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{{Short description|American comic book writer (1913–1999)}}
{{Infobox comics creator
| name          = John Broome
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| birth_name    = Irving Broome
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1913|5|4}}
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| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1999|3|14|1913|5|4}}
| death_place   = [[Chiang Mai]], [[Thailand]]
| nationality   = American
| writer        = y
| alias         = Ron Broom<br>Edgar Ray Meritt<br>John Osgood<br>Robert Stark
| notable works = ''[[All Star Comics]]''<br>[[Captain Comet]]<br>[[Elongated Man]]<br>''[[The Flash (comic book)|The Flash]]''<br>''[[Green Lantern (comic book)|Green Lantern]]''<br>''[[Mystery in Space]]''<br>''[[Strange Adventures]]''
| awards        = {{plainlist|
*[[Alley Award]] (1964)
*[[Inkpot Award]]
*[[Bill Finger Award]]}}
}}
'''John Broome''' (May 4, 1913 – March 14, 1999), who additionally used the [[pseudonym]]s '''John Osgood''' and '''Edgar Ray Meritt''', was an American [[comic book]] [[Comic book creator|writer]] for [[DC Comics]]. Along with [[Gil Kane]], he co-created the supervillain [[Sinestro]].

==Biography==

===Early life and career===
Broome was born '''Irving Broome''' to a [[Jewish]] family.<ref>{{cite book|last= Kaplan|first= Arie|title= From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books|publisher= [[Jewish Publication Society]]|date= 2008|location= Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|page= 87|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=8aH3H7DC6BQC&q=John+Broome+Irving+Broome&pg=PA87|isbn= 978-0827608436}}</ref> As a youth, he enjoyed reading [[science fiction]]<ref name=gifford>{{cite web |last1=Gifford |first1=Denis |title=Obituary: John Broome |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-john-broome-1096133.html |website=The Independent |access-date=9 May 2019 |date=27 May 1999}} Note: Source erroneously gives birth year as 1914.</ref> and began writing for science-fiction [[pulp magazine]]s in the 1940s.<ref name="Bill Finger Award"/> By then he was already writing for some of the earliest [[American comic books]] to be published, beginning with a two-page "Pals and Pastimes" humor strip, illustrated by [[Ray Gill]], in [[Centaur Publications]]' ''Funny Pages'' #7 (Dec. 1936).<ref name=gcd>{{gcdb|type=writer|search= John+Broome|title= John Broome}}</ref> By 1942 he was writing text fillers for [[Fawcett Comics]], at least one under the [[pseudonym]] '''Ron Broom'''.<ref name= gcd /> When his agent, [[Julius Schwartz]], became an editor at what would become [[DC Comics]] during the 1930–40s "[[Golden Age of Comic Books]]", Broome was recruited to write [[superhero]] stories<ref name="Bill Finger Award">{{cite web |url=http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_finger_2009.shtml |title=John Broome, Frank Jacobs to Receive 2009 Bill Finger Award |year=2009 |publisher=[[San Diego Comic-Con International]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703113553/http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_finger_2009.shtml |archive-date=July 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> starring the [[Jay Garrick|Flash]], [[Alan Scott|Green Lantern]], [[Sargon the Sorcerer]] and others. His first known script for the company was the 13-page Flash story "The City of Shifting Sand" in ''[[All-Flash]]'' #22 (May 1946). He wrote text fillers under the pen name '''John Osgood'''.<ref name=gcd />

