MAYER, SHELDON
 Name and vital stats
    MAYER, SHELDON [1917-91] (artist; writer; editor) NULL
 Pen names
    SHELLY MAYER; possibly DON SHELBY NULL
 Print Media (non-comics)
    Writer & Artist: Juvenile book: Scores of titles 1932-33 > 32 33
 Animation
    Opaquer: Fleischer: 1934 > 34
 Other Careers
    Teacher: The School of Industrial Art NULL
 Additional biography
    Alter Ego #21 Feb., 2003; #26, 2003 NULL
    Amazing Heroes #129, 1987 NULL
    Amazing Heroes #142, 1988 NULL
    Amazing World of DC Comics #5, 1975 NULL
    Comic Book Marketplace #38 NULL
    Comics Buyer's Guide Feb. 7, 1992 NULL
    Detective #512, 1982 NULL
    Fifty Who Made DC Great, 1985 NULL
    Gold and Silver Overstreet's Comic Book Quarterly #3, 1994 NULL
    Great Comic Book Artists, 1986 NULL
    Letter-to-editor in Detective Comics #512, 1982 NULL
    Robin Snyder's The Comics vol. 12 #12 Dec., 2001 NULL
    World Encyclopedia of Comics, 1976 NULL
 Honors
    Harvey Award The Jack Kirby Hall of Fame 1996 > 96
 Syndication
    BOBBY THATCHER [daily] (ghost w/a) 1937-38 for McClure Syndicate > 37 38
    Various features (ed) 1936-39 for McClure Syndicate > 36 37 38 39
 Creator
    BLACK ORCHID; SCRIBBLY and the original RED TORNADO NULL
    LEAVE IT TO BINKY NULL
 Co-creator
    JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA and ALL-AMERICAN features NULL
 Overseas comics
    SUGAR AND SPIKE (w/a) 1978-83 > 78 79 80 81 82 83
 Assisted
    Various New York City newspaper cartoonists 1932-35 including Ving Fuller > 32 33 34 35
 Retired from comics
    1991 > 91
    Retired from comics: 1991 > 91
 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
    COMIC-BOOK COMICS~ (w/a) 1981 graphic album reprint > 81
 Note on comics career
    1938: Along with M.C. Gaines recommended SUPERMAN to DC COMICS > 38
    1971: Stoped drawing due to vision problems; continued to write comics > 71
    Packaged comics for DELL 1936-38 starting with POPULAR COMICS #1 > 36 37 38
 CENTAUR COMICS
    Covers (a) 1936 > 36
    J. WORTHINGTON BLIMP, ESQ. (w/a) 1936 > 36
    STRANGE ADVENTURES OF MISTER WEED (w/a) 1936 > 36
 
    BEST OF D C, THE~ (w/a) 1980-86 reprint mostly Sugar and Spoke > 80 81 82 83 84 85 86
    D C SILVER AGE CLASSICS~ (w/a) 1992 with reprint Sugar and Spike > 92
 DC COMICS
    ADVENTURE COMICS~ (w) 1974 fantasy > 74
    ADVENTURER'S CLUB (w) 1984 > 84
    ALL-STAR COMICS ARCHIVE~ (a) 1991 graphic album reprint of JSA panels and Red Tornado appearance > 91
    ALL-STAR COMICS ARCHIVE~ (plot) 1991/93/97 graphic album reprint of Justice Society of America > 91 93 97
    BIBLE, THE~ (w) 1975 > 75
    BLACK ORCHID (w) 1973-75 > 73 74 75
    BLACK PIRATE (i) 1943 > 43
    BLACKIE BEAR (w/a) 1945 > 45
    BO BUNNY (w/a) 1950-60 > 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
    BULLDOG DRUMHEAD (w/a) 1945 > 45
