Max Gaines, the Glossary
Maxwell Charles Gaines (born Max Ginzberg, September 21, 1894 – August 20, 1947) was an American publisher and a pioneering figure in the creation of the modern comic book.[1]
Table of Contents
61 relations: Al Smith (cartoonist), All Star Comics, All-American Comics, All-American Publications, American comic book, Canada Dry, Cereal, Comic book, DC Comics, Dell Comics, Dell Publishing, Doctor Fate, Eastern Color Printing, EC Comics, Ed Wheelan, Famous Funnies, Fifty Who Made DC Great, Flash Comics, Funnies on Parade, Grand Comics Database, Green Lantern, H. G. Peter, Ham Fisher, HarperCollins, Harry Donenfeld, Harvey Kurtzman, Hawkman, Jack Liebowitz, Jews, Joe Palooka, Joey Cavalieri, John Wanamaker, Kinney Shoes, Lake Placid, New York, Land of the Lost (radio series), Mad (magazine), McClure Newspaper Syndicate, McNaught Syndicate, Mutt and Jeff, National Comics Publications, New York City, Newsagent's shop, Percy Crosby, Procter & Gamble, Reform Judaism (magazine), Ron Goulart, Sheldon Mayer, Skippy (comic strip), Soft drink, Spectre (DC Comics character), ... Expand index (11 more) »
Al Smith (cartoonist)
Al Smith (March 21, 1902 – November 24, 1986) was an American cartoonist whose work included a long run on the comic strip Mutt and Jeff.
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All Star Comics
All Star Comics is an American comic book series from All-American Publications, one of three companies that merged with National Periodical Publications to form the modern-day DC Comics.
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All-American Comics
All-American Comics is a comics anthology and the flagship title of comic book publisher All-American Publications, one of the forerunners of DC Comics.
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All-American Publications
All-American Publications, Inc.The name is spelled with a hyphen per its logo (pictured) and sources including at Don Markstein's Toonopedia.
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American comic book
An American comic book is a thin periodical originating in the United States, on average 32 pages, containing comics.
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Canada Dry
Canada Dry is a brand of soft drinks founded in Toronto, Canada in 1904, and owned since 2008 by the American company Dr Pepper Snapple (now Keurig Dr Pepper).
Cereal
A cereal is a grass cultivated for its edible grain.
Comic book
A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes.
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.
Dell Comics
Dell Comics was the comic book publishing arm of Dell Publishing, which got its start in pulp magazines.
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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 soon began turning out dozens of pulp magazines, which included penny-a-word detective stories, articles about films, and romance books (or "smoochies" as they were known in the slang of the day).
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Doctor Fate
Doctor Fate, also known as Fate or collectively as Fate's Legacy, is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
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Eastern Color Printing
The Eastern Color Printing Company was a company that published comic books, beginning in 1933.
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EC Comics
E.C. Publications, Inc., (doing business as EC Comics) is an American comic book publisher specialized in horror fiction, crime fiction, satire, military fiction, dark fantasy, and science fiction from the 1940s through the mid-1950s, notably the Tales from the Crypt series.
Ed Wheelan
Edgar Stow Wheelan (1888–1966), who signed his work Ed Wheelan, was an American cartoonist best known for his comic strip Minute Movies, satirizing silent films, and his comic book Fat and Slat, published by EC Comics. Max Gaines and Ed Wheelan are eC Comics.
Famous Funnies
Famous Funnies is an American comic strip anthology series published from 1934 to 1955 with two precursor one-shots appearing in 1933–1934.
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Fifty Who Made DC Great
Fifty Who Made DC Great is a one-shot published by DC Comics to commemorate the company's 50th anniversary in 1985.
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Flash Comics
Flash Comics is a comics anthology published by All-American Publications and later by National Periodical Publications (DC Comics).
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Funnies on Parade
Funnies on Parade is an American giveaway publication of 1933 that was a precursor of comic books.
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Grand Comics Database
The Grand Comics Database (GCD) is an Internet-based project to build a database of comic book information through user contributions.
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Green Lantern
Green Lantern is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
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H. G. Peter
Harry George Peter (March 8, 1880 – January 2, 1958) was an American newspaper illustrator and cartoonist known for his work on the Wonder Woman comic book and for Bud Fisher of the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Ham Fisher
Hammond Edward "Ham" Fisher (September 24, 1900 – December 27, 1955) was an American comic strip writer and cartoonist.
HarperCollins
HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British-American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster.
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Harry Donenfeld
Harry Donenfeld (October 17, 1893 – February 26, 1965) was an American publisher. Max Gaines and Harry Donenfeld are comic book publishers (people) and dC Comics people.
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Harvey Kurtzman
Harvey Kurtzman (October 3, 1924 – February 21, 1993) was an American cartoonist and editor. Max Gaines and Harvey Kurtzman are eC Comics, Jewish American comics creators and Jews from New York (state).
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Hawkman
Hawkman is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Jack Liebowitz
Jacob S. Liebowitz (born Yacov Lebovitz, October 10, 1900 – December 11, 2000, Social Security Number 091-03-2495, last residence New York City, New York 10019.) was an American accountant and publisher. Max Gaines and Jack Liebowitz are comic book publishers (people) and dC Comics people.
