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HOWARD SHERMAN

Active: 1940–2022

1

AS WRITER

324

AS ARTIST

31

KEY ISSUES

29

SERIES

NOTABLE WORKS: KEY ISSUES

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Detective Comics #75 cover

Detective Comics

#75

Earliest catalogued appearance of Alfred Pennyworth.

Action Comics #252 cover

Action Comics

#252

First appearance of Supergirl (Kara Zor-El). Earliest catalogued appearances of Metallo and Alura.

Detective Comics #58 cover

Detective Comics

#58

First appearance of Penguin.

Detective Comics #66 cover

Detective Comics

#66

First appearance of Two-Face. Earliest catalogued appearances of Salvatore Maroni and Gilda Dent.

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.

Detective Comics #140 cover

Detective Comics

#140

First appearance of Riddler.

SERIES · TOP 12 OF 29 BY ISSUES CREDITED

Detective Comics

1937

87 credited issues

World's Finest Comics

1941

39 credited issues

All-Star Western

1951

32 credited issues

House of Mystery

1951

29 credited issues

More Fun Comics

1936

27 credited issues

Strange Adventures

1950

17 credited issues

Action Comics

1938

15 credited issues

Adventure Comics

1938

12 credited issues

All-Star Comics

1940

11 credited issues

Frontier Fighters

1955

8 credited issues

My Greatest Adventure

1955

7 credited issues

House of Secrets

1956

7 credited issues

FREQUENT COLLABORATORS · TOP 8

Issues where both are credited as writer or artist

Henry Boltinoff 174 issues together George Roussos 79 issues together Charles Paris 68 issues together Bob Kane 62 issues together George Papp 43 issues together Gil Kane 42 issues together Bill Finger 41 issues together Jack Lehti 40 issues together

CHARACTERS · TOP 10

Appearing most often in their credited issues

Batman Dick Grayson Shorty Morgan Slam Bradley Superman Andre Chavard Rip Carter Dan Turpin Air Wave (Larry Jordan)James Gordon

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31 ISSUES

Action Comics #193 cover

Action Comics

#193

Action Comics #252 cover

Action Comics

#252

Action Comics #255 cover

Action Comics

#255

Action Comics #261 cover

Action Comics

#261

Adventure Comics #283 cover

Adventure Comics

#283

All-Star Comics #15 cover

All-Star Comics

#15

Detective Comics #138 cover

Detective Comics

#138

Detective Comics #140 cover

Detective Comics

#140

Detective Comics #143 cover

Detective Comics

#143

Detective Comics #147 cover

Detective Comics

#147

Detective Comics #152 cover

Detective Comics

#152

Detective Comics #40 cover

Detective Comics

#40

Detective Comics #58 cover

Detective Comics

#58

Detective Comics #60 cover

Detective Comics

#60

Detective Comics #64 cover

Detective Comics

#64

Detective Comics #66 cover

Detective Comics

#66

Detective Comics #74 cover

Detective Comics

#74

Detective Comics #75 cover

Detective Comics

#75

Detective Comics #76 cover

Detective Comics

#76

Detective Comics #77 cover

Detective Comics

#77

Detective Comics #81 cover

Detective Comics

#81

More Fun Comics #55 cover

More Fun Comics

#55

More Fun Comics #56 cover

More Fun Comics

#56

More Fun Comics #71 cover

More Fun Comics

#71

More Fun Comics #74 cover

More Fun Comics

#74

Real Fact Comics #6 cover

Real Fact Comics

#6

Strange Adventures #1 cover

Strange Adventures

#1

Superman #252 cover

Superman

#252

World's Finest Comics #42 cover

World's Finest Comics

#42

World's Finest Comics #49 cover

World's Finest Comics

#49

World's Finest Comics #53 cover

World's Finest Comics

#53