In 1940, with writer George Kapitan, Sahle co-created the Timely character the Black Widow, comics' first costumed, superpowered female protagonist.
12 Facts About Harry Sahle
1.
2.
Harry Sahle 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.
3.
Harry Sahle was born in Cleveland to Edward Sahle and Sarah Jewell.
4.
Harry Sahle's mother died when he was young and he grew up in Cleveland with his father and his father's parents, who were both born in Switzerland.
5.
Harry Sahle worked as an assistant to Carl Burgos, creator-artist of Timely star the Human Torch.
6.
Per fellow artist and Golden Age contemporary Gil Kane, Harry Sahle was occasionally a ghost artist on work credited to Burgos in issues of Marvel Mystery Comics, Captain America Comics, and the eponymous character's own title, Human Torch.
7.
Shortly afterward, Harry Sahle joined the company, working on characters including The Black Hood, Steel Sterling, and the Shield between 1942 and 1943, and soon thereafter working on the character that was to become MLJ's breakout success: Archie Andrews.
8.
At some point, Harry Sahle was hired away from MLJ by "Busy" Arnold and his Quality Comics.
9.
Harry Sahle went on to create the Quality Comics teen-humor feature "Candy," starring typical small-town American girl Candace O'Connor of Hartwick, USA.
10.
Harry Sahle's supporting cast included her boyfriend, Ted Dawson; her rival, Cornelia Clyde; and gal-pals Tina and Trish.
11.
Sometime during 1945, Harry Sahle's strip was then taken over by Tom Dorr, who continued it for a further 25 years.
12.
Much of Harry Sahle's work was produced in the teen-humor genre, and during the 1940s he drew another feature, "Ezra," for Quality's Military Comics and Modern Comics titles.