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Gardner Fox

Writer on 1,508 issues

Gardner Fox is credited as writer on 1,508 issues in grailworth's catalog, 1,231 issues of them across 119 series we value. That includes 11 key issues, such as Action Comics #1 (1938), All-Star Comics #8 (1940) and Batman #181 (1940). Characters first seen in issues they wrote or drew include Superman, Clark Kent, Zatara and Lois Lane.

Key issues

Characters they introduced

Cover of Action Comics #1 (1938) Action Comics #1 (1938)First appearance of Superman (Clark Kent / Kal-El / Kal-L)1938Cover of Action Comics #1 (1938) Action Comics #1 (1938)First appearance of Clark Kent (Superman / Superboy)1938Cover of Action Comics #1 (1938) Action Comics #1 (1938)First appearance of Zatara (DC magician)1938Cover of Action Comics #1 (1938) Action Comics #1 (1938)First appearance of Lois Lane (girlfriend/wife of Superman)1938Cover of Action Comics #1 (1938) Action Comics #1 (1938)First appearance of Butch Matson (Superman thug)1938Cover of Action Comics #1 (1938) Action Comics #1 (1938)First appearance (unnamed) of George Taylor1938Cover of Action Comics #1 (1938) Action Comics #1 (1938)First appearance of Bea Carroll (first Superman villain)1938Cover of Action Comics #1 (1938) Action Comics #1 (1938)First appearance of Alex Greer (DC character)1938Cover of Action Comics #1 (1938) Action Comics #1 (1938)First appearance of Senator Barrows (DC character)1938Cover of Action Comics #1 (1938) Action Comics #1 (1938)First appearance of Chuck Dawson (cowboy)1938Cover of Action Comics #1 (1938) Action Comics #1 (1938)First appearance of Tong (Zatara's assistant)1938Cover of Action Comics #1 (1938) Action Comics #1 (1938)First appearance of Tigress (Zatara's enemy)1938Cover of Action Comics #1 (1938) Action Comics #1 (1938)First appearance of Scoop Scanlon (DC, Five Star Reporter)1938Cover of Action Comics #1 (1938) Action Comics #1 (1938)First appearance of Rusty James (Scoop Scanlon's partner)1938Cover of Action Comics #1 (1938) Action Comics #1 (1938)First appearance of Tex Thomson (Mr. America; Americommando)1938Cover of Detective Comics #27 (1937) Detective Comics #27 (1937)First appearance of Batman (Bruce Wayne)1939Cover of Detective Comics #27 (1937) Detective Comics #27 (1937)First appearance of Commissioner James Gordon (from Batman)1939Cover of All-Star Comics #8 (1940) All-Star Comics #8 (1940)First appearance of Wonder Woman (Princess Diana / Diana Prince)1941Cover of All-Star Comics #8 (1940) All-Star Comics #8 (1940)First appearance of Steve Trevor (from Wonder Woman)1941Cover of All-Star Comics #8 (1940) All-Star Comics #8 (1940)First appearance of Hippolyta (mother of Wonder Woman)1941Cover of All-Star Comics #8 (1940) All-Star Comics #8 (1940)First appearance of Aphrodite (DC, Olympian goddess)1941Cover of All-Star Comics #8 (1940) All-Star Comics #8 (1940)First appearance of Mala (Amazon)1941Cover of All-Star Comics #8 (1940) All-Star Comics #8 (1940)First appearance (flashback) of Hercules (DC, Olympian god)1941Cover of All-Star Comics #8 (1940) All-Star Comics #8 (1940)First appearance of Athena (DC, Olympian goddess)1941

