Paul Wheelahan Australia

Born
6 November 1930 in Australia
Died
28 December 2018 in Australia
Age
88 years
Credited for

art

writing

letters

colours

Also known as

Adam Bonnard (pen name)

Ben Jefferson (pen name)

Ben Nicholson (pen name)

Brett McKinley (pen name)

E. Jefferson Clay (pen name)

Emerson Dodge (pen name)

Matt James (pen name)

Ryan Brodie (pen name)

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Biography

In 1948, aged 18 years, Wheelahan began providing fill-ins, covers, short features and stories for Fiction House reprints by H. John Edwards. He did some covers for Archie reprints, signed just as 'P'.

He later worked extensively for Youngs Merchandising Co., initially inking Stanly Pitt on Yarmak (1953-1954) before creating that company's Davy Crockett series (1955), The Raven (1957) and The Panther (1957)--which ran for 73 issues at a time when the local comics industry was in decline. In 1957 he also produced Rex Strong for Magazine Management (Approved Publications).

From the mid 1960s to 1996, Wheelahan wrote more than 500 western, romance and detective stories for Cleveland Publishing under several pseudonyms, including E. Jefferson Clay, Emerson Dodge, Ben Jefferson and Brett McKinley.

Wheelahan created and wrote the children's TV series Runaway Island (1982). He wrote several episodes of A Country Practice and was commissioned to collaborate with Michael Laurence on a sequel to the TV mini-series Return to Eden, which was never produced.

Taking control of his own work, Wheelahan set up Dodge Publishing and released three self-published novels (Savage Texas, Arizona Psycho and Sons of Cain) before moving to the Black Horse Western imprint of British publisher, Robert Hale. He began work on his autobiography, to be titled after his first Cleveland story Never Ride Back.

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Outlaw Rider (Horwitz, 1957? series) #1 (1957)
Untitled (Outlaw Rider [Ringo Kid])
Comic: Cover
Convicted Comics (Action Comics, 1957? series) #16 (February 1957)
The Last Punch
Comic: Comic story
Rangers (Action Comics, 1954 series) #76 (March 1957)
Untitled
Comic: Cover
Rangers (Action Comics, 1954 series) #76 (March 1957)
The Sons of the Reich (The "Red Carnation" Lord Stanley)
Comic: Comic story
Rangers (Action Comics, 1954 series) #76 (March 1957)
Peacemaker (Chuck Tatum)
Comic: Comic story
Davy Crockett (Youngs, 1956 series) #15 (March 1957)
Untitled (Davy Crockett)
Comic: Cover
Davy Crockett (Youngs, 1956 series) #15 (March 1957)
Gentleman Bandit (Davy Crockett)
Comic: Comic story
Davy Crockett (Youngs, 1956 series) #15 (March 1957)
Buckskin Cupid (Davy Crockett)
Comic: Comic story
Davy Crockett (Youngs, 1956 series) #16 (April 1957)
Untitled (Davy Crockett)
Comic: Cover
The Panther (Youngs, 1957 series) #1 (May 1957)
Untitled (The Panther)
Comic: Cover
The Panther (Youngs, 1957 series) #1 (May 1957)
Untitled [Chapter 1] (The Panther)
Comic: Comic story
The Panther (Youngs, 1957 series) #1 (May 1957)
Chapter 2: The Panther in New York (The Panther)
Comic: Comic story
The Panther (Youngs, 1957 series) #2 (June 1957)
Mr. Five by Five (The Panther)
Comic: Cover
Rangers (Action Comics, 1954 series) #79 (June 1957)
Untitled
Comic: Cover
Rex Strong of the Space Patrol (Approved, 1957 series) #1 (June 1957)
The Space Pirates
Comic: Cover
Rex Strong of the Space Patrol (Approved, 1957 series) #1 (June 1957)
Untitled (Rex Strong of the Space Patrol)
Comic: Comic story
The Panther (Youngs, 1957 series) #2 (June 1957)
The Robot Thieves [Chapter 1] (The Panther)
Comic: Comic story
The Panther (Youngs, 1957 series) #2 (June 1957)
Chapter 2: Mr. Five by Five (The Panther)
Comic: Comic story
Davy Crockett (Youngs, 1956 series) #18 (June 1957)
Wild Brothers (Davy Crockett)
Comic: Comic story
The Panther (Youngs, 1957 series) #3 (July 1957)
Jungle Mauraders (The Panther)
Comic: Cover
Rangers (Action Comics, 1954 series) #80 (July 1957)
Untitled
Comic: Cover
The Panther (Youngs, 1957 series) #3 (July 1957)
The Jungle Marauders (The Panther)
Comic: Comic story
Davy Crockett (Youngs, 1956 series) #19 (July 1957)
River Raiders (Davy Crockett)
Comic: Cover
Davy Crockett (Youngs, 1956 series) #19 (July 1957)
River Raiders (Davy Crockett)
Comic: Comic story
The Panther (Youngs, 1957 series) #4 (August 1957)
Quintinella (The Panther)
Comic: Cover

Status

Created

  • 7 Jan 2018

Last updated

  • 10 Mar 2021