See also: 1920s in comics, other events of the 1930s, 1940s in comics and the list of years in comics Publications: 1930 - 1931 - 1932 - 1933 - 1934 - 1935 - 1936 - 1937 - 1938 - 1939 Publications 1930 September 8: Debut of Blondie by Chic Young. 1931 April 17: In E.C. Segar's Thimble Theatre Popeye first quotes his classic line: "I yam what I yam an' tha's all I yam." June 26: In E.C. Segar's Thimble Theatre spinach is introduced as the source of Popeye's power. October 4: Debut of Dick Tracy by Chester Gould. 1932 March 20: In E. C. Segar's Thimble Theatre, J. Wellington Wimpy first says "I would gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today. 1933 Eastern Color Printing begins business as a publisher of comic books. Historians consider Famous Funnies, printed this year by Eastern in tandem with Dell Comics, to be the first modern comic book, though this one was mostly a test giveaway at Woolworth's Department Stores. July 14: The Fleischer Studios animated debut of Popeye, in the Betty Boop short Popeye the Sailor. 1934 May: Famous Funnies (cover dated July) is relaunched by Eastern Color and becomes the first full-color comic book sold to the public. August 13: Al Capp's Li'l Abner debuts. September: Rube Goldberg's Boob McNutt comic strip ends. Autumn: National Allied Publications, Inc., one of the two companies to eventually become National Comics Publications (later DC Comics), forms. October 22: Milton Caniff's Terry and the Pirates debuts. 1935 February: National Allied Publications published New Fun Comics, which was the first comic book to contain wholly original material rather than reprints of newspaper comic strips. The series would go on to debut the characters Doctor Fate, Aquaman, Green Arrow, and The Spectre. December: New Comics, which would be retitled to New Adventure Comics and then Adventure Comics, debuted from National Allied Publications. The series would later feature the debuts of Hourman, Sandman, Starman, and Jack Kirby's Manhunter. 1936 1937 March: National Comics Publications begins publication of Detective Comics. Batman would debut in issue #27, National became so well known for the series that they changed their name to DC Comics, and the series would run continuously until 2011, becoming the longest continuously published comic series in American history. October 17: Huey, Dewey, and Louie first appear in Al Taliaferro's Donald Duck comic strip. 1938 June: National