Through the 1940s, Broome wrote primarily Green Lantern stories and the superhero team the [[Justice Society of America]],<ref>{{cite book|last = Thomas|first = Roy|author-link = Roy Thomas|chapter= The Men (and One Woman) Behind the JSA: Its Creation and Creative Personnel|title = All-Star Companion Volume 1|publisher = [[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|year = 2000|location= Raleigh, North Carolina|page = 24|isbn = 1-893905-055}}</ref> and contributed an occasional tale starring the [[Atom (Al Pratt)|Atom]], the [[Hawkman (Carter Hall)|Hawkman]], or [[Doctor Mid-Nite]], in titles including ''[[Sensation Comics]]'', ''[[Comic Cavalcade]]'', ''[[All Star Comics]]'', ''[[All-American Comics]]'', and ''[[Flash Comics]]''. Broome and artist [[Irwin Hasen]] created the [[supervillain]] [[Per Degaton]] as a JSA antagonist in ''All Star Comics'' #35 (July 1947).<ref name=gcd /> His final Golden Age Green Lantern story appeared in the last issue of that character's title, ''Green Lantern'' #38 (May 1949),<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wallace|first1= Daniel|last2=Dolan|first2=Hannah, ed.|chapter= 1940s|title = DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]]|year=2010|location= London, United Kingdom|isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9 |page= 61|quote = In a sign of the end of the Golden Age of Comics, ''Green Lantern'' ended its run with a story by John Broome and Irwin Hasen. To add insult to injury, Green Lantern was nowhere to be seen on the cover of ''Green Lantern'' #38.}}</ref> and his final JSA story in ''All Star Comics'' #57 (March 1951), the last before its retitling as ''[[All-Star Western]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Uslan |first1=Michael |last2=Klein |first2=Robert |date=2007 |title=The All-Star Companion |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6KyfvSCmUUC&pg=PA67 |volume=3 |location=Raleigh, North Carolina |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |page=67 |isbn=978-1-893905-80-1}}</ref>

===1950s and the Silver Age===
As the new decade began, Broome wrote science-fiction stories for DC, both standalone tales—including "The Mind Robbers", in ''[[Mystery in Space]]'' #1 (May 1951), under the pseudonym '''Robert Stark'''—and continuing-character features, such as "Astra" (in ''[[Sensation Comics]]'', one story of which teamed him with his future regular artist collaborator, [[Gil Kane]]), and "[[Captain Comet]]", which he created with [[penciler]] [[Carmine Infantino]] in ''[[Strange Adventures]]'' #9 (June 1951).<ref name=gcd /><ref>[[Alexander C. Irvine|Irvine, Alex]] "1950s" in Dolan, p. 67: "In an attempt to revive readers' interest in super heroes, writer John Broome and artist Carmine Infantino introduced 'Tomorrow's Man of Destiny', Captain Comet, in ''Strange Adventures'' #9."</ref> For the latter he used the pen name '''Edgar Ray Merritt''', devised by his friend and editor [[Julius Schwartz]], as a nod to fantasy writers [[Edgar Allan Poe|Poe]], [[Ray Bradbury|Bradbury]], and [[A. Merritt|Abraham]].<ref name=gifford /> Outside that genre, he wrote a large number of stories for the [[crime comics]] anthology ''[[Big Town]]'', based on the radio and television shows.<ref name=gcd />

During this time, Broome created many DC characters and institutions, including the whimsical simian sleuth [[Detective Chimp]], with artist Infantino, in ''The Adventures of [[Rex the Wonder Dog]]'' #4 (Aug. 1952); the [[Phantom Stranger]], also with Infantino, in ''Phantom Stranger'' #1 (Sept. 1952);<ref>Irvine "1950s" in Dolan, p. 69: "In his first series, the Phantom Stranger often made his appearances to debunk supernatural-seeming events, and the inaugural issue established this theme from the outset with stories...from writer John Broome and artist Carmine Infantino."</ref> and the [[post-apocalyptic]] heroes the [[Atomic Knight#Original Atomic Knights|Atomic Knights]], with artist [[Murphy Anderson]], in ''Strange Adventures'' #117 (June 1960).<ref name=gcd /><ref>McAvennie, Michael "1960s" in Dolan, p. 100: "'The Rise of the Atomic Knights', ushered in by scribe John Broome and illustrator Murphy Anderson, transported fans to a post-World War III Earth ravaged by atomic radiation."</ref>

