.-Feb. 1936), and More Fun Comics (#9-on). In issue #101 (Feb. 1945), Siegel and Shuster introduced Superboy , a teenage version of Superman, in a new feature chronicling the adventures of the Man of Steel when he was a boy growing up in the rural Midwestern United States . With issue #108 (March 1946), all
288-442: The next, after a three-month hiatus, by Wheeler-Nicholson himself. Issue #6 (Oct. 1935) brought the comic-book debuts of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster , the future creators of Superman , who began their careers with the musketeer swashbuckler "Henri Duval" (doing the first two installments before turning it over to others) and, under the pseudonyms "Leger and Reuths", the supernatural adventurer Doctor Occult . They would remain on
306-546: The powers of astral projection, hypnosis, illusion creating, and telekinesis. He wields a powerful talisman, a sphere or disc with a black and white pattern, called the Mystic Symbol of the Seven. It grants him the powers of clairvoyance, fighting exorcism, deflection, and force field projection. Bill Reed of Comic Book Resources praised the character saying that DC Comics could portray more of him despite him not having
324-726: The superhero features were moved from More Fun into Adventure Comics . More Fun became a humor title that spotlighted the children's fantasy feature "Jimminy and the Magic Book". The series was canceled with issue #127 (Dec 1947). Doctor Occult Doctor Occult (sometimes nicknamed the Ghost Detective , and one time referred to as Doctor Mystic ) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics . Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster (the creators of Superman ), Doctor Occult
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