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One of the earliest employees of Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson's National Allied Publications, Mayer produced almost all of his comics work for the company that would become known as DC Comics. He is among those credited with rescuing the unsold Superman comics strip from the rejection pile.
Sci-fi. DC. Sheldon Mayer (b. April 1, 1917 – d.December 21, 1991) was a writer. Sheldon Mayer was one of the very first contributors to comics. He started his career drawing humorous strips for Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson in 1935, but soon left to work for M.C. Gaines at the McClure Syndicate. Mayer...
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- He went to work in comics as a kid. At the tender age of 18, Shelly got a job at National, the precursor to DC Comics, and produced some of the first, original material for the American industry around 1935.
- He was one of Superman’s champions. Shelly was one of those individuals who saw a piece of work making its rounds of the fledgling industry and went nuts for it.
- He was mentor to the cream of comics’ crop. Shelly’s stable of creators, the guys he helped shepherd to greatness, is an amazing Who’s Who list: Mart Nodell, Gardner Fox, Harry Lampert, Sheldon Moldoff, Bill Finger, Irwin Hasen, Joe Kubert, just to name a fantastic few.
- He oversaw the creation of comic book icons. While editor at All-American, Shelly worked with the aforementioned creators to launch such seminal superheroes as the Green Lantern, the Flash, Hawkman, Johnny Thunder, Wonder Woman, the Atom, and Wildcat.
Sugar and Spike. Cover to Sugar and Spike #1 (April/May 1956), art by Sheldon Mayer. Sugar and Spike is an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1956 through 1971, named after its main protagonists. The series was created, written, and drawn by Sheldon Mayer .
Aug 3, 2020 · In fact, the Golden Age era team, co-created by writer Gardner Fox, artist Everett E. Hibbard and editor Sheldon Mayer, was the first superhero collective of its kind. They debuted in DC’s...
Comic Cavalcade. 40 appearances. All-Star Comics. 32 appearances. No recent wiki edits to this page. Sheldon Mayer was an early editor at All-American Comics and National Comics from 1939 to...
