Vin Sullivan
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. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative Editing Language, Images or Sound through correction condensation organization and other modifications in various media The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of Activities to do with creating Art, practicing the Arts and/or demonstrating Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view

Detective Comics #1 (March 1937). Detective Comics is an American comic book published monthly by DC Comics since 1937 best-known for introducing the iconic Superhero Batman Cover art by Sullivan.

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. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company Superman is a fictional Comic book Superhero widely considered to be one of the most recognized of such characters and an American Cultural icon Jerome "Jerry" Siegel (October 17 1914 – January 28 1996 who also used pseudonyms including Joe Carter, Jerry Ess, Siegel was a fan of movies Joseph "Joe" Shuster (July 10 1914 - July 30 1992 was a Canadian -born American Comic book Artist best known for co-creating the DC Comics A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do In Comic books and other stories with a long history first appearance refers to the first occurrence to feature a Fictional character. Action Comics is an American Comic book series which introduced Superman, the first major Superhero character as the term Superman is a fictional Comic book Superhero widely considered to be one of the most recognized of such characters and an American Cultural icon An American comic book is a small Magazine originating in the United States and containing a Narrative in the Comics form In addition, Sullivan drew the premiere cover of Detective Comics, the series that in issue #27 launched the hit character Batman. Detective Comics is an American comic book published monthly by DC Comics since 1937 best-known for introducing the iconic Superhero Batman Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a fictional Comic book Superhero co-created He is unrelated to the British company Vin Sullivan Foods. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located

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. The Columbia Comics Corporation was formed in 1940 as a partnership between Vin Sullivan and the McNaught Newspaper Syndicate. Big Shot Comics was an American Comic book series published by Columbia Comics during the 1940s period fans and historians refer to as the Gardner Francis Cooper Fox (Speed Saunders was initially credited to "E Creig Valentine Flessel ( February 2, 1912 &ndash July 17, 2008) was an American Comic book artist active from some of Ogden Whitney (born 1918 deceased early 1970s was an American Comic-book Artist and sometime Writer active from the 1930s-1940s Columbia Comics' several superhero features included Skyman. The Skyman is a fictional Comic book Superhero that appeared in 1940s comics during what historians and fans call the Golden Age of Comic Books

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. Magazine Enterprises was an American Comic book company lasting from 1943 to 1958 which published primarily Western, Humor, crime 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. Radio programming is the content that is broadcast by Radio stations The original inventors of radio such as Nikola Tesla and Guglielmo WBAI, a part of the Pacifica Radio Network, is a Non-commercial, listener-supported Radio station, broadcasting at 99 ^[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. Comic-Con International San Diego, commonly known as Comic-Con or the San Diego Comic-Con, is an annual multigenre Fan convention founded as the Golden ^[1]

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• The view from the Comfy Chair, issue 83, accessed 29 January 2006
• Alter Ego Vol. Gerard Jones (b July 10, 1957) is an award-winning American author and Comic book writer Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 3, #10 (Sept. 2001)