Vin Sullivan
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| Birth name | Vincent Sullivan |
| Born | c. 1911 |
| Died | February 3, 1999 |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Penciller, Editor, Publisher |
Vincent "Vin" Sullivan (born circa 1911[1], died February 3, 1999) was a pioneering American comic book editor, artist and publisher.
As an editor for National Allied Publications,[2], the future DC Comics, he was responsible for buying Superman from creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, and edited that archetypcal superhero in his first appearance, in Action Comics #1 (1938), and in the following year's Superman, the first American comic book devoted to a single character. In addition, Sullivan drew the premiere cover of Detective Comics, the series that in issue #27 launched the hit character Batman. He is unrelated to the British company Vin Sullivan Foods.
In 1940, the McNaught Newspaper Syndicate hired Sullivan to form a new comic book publishing house. This became the Columbia Comic Corporation (Columbia Comics), where Sullivan launched the superhero omnibus Big Shot Comics, publishing early work by Gardner Fox, Creig Flessel, and Ogden Whitney, among others. Columbia Comics' several superhero features included Skyman.
After leaving National in 1940, Sullivan went to work for Columbia Comics, where he launched the comics magazine Big Shot Comics, which featured the work of Gardner Fox, Creig Flessel, and Ogden Whitney, among many others.
Unhappy with the reluctance of the owners to develop more original series, Sullivan left the company in 1943 and formed Magazine Enterprises. This company lasted until 1958, after which Sullivan left comics.
Sullivan was interviewed on the New York City radio program 'Nuff Said, airing on WBAI on March 1, 1995, with the transcript subsequently published in the magazine Alter Ego.[3] He went on to appear as a guest at the August 1998 Comic-Con International in San Diego, California, where Sullivan was reunited with some of his former colleagues before passing away six months later.[1]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ a b "Vince Sullivan, Original DC Editor, Passes Away": DC Comics Press Release #177 (Feb. 10, 1999), postsed at Sequential Tart
- ^ Gerard Jones, Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book (Basic Books, 2004; trade paperback ISBN 978-0-465-03657-8)
- ^ 'Nuff Said Guest List, p. 2
[edit] References
- The view from the Comfy Chair, issue 83, accessed 29 January 2006
- Alter Ego Vol. 3, #10 (Sept. 2001)
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