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Jews
The Jews (יְהוּדִים) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East, and whose traditional religion is Judaism.
Joe Palooka
Joe Palooka is an American comic strip about a heavyweight boxing champion, created by cartoonist Ham Fisher.
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Joey Cavalieri
Joey Cavalieri is an American writer and editor of comic books.
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John Wanamaker
John Wanamaker (July 11, 1838December 12, 1922) was an American merchant and religious, civic and political figure, considered by some to be a proponent of advertising and a "pioneer in marketing".
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Kinney Shoes
The G.R. Kinney Company was an American manufacturer and retailer of shoes from 1894 until September 16, 1998.
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Lake Placid, New York
Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States.
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Land of the Lost (radio series)
Land of the Lost was a 1940s radio fantasy adventure, written and narrated by Isabel Manning Hewson, about the adventures of two children who traveled underwater with the fatherly fish Red Lantern.
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Mad (magazine)
Mad (stylized as MAD) is an American humor magazine first published in 1952. Max Gaines and mad (magazine) are eC Comics.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
McClure Newspaper Syndicate, the first American newspaper syndicate, introduced many American and British writers to the masses.
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McNaught Syndicate
The McNaught Syndicate was an American newspaper syndicate founded in 1922.
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Mutt and Jeff
Mutt and Jeff is a long-running and widely popular American newspaper comic strip created by cartoonist Bud Fisher in 1907 about "two mismatched tinhorns".
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National Comics Publications
National Comics Publications (NCP; later known as National Periodical Publications Inc. or simply National) was an American comic book publishing company.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Newsagent's shop
A newsagent's shop or simply newsagent's or paper shop (British English), newsagency (Australian English) or newsstand (American and Canadian English) is a business that sells newspapers, magazines, cigarettes, snacks and often items of local interest.
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Percy Crosby
Percy Lee Crosby at FamilySearch.org.
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Procter & Gamble
The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is an American multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble.
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Reform Judaism (magazine)
Reform Judaism was the official magazine of the Union for Reform Judaism.
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Ron Goulart
Ronald Joseph Goulart ((January 13, 1933 - January 14, 2022) was an American popular culture historian and mystery, fantasy and science fiction author. He worked on novels and novelizations (and other works) being published under various pseudonyms such as: Kenneth Robeson, Con Steffanson, Chad Calhoun, R.
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Sheldon Mayer
Sheldon Mayer (April 1, 1917 – December 21, 1991) was an American comics artist, writer, and editor. Max Gaines and Sheldon Mayer are dC Comics people and Jewish American comics creators.
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Skippy (comic strip)
Skippy is an American comic strip written and drawn by Percy Crosby that was published from 1923 to 1945.
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Soft drink
A soft drink (see § Terminology for other names) is any water-based flavored drink, usually but not necessarily carbonated, and typically including added sweetener.
Spectre (DC Comics character)
The Spectre is the name of several antiheroes who appear in American comic books published by DC Comics.
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Starman (DC Comics)
Starman is a name used by several different DC Comics superheroes, most prominently Ted Knight and his sons David and Jack.
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Tales from the Crypt (comics)
Tales from the Crypt is an American bi-monthly horror comic anthology series that was published by EC Comics from 1950 to 1955 created by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein.
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Talking animals in fiction
Talking animals are a common element in mythology and folk tales, children's literature, and modern comic books and animated cartoons.
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The Funnies
The Funnies is 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.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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Weird Science (comics)
Weird Science was an American science fiction comic book magazine that was part of the EC Comics line in the early 1950s.
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Western Publishing
Western Publishing, also known as Western Printing and Lithographing Company, was a Racine, Wisconsin, firm responsible for publishing the Little Golden Books.
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Wheatena
Wheatena is an American high-fiber, toasted-wheat cereal that originated on Mulberry Street in New York City, New York,, when a small bakery owner began roasting whole wheat, grinding it, and packaging it for sale under this brand name.
William Gaines
William Maxwell "Bill" Gaines (March 1, 1922 – June 3, 1992) was an American publisher and co-editor of EC Comics. Max Gaines and William Gaines are comic book publishers (people), eC Comics and Jewish American comics creators.
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William Moulton Marston
William Moulton Marston (May 9, 1893 – May 2, 1947), also known by the pen name Charles Moulton, was an American psychologist who, with his wife Elizabeth Holloway, invented an early prototype of the polygraph. Max Gaines and William Moulton Marston are dC Comics people.
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Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman is a superheroine created by the American psychologist and writer William Moulton Marston (pen name: Charles Moulton), and artist Harry G. Peter in 1941 for DC Comics.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Gaines
Also known as M. C. Gaines, M.C. Gaines, MC Gaines, Maxwell Charles Gaines, Maxwell Gaines, Maxwell Ginsburg, Maxwell Ginzberg.
, Starman (DC Comics), Tales from the Crypt (comics), Talking animals in fiction, The Funnies, The New York Times, Weird Science (comics), Western Publishing, Wheatena, William Gaines, William Moulton Marston, Wonder Woman.