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National Publications was one of the companies that would later become DC Comics
DC Comics

DC Comics is one of the largest and most popular American comic book and related media companies, along with Marvel Comics. A subsidiary of Warner Bros....
. The corporation was originally two companies: National Allied Publications (founded by Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson was an United States pulp magazine writer and entrepreneur who pioneered the American comic book, publishing the first such periodical consisting solely of original material rather than reprints of newspaper comic strips....
 in 1934 to publish the first American comic book
American comic book

An American comic book is a small magazine originating in the United States and containing a narrative in the form of comics. The standard dimensions are 17 x 26 cm , although they were larger in the past....
 with all-original material rather than comic strip
Comic strip

A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story.Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a comics artist or cartoonist, and many such strips are published on a recurring basis in newspapers and on the Internet....
 reprints) and Detective Comics.

They two merged in the 1930s to become National Comics (later National Periodical Publications).






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National Publications was one of the companies that would later become DC Comics
DC Comics

DC Comics is one of the largest and most popular American comic book and related media companies, along with Marvel Comics. A subsidiary of Warner Bros....
. The corporation was originally two companies: National Allied Publications (founded by Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson was an United States pulp magazine writer and entrepreneur who pioneered the American comic book, publishing the first such periodical consisting solely of original material rather than reprints of newspaper comic strips....
 in 1934 to publish the first American comic book
American comic book

An American comic book is a small magazine originating in the United States and containing a narrative in the form of comics. The standard dimensions are 17 x 26 cm , although they were larger in the past....
 with all-original material rather than comic strip
Comic strip

A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story.Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a comics artist or cartoonist, and many such strips are published on a recurring basis in newspapers and on the Internet....
 reprints) and Detective Comics.

They two merged in the 1930s to become National Comics (later National Periodical Publications). In 1945, National Publications purchased All-American Publications
All-American Publications

All-American Publications is one of three American comic book companies that combined to form the modern-day DC Comics, one of the world's two largest comics publishers....
, a company with which it shared offices and some business relationships.