Abner Sundell was the father of Eric Sundell. He was a multitalented man from New York. Among other things he was a artist, writer, editor, and publisher of comics and magazines in the 1930’s and 1940’s. He used a pen name of Cliff Campbell. That pseudonym was used as a “house name” by others in the late 1940’s and later. As a publisher, he was part of the creation of Archie Comics!

For a more complete biography, see: https://www.pulpartists.com/Sundell.html.

Here’s the full text of one of his stories, Frozen Frontier, Real Northwest Magazine, Vol 1, No 1, December 1937.

He was also involved in a controversy in polling and testified to a Congressional Committee.

After a career in publishing he decided to work full time as a painter.

Here’s an article about his painting.