With the dawn of what fans and historians call the [[Silver Age of Comic Books]], Broome was instrumental in writing stories of two key characters who helped revive the moribund archetype of the superhero. Following the creation of an all new [[Flash (Barry Allen)|Flash]], a.k.a. Barry Allen, who carried the superhero name from the original [[Jay Garrick|Golden Age Flash]], by scripter [[Robert Kanigher]] and penciler Infantino in ''[[Showcase (comics)|Showcase]]'' #4 (Oct 1956)—considered the comic that triggered the Silver Age—Broome wrote Flash stories beginning in that very issue.<ref>{{cite book|author-link= Paul Levitz|last=Levitz|first= Paul|chapter= The Silver Age (1956–1970)|title= 75 Years of DC Comics The Art of Modern Mythmaking|publisher= [[Taschen]]|year=2010|location= Cologne, Germany|isbn= 9783836519816|page= 251|quote= With the addition of writer John Broome, who came on board with the second story in ''Showcase'' No. 4 and stayed almost to the end of the Silver Age, an entirely new evolution was poised to spring off the newsstand.}}</ref> He wrote numerous Flash stories in the character's [[The Flash (comic book)|subsequent series]].<ref name=gcd /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.toonopedia.com/flash2.htm |title=The Flash (1956) |first=Don |last=Markstein |year=2000 |publisher=[[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]] |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6bNX9CM6G?url=http://www.toonopedia.com/flash2.htm |archive-date=September 8, 2015 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>Irvine "1950s" in Dolan, p. 93: "In March 1959, ''The Flash'' was back, care of writer John Broome and artist Carmine Infantino. The series continued the numbering from ''Flash Comics'' and gave Barry Allen his own title. Issue #105 also debuted the Mirror Master."</ref> He co-created several of the character's primary supervillain antagonists<ref name="Bill Finger Award"/> including [[Captain Boomerang]] in issue #117 (Dec. 1960),<ref>McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan, p. 101: "Writer John Broome and artist Carmine Infantino kept even the Flash off-balance when they introduced George 'Digger' Harkness and his hand-held rebounding weaponry."</ref> the 64th century villain [[Abra Kadabra (comics)|Abra Kadabra]] in #128 (May 1962),<ref>McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan, p. 105: "A failed stage magician from the 64th century, Abra Kadabra debuted in this story by writer John Broome and artist Carmine Infantino."</ref> and [[Professor Zoom]] in #139 (Sept. 1963).<ref>McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan, p. 109: "This issue saw 25th century criminal Eobard Thawne use his era's advanced science on an old Flash costume. The suit gave Thawne reverse super-speed...Writer John Broome and artist Carmine Infantino [introduced] a new recurrent villain in 'Professor Zoom'."</ref> Captain Boomerang was featured in the 2016 ''[[Suicide Squad (2016 film)|Suicide Squad]]'' film and was portrayed by actor [[Jai Courtney]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2014/film/news/suicide-squad-cast-revealed-jared-leto-to-play-the-joker-will-smith-is-deadshot-1201368867/|title= ''Suicide Squad'' Cast Revealed: Jared Leto to Play the Joker, Will Smith is Deadshot|first= Justin|last= Kroll|date= December 2, 2014|work= [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151101220707/http://variety.com/2014/film/news/suicide-squad-cast-revealed-jared-leto-to-play-the-joker-will-smith-is-deadshot-1201368867/|archive-date= November 1, 2015|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Other Broome additions to the Flash mythos, [[Wally West|Kid Flash]] and the [[Elongated Man]] were respectively introduced in issues #110 and 112 as allies of the speedster.<ref>McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan, p. 100: "Editor Julius Schwartz, writer John Broome, and artist Carmine Infantino introduced the Elongated Man, a stretchable super-sleuth."</ref>

