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The Black Pirate
25 appearances · Golden Age · 1940–2025 · 3 key issues
Action Comics
#23
#23
★ First appearance
Action Comics #23
Trivia
- 🗓️ The Black Pirate first appeared in Action Comics #23 in 1940 — that's 86 years ago.
- 🎨 Co-created by Jerome Siegel and Joe Shuster.
- 📚 Appears in 25 issues across 7 different series.
- ⭐ 3 of their appearances are key issues collectors actively chase.
- 📈 Has appeared in comics for 85 years (1940–2025) — a true Golden Age mainstay.
Appearances
Superman (1939)
All-American Comics (1939)
DC Comics Presents (1978)
Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe (1985)
Action Comics 23 (Facsimile Edition) (2025)