Ace Comics
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Ace Comics is a comics book series from the Pre-Golden age Era and the Golden-age Era which was published by David McKay Publications. The first issue debuted on April 1937 written by Alex Raymond with Jungle Jim, Blondie, and Felix. It was later on revolutionary with the introduction of Lee Falk's The Phantom in Ace Comics No. 11 in February 17th, 1936 which became one of the first costumed heroes to ever be featured in a comic book. This brought an end to the Pre-Golden age Era and lead up to the Golden Age of comics along with the creation of Joe Shuster's and Jerry Siegal's Superman from Action Comics No. 1. The Ace Comics series lasted and continually introduce new characters such as Brick Bradford and the Lone Ranger until the series was canceled with Ace Comics #151 in 1949.
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[edit] The Phantom
Main article: The Phantom
A comics series about a hero who fights crimes created by Lee Falk. It is recognized as one of the first comics series ever to include a costumed hero as the Phantom would fight crimes wearing a mask and a purple skin tight costume (though ironically The Phantom originally was envisioned grey but became purple because of a newspaper printing error).
[edit] Blondie
Main article: Blondie
Blondie featured Blondie Boopadoop and her boyfriend (later husband) Dagwood Bumstead. The comic's storylines revolved around their life in suburbia. As time went by other characters were included, such as Herb and Tootsie Woodley, their neighbors, Alexander and Cookie, their daughter, Mr. Beasley the mailman, Elmo Tuttle, the neighborhood kid, as well as their dog Daisy.
[edit] Felix
Main article: Felix the Cat
Felix is a black cat with white eyes that originated as a cartoon back from the days of silent films. In the present it has become one of the most recognizable characters in the world, along with Disney's Mickey Mouse and Miyamoto's Mario. It can also be noted that Felix was one of the first animated characters to attract audiences to come to the movies solely to watch the cartoons.
[edit] Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Main article: Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Ripley's Believe It or Not! was created by Robert Ripley and was a cartoon panel that described objects and events that were usually strange and unusual so much in that it seemed unbelievable to the reader. The series began with tales of amazing sports feats though as time went by the comics also presented facts from genres other than sports.
[edit] Jungle Jim
Main article: Jungle Jim
[edit] The Captain and the Kids
Main article: The Captain and the Kids
The Captain and the Kids was a comic series created by Rudolph Dirks that is very similar to that of his previous comic, the Katzenjammer Kids. The reason for this being that when Dirks wanted to break from the Hearst newspapers (who distributed the Katzenjammer Kids), the company refused to let him take the Katzenjammer Kids with him, so Dirks was forced to start a new and almost identical series (Captain and the Kids).
[edit] Prince Valiant
Main article: Prince Valiant
Prince Valiant is a comic book series created by Hal Foster. The series usually featured stories based on mythology, (mostly around stories related to King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table). However by 1942 the series decreased the use of magic in the comics and added more realistic aspects.
[edit] Lone Ranger
Main article: Lone Ranger The Lone Ranger is a comic based upon a TV and radio series of the same name. The stories usually featured a masked cowboy from the Old West who gallops about doing heroic deeds along with his Native American sidekick Tonto.
[edit] Tonto
Main article: Tonto
[edit] Brick Bradford
Main article: Brick Bradford
Brick Bradford was a science fiction comic series created William Ritt and artist Clarence Gray. The series featured dinosaurs, intergalactic villains, robots, subatomic worlds, as well as a Time Top (a top-shaped time machine) that was introduced later on in the series.
