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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 (601–640 of 640, oldest first)

Comic Cavalcade (1942)
Leading Screen Comics (1950)
All Star Western (1951)
Suzie Comics (1945)
All-American Western (1948)
Star Spangled Comics (1941)
Action Comics (1938)
Pat Sullivan's Felix the Cat (1951)
Fighting Leathernecks (1952)
#1
The Fox and the Crow (1951)
#2
Flippity & Flop (1951)
#2
House of Mystery (1951)
#2
Monty Hall of the U.S. Marines (1951)
#4
Mystery in Space (1951)
#6
John Wayne Adventure Comics (1949)
#13
The Adventures of Bob Hope (1950)
#13
Peter Porkchops (1949)
#14
Strange Adventures (1950)
#17
Superboy (1949)
#18
Gang Busters (1947)
#26
A Date with Judy (1947)
#27
Hollywood Funny Folks (1950)
#43
Real Screen Comics (1945)
#47
Mutt & Jeff (1939)
#56
Adventure Comics (1938)
Detective Comics (1937)
Archie Comics (1942)
#55
Al Capp's Li'l Abner (1949)
#87
Super Duck Comics (1944)
#43
Crime Does Not Pay Archives (2012)
#5
Savage Dragon (1993)
Big Bang Adventures (2019)
#9