DONENFELD, HARRY |
| Source (some data) |
| | One of his close associates via Michael Feldman | NULL |
| Name and vital stats |
| | DONENFELD, HARRY [1893-1965] (publisher; business) | NULL |
| Biographical |
| | Moved to USA in '00 from Romania | NULL |
| Family in arts |
| | Daughter: Sonia (Donenfeld) Iger | NULL |
| | Son: Irwin Donenfeld | NULL |
| | Son-in-law: Fred Iger | NULL |
| | Wife: Gussie Donenfeld (in whose name he owned many businesses) | NULL |
| Print Media (non-comics) |
| | Co-owner: 1932-34 Partner with Joe Burten [aka Joey Bernstein] in Burdon Publishing [adult magazines] | > 32 33 34 |
| | Co-owner: Ditributing Company: 1932-65 Independent News, magazine distributor (partner: Paul Sampliner) | > 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: 1930s brother Irving) | > 30 31 32 32 34 35 36 37 38 39 |
| | President & Owner: President: 1925 Elmo Press [NYC] | > 25 |
| | Publisher & Owner: 1930s Merwil [owner] | > 30 31 32 32 34 35 36 37 38 39 |
| | 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 1934+ Spicy Adventure | > 34 |
| | Publisher: Pulps: 1934+ Spicy Western | > 34 |
| | Publisher: Pulps: 1934+ Super-Detective Stories | > 34 |
| | Publisher: Trojan pulp: 1937 Lone Ranger | > 37 |
| | Publisher: Trojan pulp: Don Winslow of the Navy [Merwil] | NULL |
| Other career notes |
| | Secretary: Martin Printing [NYC] 1922 | > 22 |
| Note on comics career |
| | Backed various small comics publishers through Publishers Distribution Corp., PDC; see IRVING MANHEIMER c1939-c49 | > 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 |
| | Bought out NATIONAL ALLIED COMICS and created DC COMICS c1938 | > 38 |
| | Partner with Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson of NATIONAL ALLIED on DETECTIVE #1; bought him out c1937 | > 37 |
| | Principal owner of Independemt News c1935 | > 35 |
| | Probably silent owner of AMERICAN COMICS GROUP; see BENJAMIN W. SANGOR | NULL |
| | Published comics in magazines: DIANA DAW in Spicy Adventure c1934 | > 34 |
| | Published comics in magazines: POLLY OF THE PLAINS in Spicy Western c1936 | > 36 |
| | Published comics in magazines: SALLY SLEUTH by A. Barreaux in Spicy Detective c1934 | > 34 |
| | Published comics in magazines: SOB SISTER SUE by Rex Maxon in Private Detective Stories c1937 | > 37 |
| | Was severely incapacitated and out of the business after an accident c1962 | > 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 |