RUSSELL COLE

Active: 1936–1942

AS WRITER

AS ARTIST

KEY ISSUES

SERIES

NOTABLE WORKS: KEY ISSUES

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Detective Comics

#27

First appearances of Batman and James Gordon.

Action Comics

First appearance of Superman (Kal-L). First appearance of Lois Lane. Earliest catalogued appearances of Zatara, Tex Thompson, George Taylor, and 3 more.

All-American Comics

#16

Earliest catalogued appearance of Green Lantern (Scott).

Detective Comics

Earliest catalogued appearances of Slam Bradley, Shorty Morgan, Bart Regan, and 3 more.

Adventure Comics

#32

Earliest catalogued appearance of Steve Carson.

All-American Comics

#18

Earliest catalogued appearance of Irene Miller.

SERIES · BY ISSUES CREDITED

Detective Comics

1937

17 credited issues

New Adventure Comics

1937

9 credited issues

New Comics

1935

8 credited issues

Action Comics

1938

6 credited issues

Adventure Comics

1938

5 credited issues

All-American Comics

1939

3 credited issues

Superman

1939

1 credited issue

FREQUENT COLLABORATORS · TOP 8

Issues where both are credited as writer or artist

Joe Shuster 41 issues together Sven Elven 37 issues together Creig Flessel 33 issues together Homer Fleming 33 issues together Tom Hickey 33 issues together Will Ely 24 issues together Jerry Siegel 22 issues together Leo O'Mealia 19 issues together

CHARACTERS · TOP 10

Appearing most often in their credited issues

Bart Regan Slam Bradley Shorty Morgan Bruce Nelson Speed Saunders Sally Norris Superman Chuck Dawson George Taylor Pep Morgan

All (49)Writer (21)Artist (49)Keys (8)

8 ISSUES

Action Comics

Adventure Comics

#32

Adventure Comics

#53

All-American Comics

#16

All-American Comics

#18

Detective Comics

#27

RUSSELL COLE

NOTABLE WORKS: KEY ISSUES

SERIES · BY ISSUES CREDITED

FREQUENT COLLABORATORS · TOP 8

CHARACTERS · TOP 10

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8 ISSUES