Sylvester Shyster
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Sylvester Shyster is a character created by Walt Disney for the Mickey Mouse comic strips. Shyster, later reused by longtime Mouse comics master Floyd Gottfredson, is an evil lawyer who teams up with Black Pete.
He first appeared in the comic strip adventure "Mickey Mouse in Death Valley", the first real Mickey Mouse continuity, which was partially written by Walt Disney. Sylvester Shyster may be seen as based upon Jewish sterotypes.
Whenever Shyster appears along with Pete, we always know that he's the one in charge, and is probably the only person Pete will listen to without rebellion.
He and Pete have been causing trouble for Mickey and his friends since then. Shyster disappeared for a time after 1934, but made a comeback in 1942 and again in various 1960s Italian-created stories. More recently, publisher Egmont Creative A/S (in Denmark) revived Shyster as a regular character, a capacity in which he continues today.
It should be noted that in "Race to the South Seas" (March of Comics #41, 1949), a Donald Duck story by Carl Barks, Shyster appeared as Scrooge McDuck's lawyer, but his appearance differed from that in the Mickey Mouse strip and he was not an evil villain in that story.
[edit] Sylvester Shyster's United States Appearances
- "Mickey Mouse in Death Valley" (April 1st, 1930 to September 20th, 1930 in the MM dailies; Reprinted in an edited form in Mickey Mouse Best Comics), written by Walt Disney and Floyd Gottfredson, illustrated by Win Smith, Floyd Gottfredson, and probably Jack King or Hardie Gramatky
- "The Great Orphanage Robbery" (January 11th, 1932 to May 14th, 1932 in the MM dailies), written and illustrated by Floyd Gottfredson
- "Mickey Mouse Sails for Treasure Island" (May 16th, 1932 to November 11th, 1932 in the MM dailies), written and illustrated by Floyd Gottfredson
- "The Mail Pilot" (February 27th, 1933 to June 10th, 1933 in the MM dailies; Reprinted in Mickey Mouse in Color and Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #610-612), written by Ted Osborne after Floyd Gottfredson's plot, illustrated by Floyd Gottfredson
- "The Sacred Jewel" (October 15th, 1934 to December 29th, 1934 in the MM dailies; Reprinted in an edited form in Mickey Mouse Best Comics), written by Ted Osborne after Floyd Gottfredson's plot, illustrated by Floyd Gottfredson
- "The Mystery at Hidden River" (October 6th, 1941 to January 17th, 1942 in the MM dailies; was redrawn by Bill Wright for Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #112-116), written by Merril de Maris after Floyd Gottfredson's plot, illustrated by Floyd Gottfredson
- "The Past Imperfect!" (Walt Disney's Comics #632), written by David Gerstein, illustrated by Cèsar Ferioli
- "Pirates of the Vacuum" (Gemstone's Donald Duck Adventures #7), written by Andreas Pihl, illustrated by Joaquín Cañizares Sanchez
- "Mickey for Mayor" (Walt Disney's Comics #653), written by Don Markstein, illustrated by Noel Van Horn
- "History Re-Petes Itself" (Walt Disney's Comics #654), written by David Gerstein, illustrated by Romano Scarpa
- "Vacation Brake" (Walt Disney's Comics #662), written by Dave Rawson, illustrated by Cèsar Ferioli
