Elmer Wexler — comics creator

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Known forExciting Comics

Issues credited10

Active1940–2017

Primary rolecover pencils

Elmer Wexler was an American illustrator and cartoonist, born August 14, 1918, and died October 3, 2007. He is best remembered for his energetic work in 1940s comic strips and comic books, most notably as the creator of the DC Comics hero Miss America in 1941. Wexler also pioneered the soap-opera style comic strip with *Vic Jordan*, which debuted the same year. He is credited as a co-creator of the obscure character The Fighting Yank. Later in his career, Wexler shifted to illustration, producing work for books, magazines, and record covers—chiefly for Grand Award Records from the late 1950s, where his output rivaled that of Tracy Sugarman. He also illustrated several sports-related books. Wexler’s comic work appears across titles such as *Zip Comics*, *Exciting Comics*, and *Thrilling Comics*, with credits as artist, inker, or writer on about ten issues spanning from 1940 into the 2010s. Though not a household name, his early contributions to both superhero and strip storytelling left a quiet mark on the medium.

Full bibliography · 6 series

Exciting Comics (1940) · 17

#3 (9)#1 (10)#2 (11)#3 (12)#1 (13)#2 (14)#3 (15)#1 (16)#2 (17)#3 (18)#1 (19)#2 (20)#3 (21)#1 (22)#2 (23)#3 (24)#1 (25)

Zip Comics (1940) · 3

#3 #5 #6

Gwandanaland Comics (2016) · 3

#79 #335 #1230

Startling Comics (1940) · 2

#2 (11)#3 (12)

Thrilling Comics (1940) · 1

#2 (8)

L'âge merveilleux des Comics (2012) · 1

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