abner sundell Archives

Pep Comics #16 (MLJ, 1941) featuring Madam Satan.
The issue itself has become tough to get, featuring the stand-out artwork and storytelling talents of Abner Sundell, Harry Lucey, Irv Novick, Lin Streeter, Mort Meskin, Paul Reinman, and Charles Biro.  An underappreciated origin story featuring a character who has enjoyed some renewed popularity in recent times due to her appearance on the Chilling Adventures[...]
The FBI, Comic Pros and the Fake News Controversy of the 1964 Election
This post started as a Chilling Adventures of Sabrina article, largely about MLJ/Archie comic book editor and writer Abner Sundell — with maybe a footnote or two about Sundell's weird blunder into the political realm in 1964, which I've been meaning research further ever since I stumbled across it in 2017 A couple of WTF-inducing[...]
Did Somebody Say Madam Satan? Pep Comics #16 Heats Up At Auction
 The census-topping CGC 9.6 copy sold for $40,630.00 at Heritage in November 2016. The character Madam Satan was created by artist Harry Lucey and writer Abner Sundell Lucey is well known for going on to become one of the definitive Archie artists Sundell was a uniquely creative force of nature that someone ought to write a book about[...]