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National Comics Publications (NCP; later known as National Periodical Publications Inc. or simply National) was an American comic book publishing company. It was the direct predecessor of modern-day DC Comics.
History
The corporation was originally two companies: National Allied Publications Inc. (also known as National Allied Newspaper Syndicate Inc.[1] and later Nicholson Publishing Co., Inc.[2]) which was founded by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson in 1935[3][4][5] to publish New Fun,[note 1] the first American comic book with all-original material rather than comic strip reprints, and Detective Comics Inc.,[4] which was founded on December 31, 1936[6] by Wheeler-Nicholson with Harry Donenfeld and Jack Liebowitz to publish Detective Comics.[7] Wheeler-Nicholson fell into deep debt to Donenfeld and Liebowitz, and in 1938, Donenfeld and Liebowitz petitioned Wheeler-Nicholson's National Allied into bankruptcy and seized it, and as a result, Liebowitz took over and folded National Allied into Detective Comics.[8][9]Template:Rp[10]
Max Gaines' All-American Publications and Detective Comics Inc. merged to become National Comics Publications Inc.[11] on September 30, 1946.[12][9]Template:Rp[13] National Comics was renamed "National Periodical Publications Inc." in 1961.[9]Template:Rp[14][15]
Despite the official names "National Comics" and "National Periodical Publications", the company began branding itself as "Superman-DC" in the early 1940s.[16]
In 1967, National Periodical Publications was purchased by Kinney National Services.[17] In 1977, the company changed its name to DC Comics.[18]
See also
Notes
References
Further reading
- Charles Wooley (1986). Wooley's History of the Comic Book, 1899-1936: The Origin of the Superhero. Lake Buena Vista, Florida. 1986.
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