J

JOHN BROOME

Active: 1946–1985

199

AS WRITER

1

AS ARTIST

38

KEY ISSUES

19

SERIES

NOTABLE WORKS: KEY ISSUES

All 38 key issues →

Showcase #22 cover

Showcase

#22

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

Showcase #4 cover

Showcase

#4

First appearance of the Flash (Barry Allen). Earliest catalogued appearance of Iris West Allen.

The Flash #110 cover

The Flash

#110

First appearance of Wally West. Earliest catalogued appearance of Weather Wizard.

The Flash #112 cover

The Flash

#112

Earliest catalogued appearance of Elongated Man.

The Phantom Stranger #1 cover

The Phantom Stranger

#1

Earliest catalogued appearance of Phantom Stranger.

Green Lantern #7 cover

Green Lantern

#7

Earliest catalogued appearances of Sinestro and Terga Kalmaku.

SERIES · TOP 12 OF 19 BY ISSUES CREDITED

The Flash

1959

74 credited issues

Green Lantern

1960

28 credited issues

Detective Comics

1937

21 credited issues

All-Star Comics

1940

14 credited issues

Flash Comics

1940

14 credited issues

Showcase

1956

8 credited issues

Batman

1940

6 credited issues

The Phantom Stranger

1952

6 credited issues

DC Super Stars

1976

6 credited issues

DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest

1980

6 credited issues

Strange Adventures

1950

3 credited issues

All-Flash

1941

2 credited issues

FREQUENT COLLABORATORS · TOP 8

Issues where both are credited as writer or artist

Carmine Infantino 129 issues together Joe Giella 121 issues together Gardner Fox 44 issues together Gil Kane 39 issues together Murphy Anderson 37 issues together Sid Greene 27 issues together Robert Kanigher 26 issues together Bernard Sachs 20 issues together

CHARACTERS · TOP 10

Appearing most often in their credited issues

Flash (Barry Allen)Iris West Allen Hal Jordan Flash (Garrick)Elongated Man Wally West Batman Dick Grayson Carol Ferris Hawkman

All (200)Writer (199)Artist (1)Keys (38)

COLLECTED EDITIONS

The Flash Archives, Vol. 4 (DC Archive Editions)

The Green Lantern Omnibus

Green Lantern Omnibus

Showcase Presents Green Lantern VOL 03 (Showcase Presents)

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Adventure Comics #175 cover

Adventure Comics

#175

All-Flash #25 cover

All-Flash

#25

All-Flash #27 cover

All-Flash

#27

All-Star Comics #39 cover

All-Star Comics

#39

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All-Star Comics

#40

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All-Star Comics

#41

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All-Star Comics

#42

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All-Star Comics

#43

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All-Star Comics

#44

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All-Star Comics

#45

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All-Star Comics

#46

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All-Star Comics

#48

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All-Star Comics

#49

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All-Star Comics

#50

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All-Star Comics

#52

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All-Star Comics

#54

All-Star Comics #57 cover

All-Star Comics

#57

Batman #172 cover

Batman

#172

Batman #173 cover

Batman

#173

Batman #177 cover

Batman

#177

Batman #188 cover

Batman

#188

Batman #235 cover

Batman

#235

Batman #238 cover

Batman

#238

Big Town #35 cover

Big Town

#35

DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #13 cover

DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest

#13

DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #14 cover

DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest

#14

DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #15 cover

DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest

#15

DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #2 cover

DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest

#2

DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #22 cover

DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest

#22

DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #4 cover

DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest

#4

DC Super Stars #11 cover

DC Super Stars

#11

DC Super Stars #2 cover

DC Super Stars

#2

DC Super Stars #4 cover

DC Super Stars

#4

DC Super Stars #5 cover

DC Super Stars

#5

DC Super Stars #6 cover

DC Super Stars

#6

DC Super Stars #9 cover

DC Super Stars

#9

Detective Comics #192 cover

Detective Comics

#192

Detective Comics #327 cover

Detective Comics

#327

Detective Comics #329 cover

Detective Comics

#329

Detective Comics #330 cover

Detective Comics

#330

Detective Comics #331 cover

Detective Comics

#331

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Detective Comics

#332

Detective Comics #340 cover

Detective Comics

#340

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Detective Comics

#341

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Detective Comics

#342

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Detective Comics

#343

Detective Comics #344 cover

Detective Comics

#344

Detective Comics #346 cover

Detective Comics

#346