Broome, with penciler Kane and editor-conceptualist Schwartz,<ref>{{cite book|last = Daniels|first = Les|author-link = Les Daniels|title = DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes|chapter= Green Lantern Lit Again Comics Get Cosmic Consciousness|publisher = [[Little, Brown and Company|Bulfinch Press]]|year = 1995|location= New York, New York|page = 124|isbn = 0821220764|quote= To write adventures on a cosmic scale that had never really been attempted in a super hero series before, [Julius] Schwartz called on his friend John Broome.}}</ref> created [[Hal Jordan]], the Silver Age Green Lantern, in ''Showcase'' #22 (Oct. 1959).<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.toonopedia.com/lantern2.htm|title= Green Lantern (1959)|first= Don|last= Markstein|date= 2005|publisher= Don Markstein's Toonopedia|archive-url= https://archive.today/20120913161713/http://www.toonopedia.com/lantern2.htm|archive-date= September 13, 2012|url-status=live|df= mdy-all|quote= With stories by John Broome and sometimes Gardner Fox, fabulous action-oriented art by Gil Kane and the whole package edited by Julius Schwartz, ''Green Lantern'' was an instant hit.}}</ref><ref>Irvine "1950s" in Dolan, p. 95: "DC had decided to revamp a number of characters to inject new life into the genre. Writer John Broome and artist Gil Kane ensured that Green Lantern got his turn in October's ''Showcase'' #22."</ref> He became the character's primary scripter in Green Lantern's solo series as well.<ref name=gcd /> Broome's stories for the ''Green Lantern'' series included transforming Hal Jordan's love interest, [[Carol Ferris]], into the [[Star Sapphire (comics)|Star Sapphire]] in issue #16.<ref>McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan, p. 105: "In his first confrontation with Star Sapphire, Green Lantern didn't realize he was actually battling his lady love, Carol Ferris. As was revealed by scribe John Broome and artist Gil Kane..."</ref> [[Black Hand (comics)|Black Hand]], a character featured prominently in the "[[Blackest Night]]" storyline in 2009–2010, debuted in issue #29 (June 1964) by Broome and Kane.<ref>McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan, p. 111: "Scribe John Broome and artist Gil Kane split this issue into two stories...William Hand, introduced in a cameo by Kane, informed readers of a power light he invented to collect remnant energy from Green Lantern's power ring."</ref> The creative team created [[Guy Gardner (comics)|Guy Gardner]] in the story "Earth's Other Green Lantern!" in issue #59 (March 1968).<ref>McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan, p. 129: "John Broome's script and Gil Kane's renderings debuted a character who would one day become a Green Lantern—Guy Gardner."</ref> Writer-editor [[Dennis Mallonee]] described Broome's work on ''Green Lantern'' as the only superhero series in which [[Screwball comedy film|screwball comedy]] "was essentially realized", and called Broome "a genius. He wrote about Hal Jordan, not Green Lantern. Hal's total frustration with Carol's completely goofy 'independence' was the reason I got a kick out of the early silver age Green Lantern."<ref>{{cite book |first = Dennis|last= Mallonee|year = 2013|chapter = Foreword| title = Sparkplug, Volume 1|isbn = 978-0-317-91226-5}}</ref> Comics historian Brian Cronin examined similar themes in Broome's work in a 2011 column.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2011/06/19/ten-goofiest-moments-in-the-first-ten-issues-of-green-lantern/|title= Ten Goofiest Moments in the First Ten Issues of ''Green Lantern''|first= Brian|last= Cronin|date= June 19, 2011|publisher= [[Comic Book Resources]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120224032634/http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2011/06/19/ten-goofiest-moments-in-the-first-ten-issues-of-green-lantern/|archive-date= February 24, 2012|url-status=live|df=mdy-all|access-date= October 13, 2013}}</ref>

