Dell Comics was the

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publishing arm of

Dell Publishing Dell Publishing Company, Inc. is an American publisher of books, magazines and comic books, that was founded in 1921 by George T. Delacorte Jr. with $10,000 (approx. $145,000 in 2021), two employees and one magazine title, ''I Confess'', and ...

, which got its start in

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. It published comics from 1929 to 1974. At its peak, it was the most prominent and successful American company in the medium.Evanier, Mark
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In 1953 Dell claimed to be the world's largest comics publisher, selling 26 million copies each month."Good Friends for Him... and Mother Too.. in Dell Comics!" ''Saturday Evening Post'' (January 10, 1953).
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History

Origins

Its first title was ''

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'' (1929), described by the

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as "a short-lived newspaper tabloid insert" rather than a comic book. Comics historian

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describes the 16-page, four-color,

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periodical as "more a Sunday comic section without the rest of the newspaper than a true comic book. But it did offer all original material and was sold on newsstands". It ran 36 weekly issues, published Saturdays from January 16, 1929, to October 16, 1930.''Funnies,_The''_(Dell,_Film_Humor,_Inc._[#1-2
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Eastern Color Printing The Eastern Color Printing Company was a company that published comic books, beginning in 1933. At first, it was only newspaper comic strip reprints, but later on, original material was published. Eastern Color Printing was incorporated in 19 ...

to publish the 36-page ''

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: A Carnival of Comics'', considered by historians the first true American comic book; Goulart, for example, calls it "the cornerstone for one of the most lucrative branches of magazine publishing". It was distributed through the

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chain, though it is unclear whether it was sold or given away; the cover displays no price, but Goulart refers, either metaphorically or literally, to the publisher "sticking a ten-cent pricetag /nowiki>sic.html" ;"title="sic.html" ;"title="/nowiki>sic">/nowiki>sic">sic.html" ;"title="/nowiki>sic">/nowiki>sic/nowiki> on the comic books".Goulart, "Famous Funnies", p. 145 In early 1934, Dell published the single-issue ''Famous Funnies: Series 1'', also printed by Eastern Color. Unlike its predecessor, it was intended from the start to be sold rather than given away.

Western Publishing

The company formed a partnership in 1938 with

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, in which Dell would finance and distribute publications that Western would produce. While this diverged from the regular practice in the medium of one company handling finance and production and outsourcing distribution, it was a highly successful enterprise with titles selling in the millions. Most of the Dell-produced comics done for Western Publishing during this period were under the Whitman Comics banner (later also used by

Gold Key Comics Gold Key Comics was originally an imprint of American company Western Publishing, created for comic books distributed to newsstands. Also known as Whitman Comics, Gold Key operated this way from 1962 to 1984. Currently, Gold Key Comics is owned b ...

); notable titles included ''Crackajack Funnies'' (1938–1942) and ''Super Comics'' (1938–1949). Comic book historian Mark Carlson has stated at its peak in the mid-50s "while Dell’s total number of comic book titles asonly 15% of those published, it control dnearly a third of the total market. Dell admore million-plus sellers than any other company before or since".

Licensed material

Dell Comics was best known for its licensed material, most notably the

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characters from

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, and

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, along with many movie and television properties such as the

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and other

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characters.

''Four Color''

From 1938 to 1962, Dell's most notable and prolific title was the anthology ''

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''. Published several times a month, the title (which primarily consisted of standalone issues featuring various licensed properties) saw more than 1,300 issues published in its 23-year history. It often served as a try-out title (much like DC's ''

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'') and thus the launching pad for many long-running series, a number of which (such as ''

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'') were continued not by Dell, but

, the competing company formed when Western ended its partnership (see below).

Lil' Eightball

Responding to pressure from the

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community, the character Lil' Eightball (who appeared in a handful of

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cartoons in the late 1930s and in those initial appearances constituted what animation and comics historian Michael Barrier described as being a "grotesquely stereotypical black boy") was discontinued as one of the featured characters in the Lantz anthology comic book ''New Funnies''; the last appearance of the character was in the August 1947 issue.

