CELARDO, JOHN
 Name and vital stats
    CELARDO, JOHN [1918- ] (artist) NULL
 Pen names
    JOHN C. LARDO NULL
 Education
    School of Industrial Arts [NYC]; Art Students League NULL
 Print Media (non-comics)
    Illustrator: Juvenile book: Grimm's Ghost Stories [BLB] 1976 > 76
    Illustrator: Picture World Encyclopedia 1959 > 59
    Illustrator: Pulps NULL
 Additional biography
    Comics Interview #80, 1990 NULL
    World Encyclopedia of Comics 1976/99 NULL
 Syndication
    BIG BEN BOLT (asst i) 1974 two weeks for King Features Syndicate > 74
    BUZ SAWYER [Sunday] (w/a) 1987-90 for King Features Syndicate > 87 88 89 90
    BUZ SAWYER [daily] (a) 1981-90 for King Features Syndicate > 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
    BUZ SAWYER [daily] (w) 1984-90 for King Features Syndicate > 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
    DAVY JONES [daily] (a) 1969-70 > 69 70
    GREEN BERETS, THE [Sunday] (a) 1967-69 > 67 68 69
    GREEN BERETS, THE [daily] (a) 1967-69 > 67 68 69
    LADY LUCK [Sunday] (asst a) 1940-41 for Register And Tribune Syndicate > 40 41
    LASSIE [daily] (a) 1960-69 > 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69
    SECRET AGENT CORRIGAN [daily] (asst a) 1967 a few for King Features Syndicate > 67
    SECRET AGENT CORRIGAN [daily] (ghost a) 1977 one month for King Features Syndicate > 77
    TALES OF THE GREEN BERETS [Sunday] (p) 1967-69 for Chicago Tribune > 67 68 69
    TALES OF THE GREEN BERETS [daily] (p) 1967-69 for Chicago Tribune > 67 68 69
    TARZAN [Sunday] (a) 1954-67 for United Feature Syndicate > 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67
    TARZAN [Sunday] (ghost a) 1948 eight months for United Feature Syndicate > 48
    TARZAN [Sunday] (ghost a) 1979 two weeks for United Feature Syndicate > 79
    TARZAN [Sunday] (w) 1961-68 for United Feature Syndicate > 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68
    TARZAN [daily] (a) 1954-67 for United Feature Syndicate > 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67
    TARZAN [daily] (a) 1981 reprint for United Feature Syndicate > 81
 Comics in other media
    Sports cartoons (w/a) 1937 for Street & Smith > 37
 Comics Studio (Shop)
    IGER STUDIO (a) 1940-41 > 40 41
 MANUSCRIPT PRESS
    TARZAN (w/a) 1991 syndicate reprint in COMICS REVUE > 91
 RENEGADE PRESS
    POWER MAN (a) 1987 reprint > 87
 Note on comics career
    Letterer on many of his own features NULL
 AMERICAN COMICS GROUP
    ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN~ (a) 1949-50 > 49 50
 BETTER PUBLICATIONS
    ADVENTURES INTO DARKNESS~ (a) 1952-53 > 52 53
    BILLY WEST (a) 1949-51 > 49 50 51
    BUCK RANGER (a) 1950-51 > 50 51
    Cartoon / funny animals (a) c1952 > 52
    Crime (a) 1952 > 52
    EXCITING WAR~ (a) 1952 > 52
    FANTASTIC WORLDS~ (a) 1952 > 52
    GIRL WITH THE GUN (a) 1948 unconfirmed > 48
    JET FIGHTERS~ (i) 1952-53 > 52 53
    JOE YANK~ (a) 1953-54 > 53 54
    MY REAL LOVE~ (i) 1952 > 52
    MY TRUE LOVE~ (i) c1952 > 52
    NEW ROMANCES~ (a) 1952-53 > 52 53
    OUT OF THE SHADOWS~ (a) 1952 > 52
    POPULAR ROMANCE~ (a) 1952-54 > 52 53 54
    REAL LIFE COMICS~ (a) 1948/50-52 > 48 50 51 52
    THIS IS WAR~ (i/some p) 1952-53 > 52 53
    TODAY'S ROMANCE~ (a) c1952 > 52
    UNSEEN, THE~ (a) 1952-54 > 52 53 54
 DC COMICS
    AQUAMAN (i) 1978 > 78
