American comic book editor, artist and publisher
Vincent Sullivan (June 5, 1911 – February 3, 1999[ 1] ) was a pioneering American comic book editor , creator and publisher .
Career
Detective Comics #1 (March 1937) Cover art by Sullivan
As an editor for National Allied Publications ,[ 2] the future DC Comics , he was the first editor on stories featuring Superman from creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster , beginning with that archetypal superhero 's 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 .
After leaving National in 1940, Sullivan was hired by the McNaught Newspaper Syndicate to form a new comic book publishing house.[ 3] 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 .
Unhappy with the reluctance of the owners to develop more original series. Sullivan left Columbia in 1943 and formed Magazine Enterprises .[ 3] This company lasted until 1958, after which Sullivan left comics.[ 3]
Sullivan was a guest at the August 1998 Comic-Con International in San Diego, California , where he was reunited with some of his former colleagues. He died six months later due to cancer .[ 3]
References
^ Vincent Sullivan , at the Social Security Death Index via FamilySearch.org
^ 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 )
^ a b c d "Vince Sullivan, Original DC Editor, Passes Away" (Press release). DC Comics via SequentialTart.com. February 10, 1999. Archived from the original on July 19, 2013. Requires scrolldown to item. NOTE: Both the press release and the Social Security Death Index , which confirms a June 1911 birth, erroneously give his age at death in February 1999 as 88; he was 87 and eight months.
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