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BERNARD BAILY

Active: 1938–1986

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AS WRITER

363

AS ARTIST

45

KEY ISSUES

34

SERIES

Bernard Baily was an American comic book artist best known as co-creator of the DC Comics characters the Spectre and Hourman, and a comics publisher, writer, and editor.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

NOTABLE WORKS: KEY ISSUES

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Action Comics #1 cover

Action Comics

#1

First appearance of Superman (Kal-L). First appearance of Lois Lane. Earliest catalogued appearances of Zatara, Tex Thompson, George Taylor, and 3 more.

All-Star Comics #8 cover

All-Star Comics

#8

First appearance of Wonder Woman. Earliest catalogued appearances of Steve Trevor, Hippolyta, and Mala.

Action Comics #23 cover

Action Comics

#23

First appearance of Lex Luthor. Earliest catalogued appearance of Black Pirate.

More Fun Comics #55 cover

More Fun Comics

#55

Earliest catalogued appearances of Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson), Inza Nelson, Nabu the Wise, and 1 more.

More Fun Comics #52 cover

More Fun Comics

#52

Earliest catalogued appearances of Spectre and Clarice Winston.

World's Finest Comics #100 cover

World's Finest Comics

#100

Earliest catalogued appearance of Brainiac.

FREQUENT COLLABORATORS · TOP 8

Issues where both are credited as writer or artist

Henry Boltinoff 190 issues togetherSheldon Moldoff 75 issues togetherGeorge Roussos 59 issues togetherMort Meskin 59 issues togetherChad Grothkopf 52 issues togetherGeorge Papp 50 issues togetherJoseph Sulman 43 issues togetherWill Ely 43 issues together

CHARACTERS · TOP 10

Appearing most often in their credited issues

SupermanLois LaneTex ThompsonZataraSandman (Dodds)Perry WhiteSpectreCongorillaSpectre (Corrigan)Fog Fortune

Credits

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2 ISSUES

Adventure Comics #65 cover

Adventure Comics

#65

All-Star Squadron #59 cover
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All-Star Squadron

#59