In 1964, Schwartz was made responsible for reviving the faded Batman titles<ref>{{cite book|last1 = Greenberger|first1 = Robert|author-link = Robert Greenberger|last2 = Manning|first2 = Matthew K.|title = The Batman Vault: A Museum-in-a-Book with Rare Collectibles from the Batcave|publisher = [[Running Press]]|year = 2009|location= Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|isbn = 978-0762436637|page= 19|quote = DC shifted its editorial staff around, placing legendary editor Julius 'Julie' Schwartz in charge of the denizens of Gotham City...Schwartz brought two of his Flash cohorts, writers Gardner Fox and John Broome, on to his team.}}</ref> and together with Broome and Infantino jettisoned the sillier aspects that had crept into the franchise such as [[Ace the Bathound]] and Bat-Mite and gave the character a [[Batman#"New Look" Batman and camp|"New Look"]] that premiered in ''[[Detective Comics]]'' #327 (May 1964).<ref>McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan, p. 110: "The Dark Knight received a much-needed facelift from new Batman editor Julius Schwartz, writer John Broome, and artist Carmine Infantino. With sales at an all-time low and threatening the cancelation of one of DC's flagship titles, their overhaul was a lifesaving success for DC and its beloved Batman."</ref>

===Later life===
In the late 1960s, Broome and his wife, Peggy, moved to Paris, France, where he continued to script for DC Comics.<ref name=gifford /> His last Batman story, "Public Luna-Tic Number One!", was published in ''Detective Comics'' #388 (June 1969).<ref name=gcd /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://comicsalliance.com/bizarro-back-issues-joker-public-luna-tic-number-one-1969/ |title=Bizarro Back Issues: The Joker Commits Moon Crimes in 'Public Luna-Tic Number One' (1969) |first=Chris |last=Sims |date=March 6, 2012 |publisher=[[Townsquare Media|ComicsAlliance]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826094211/http://comicsalliance.com/bizarro-back-issues-joker-public-luna-tic-number-one-1969/ |archive-date=August 26, 2013 |url-status=dead |access-date=October 13, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> His final Flash story, "The Bride Cast Two Shadows", appeared in ''The Flash'' #194 (Feb. 1970), and his final Green Lantern, "The Golden Obelisk of Qward", in ''Green Lantern'' #75 (March 1970).<ref name=gcd />

Broome then retired from comic-book scripting to travel and, eventually, [[Teaching English as a foreign language|teach English]] in Japan.<ref name=archives-vol4>{{cite book|last = Waid|first = Mark|author-link = Mark Waid|chapter= Biographies: John Broome|title = Green Lantern Archives Volume 4|publisher = DC Comics|year = 2002|page = 216 (unnumbered)|isbn = 978-1563898112}}</ref> He returned to the United States in 1998, attending his first comic-book convention, [[San Diego Comic-Con International|Comic-Con International]].<ref name="Bill Finger Award"/>

Broome died March 14, 1999, at age 85, in [[Chiang Mai]], Thailand, while swimming in a hotel pool while vacationing with his wife.<ref name=gifford /> His last address of record was the [[Embassy of the United States in Tokyo|U.S. Embassy, Tokyo]], Japan, with his [[death certificate]] issued in New York State.<ref name=ssdi>Per the [http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi Social Security Death Index] listing for John Broome, [[Social Security Number]] 124-03-7328</ref>

==Awards==
Broome received a 1964 [[Alley Award]] for ''Best Short Story'': "Doorway to the Unknown!" in ''[[The Flash (comic book)|The Flash]]'' #148 (Nov. 1964), with artist [[Carmine Infantino]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley64.php|title= 1964 Alley Awards|publisher= Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120318152228/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley64.php|archive-date= March 18, 2012|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> He received an [[Inkpot Award]] in 1998<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/inkpot.php|title= Inkpot Award Winners |publisher= Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120709055558/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/inkpot.php|archive-date= July 9, 2012|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and posthumously received the [[Bill Finger Award]] for Excellence in Comic Book Writing <!--presented under the auspices of Comic-Con International--> in 2009.<ref name="Bill Finger Award"/>

