Elmer Wexler
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Elmer Wexler (August 14, 1918 - October 3, 2007) was an American illustrator and cartoonist. He is most famous for his work on comic strips and comic books in the 1940s,[1] including being the inventor of the DC comic hero Miss America in 1941. He is credited with being the first artist to draw a soap-opera style comic strip,[2] Vic Jordan, from 1941.[3][4] Later he made his living from illustration, including books, magazines and record covers. He has also been credited as a co-creator of the obscure comic book character The Fighting Yank. He is the illustrator on a number of books about sports.[5][6][7]
Wexler's record cover work was mainly for Grand Award Records,[8] for whom he did almost as many illustrations as did Tracy Sugarman.[citation needed] These date from the late 1950s.