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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 (301–450 of 640, oldest first)

Don Winslow of the Navy (1943)
Captain Midnight (1942)
Wow Comics (1940)
Sensation Comics (1942)
Captain Marvel Adventures (1941)
Master Comics (1940)
Detective Comics (1937)
Black Cat Comics (1946)
#10
Leave It to Binky (1948)
A Date with Judy (1947)
#4
Funny Folks (1946)
Real Screen Comics (1945)
Wilbur Comics (1944)
Super Duck Comics (1944)
Laugh Comics / Laugh (1946)
Suzie Comics (1945)
Li'l Abner Comics (1947)
Flash Comics (1940)
All-American Comics (1939)
Action Comics (1938)
Mr. District Attorney (1948)
Animal Antics (1946)
Wonder Woman (1942)
World's Finest Comics (1941)
Pep Comics (1940)
Steve Canyon Comics (1948)
#3
Gang Busters (1947)
#4
Tom Mix Western (1948)
Nyoka the Jungle Girl (1945)
Hopalong Cassidy (1943)
Joe Palooka Comics (1945)
#21
The Marvel Family (1945)
Mary Marvel (1945)
Comic Cavalcade (1942)
#27
Leading Comics (1941)
#31
Mutt & Jeff (1939)
#34
Funny Stuff (1944)
Captain Marvel Jr. (1942)
Whiz Comics (1940)
Adventure Comics (1938)
Ideal (1948)
Annie Oakley (1948)
Real Fact Comics (1946)
Georgie Comics (1945)
#17
Buzzy (1944)
Green Lantern (1941)
Lana (1948)
#1
Terry and the Pirates Comics (1947)
#11
Hedy De Vine Comics (1947)
#28
Cindy Comics (1947)
#30
Gay Comics (1944)
#33
Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)
#87
Dale Evans Comics (1948)
#1
Western Comics (1948)
#5
Star Spangled Comics (1941)
#84
Monte Hale Western (1948)
Batman (1940)
#49
Real Western Hero (1948)
Ozzie and Babs (1947)
#6
Joker Comics (1942)
#34
Green Hornet Comics (1942)
#42
Humphrey Comics (1948)
#2
Archie Comics (1942)
#35