==Homages==
An homage to Broome and artist [[Gil Kane]] appears in the novel ''In Darkest Night'', which is set in the universe of the ''[[Justice League (animated series)|Justice League]]'' animated series. In the novel, a place in Coast City is named the "Kane/Broome Institute for Space Studies".<ref>{{cite book|last = Friedman|first = Michael Jan|author-link = Michael Jan Friedman|title = In Darkest Night|publisher = [[Bantam Books]]|year = 2002|location = New York, New York|page = [https://archive.org/details/indarkestnight00frie/page/144 144]|isbn = 978-0553487718|url-access = registration|url = https://archive.org/details/indarkestnight00frie/page/144}}</ref> In the [[direct-to-DVD]] film ''[[Emerald Knights]]'' the Broome Kane Galaxy is likewise named for him and Gil Kane. In the 2011 [[Green Lantern (film)|''Green Lantern'' movie]], Broome's Bar is named after him.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/06/17/the-missing-names-from-the-green-lantern-movie/|title= The Missing Names From The ''Green Lantern'' Movie|first= Rich|last= Johnston|date= June 17, 2011|publisher= Bleeding Cool.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131008011540/http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/06/17/the-missing-names-from-the-green-lantern-movie/|archive-date= October 8, 2013|url-status=live|df=mdy-all|access-date= October 13, 2013|quote= No mention of those who created the Hal Jordan Green Lantern, John Broome and Gil Kane. Who created Sinestro, the Green Lantern Corps, Hector Hammond and Carol Ferris. The best you’ll get is a bar in the movie, called Broome’s Bar.}}</ref> In the ''[[Green Lantern: The Animated Series]]'' episode "Steam Lantern," the eponymous character's real name is Gil Broome, Esq.<ref>{{cite episode|title = Steam Lantern|series = Green Lantern: The Animated Series|series-link = Green Lantern: The Animated Series|credits = Altbacker, Ernie (writer); [[Rick Morales|Morales, Rick]] (director)|network = [[Cartoon Network]]|airdate = January 5, 2013|season= 1|number= 16}}</ref>
In ''[[The Flash (2014 TV series)|The Flash]]'' episode "The New Rogues", the industrial complex in which the [[Mirror Master]] and the [[Top (comics)|Top]] gain their powers is Broome Industries.<ref>{{cite episode|title= The New Rogues| series= The Flash|series-link= The Flash (2014 TV series)|credits= [[Stefan Pleszczynski|Pleszczynski, Stefan]] (director); [[Benjamin Raab|Raab, Benjamin]] and Hughes, Deric A. (writers)|network= [[The CW]]|air-date= October 4, 2016|season= 3|number= 4}}</ref> A character named Nathan Broome was created Jeremy Adams and Alejandro Germanico Benito Gonzalez also known as Xermanico in the Dawn of DC Green Lantern. He was Carol Farris's new boyfriend and fiancé, but she still had feelings for Hal and before they could vow at a superhero theme chapel in Las Vagas, 
She realized Hal was in need of help when her Star Sapphire ring appears in front of her, and she left Nathan brokenhearted at the altar and the emotional spectrum of sadness found Nathan and he became villain known as the Sorrow Lantern and he vowed that everyone would feel his pain and sadness. Close proximity to Sorrow Lantern causes people to feel sad and lose all hope.

