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DONENFELD, HARRY 
  Name and vital stats 
    DONENFELD, HARRY [1893-1965] (publisher)  NULL 
  Biographical 
    Moved to USA in 1900 from Romania  > 00 
  Note 
    Secretary: Martin Printing [NYC] 1922  > 22 
  Family in arts 
    Daughter: Sonia (Donenfeld) Iger  NULL 
    Son-in-law: Fred Iger  NULL 
    Son: Irwin Donenfeld  NULL 
    Wife: Gussie Donenfeld (in whose name he owned many businesses)  NULL 
  Print Media (non-comics) 
    Co-owner: Independent News, magazine distributor (partner: Paul Sampliner) 1932-65  > 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 
    Co-owner: Irwin Publishing and Griffon Novelty Co. (partner: brother Irving) 1930s  > 30s 
    Co-owner: Partner with Joe Burten [aka Joey Bernstein] in Burdon Publishing [adult magazines] 1932-34  > 32 33 34 
    President & Owner: President: Elmo Press [NYC] 1925  > 25 
    Publisher & Owner: Merwil [owner] 1930s  > 30s 
    Publisher & Owner: Partner: Frank Armer of various imprints: Valhalla (2 hardcovers) mid-30s, Culture and Trojan pulps 1934-c45  > 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 
    Publisher: Gay Broadway [pulp]  NULL 
    Publisher: Pulps: Spicy Western 1934+  > 34 
    Publisher: Pulps: Super-Detective Stories 1934+  > 34 
    Publisher: Spicy Adventure [pulp] 1934+  > 34 
    Publisher: Trojan pulp: Don Winslow of the Navy [Merwil]  NULL 
    Publisher: Trojan pulp: Lone Ranger 1937  > 37 
  Note on comics career 
    Probably silent owner of AMERICAN COMICS GROUP; see BENJAMIN W. SANGOR  NULL 
    c1934 Published comics in magazines: DIANA DAW in Spicy Adventure  > 34 
    c1934 Published comics in magazines: SALLY SLEUTH by A. Barreaux in Spicy Detective  > 34 
    c1935 Principal owner of Independemt News  > 35 
    c1936 Published comics in magazines: POLLY OF THE PLAINS in Spicy Western  > 36 
    c1937 Partner with Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson of NATIONAL ALLIED on DETECTIVE #1; bought him out  > 37 
    c1937 Published comics in magazines: SOB SISTER SUE by Rex Maxon in Private Detective Stories  > 37 
    c1938 Bought out NATIONAL ALLIED COMICS and created DC COMICS  > 38 
    c1939-c49 Backed various small comics publishers through Publishers Distribution Corp., PDC; see IRVING MANHEIMER  > 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 
    c1962 Was severely incapacitated and out of the business after an accident  > 62 
  DC COMICS 
    Support (pres/maj own) 1937-64 [Imprint: NATIONAL PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS]  > 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 
  Source (some data) 
    One of his close associates via Michael Feldman  NULL 
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