    Covers (a) 1939-71/74-75/80/82-83/95-96 including MUTT AND JEFF in '40s > 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 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 80 82 83 95 96
    DARK MANSION~ (w) 1973 > 73
    DAY AFTER DOOMSDAY (w) 1975-76 > 75 76
    DIZZY DOG (w/a) 1950-60 > 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
    DOODLES DUCK (w/a) 1968 > 68
    FORBIDDEN TALES OF DARK MANSION~ (w) 1973 > 73
    GARY CONCORD, THE ULTRA-MAN (w) 1939-40 unconfirmed > 39 40
    HOUSE OF MYSTERY~ (w) 1972--83 > 72 70s 80s 83
    HOUSE OF SECRETS~ (w) 1972-74 > 72 73 74
    Illustration (a) 1939-41 > 39 40 41
    Illustration (a) 1971 of Sugar and Spike > 71
    J. RUFUS LION (w/a) 1944-47/49 > 44 45 46 47 49
    J. WORTHINGTON BLIMP (w/a) 1935-36 > 35 36
    JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA (plot) 1941-46 > 41 42 43 44 45 46
    LI'L CHIC-A-DEE (w/a) 1950-51 > 50 51
    LIMITED COLLECTOR'S EDITION~ (adapt) c1976 The Bible > 76
    LITTUL SNOONY (w/a) 1949/56 > 49 56
    MC SNURTLE THE TURTLE (w) 1945 > 45
    MC SNURTLE THE TURTLE (w) 1945 > 45
    POPSICLE PETE (w/a) 1939 > 39
    RAYMOND (w/a) 1971 > 71
    RED TORNADO (a) 1940 in JSA interlude > 40
    RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER (w/a) 1972/74-75/80 > 72 74 75 80
    SCRIBBLY (w/a) 1939-41/48-51 > 39 40 41 48 49 50 51
    SCRIBBLY AND THE RED TORNADO (w/a) 1941-44 > 41 42 43 44
    SECRET ORIGIN: RED TORNADO [1st version] (w/a) 1988 > 88
    SECRETS OF HAUNTED HOUSE~ (w) 1972-73/82 > 72 73 82
    STRANGE ADVENTURES OF MISTER WEED (w/a) 1935-36 in NEW COMICS #1-4 > 35 36
    SUGAR AND SPIKE (w/a) 1956-71 with reprint from overseas '82-84/92 > 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
    Support (ed dir) 1939-46 [Imprint: ALL-AMERICAN] > 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46
    Support (ed dir) 1947 [Imprint: NATIONAL COMICS] > 47
    Support (ed dir/plot) ALL-AMERICAN; FLASH; MOVIE; ALL-STAR; MUTT & JEFF [Imprint: ALL-AMERICAN] NULL
    Support (ed dir/plot) BIG ALL-AMERICAN; FUNNY STUFF; GREEN LANTERN [Imprint: ALL-AMERICAN] NULL
    Support (ed dir/plot) ED WHEELAN'S JOKE BOOK FEATURING FAT AND SLAT [Imprint: ALL-AMERICAN] NULL
    Support (ed dir/plot) SENSATION; WONDER WOMAN; COMIC CAVALCADE [Imprint: ALL-AMERICAN] NULL
    Support (let) 1939-44 on his own features and some magazine logos > 39 40 41 42 43 44
    THREE MOUSEKETEERS (w/a) 1945/56-57/60 > 45 56 57 60
    TIME WARP~ (w) 1980 > 80
    UNEXPECTED, THE~ (w/some a) 1981-82 > 81 82
    WEIRD MYSTERY TALES~ (w) 1973 > 73
    WEIRD WAR TALES~ (w) 1973-76 > 73 74 75 76
    WHO'S WHO IN THE DC UNIVERSE (a) 1986 entries > 86
 DELL PUBLICATIONS
    Covers (a) 1936-38 > 36 37 38
    House ads (w/a) 1936-38 > 36 37 38
    Illustration (a) 1936 > 36
    SCRIBBLY (w/a) 1936-38 in THE FUNNIES #2-29 and POPULAR COMICS #8-9 > 36 37 38
    Support (ed) 1936-38 Titles: POPULAR COMICS, THE COMICS and THE FUNNIES > 36 37 38
 Source (some data)
    Entry checked by SHELDON MAYER NULL