CHARLES BIRO

Active: 1939–2021

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Charles Biro was an American comic book creator and cartoonist. He created the comic book characters Airboy and Steel Sterling, and worked on Daredevil Comics and Crime Does Not Pay at Lev Gleason Publications.

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

NOTABLE WORKS: KEY ISSUES

Detective Comics

#27

First appearances of Batman and James Gordon.

Pep Comics

Earliest catalogued appearances of The Shield, The Comet, Sgt. Boyle, and 5 more.

Pep Comics

#11

Earliest catalogued appearance of Dusty (Archie).

Jackpot Comics

Earliest catalogued appearances of Steel Sterling and Mister Justice.

Pep Comics

#15

Earliest catalogued appearance of Madam Satan.

SERIES · BY ISSUES CREDITED

Pep Comics

1940

7 credited issues

Jackpot Comics

1941

2 credited issues

Detective Comics

1937

1 credited issue

The United States of Captain America

2021

1 credited issue

Savage Dragon

1993

1 credited issue

FREQUENT COLLABORATORS · TOP 8

Issues where both are credited as writer or artist

Irv Novick 7 issues together Harry Shorten 6 issues together Lin Streeter 6 issues together Bob Wood 5 issues together Sam Cooper 5 issues together Mort Meskin 3 issues together Dick Ryan 2 issues together Jack Cole 2 issues together

CHARACTERS · TOP 10

Appearing most often in their credited issues

Sgt. Boyle Bentley of Scotland Yard Kayo Ward The Comet The Shield Dusty (Archie)Fu Chang Queen Of Diamonds The Falcon (Archie)Fireball

All (12)Writer (1)Artist (11)Keys (5)

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Detective Comics

#27

Jackpot Comics

Pep Comics

#11

Pep Comics

#15

CHARLES BIRO

NOTABLE WORKS: KEY ISSUES

SERIES · BY ISSUES CREDITED

FREQUENT COLLABORATORS · TOP 8

CHARACTERS · TOP 10

Credits

5 ISSUES