Effron the Sorcerer

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caption = Effron the Sorcerer, artist Dick Dillin
character_name = Effron the Sorcerer
publisher = DC Comics
debut = "World's Finest Comics" #210 (March 1972)
creators = Elliot S. Maggin (writer)
Dick Dillin (artist)
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full_name =Effron
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powers = Vaguely specified magical abilities, including the ability to turn people into faceless puppets

Effron the Sorcerer is a fictional magic using supervillain published by DC Comics. He first appeared in "World's Finest Comics" #210 (March 1972), and was created by Elliot S. Maggin and Dick Dillin.

Publication history

DC Comics writer Elliot S! Maggin was a student at Brandeis University. He was friends with Mark Effron, now President and COO of TitanTV Media, whose younger brother Eric is managing editor at The Week magazine. One day Mark's father, Irving, visited campus. Effron the Senior (Irving, versus Effron the Sorcerer) was -- and is -- a bigger-than-life, stocky, sturdy, stick-in-your-eye ex-Marine. Maggin was taken by the senior Effron and told Mark he planned on using his father as a villain in an upcoming series of comics he was planning starring both Green Arrow and Superman.Fact|date=July 2007

Fictional character biography

Effron the Sorcerer is not the most famous of the Superman villains, but he may be one of the most diabolical. He appeared out of a fiery pit in the ground, surprising Superman at every turn. Effron commanded an army of faceless puppets, and threatened to turn Superman, as well as the rest of Earth's inhabitants, into faceless puppets to add to his growing army. In addition to clashing with Superman, he has battled Green Arrow as well.

Brief bibliography

*"World's Finest Comics" #210: "World of Faceless Slaves!"
*"Action Comics" #437: "Magic is Bustin' Out All Over"

External links

* [http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=effron DCU Guide; Effron]
* [http://obscure.dcuguide.com/e.htm Obscure - The Emerald Eye of Ekron: Golden Eye of Effron]
* [http://www.theweekmagazine.com/article.aspx?id=1337 Week Magazine: Effron the Sorcerer]
* [http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/bobro/102671110528924.htm Answer Man: Effron the Sorcerer]