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  • John Broome was an enlisted chief petty officer in Starfleet in the 24th century. Broome was a nurse.
  • As a youth, John Broome enjoyed reading science fiction, and began writing for science-fiction pulp magazines in the 1940s. 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). By 1942 he was writing text fillers for Fawcett Comics, at least one under the pseudonym Ron Broom. 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 starring the Flash, Green Lantern, Sargon the Sorceror and others. His first known script for the company was the 13-page Flash story "The City of Shifting Sand" in Al
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Written
  • Coming Soon
Birth Date
  • 1913-05-04
death place
  • Chiang Mai, Thailand
Affiliation
Name
  • John Broome
  • Broome, John
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  • fed
  • creator
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Birthdate
  • 1913
  • 1913-05-04
Character Name
  • John Broome
Insignia
Date of Death
  • 1999
Alias
  • Robert Stark
  • Edgar Ray Meritt
  • John Osgood
  • Ron Broom
Species
Title
  • The Flash
  • John Broome
  • Detective Comics writer
  • All Star Comics writer
  • Green Lantern vol. 2 writer
  • Mystery in Space writer
  • Strange Adventures writer
Icon
  • 45
Awards
  • Alley Award * Best Short Story
death date
  • 1999-03-14
Notable Works
Rank
Deathdate
  • 1999-03-14
  • March, 1999
Place of death
  • Thailand
Before
Years
  • 1947
  • 1951
  • 1959
  • 1960
  • 1964
After
subcat
  • American
Occupation
  • enlisted, Federation Starfleet
ID
  • 1575
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  • Broome, John
Family
  • no
Gender
  • male
Birthname
  • John Broome
Date of Birth
  • 1913-05-04
Short Description
  • American comics writer
Nationality
  • American
Location
  • Thailand
  • TBA
  • America
Writer name
  • John Broome
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  • John Broome was an enlisted chief petty officer in Starfleet in the 24th century. Broome was a nurse.
  • As a youth, John Broome enjoyed reading science fiction, and began writing for science-fiction pulp magazines in the 1940s. 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). By 1942 he was writing text fillers for Fawcett Comics, at least one under the pseudonym Ron Broom. 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 starring the Flash, Green Lantern, Sargon the Sorceror 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. Through the 1940s, Broome wrote primarily Green Lantern stories and the superhero team the Justice Society of America, and contributed an occasional tale starring the Atom, the 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 supervillian Per Degaton as a JSA antagonist in All-Star Comics #35 (July 1947). His final Golden Age Green Lantern story appeared in the last issue of that character's title, Green Lantern #38 (May 1949), and his final JSA story in All-Star Comics #57 (March 1951), the last before its retitling as All-Star Western.
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