Fredric Wertham

In 1948, Dell refused an invitation of membership in the nascent

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. The association had been formed to pre-empt government intervention in the face of mounting public criticism of comic books. Dell vice-president Helen Meyer told

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that Dell had opted out of the association because they didn't want their less controversial offerings to serve as "an umbrella for the crime comic publishers". When the

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was formed in 1954 in reaction to Wertham's ''

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'', Dell again refused to join and instead began publishing in its comics a "Pledge to Parents" that promised their editorial process "eliminates, rather than regulates, objectional icmaterial" and concluded with the now classic credo "Dell Comics Are Good Comics." Bart Beaty in his book ''Fredric Wertham and the Critique of Mass Culture'' describes a concerted campaign by Dell against publication of Wertham's ''Seduction of the Innocent'' to the extent of recruiting several of the companies that it licensed characters from (including Warner Brother Cartoons, the Lone Ranger Inc. and Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc.) to send letters of protest to Wertham's publisher Stanley Rinehart. Dell in this period even burnished its image by taking out full-page ads in the '' Saturday Evening Post'' in late 1952 and early 1953 that emphasized the wholesomeness of its comics.

Dell Comics Club and subscription promotions

From mid-1950 to Spring 1959 Dell promoted subscriptions to its non-Disney titles with what it called the Dell Comics Club. Membership was automatic with any one year subscription to such titles and came with a certificate of membership plus a group portrait of the most prominent non-Disney characters published by Dell. Dell also offered various subscription premiums during the 1940s and 1950s (in some cases these were prints of covers or other character artwork and in one instance a

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from a Warner Brothers cartoon) in what

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has dubbed a coordinated concerted "aggressive subscription push" and offered the option of an illustrated note or card be sent to the recipients of a gift subscription for birthdays or Christmas. Multi-year subscriptions were also available (in the case of ''

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'', at one point in the 1940s subscriptions for up to five years were offered).

Alternate format

In 1961, Dell issued two atypical, comic-book like paperbacks without coloring, with cardboard covers and heavier-weight paper than standard comics, and selling for one dollar when most comic books were 12 cents: the 116-page ''The Flintstones on the Rocks'' and the 117-page ''Huck & Yogi Jamboree'' One historian describes the latter as "a collection of drawings with text (there’s not a word balloon to be found). But there are drawings that are sequential which tell stories.... is was intended for Huck and Yogi’s ''adult'' fans. Of which there apparently were more than a few, given the format and high price — $1!"

Western partnership ends, Dell declines

In 1962 the partnership with Western ended, with Western taking most of its licensed properties and its original material and created its own imprint,

. While most of the talent who had worked on the Dell line continued at Gold Key, a few creators like John Stanley stuck with Dell and its new line. Dell also drew new talent to its fold, such as Frank Springer, Don Arneson, and Lionel Ziprin. Dell Comics continued for another 11 years with licensed

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and

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adaptations (including '' Mission: Impossible'', ''

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'', '' Burke's Law'', '' Doctor Kildare'', '' Beach Blanket Bingo'') and a few generally poorly received original titles. Among the few long lasting series from this time include the teen-comic '' Thirteen Going on Eighteen'' (29 issues, written by John Stanley), ''Ghost Stories'' (37 issues, #1 only written by John Stanley), ''Combat'' (40 issues), ''Ponytail'' (20 issues), ''

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'' (20 issues), ''

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'' (10 issues), and '' Naza Stone Age Warrior'' (9 issues). Dell additionally attempted to do superhero titles, including '' Nukla'', ''Superheroes'' (starring the Fab 4, as the group's name was spelled on covers), '' Brain Boy'', and a critically ridiculed trio of titles based on the Universal Pictures monsters

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, Dracula and

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that recast the characters as superheroes. Dell Comics ceased publication in 1974, with a few of its former titles moving to

Corporate acquisitions

Dell was acquired by Doubleday in 1976. Doubleday was acquired by

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in 1986, who formed Bantam Doubleday Dell as its US subsidiary. Bertelsmann acquired

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in 1998 and renamed its US business after the acquisition. After the merger, Bantam was merged with Dell Publishing. In 2001, Random House purchased Golden Books' book publishing properties effectively reuniting the remnants of Dell and

. Bantam Dell became part of the Random House publishing group in 2008.

