Harry Sahle

Harry Sahle
BornHarry Frank Sahle
April 18, 1912[1][2]
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
DiedSeptember 22, 1950(1950-09-22) (aged 38)[3]
New York, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Penciler, inker, editor, cartoonist
Notable works
Archie Comics' Archie
Timely Comics' Black Widow
Quality Comics' "Candy"

Harry Frank Sahle (April 18, 1912 – September 22, 1950)[4] was an American comic book artist who drew for such publishers as Archie Comics—helping create the defined look of Archie Comics' breakout character, Archie AndrewsQuality Comics and the Marvel Comics precursor company Timely Comics during the 1930s-1940s period historians and fans call the Golden Age of Comic Books.

In 1940, with writer George Kapitan, Sahle co-created the Timely character the Black Widow, comics' first costumed, superpowered female protagonist. Sahle also created the long-running, early teen-humor character Candy, writing and drawing her comic misadventures for most of the character's 1944 to 1956 run in Quality Comics' Police Comics and in her own solo title, as well as in a newspaper comic strip.

  1. ^ Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1964
  2. ^ 1920 United States Federal Census
  3. ^ New York, New York, Death Index, 1949-1965
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Who was invoked but never defined (see the help page).