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Rollo

Rollo

640 appearances · Golden Age · 1943–2021 · 7 key issues
Who is Rollo?

Few characters can claim a Golden Age debut and nearly eight decades of appearances on their résumé, but Rollo is exactly that kind of quietly remarkable fixture in DC's long history. Stepping onto the page for the first time in Doll Man #6 in 1943 — brought to life by creator Fran Matera — this character has woven through an impressively eclectic range of titles, from the detective-noir atmosphere of Detective Comics to the lighter, funnier pages of Funny Stuff and Comic Cavalcade. With 640 catalog appearances and seven recognized key issues to their name, Rollo is the kind of discovery that rewards the deep-diving collector. The company is choice, too — sharing pages with the likes of Dick Tracy, Sam Spade, and Effie Perine speaks to a character comfortable rubbing elbows with some of comics' most iconic figures.

Teams & affiliations
Boy CommandosMutt & JeffDaily Planet
★ First appearance
Doll Man #6
Jul 1943

Trivia

  • Rod Reed has written more of Rollo's comics than any other writer in our catalog — 65 issues.

Top series

Covers through the years — 1943–2020

Doll Man #6 1943
Doll Man #6
Batman #65 1951
Batman #65
Crime Does Not Pay Archives #5 2013
Crime Does Not Pay Archives #5
Savage Dragon #250 2020
Savage Dragon #250

Appearances (1–150 of 640, oldest first)

Doll Man (1941)
#6
Sensation Comics (1942)
Police Comics (1941)
Star Spangled Comics (1941)
Crack Comics (1940)
Flash Comics (1940)
Action Comics (1938)
Detective Comics (1937)
Adventure Comics (1938)
Don Winslow of the Navy (1943)
Fawcett's Funny Animals (1942)
Superman (1939)
#24
Captain Marvel Adventures (1941)
Comic Cavalcade (1942)
Boy Commandos (1942)
World's Finest Comics (1941)
Wonder Woman (1942)
Leading Comics (1941)
All-Star Comics (1940)
Green Lantern (1941)
Mutt & Jeff (1939)
All-Flash (1941)
Captain Midnight (1942)
Military Comics (1941)
National Comics (1940)
Blue Bolt (1940)
Batman (1940)
King Comics (1936)
Funny Stuff (1944)
Smash Comics (1939)
Buzzy (1944)
All Funny Comics (1943)
Super-Magician Comics (1941)
#8
Calling All Girls (1941)
#40
Ace Comics (1937)
Real Screen Comics (1945)
Jingle Jangle Comics (1942)
Tip Top Comics (1936)
Captain Marvel Jr. (1942)
#32
Real Fact Comics (1946)
Animal Antics (1946)