Religion: not determined yet
Name: Casey the Cop
Alter Ego: Casey
Classification:
lead character
First Appearance: Detective Comics (vol. 1) #91 (Sep. 1944)
Creators: Henry Boltinoff
Number of Appearances: 55
Occupation: police
Gender: male
Note: featured in 1-page humor/filler strips
A number of sources specify that the "Casey the Cop" was first created by Henry Boltinoff and that 1-page "Casey the Cop" gag strips appeared in Action Comics, Detective Comics and Batman from 1947 until 1964. Actually, "Casey the Cop" first appeared prior to 1947.
Detective Comics #91 (Sep. 1944) is the earliest comic we have been able to find in which Casey the Cop appears. We believe this is the character's first appearance.
Adventure Comics (vol. 1) #247 (Apr. 1958): "Money" (lead character)
Batman
Detective Comics
Mr. District Attorney #52 (July-Aug. 1956): "Have a seat, Ma'am!" (lead character)
Superboy (vol. 1) #98 (July 1962): "Have a seat, Ma'am!" (lead character)
Superman (vol. 1) #164 (Oct. 1963): "Casey, there's a new burglar in town." (lead character)
Suggested links for further research about this character:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_the_Cop
- http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Glossary:Casey_the_Cop
- http://www.comicvine.com/casey-the-cop/29-51046/
- http://sacomics.blogspot.com/2011/03/henry-boltinoff.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947_in_comics
- https://www.comics.org/issue/3833/