MAX GAINES

Active: 1939–1942

AS WRITER

AS ARTIST

KEY ISSUES

SERIES

Maxwell Charles Gaines was an American publisher and a pioneering figure in the creation of the modern comic book.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

NOTABLE WORKS: KEY ISSUES

All-American Comics

#19

Earliest catalogued appearances of Atom (Pratt) and Mary Pratt.

All-American Comics

Earliest catalogued appearances of Augustus Mutt, Little Jeff, Hop Harrigan, and 3 more.

All-American Comics

#27

Earliest catalogued appearance of Doiby Dickles.

All-American Comics

#28

Earliest catalogued appearance of Flora Styles.

Movie Comics

Earliest catalogued appearance of Ed Sullivan.

All-American Comics

1939

14 credited issues

Movie Comics

1939

5 credited issues

All-Flash

1941

1 credited issue

Appearing most often in their credited issues

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