A painted cover by veteran science-fiction pulp artist Frank R. 1936) the non-continuing-character story "Jungle Terror", featuring adventurer Ken Masters, drawn and possibly written by Art Pinajian under the quirky pseudonym "Tohm Dixon" or "Tomm Dixon" (with the published signature smudged) "Now I'll Tell One", five single-panel, black-and-white gag cartoons by Fred Schwab, on the inside front cover and a two-page prose story by Ray Gill, "Burning Rubber", about auto racing. As well, it contained the first generally available appearance of Bill Everett's mutant anti-hero Namor the Sub-Mariner, created for the unpublished movie-theater giveaway comic Motion Picture Funnies Weekly earlier that year, with the eight-page original story now expanded by four pages.Īlso included were Al Anders' Western hero the Masked Raider the jungle lord Ka-Zar the Great, with Ben Thompson adapting the story "King of Fang and Claw" by Bob Byrd in Goodman's eponymous pulp magazine Ka-Zar #1 (Oct. 1939), featured the first appearances of writer-artist Carl Burgos' android superhero, the Human Torch, and Paul Gustavson's costumed detective The Angel. ![]() ![]() Goodman - whose official titles were editor, managing editor, and business manager, with Abraham Goodman officially listed as publisher - contracted with the newly formed comic-book "packager" Funnies, Inc. In 1939, with the emerging medium of comic books proving hugely popular, and the first superheroes setting the trend, pulp-magazine publisher Martin Goodman founded Timely Publications, basing it at his existing company. In 1942, it moved to the 14th floor of the Empire State Building, where it remained until 1951. The company was founded in 1939 as Timely Publications, based at his existing company in the McGraw-Hill Building at 330 West 42nd Street in New York City. ![]() During this era, called the Golden Age of comic books, "Timely" was the umbrella name for the comics division of pulp magazine publisher Martin Goodman, whose business strategy involved having a multitude of corporate entities (including Red Circle Comics) all producing the same product. Timely Comics is the 1940s comic book publishing company that would evolve into first Atlas Comics, and then Marvel Comics. Жанр: war\horror\teen\adventure\western\family
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