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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.
- Writer, Penciller, Editor
- December 21, 1991 (aged 74), Copake, New York, U.S.
- April 1, 1917, New York City, U.S.
Place of Birth. Manhattan, New York, United States of America. Creations. Scribbly. Sugar and Spike. Black Orchid. Red Tornado. Sheldon Mayer ( b. April 1, 1917 – d. December 21, 1991) was a writer. Professional History. Sheldon Mayer was one of the very first contributors to comics.
- 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.
The superhero Black Orchid, created by Sheldon Mayer and Tony Zuniga, first appeared in Adventure Comics #428 (June 1973), and was published by DC Comics. She was the first superhero to debut as the cover feature of the series since Starman in 1941; she was not given an origin story and her personal life was not shown.
- December 1988 – February 1989
- DC Comics
Jul 27, 2019 · Discussion. View source. View history. BLACK ORCHID. CHRONOLOGY. Created by Sheldon Mayer and Tony DeZuniga. CHRONOLOGY. Black Orchid first appeared in Adventure Comics #428 (July-August 1973). Below is the definitive list of appearances of Black Orchid in chronological order.
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As a comic artist, Mayer created many great comics and gags for All American and DC, one of which was 'Scribbly', a semi-autobiographical strip about a boy cartoonist. The strip first appeared in Popular Comics in 1936, then in The Funnies, until it got its own title for a five-year run in 1939.