    ARMY AT WAR~ (i) 1978 > 78
    BATGIRL (i) 1979 > 79
    BATGIRL AND ROBIN (i) 1978 > 78
    CATWOMAN AND ROBIN (i) 1981 > 81
    CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN (i) 1977-78 > 77 78
    CLAW THE UNCONQUERED (i) 1978 > 78
    CREATURE COMMANDOS (i) 1980/82 > 80 82
    CREEPER, THE (i) 1969 > 69
    Covers (i) 1978/82 > 78 82
    GHOSTS~ (i) 1980-82 > 80 81 82
    GIRLS' LOVE STORIES~ (i) 1961 > 61
    GREEN LANTERN AND GREEN ARROW (i) 1978-79 > 78 79
    HAWK AND DOVE (i) 1969 > 69
    HAWKMAN (i) 1978 > 78
    HEART THROBS~ (i) 1969 > 69
    HOUSE OF MYSTERY~ (i) 1970/81-83 > 70 81 82 83
    LOIS LANE (i) 1978 > 78
    MADEMOISELLE MARIE (i) 1981 > 81
    MYSTERY IN SPACE~ (i) 1980-81 > 80 81
    ROBIN AND CATWOMAN (i) 1981 > 81
    RUPTURED DUCK, THE (i) 1981 > 81
    SECRET HEARTS~ (p) 1969-71 > 69 70 71
    SECRETS OF HAUNTED HOUSE~ (i) 1981 > 81
    SWAMP THING (i) 1977-78 > 77 78
    Science fantasy (a) 1969/78-79 > 69 78 79
    TIME WARP~ (i) 1979-80 > 79 80
    UNEXPECTED, THE~ (i) 1980-82 > 80 81 82
    UNKNOWN SOLDIER~ (i) 1980 > 80
    WAR THAT TIME FORGOT, THE (i) 1982 > 82
    WEIRD WAR TALES~ (i) 1979-82 > 79 80 81 82
    WHO'S WHO IN THE DC UNIVERSE (i) 1985 entries > 85
    WITCHING HOUR, THE~ (p) 1969 > 69
    War (a) 1969-70 > 69 70
    YOUNG LOVE~ (p) 1970 > 70
    YOUNG ROMANCE~ (p) 1970-71 > 70 71
 FICTION HOUSE COMICS
    CAPTAIN TERRY THUNDER (a) 1946 > 46
    CAPTAIN WEST (a) NULL
    CLIPPER KIRK (a) 1941 > 41
    Covers (a) 1940-41 > 40 41
    DON GRANVEL (a) 1940 > 40
    HAWK, THE (a) 1940 > 40
    KAANGA (a) 1941/46-49 > 41 46 47 48 49
    POWERMAN (a) 1940 > 40
    RED COMET (a) 1941 > 41
    SAMAR (a) c1940 unconfirmed > 40
    SHARK BRODIE (a) 1941 > 41
    SUICIDE SMITH (a) 1946-49 > 46 47 48 49
    TIGER MAN (a) NULL
 HILLMAN PERIODICALS
    Western (a) 1949-50 > 49 50
 I.W. PUBLICATIONS
    KAANGA (w/a) 1958 reprint > 58
 KING COMICS
    Support (comic art ed) c1969-90- [Imprint of KING FEATURES SYNDICATE] > 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 90s
 QUALITY COMICS
    DOLLMAN (a) NULL
    ESPIONAGE (a) 1941 > 41
    HERCULES (a) 1941 > 41
    OLD WITCH, THE (a) 1940-41 > 40 41
    PAUL BUNYAN (a) 1940-41 > 40 41
    UNCLE SAM (a) 1941 > 41
    WONDER BOY (a) 1940 > 40
    ZERO (a) 1941 > 41
 SKYWALD PUBLISHING COMPANY
    BUTTERFLY (p) 1971 > 71
    Romance (i) 1971 > 71
 ST. JOHN PUBLISHING
    Crime (a) 1950-54 > 50 51 52 53 54
    KID COWBOY (a) 1954 reprint > 54
 WESTERN PUBLISHING
    BELIEVE IT OR NOT~ (p) 1969-72/74-79 > 69 70 71 72 74 75 76 77 78 79
    BORIS KARLOFF TALES OF MYSTERY~ (a) 1967/69-77 > 67 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77
    Covers (a) 1971 > 71
    GRIMM'S GHOST STORIES~ (a) 1972-76 > 72 73 74 75 76
    Illustration (a) 1971 > 71
    JUDGE COLT (a) c1969 > 69
    MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. (p) 1968 > 68
    Mystery / occult (a) 1980-81 > 80 81
    RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT~ (a) 1974/76 > 74 76
    TWILIGHT ZONE, THE~ (a) 1974 > 74
    UFO FLYING SAUCERS~ (a) -1972- > 72 70s
 ZIFF-DAVIS COMICS
    Crime (a) 1951 > 51
    G.I. JOE (a) 1951-52 > 51 52
    Horror (a) 1950-52 > 50 51 52
    KID COWBOY (a) 1950-51 > 50 51
    Science fantasy (a) 1951 > 51
    Sports (a) 1951 > 51
    War (a) 1951-52 > 51 52