He used several pseudonyms at this time, including Jefferson Cooper, Jeffrey Gardner and James Kendricks, though not for sf.
He began publishing sf/fantasy in non-graphic form with "The Weirds of the Woodcarver" for Weird Tales, September 1944. He created The Flash as well as the first Superhero team, the Justice Society of America, in 1940 in the 1960s he was one of those responsible for reviving many of the superheroes from the 1940s, and also created new characters, like The Atom and Adam Strange. Arguably his most important work was for Comics: though it is claimed that he published at least 160 books under various names – not all are given here some are Westerns with fantastic elements – this total pales beside his 4000 or more comic-book stories, also under a variety of names. (1911-1986) US lawyer and author, who began writing in 1937 for DC Comics, including Superman.
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