| SHORTEN, HARRY |
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SHORTEN, HARRY [1914-91] (writer; editor; publisher) |
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House name he may have used in comics: CLIFF CAMPBELL |
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| | Education |
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New York University |
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| | Print Media (non-comics) |
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Editor & Writer: Pulps [sports] |
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Publisher & Owner: Leisure Books late-1950s-82 |
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Publisher: Midwood Tower Publications 1960s-70s Belmont paperbacks; soap opera magazines |
> 60s 70s |
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Writer: Book: How to Watch a Football Game, his first published work |
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| | Performing Arts |
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Career Note: Created Daytime TV Soap Opera Awards early-1970s |
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| | Other Careers |
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Career Note: Brief professional football career |
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Career Note: Worked for John Goldwater and Louis Silberkleit from 1930s-80s |
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| | Syndication |
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BITTER LAFF (w) 1944-46 panel |
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CRINGELY (w) 1946 |
> 46 |
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THERE OUGHTA BE A LAW [daily] (w) 1946-70 |
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| | ARCHIE PUBLICATIONS |
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ARCHIE (w) 1941 |
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BLACK HOOD, THE (w) 1940-41 |
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BOB PHANTOM (w) 1940 |
> 40 |
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FIREFLY, THE (w) c1940-c41 |
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GALAHAD (w) c1940-c41 |
> 40 41 |
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GREEN FALCON (w) 1941 |
> 41 |
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HANGMAN, THE (w) 1941 |
> 41 |
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KALTHAR (w) 1940-c41 |
> 40 41 |
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KARDAK, THE MYSTIC MAGICIAN (w) c1940-c41 |
> 40 41 |
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KAYO WARD (w) c1940-c41 |
> 40 41 |
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KEITH KORNELL (w) c1940-c41 |
> 40 41 |
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SCARLET AVENGER (w) c1940-c41 |
> 40 41 |
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SHIELD, THE (w) 1940-41 |
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Support (man ed) c1940-c56 shepherded beginning of ARCHIE |
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WILBUR (w) c1940-c41 |
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WIZARD (w) c1940-c41 |
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| | CHARLTON COMICS |
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Mystery / occult (w) 1952-57 |
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War (w) 1952-57 |
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| | GRAPHIC BOOKS |
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MORE THERE OUGHTA BE A LAW~ (w) 1954/55 |
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THERE OUGHTA BE A LAW~ (w) 1952/53/57/58/62 |
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| | ST. JOHN PUBLISHING |
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Science fantasy (w) 1953 |
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| | TOWER COMICS |
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Support (publ/pres) 1965-69 |
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| | Source (some data) |
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Robert Lemle, grandson of HARRY SHORTEN 2005 |
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