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EDMOND HAMILTON

Active: 1944–2012

165

AS WRITER

0

AS ARTIST

15

KEY ISSUES

18

SERIES

NOTABLE WORKS: KEY ISSUES

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Detective Comics #225 cover

Detective Comics

#225

First appearance of Martian Manhunter.

Strange Adventures #9 cover

Strange Adventures

#9

Earliest catalogued appearances of Captain Comet and Professor Zackro.

Superman #167 cover

Superman

#167

Earliest catalogued appearances of Vril Dox and Ardora.

Detective Comics #233 cover

Detective Comics

#233

Earliest catalogued appearance of Kathy Kane.

Superman #245 cover

Superman

#245

Earliest catalogued appearance of Kid Eternity.

Detective Comics #201 cover

Detective Comics

#201

Earliest catalogued appearance of Pow-Wow Smith.

SERIES · TOP 12 OF 18 BY ISSUES CREDITED

Superman

1939

46 credited issues

Batman

1940

31 credited issues

Detective Comics

1937

23 credited issues

Superboy

1949

18 credited issues

Adventure Comics

1938

14 credited issues

Batman Annual

1961

7 credited issues

Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane

1958

6 credited issues

Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen

1954

6 credited issues

World's Finest Comics

1941

2 credited issues

Legion of Super-Heroes

1973

2 credited issues

DC Super Stars

1976

2 credited issues

Strange Adventures

1950

1 credited issue

FREQUENT COLLABORATORS · TOP 8

Issues where both are credited as writer or artist

Henry Boltinoff 109 issues together Curt Swan 61 issues together Charles Paris 57 issues together Sheldon Moldoff 56 issues together Stan Kaye 47 issues together Bill Finger 45 issues together George Klein 39 issues together Dick Sprang 36 issues together

CHARACTERS · TOP 10

Appearing most often in their credited issues

Superman Batman Dick Grayson Lois Lane Perry White James Gordon Jimmy Olsen Lana Lang Jonathan Kent Martha Kent

All (166)Writer (165)Artist (0)Keys (15)

COLLECTED EDITIONS

Batman, the Golden Age Omnibus

Legion of Super-Heroes, the Silver Age Omnibus

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Adventure Comics #144 cover

Adventure Comics

#144

Adventure Comics #145 cover

Adventure Comics

#145

Adventure Comics #146 cover

Adventure Comics

#146

Adventure Comics #149 cover

Adventure Comics

#149

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Adventure Comics

#150

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Adventure Comics

#156

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Adventure Comics

#161

Adventure Comics #167 cover

Adventure Comics

#167

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Adventure Comics

#172

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Adventure Comics

#173

Adventure Comics #500 cover

Adventure Comics

#500

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Adventure Comics

#501

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Adventure Comics

#502

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Adventure Comics

#503

Adventures into the Unknown Archives #1 cover

Adventures into the Unknown Archives

#1

Batman #101 cover

Batman

#101

Batman #104 cover

Batman

#104

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Batman

#109

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Batman

#110

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Batman

#111

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Batman

#112

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Batman

#182

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Batman

#185

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Batman

#187

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Batman

#193

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Batman

#198

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Batman

#208

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Batman

#218

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Batman

#228

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Batman

#238

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Batman

#254

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Batman

#256

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Batman

#259

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Batman

#261

Batman #76 cover

Batman

#76

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Batman

#77

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Batman

#83

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Batman

#85

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Batman

#86

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Batman

#88

Batman #91 cover

Batman

#91

Batman #93 cover

Batman

#93

Batman #94 cover

Batman

#94

Batman #95 cover

Batman

#95

Batman #98 cover

Batman

#98

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Batman

#99

Batman Annual #1 cover

Batman Annual

#1

Batman Annual #2 cover

Batman Annual

#2