The Resume

(1917-November 19, 1989)
Born in Manhattan, New York City, New York
Comic book colorist and art director
President of DC Comics (1976-81)

Why he might be annoying:

He sometimes wrote under the pseudonym 'Walter S. Hara.'
He came up with the idea of the DC Comicmobile – basically an ice cream truck but with Superman and Batman comics.
He became president of DC at the same time Jenette Kahn became the company’s first woman publisher, and the two famously didn’t get along.
Kahn later said, in 2012: ‘I can't really say that Sol and I had much of a working relationship. He, more than anybody, resented my being hired because he felt that the job was rightfully his.’

Why he might not be annoying:

He was the main color artist for all DC Comics book covers over 15 years.
He was high school friends with future DC Vice President Jack Adler and they worked together in the earliest days of the company.
He did the color separations for the first modern comic ever produced, Famous Funnies.
He introduced the Limited Collectors' Edition format, starting with Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer in 1972.
He spearheaded the first DC-Marvel superhero crossover - ‘Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man’ - in 1976, and its success inspired a short wave of intercompany projects.
He helmed DC during one of its most successful periods - coinciding with the hit Superman '78 starring Christopher Reeve (pictured).

Credit: BoyWithTheGreenHair

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• I Attended the Premiere of ‘Superman’ [1978]
• I Died in 1989 (Ranked: 72)
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Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying