COLE, JACK
 Name and vital stats
    COLE, JACK [1914-58] (artist; writer; editor) NULL
 Biographical
    Aka JACK RALPH COLE (birth name), according to his brother NULL
 Pen names
    RALPH JOHNS; R. JOHNSON ? NULL
 Education
    Landon Correspondence Art Course NULL
 Print Media (non-comics)
    Illustrator: American Can Factory [staff] 1934-36 > 34 35 36
    Writer & Artist: Article with cartoons: Boy's Life [about his crosscountry bicycle trip] 1935 > 35
 Additional biography
    Ace Presents Daredevil 1987 NULL
    Comic Book Marketplace #86 Oct., 2001 NULL
    Focus on Jack Cole [book] 1986 NULL
    Great Comic Book Artists 1986 book NULL
    Jack Cole and Plastic Man: Forms Stretched to Their Limits, 2001 by Art Spiegelman and Chip Kidd NULL
    Masters of Imagination, 1994 book by Mike Benson NULL
    New Yorker, April 19, 1991 NULL
    Ron Goulart's Comics History Magazine #4, Sum., 1997 NULL
 Honors
    Jack Kirby Hall of Fame Award 1991 > 91
 Syndication
    BETSY AND ME [Sunday] (a) 1958 for Field Enterprises > 58
    BETSY AND ME [daily] (a) 1958 for Field Enterprises > 58
    SPIRIT, THE [daily] (ghost w/a) 1942-43 for Register and Tribute Sundicate > 42 43
 Comics in other media
    Gag cartoons (w/a) 1931 for Contest winner: Open Road for Boys > 31
    Gag cartoons (w/a) 1938-39 for Boy's Life > 38 39
    Gag cartoons (w/a) 1955-58 for Playboy > 55 56 57 58
    Gag cartoons (w/a) c1940 for True Detective > 40
    Gag cartoons (w/a) c1945-c49 for Judge > 45 46 47 48 49
 Creator
    PLASTIC MAN; MIDNIGHT NULL
 Comics Studio (Shop)
    CHESLER STUDIO (w/a) 1937-39 > 37 38 39
    FUNNIES INC. (a) 1940 > 40
 A.C.E. COMICS
    ACE COMICS PRESENTS~ (w/a) 1987 reprint > 87
    DAREDEVIL AND THE CLAW (p) 1987 in ACE COMICS PRESENTS reprint > 87
    DAREDEVIL VERSUS THE CLAW (w/a) 1987 > 87
    DAREDEVIL VS. CLAW (w/i) 1987 Reprint > 87
    DAREDEVIL, CLAW (p) 1987 in ACE COMICS PRESENTS reprint > 87
    SILVER STREAK (w/a) 1987 in ACE COMICS PRESENTS reprint > 87
    Support (let) 1987 > 87
 AC COMICS
    DAREDEVIL (p) 1996 in GOLDEN AGE GREATS reprint > 96
    MIDNIGHT (w/a) 1998 in GOLDEN-AGE MEN OF MYSTERY reprint > 98
    RED DEVIL~ (w/a) 1992 '40s DAREDEVIL reprint > 92
 KEN PIERCE, INC.
    SPIRIT, THE~ [dailies] (w/a) 1978/80 graphic album reprint > 78 80
 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
    COMIC-BOOK COMICS~ (w/a) 1981 graphic album reprint > 81
    SMITHONIAN COMIC-BOOK COMICS, THE~ (w/a) 1981 book with reprint of classic Plastic Man > 81
 SUPERLITH INC.
    SILVER STREAK (w/a) 1978 in GOLDEN AGE REVIEW graphic album reprint > 78
 Note on comics career
    Payment records show that Cole and someone named MENKEN (signature illegible) were paid for CLAW in SILVER STREAK #1; may be a letterer NULL
 ARCHIE PUBLICATIONS
    COMET, THE (w/a) 1939-40 > 39 40
    CRIME ON THE RUN (w/a) 1939 > 39
    CRIME ON THE RUN (w/a) 1939-40 > 39 40
    FOXY GRANDPA [filler] (w/a) 1939 > 39
    HOLD THAT LINE! (w/a) 1939 > 39
    IMA SLOOTH (a) 1939-40 > 39 40
    KING KOLE'S COURT [filler] (a) 1939 > 39
    KNIGHT OFF [filler] (w/a) 1939 > 39
    LONESOME LUKE [filler] (w/a) 1939 > 39
    MANHUNTERS (w/a) 1939 > 39
    MANHUNTERS (w/a) 1939-40 > 39 40
 BONANZA BOOKS
    PLASTIC MAN (a) 1971 reprint > 71
 CENTAUR COMICS
    Covers (a) 1938-39 > 38 39
    DOWN THE TRAIL (w/a) 1938 > 38
    FUNNY PAGES~ (w/a) 1937-40 > 37 38 39 40
