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Gil Kane

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GIL KANE

Active: 1938–2025

9

AS WRITER

871

AS ARTIST

70

KEY ISSUES

147

SERIES

Gil Kane was an American comics artist whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s and virtually every major comics company and character.

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

NOTABLE WORKS: KEY ISSUES

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Showcase #22 cover

Showcase

#22

First appearance of Green Lantern (Hal Jordan). Earliest catalogued appearances of Carol Ferris and Abin Sur.

Green Lantern #87 cover

Green Lantern

#87

Earliest catalogued appearance of John Stewart.

Green Lantern #59 cover

Green Lantern

#59

Earliest catalogued appearance of Guy Gardner.

Marvel Premiere #15 cover

Marvel Premiere

#15

First appearance of Iron Fist. Earliest catalogued appearances of Yu-Ti, Wendell Rand, Heather Rand, and 1 more.

Showcase #34 cover

Showcase

#34

Earliest catalogued appearances of Atom (Palmer) and Jean Loring.

Green Lantern #7 cover

Green Lantern

#7

Earliest catalogued appearances of Sinestro and Terga Kalmaku.

FREQUENT COLLABORATORS · TOP 8

Issues where both are credited as writer or artist

Joe Giella 215 issues togetherCarmine Infantino 207 issues togetherBernard Sachs 156 issues togetherSid Greene 146 issues togetherMurphy Anderson 99 issues togetherFrank Giacoia 82 issues togetherSy Barry 81 issues togetherMort Drucker 49 issues together

CHARACTERS · TOP 10

Appearing most often in their credited issues

Hal JordanCarol FerrisJohnny Thunder (Cowboy)Atom (Palmer)Walt TriggerWayne TriggerTom KalmakuBatmanSpider-ManJean Loring

Credits

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70 ISSUES · PAGE 1 OF 2

Action Comics Weekly #601 cover

Action Comics Weekly

#601

Action Comics Weekly #602 cover

Action Comics Weekly

#602

Adventure Comics #425 cover
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Adventure Comics

#425

All-Star Western #117 cover
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All-Star Western

#117

All-Star Western #58 cover

All-Star Western

#58

Atari Force #3 cover
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Atari Force

#3

Batman #208 cover
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Batman

#208

Creatures on the Loose #16 cover
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Creatures on the Loose

#16

DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #22 cover
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DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest

#22

Detective Comics #392 cover
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Detective Comics

#392

Detective Comics #400 cover
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Detective Comics

#400

Detective Comics #402 cover
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Detective Comics

#402

Fear #20 cover
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Fear

#20

Giant-Size Ms. Marvel #1 cover
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Giant-Size Ms. Marvel

#1

Green Lantern #11 cover
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Green Lantern

#11

Green Lantern #14 cover
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Green Lantern

#14

Green Lantern #2 cover
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Green Lantern

#2

Green Lantern #21 cover
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Green Lantern

#21

Green Lantern #23 cover
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Green Lantern

#23

Green Lantern #24 cover
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Green Lantern

#24

Green Lantern #29 cover
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Green Lantern

#29

Green Lantern #30 cover
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Green Lantern

#30

Green Lantern #38 cover
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Green Lantern

#38

Green Lantern #40 cover
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Green Lantern

#40

Green Lantern #43 cover
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Green Lantern

#43

Green Lantern #5 cover
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Green Lantern

#5

Green Lantern #55 cover
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Green Lantern

#55

Green Lantern #59 cover
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Green Lantern

#59

Green Lantern #6 cover
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Green Lantern

#6

Green Lantern #7 cover
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Green Lantern

#7

Green Lantern #71 cover
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Green Lantern

#71

Green Lantern #87 cover
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Green Lantern

#87

Green Lantern #9 cover
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Green Lantern

#9

John Carter Warlord of Mars #5 cover
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John Carter Warlord of Mars

#5

Ka-Zar the Savage #11 cover

Ka-Zar the Savage

#11

Marvel Fanfare #11 cover
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Marvel Fanfare

#11

Marvel Premiere #15 cover
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Marvel Premiere

#15

Marvel Tales #116 cover
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Marvel Tales

#116

Marvel Team-Up #16 cover
A

Marvel Team-Up

#16

Marvel Team-Up #19 cover
A

Marvel Team-Up

#19

Marvel Team-Up #23 cover
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Marvel Team-Up

#23

Mystery in Space #16 cover
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Mystery in Space

#16

Mystery in Space #21 cover
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Mystery in Space

#21

Secret Origins #2 cover
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Secret Origins

#2

Showcase #22 cover
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Showcase

#22

Showcase #34 cover
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Showcase

#34

Showcase #8 cover
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Showcase

#8

Strange Adventures #124 cover
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Strange Adventures

#124

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