Every issue

80 Page Giant Magazine (1964) 2 issues

A Moon, A Girl, Romance (1949) 1 issue

Action Comics (1938) 77 issues

Adventure Comics (1938) 43 issues

Alien Encounters (1985) 1 issue

All Star Western (1951) 20 issues

All-American Western (1948) 4 issues

All-Flash (1941) 24 issues

All-Star Comics (1940) 38 issues

All-Star Squadron (1981) 6 issues

All-Star Squadron Annual (1982) 1 issue

All-Star Western (1970) 4 issues

Amazon Warriors (1989) 1 issue

The Atom (1962) 37 issues

The Atom & Hawkman (1968) 2 issues

The Avenger (1955) 1 issue

Batman (1940) 31 issues

The Batman Family (1975) 3 issues

The Best of DC (1979) 3 issues

Best of the West (1951) 2 issues

The Big All-American Comic Book (1944) 1 issue

Big Shot Comics (1940) 13 issues

Black Phantom (1954) 1 issue

Blackhawk (1957) 1 issue

Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders (1950) 2 issues

Boy Commandos (1942) 1 issue

Brave and the Bold (1955) 18 issues

Cave Girl (1953) 3 issues

Chamber of Chills (1972) 3 issues

Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid (1949) 6 issues

Comic Cavalcade (1942) 19 issues

Creatures on the Loose (1971) 2 issues

Creepy (1964) 3 issues

Crime Patrol (1948) 3 issues

Crime Patrol (2000) 1 issue

The Crypt of Terror (1950) 2 issues

DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (1971) 1 issue

DC Special (1968) 10 issues

DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (1980) 7 issues

DC Special Series (1977) 2 issues

DC Super Stars (1976) 5 issues

Detective Comics (1937) 74 issues

Doc Savage (1972) 3 issues

Dracula Lives (1973) 1 issue

Eerie (1965) 4 issues

FemForce (1985) 1 issue

Flash (1959) 33 issues

Flash Comics (1940) 74 issues

Flashback (1973) 3 issues

Four Star Spectacular (1976) 3 issues

From Beyond the Unknown (1969) 23 issues

The Ghost Rider (1950) 4 issues

Great Western (1958) 2 issues

Green Lantern (1941) 1 issue

Green Lantern (1960) 31 issues

Gunfighter (1948) 10 issues

Haunt of Fear (1950) 4 issues

Haunt of Fear (1992) 4 issues

Hawkman (1964) 22 issues

Hopalong Cassidy (1954) 13 issues

The Immortal Doctor Fate (1985) 1 issue

Infinity, Inc. (1984) 1 issue

International Comics (1947) 1 issue

International Crime Patrol (1948) 1 issue

Jimmy Wakely (1949) 8 issues

Joan of Arc (1949) 1 issue

Journey into Mystery (1972) 1 issue

Justice League of America (1960) 83 issues

Last Days of the Justice Society Special (1986) 1 issue

Manhunt (1947) 1 issue

Marvel Premiere (1972) 4 issues

Marvel Spotlight (1971) 1 issue

Masters of Terror (1975) 1 issue

The Masterworks Series of Great Comic Book Artists (1983) 1 issue

Modern Love (1949) 1 issue

Monsters Unleashed (1973) 1 issue

Moon Girl (1947) 7 issues

More Fun Comics (1936) 29 issues

Mystery in Space (1951) 62 issues

Nightmare (1970) 3 issues

Out of This World (1950) 1 issue

Psycho (1971) 4 issues

Psycho Annual (1972) 1 issue

Red Mask (1954) 5 issues

Red Mask (1958) 3 issues

Red Wolf (1972) 7 issues

Secret Origins (1961) 1 issue

Secret Origins (1973) 1 issue

Secret Origins (1986) 1 issue

Sensation Comics (1942) 9 issues

Showcase (1956) 14 issues

Sparky Watts (1942) 1 issue

The Spectre (1967) 4 issues

Straight Arrow (1950) 7 issues

Strange Adventures (1950) 140 issues

Strange Worlds (1950) 2 issues

Super DC Giant (1970) 1 issue

Super-Team Family (1975) 3 issues

Superboy (1949) 1 issue

Supergirl (1972) 1 issue

Superman (1939) 3 issues

Tales from the Crypt (1992) 2 issues

Thun'da (2012) 1 issue

Tim Holt (1948) 6 issues

Tomahawk (1950) 3 issues

Tomb of Dracula (1972) 2 issues

Vampire Tales (1973) 2 issues

Vampirella (1969) 4 issues

Vampirella Annual (1972) 1 issue

Vault of Horror (1950) 3 issues

The Vault of Horror (1990) 2 issues

Vault of Horror (1992) 2 issues

Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains (1972) 4 issues

War Against Crime (1948) 1 issue

Weird Fantasy (1950) 2 issues

Weird Science (1990) 1 issue

Western Comics (1948) 40 issues

World's Best Comics (1941) 1 issue

World's Finest Comics (1941) 20 issues

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