The number of new house ads and public service ads went down in 1955. There seem to be about as many paid ads as the year before, maybe a few more, so why was that? First, DC reused some previous ads updated with new covers. Second, there were more new ads that could be reused […]

The idea of annuals as larger than usual collections of material, often reprints, has a long tradition in England and America going back to the late 1800s. Comics annuals, or annual-sized collections of reprints, began turning up from DC as early as 1935 with THE BIG BOOK OF FUN COMICS from National Allied Publications, the […]

In 1960, DC Comics began another of their many TV comedy series, this one based on a teen romance humor show starring Dwayne Hickman as the title character and Bob Denver as his beatnik sidekick Maynard G. Krebs. The show ran from 1959 to 1963. DC editor Larry Nadle chose his favorite and best humor […]

Lois Lane has been an integral part of Superman comics from the beginning, appearing in ACTION COMICS #1 as a newspaper reporter working alongside Superman’s Clark Kent identity. The love triangle of Kent, Superman and Lois was a mainstay of the feature. When Mort Weisinger took over the editing of Superman stories, Lois’ role became […]

From 1956 to 1958, DC Comics launched three new Hollywood comedy titles that did not last as long as their earlier successes with Bob Hope and Jerry Lewis. JACKIE GLEASON AND THE HONEYMOONERS ran for 12 issues from 1956-1958, probably edited by Larry Nadle, and was based on several Gleason TV shows with various titles […]