Among its other achievements, Funnies, Inc. supplied the contents of Marvel Comics #1, the first publication of the company that would evolve into Marvel Comics.
DC Comics | Marvel Comics | Dark Horse Comics | Marvel Universe | Mystery Science Theater 3000 | comics | mystery | Franco-Belgian comics | Image Comics | Mystery fiction | Marvel | Avengers (comics) | Marvel NOW! | Thor (Marvel Comics) | Mystery Writers of America | Joker (comics) | Detective Comics | Belgian comics | Wolverine (comics) | Hulk (comics) | Dell Comics | Archie Comics | Timely Comics | Marvel UK | Romance comics | Robin (comics) | Action Comics | Ultraforce (comics) | Marvel Entertainment | Horror comics |
Avison also worked as a penciler or, more often, as inker on characters including the Vision (in Marvel Mystery Comics); the Blonde Phantom; the Young Allies (in Amazing Comics, Kid Komics and Mystic Comics); the Black Marvel (in All Winners Comics); and Tommy Tyme (in Mystic Comics).
His notable comic-book appearances include Timely Comics' Marvel Comics #1 (Oct. 1939), the first publication of the company that would become Marvel Comics; and some of the earliest publications of the companies that would become DC Comics.
•
When Funnies, Inc. then supplied the contents of Marvel Comics #1 (Oct. 1939), the first comic book published by Marvel Comics predecessor Timely Comics, the packager included both an expanded version of the Sub-Mariner story plus five one-panel gags by Schwab that appear on the inside front cover under the rubric "Now I'll Tell One".