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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 (151–300 of 640, oldest first)

Funny Folks (1946)
#4
Real Screen Comics (1945)
#8
Comic Cavalcade (1942)
Leading Comics (1941)
Green Lantern (1941)
Mutt & Jeff (1939)
All-Flash (1941)
#25
All-Star Comics (1940)
Fawcett's Funny Animals (1942)
Funny Stuff (1944)
Batman (1940)
#39
Don Winslow of the Navy (1943)
Captain Marvel Jr. (1942)
Captain Midnight (1942)
Sensation Comics (1942)
Star Spangled Comics (1941)
Captain Marvel Adventures (1941)
Flash Comics (1940)
All-American Comics (1939)
Action Comics (1938)
Adventure Comics (1938)
More Fun Comics (1936)
Detective Comics (1937)
Animal Antics (1946)
#7
Wonder Woman (1942)
#22
Nyoka the Jungle Girl (1945)
Hopalong Cassidy (1943)
Hoppy the Marvel Bunny (1945)
The Marvel Family (1945)
George Pal's Puppetoons (1945)
Mary Marvel (1945)
Master Comics (1940)
Whiz Comics (1940)
#86
Real Fact Comics (1946)
Boy Commandos (1942)
Superman (1939)
Wow Comics (1940)
Gang Busters (1947)
#1
Tom Mix Western (1948)
#1