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was merged with Bantam Dell in 2010. In 2013, Random House merged with Penguin to form

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Fan revivals

After Dell ceased publication, a number of its obscure characters were brought back in

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. In August 2016, InDELLible Comics was formed in tribute to the public domain characters orphaned by Dell. In July 2017, All-New Popular Comics #1 was published, and was #1 in its category on Amazon upon release. Founded and edited by the team of Jim Ludwig, David Noe and Dærick Gröss Sr., the first issue featured some original characters as well as stories and cameos with many Dell characters.

Examples of titles

* '' 1000 Jokes'' (116 issues, 1938–1969) * '' Animal Comics'' (30 issues, 1942–1947) * '' Beach Blanket Bingo'' (1965) * ''

'' (1962–1964) * '' Brain Boy'' (5 issues, 1962–1963) * ''

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'' (see TV Series

) * '' Burke's Law'' * '' Campus Clowns'' * ''

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'' (41 issues, 1950–1958) * '' Combat'' (40 issues) * '' Crackajack Funnies'' (43 issues, 1938–1942) * '' Deadwood Gulch'' * ''

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'' (1962–1965) * '' Dracula'' (3 issues, 1966–1967) * '' Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan'' (131 issues, 1948–1962) — later continued by Western, et al. * ''

'' (1,354 issues, 1938–1962) * ''

'' (3 issues, 1966–1967) * ''

'' (36 issues, 1929–1930) * Gene Autry Comics / Gene Autry and Champion (121 issues, 1946–1959) * ''

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'' * ''

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'' (37 issues, #1 only written by John Stanley) *

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(8 issues, 1963-1965) * '' Jungle War Stories'' (11 issues 1962-1966) retitled ''Guerilla War'' in 1965 (issues 12–14 March 1966) * ''

Kona, Monarch of Monster Isle Kona, Monarch of Monster Isle is a fictional American comic book character who was featured in his own self-titled series, published by Dell Comics in the 1960s. Publication history Kona debuted in Four Color Comics #1256 (dated February 1962) b ...

'' (22 issues, 1962–1964) * ''

Little Lulu ''Little Lulu'' is a comic strip created in 1935 by American author Marjorie Henderson Buell. The character, Lulu Moppet, debuted in ''The Saturday Evening Post'' on February 23, 1935, in a single panel, appearing as a flower girl at a wedding ...

'' (164 issues, 1948–1962) — later continued by Western, et al. * ''

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'' (145 issues, 1948–1962) — later continued by Gold Key * ''

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'' (34 issues, 1952–1960) * '' Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics'' (153 issues, 1941–1954) * '' Mission: Impossible'' (5 issues) * '' Naza Stone Age Warrior'' (9 issues) * ''

New Funnies ''The Funnies'' was the name of two American publications from Dell Publishing (Dell Comics), the first of these a seminal 1920s precursor of comic books, and the second a standard 1930s comic book. ''The Funnies'' (1929–1930) In 1929, Geor ...

'' (288 issues, 1942–1962) * '' Neutro'' (1 issue) * '' Nukla'' (4 issues, 1965–1966) * '' Popular Comics'' (145 issues, 1936–1948) * '' Possum Holler'' * ''

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'' (20 issues) * ''

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'' (151 issues, 1941–1956) * '' Rock-Age Roy'' * '' Sancho and the Don'' * ''

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'' * '' Super Comics'' (121 issues, 1938–1949) * ''Super Heroes'' (1967, starred the "Fab 4") * ''

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'' (5 issues, 1967-1969) * '' Thirteen Going on Eighteen'' (29 issues, written by John Stanley) * ''

'' (10 issues) * '' Tom & Jerry Comics'' (153 issues, 1949–1962) * ''

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'' (130 issues, 1956–1982) *

(264 issues, 1940–1962) — continued by Western, et al. * ''

'' (1966–1967) * '' Yak Yak'' (early 1960s satirical comic principally drawn by artist Jack Davis)

References

External links

*
Dell Comics section at International Catalogue of Superheroes
at Don Markstein's Toonopedia
Archived
from the original on September 12, 2017
Interview with Mel KeeferWriting the Dell Way

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's Oct. 25, 1952 letter to the wife of

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outlining based on his experience the formula to scripting for Dell Comics
obituary for Robert Schaefer
* ttp://michaelbarrier.com/#membersoftheclub Michael Barrier on the Dell Comics Clubbr>The Last Li'l Eight Ball story from ''New Funnies'' #128 (August 1947)Chronological listings of all Four-Colors
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