JACK SPARLING

Active: 1949–2020

AS WRITER

166

AS ARTIST

KEY ISSUES

SERIES

John Edmond Sparling was a Canadian comics artist.

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

NOTABLE WORKS: KEY ISSUES

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House of Mystery

#175

Earliest catalogued appearances of Cain (DC) and Gregory.

House of Secrets

#81

Earliest catalogued appearance of Abel (DC).

Strange Adventures

#187

Earliest catalogued appearance of Enchantress (DC).

Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe

#20

Earliest catalogued appearances of Sarge Steel and Serafina.

The Witching Hour

Earliest catalogued appearances of Mordred (DC), Cynthia (DC), and Mildred (DC).

Crazy Magazine

#18

Earliest catalogued appearances of The Bionic Woman and Benedict Arnold.

SERIES · TOP 12 OF 41 BY ISSUES CREDITED

Strange Adventures

1950

29 credited issues

House of Secrets

1956

22 credited issues

House of Mystery

1951

14 credited issues

The Unexpected

1968

13 credited issues

Tales of the Unexpected

1956

12 credited issues

Challengers of the Unknown

1958

8 credited issues

The Witching Hour

1969

8 credited issues

Ghosts

1971

6 credited issues

Weird War Tales

1971

5 credited issues

Secret Six

1968

5 credited issues

Ghost Rider

1973

4 credited issues

Plastic Man

1966

3 credited issues

FREQUENT COLLABORATORS · TOP 8

Issues where both are credited as writer or artist

Henry Boltinoff 41 issues together George Roussos 30 issues together Bernard Baily 25 issues together Bob Haney 16 issues together Dave Wood 12 issues together George Kashdan 12 issues together Sergio Aragonés 12 issues together Jack Miller 10 issues together

CHARACTERS · TOP 10

Appearing most often in their credited issues

Abel (DC)Mordred (DC)Cain (DC)Cynthia (DC)Mildred (DC)Bruce Gordon Eclipso Elsa Mona Bennett Professor Bennett

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1 ISSUE

The Sinister House of Secret Love