==Bibliography==

===Comics Magazine Company===
* ''Funny Pages'' #7, 11 (1936–1937)

===DC Comics===
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* ''[[Action Comics]]'' #132–133 ([[Vigilante (comics)|Vigilante]]) (1949)
* ''[[Adventure Comics]]'' #175 ([[Superboy]]); #418 ([[Doctor Mid-Nite]]) (1952–1972)
* ''Adventures of [[Rex the Wonder Dog]]'' #4–46 (1952–1959)
* ''[[All-American Comics]]'' #77–78, 81, 83–88, 97, 99–102 ([[Alan Scott|Green Lantern]]) (1946–1948)
* ''All-American Western'' #112–113, 115, 121, 123–126 (1950–1952)
* ''[[All-Flash]]'' #22, 30, 32 (1946–1947)
* ''[[All Star Comics]]'' #35, 39–57 ([[Justice Society of America]]) (1947–1951)
* ''[[All-Star Western]]'' #66, 68, 70–72, 74–75, 80, 82–90. 92–98, 100–107, 109–115 (1952–1960)
* ''[[Batman (comic book)|Batman]]'' #172–173, 177–178, 186, 188, 191 (1965–1967)
* ''[[Big Town]]'' #4–5, 11, 13–50 (1951–1958)
* ''[[The Brave and the Bold]]'' #46–47, 49 (Strange Sports) (1963)
* ''[[Comic Cavalcade]]'' #20–22, 24, 27 (Green Lantern) (1947–1948)
* ''[[Detective Comics]]'' #327, 329, 332, 340–344, 346, 352, 355, 357–359, 365–366, 372, 388 (1964–1969)
* ''[[The Flash (comic book)|The Flash]]'' #105–122, 124–128, 130–136, 138–142, 146–149, 152–159, 161, 163–166, 168, 172–174, 176, 182, 188–191, 193–194 (1959–1970)
* ''[[Flash Comics]]'' #89, 91–93, 95–96, 98–104 (1947–1949)
* ''[[Green Lantern (comic book)|Green Lantern]]'' #25, 27–28, 30–38 (1947–1949)
* ''Green Lantern'' vol. 2 #1–16, 18–22, 24, 27, 29–31, 36, 39–40, 44–47, 49–56, 59, 66, 69–71, 75 (1960–1970)
* ''[[Hopalong Cassidy]]'' #91, 93, 99–104, 106, 108–111, 114–135 (1954–1959)
* ''[[Jimmy Wakely]]'' #4, 6 (1950)
* ''[[Mystery in Space]]'' #1, 5–8, 10–11, 13–17, 25–27, 29, 31, 33–34, 39–40, 42, 49, 53, 55–56, 59–61, 76 (1951–1962)
* ''[[Charlie Chan#Comics and games|New Adventures of Charlie Chan]]'' #1–6 (1958–1959)
* ''[[Phantom Stranger]]'' #1–6 (1952–1953)
* ''[[Sensation Comics]]'' #57, 70–72, 74, 82 ([[Sargon the Sorcerer]]) (1946–1948)
* ''[[Showcase (comics)|Showcase]]'' #4, 8, 13–14 (The [[Flash (Barry Allen)|Flash]]); #22–24 ([[Hal Jordan|Green Lantern]]) (1956–1960)
* ''[[Strange Adventures]]'' #8–44, 46, 49, 51–60, 62, 66–70, 72–74, 76–78, 81, 84–86, 91, 97–98, 100, 103, 107–108, 110–112, 114–120, 122–123, 125–126, 128–129, 131–132, 134–135, 137–141, 143–144, 146–147, 149–150, 152–153, 155–156, 158, 160 (1951–1964)
* ''[[Superboy (comic book)|Superboy]]'' #27 (1953)
* ''[[World's Finest Comics]]'' #121 ([[Green Arrow]]) (1961)
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====Collected editions====
* '''''All Star Comics [[DC Archive Editions|Archives]]''''':
** ''Volume 8'' includes ''All Star Comics'' #35, 208 pages, August 2002, {{ISBN|1-5638-9812-8}}
** ''Volume 9'' collects ''All Star Comics'' #39–43, 192 pages, August 2003, {{ISBN|1-4012-0001-X}}
** ''Volume 10'' collects ''All Star Comics'' #44–49, 216 pages, August 2004, {{ISBN|1-4012-0159-8}}
** ''Volume 11'' collects ''All Star Comics'' #50–57, 276 pages, March 2005, {{ISBN|1-4012-0403-1}}
* '''''The Atomic Knights''''' collects the [[Atomic Knight]]s stories from ''Strange Adventures'' #117, 120, 123, 126, 129, 132, 135, 138, 141, 144, 147, 150, 153, 156, and 160, 192 pages, May 2010 {{ISBN|978-1401227487}}
