New Fun
comic book
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New Fun #1, released in February 1935, was the first comic book series to exclusively feature comic strips. This publication was a significant step in the evolution of comic books, which grew out of newspaper comic strips like The Yellow Kid and The Katzenjammer Kids. The development of comic books paralleled the popularity of pulp magazines, which offered adventure and thrills. New Fun #1 was published by National Allied Publications, a precursor to DC Comics, which would later release Detective Comics #1 in March 1937.1
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