Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (January 4, 1890 – January 1, 1968) was an American pulp magazine writer and entrepreneur who pioneered the American comic book, publishing the first such periodical consisting solely of original material rather than reprints of newspaper comic strips. His comic book company, National Allied Publications, would evolve into DC Comics, one of the world's two largest comic book publishers, though long after its founder had left it.

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  • Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (January 4, 1890 – January 1, 1968) was an American pulp magazine writer and entrepreneur who pioneered the American comic book, publishing the first such periodical consisting solely of original material rather than reprints of newspaper comic strips. His comic book company, National Allied Publications, would evolve into DC Comics, one of the world's two largest comic book publishers, though long after its founder had left it. He was a 2008 Judges' Choice inductee into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.
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  • Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (January 4, 1890 – January 1, 1968) was an American pulp magazine writer and entrepreneur who pioneered the American comic book, publishing the first such periodical consisting solely of original material rather than reprints of newspaper comic strips. His comic book company, National Allied Publications, would evolve into DC Comics, one of the world's two largest comic book publishers, though long after its founder had left it.
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