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WILL ELY

Active: 1937–1975

22

AS WRITER

252

AS ARTIST

7

KEY ISSUES

19

SERIES

NOTABLE WORKS: KEY ISSUES

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Action Comics #1 cover

Action Comics

#1

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

Detective Comics #20 cover

Detective Comics

#20

Earliest catalogued appearances of Crimson Avenger (Travis) and Wing.

Rip Hunter... Time Master #11 cover

Rip Hunter... Time Master

#11

Earliest catalogued appearance of Zeus.

Action Comics #13 cover

Action Comics

#13

Earliest catalogued appearance of Ultra-Humanite.

Adventure Comics #32 cover

Adventure Comics

#32

Earliest catalogued appearance of Steve Carson.

Action Comics #2 cover

Action Comics

#2

Earliest catalogued appearance of Fat Man.

FREQUENT COLLABORATORS · TOP 8

Issues where both are credited as writer or artist

Henry Boltinoff 152 issues togetherGeorge Roussos 64 issues togetherMort Meskin 53 issues togetherRuben Moreira 44 issues togetherBernard Baily 43 issues togetherHoward Purcell 41 issues togetherJoe Shuster 41 issues togetherSven Elven 40 issues together

CHARACTERS · TOP 10

Appearing most often in their credited issues

Rip HunterBonnie BaxterCorky BaxterJeff SmithBart ReganElsaMark MerlinSlam BradleySpeed SaundersBruce Nelson

Credits

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7 ISSUES

Action Comics #1 cover
A

Action Comics

#1

Action Comics #13 cover
A

Action Comics

#13

Action Comics #2 cover
A

Action Comics

#2

Adventure Comics #32 cover

Adventure Comics

#32

Detective Comics #20 cover

Detective Comics

#20

Detective Comics #29 cover
A

Detective Comics

#29

Rip Hunter... Time Master #11 cover
A

Rip Hunter... Time Master

#11