* '''''Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives''''':
** ''Vol. 1'' includes ''Detective Comics'' #327, 329, and 332, 240 pages, March 2003, {{ISBN|978-1-56389-932-4}}
* '''''Captain Comet Archives''''' collects the [[Captain Comet]] stories from ''Strange Adventures'' #9–44, 46, and 49, 400 pages, August 2013, {{ISBN|978-1401241087}}
* '''''The Flash Archives''''':
** ''Volume 1'' collects ''[[Showcase (comics)|Showcase]]'' #4, #8, #13–14 and ''The Flash'' #105–108, 224 pages, May 1998, {{ISBN|978-1563891397}}
** ''Volume 2'' collects ''The Flash'' #109–116, 240 pages, April 2000, {{ISBN|978-1563896064}}
** ''Volume 3'' includes ''The Flash'' #117–122 and 124, 224 pages, March 2002, {{ISBN|978-1563897993}}
** ''Volume 4'' includes ''The Flash'' #125–128 and 130–132, 216 pages, May 2006, {{ISBN|978-1401207717}}
** ''Volume 5'' includes ''The Flash'' #133–136 and 138–141, 248 pages, March 2009, {{ISBN|1-4012-2151-3}}
** ''Volume 6'' includes ''The Flash'' #142 and 146–149, 240 pages, August 2012, {{ISBN|978-1401235147}}
* '''''Green Lantern Archives''''':
** ''Volume 1'' collects ''Showcase'' #22–24 and ''Green Lantern'' vol. 2 #1–5, 201 pages, September 1998, {{ISBN|1-56389-087-9}}
** ''Volume 2'' collects ''Green Lantern'' vol. 2 #6–13, 210 pages, January 2000, {{ISBN|1-56389-566-8}}
** ''Volume 3'' includes ''Green Lantern'' vol. 2 #14–16 and 18–21, 208 pages, May 2001, {{ISBN|1-56389-713-X}}
** ''Volume 4'' includes ''Green Lantern'' vol. 2 #22, 24, 27, and 29, 209 pages, July 2002, {{ISBN|1-56389-811-X}}
** ''Volume 5'' includes ''Green Lantern'' vol. 2 #30–31 and 36, 240 pages, April 2005, {{ISBN|1-4012-0404-X}}
** ''Volume 6'' includes ''Green Lantern'' vol. 2 #39–40 and 44–47, 240 pages, January 2007, {{ISBN|1-4012-1189-5}}
** ''Volume 7'' includes ''Green Lantern'' vol. 2 #49–56, 256 pages, September 2012, {{ISBN|1-4012-3513-1}}
* '''''Green Lantern Omnibus''''':
** ''Volume 1'' includes ''Showcase'' #22–24 and ''Green Lantern'' vol. 2 #1–16 and 18–21, 640 pages, November 2010, {{ISBN|1-4012-3056-3}}
** ''Volume 2'' includes ''Green Lantern'' vol. 2 #22, 24, 27, 29–31, 36, 39–40, and 44–45, 624 pages, November 2011, {{ISBN|1-4012-3295-7}}

===Fawcett Comics===
* ''[[Captain Marvel (DC Comics)|Captain Marvel Adventures]]'' #24 (1943)
* ''[[Captain Marvel Jr.]]'' #48, 51, 54–55, 59–61 (1947–1948)
* ''[[Master Comics]]'' #24, 78–79 (1942–1947)
* ''[[Nyoka the Jungle Girl]]'' #9 (1947)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=1575|title=John Broome}}
* [http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/creator.php?creatorid=24 John Broome] at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

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