The Library of American Comics Essentials: Dan Dunn: Secret Operative 48 — IDW Publishing
Issue: #1
Considered the first comic book with original material ever produced, 1933’s Detective Dan, Secret Op. 48 was a landmark. It only lasted one issue before morphing into the Dan Dunn newspaper strip. A blatant copy of Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy (Norman Marsh had been an art assistant to Gould), Dan Dunn was a rough and tumble Secret Service agent who exacted violent retribution on any criminal who d...
Creators: Lorraine Turner, Bruce Canwell, Dean Mullaney, Norman Marsh
Characters: Dan Dunn