Effron the Sorcerer

Effron the Sorcerer
File:Effron the sorcerer.jpg Effron the Sorcerer, artist Dick Dillin
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	World's Finest Comics #210 (March 1972)
Created by	Elliot S. Maggin (writer) Dick Dillin (artist)
In-story information
Full name	Effron
Abilities	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, General Manager of The Takeaway, a national morning news broadcast on public radio, and older brother of Eric, who is Executive 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.

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

• DCU Guide; Effron
• Obscure - The Emerald Eye of Ekron: Golden Eye of Effron
• Week Magazine: Effron the Sorcerer
• Answer Man: Effron the Sorcerer