Founded | Late 1930s |
---|---|
Founder | Lloyd Jacquet |
Defunct | 1949 |
Headquarters location | 45 West 45th Street, New York City |
Key people | Carl Burgos, Bill Everett, Mickey Spillane, Leonard Starr |
Publication types | Comic books |
Funnies, Inc. was an American comic book packager of the late 1930s to 1940s period collectors and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books. Founded by Lloyd Jacquet, it supplied the contents of early comics, including that of Marvel Comics #1 (cover-dated Oct. 1939), the first publication of what would become the multimedia corporation Marvel Comics.