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JACK ABEL

Active: 1953–2025

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AS WRITER

324

AS ARTIST

29

KEY ISSUES

88

SERIES

Jack Abel was an American comic book artist best known as an inker for leading publishers DC Comics and Marvel Comics. He was DC's primary inker on the Superman titles in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and inked penciler Herb Trimpe's introduction of the popular superhero Wolverine in The Incredible Hulk #181. He sometimes used the pseudonym Gary Michaels.

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

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The Incredible Hulk #181 cover

The Incredible Hulk

#181

Wolverine: First full appearance. Cameo on the last page of #180.

The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #22 cover

The Amazing Spider-Man Annual

#22

Earliest catalogued appearance of Speedball.

The Avengers #195 cover

The Avengers

#195

Earliest catalogued appearance of Taskmaster.

G.I. Joe, a Real American Hero #1 cover

G.I. Joe, a Real American Hero

#1

Earliest catalogued appearances of Scarlett, Snake Eyes (G.I. Joe), Hawk (G.I. Joe), and 13 more.

Superboy #226 cover

Superboy

#226

Earliest catalogued appearance of Dawnstar.

Our Army at War #95 cover

Our Army at War

#95

Earliest catalogued appearance of Bulldozer (Easy Co).

FREQUENT COLLABORATORS · TOP 8

Issues where both are credited as writer or artist

Winslow Mortimer 37 issues togetherHerb Trimpe 34 issues togetherCurt Swan 33 issues togetherIrv Novick 25 issues togetherMike Esposito 24 issues togetherGerry Conway 23 issues togetherHenry Boltinoff 23 issues togetherAl Milgrom 21 issues together

CHARACTERS · TOP 10

Appearing most often in their credited issues

SupermanHulkSupergirl (Kara Zor-El)Iron ManCaptain AmericaLois LanePerry WhiteJimmy OlsenSpider-ManDoctor Strange

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