Sheldon Mayer
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Sheldon Mayer (April 1, 1917 - December 21, 1991) was an American comic book writer and artist. He is not to be confused with fellow Golden Age comics professional Sheldon Moldoff.
He worked at the Fleischer animation studios and the McClure syndicate before becoming the first editor at All-American Comics, a company that was affiliated with and later merged with the publishers of Superman and Batman, National Periodical Publications. Mayer edited and participated in the creation of the Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, the Justice Society of America, and many other enduring characters. He wrote and drew the semi-autobiographical strip "Scribbly", described as the adventures of a boy cartoonist, first for Dell Comics and later for All-American; one of the strip's supporting characters, "Ma" Hunkel, would go on to become the Golden Age incarnation of the Red Tornado.
After Mayer retired from editing in 1949, he began to write and draw a number of humour comics for National, including the feature "The Three Mouseketeers" and most notably the long-lasting Sugar and Spike, the adventures of two babies who could communicate in baby-talk that adults could not understand. Mayer signed the stories he drew, something rare at National Periodical Publications in the late 1950s when Sugar and Spike debuted.
In the 1970s, when failing eyesight limited his drawing ability, he contributed scripts to National's horror and mystery magazines and created the Black Orchid character, before returning to draw Sugar and Spike stories for international markets after successful cataract surgery.