    FUNNY PICTURE STORIES~ (w/a) 1937-38 > 37 38
    GERTIE THE CASHIER (w/a) 1938 > 38
    INSURANCE IKE [filler] (w/a) 1938 [Imprint: CHESLER] > 38
    KEEN DETECTIVE FUNNIES~ (w/a) 1939 > 39
    KING KOLE'S KOURT (w/a) 1938 > 38
    KING KOLE'S KOURT [filler] (a) 1938 [Imprint: CHESLER] > 38
    LITTLE DYNAMITE (w/a) 1939 > 39
    MANTOKA, MAKER OF MAGIC (w/a) 1940 > 40
    NUTTY FAGIN (w/a) 1938 > 38
    OFFICER CLANCY (w/a) 1938 > 38
    OFFICER SKELLY [filler] (w/a) 1938 [Imprint: CHESLER] > 38
    SLIM PICKENS (w/a) 1938 > 38
    STAR RANGER FUNNIES~ (w/a) 1939 > 39
    STAR RANGER~ (w/a) 1938 [Imprint: CHESLER] > 38
 CHARLTON COMICS
    Various features (w/a) 1954 only about 3 weeks according to Marc Swayze > 54
 CHESLER PUBLICATIONS
    IMA SLOOTH (w/a) 1942 reprint > 42
 DIAL PRESS
    GREAT COMIC BOOK HEROES, THE~ (w/a) 1965 book with Plastic Man reprint > 65
 ECLIPSE ENTERPRISES
    Covers (a) 1986 > 86
    MISTER MONSTER HIGH-OCTANE HORROR~ (w/a) 1986 reprint > 86
    MISTER MONSTER'S SUPER DUPER SPECIAL~ (w/a) 1986 reprint > 86
    MISTER MONSTER'S TRUE CRIME~ (w/a) 1986 reprint > 86
 HARMONY BOOKS
    SECRET ORIGINS OF THE SUPER DC HEROES~ (w/a) 1976 graphic album with reprint of Plastic Man > 76
 HILLMAN PERIODICALS
    DEFENDER, THE (w/a) 1940 > 40
 I.W. PUBLICATIONS
    PLASTIC MAN (w/a) 1963-64 reprint > 63 64
    WOOZY (w/a) 1963-64 reprint > 63 64
 LEV GLEASON
    CLAW VS. DAREDEVIL (a) 1941 [Imprint: NEW FRIDAY] > 41
    CLAW, THE (a) 1939-41 [Imprints: YOUR GUIDE; and NEW FRIDAY] > 39 40 41
    Covers (a) 1940-41 [Imprint: NEW FRIDAY] > 40 41
    Crime (w/a) c1949 > 49
    DAREDEVIL (w/a) 1941 [Imprint: NEW FRIDAY] > 41
    DAREDEVIL BATTLES HITLER~ (ed) 1941 [Imprint: YOUR GUIDE] > 41
    DAREDEVIL~ (ed) 1941 [Imprints: YOUR GUIDE; and NEW FRIDAY] > 41
    DICKIE DEAN (w/a) 1940-41 [Imprint: NEW FRIDAY] > 40 41
    PIRATE PRINCE (w/a) 1941 [Imprint: NEW FRIDAY] > 41
 MAGAZINE VILLAGE
    Support (ed/packag) 1947-49 freelance > 47 48 49
    TRUE CRIME COMICS~ (w/a) 1947-48 > 47 48
 MAJOR MAGAZINES
    PEEWEE THROTTLE (w/a) 1938 > 38
 NEW FRIDAY
    SILVER STREAK (w/a) 1940-41 > 40 41
 NOVELTY COMICS
    HI GRASS TWINS (w/a) 1940 > 40
 PLAYBOY PRESS
    CLASSIC CARTOONS FROM PLAYBOY '53-56~ (w/a) 1971 graphic album reprint > 71
 QUALITY COMICS
    ALL HUMOR~ (w/a) 1946 > 46
    ANGLES O'DAY (w/a) 1951-53 > 51 52 53
    BARKER, THE (w/a) 1944/49 > 44 49
    BIG BROTHER (a) 1947 > 47
    BLACKHAWK (a) 1950 > 50
    BLIMPY (a) 1944 > 44
    BOB AND SWAB (a) 1949 > 49
    BURP THE TWERP (w/a) 1944-48 > 44 45 46 47 48
    CUTHBERT (a) 1946 > 46
    Covers (a) 1942-53 > 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53
    DAN TOOTIN (a) 1941-47 > 41 42 43 44 45 46 47
    DEATH PATROL (w/a) 1941 > 41
    FUZZY (w/a) 1946-48 > 46 47 48
    IKE AND DOOITT (a) 1943 > 43
    INKIE (a) 1944 > 44
    KEN SHANNON (w/a) 1951-53 > 51 52 53
    MIDNIGHT (w/a) 1941-42/45-49 > 41 42 45 46 47 48 49
    PLASTIC MAN (w/a) 1941-50/54 > 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 54
    POISON IVY (a) 1945-46 > 45 46
    QUICKSILVER (w/a) 1940-41 > 40 41
    SLAP HAPPY PAPPY (w/a) 1943-49 > 43 44 45 46 47 48 49
    T-MAN (w/a) 1951 > 51
    WEB OF EVIL~ (w/a) 1952-54 > 52 53 54
    WINDY BREEZE (a) 1941--c46 > 41 42 43 44 45 46
    WOOZY (a) 1954-56 > 54 55 56
    WUN CLOO (a) 1941-42/45-47 > 41 42 45 46 47
 YOUR GUIDE PUBLICATIONS
    SILVER STREAK~ (ed) 1939-40 > 39 40