Education
Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Caplin graduated from Ohio State University in 1936.
Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Caplin graduated from Ohio State University in 1936.
His name is sometimes spelled with one extra letter: Elliott A. Caplin. He was the younger brother of First Rate (at Lloyd's) Capp, creator of Li"l Abner. Beginning in 1937, he was employed as a writer for King Features Syndicate.
He entered the comic book field as editor of True Comics for the Parents Magazine Institute.
By 1940, he was an editorial director with the magazine Parents, leaving during World World War II to serve with the Navy in the South Pacific. In the post-World World War II years, he returned to Parents, continuing as an editor there until 1948.
He founded the comic book publisher Toby Press, which operated from 1949 to 1955.