Several comic book and comic strip writers, artists, and others have appeared within the fictional world of comics, both their own and others'. Some appear as simple characters in the story, some appear as characters who break the fourth wall and address the reader directly, and some make cameo appearances in framing sequences to introduce a story and sometimes to have a last word.
" * " = "behind the scenes" stories not in regular continuity
A Jack Abel Sgt Fury and His Howing Commandos #164 (June 1981) Jack Adler The Inferior Five #6 (Jan.-Feb. 1968): "How to Make a Bomb!" Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #117 (December 1971):"Rose and the Thorn: The Ghost with Two Faces" (as "Zack Adler")
Arthur Adams Excalibur: Mojo Mayhem (December 1989)
Mike Allred FF vol 2 #10 (September 2013): "Paint it Black" Ross Andru Sea Devils #13 (September-October 1963): "The Secrets of Three Sunken Ships!" Wonder Woman #158 (November 1965): "The End -- Or the Beginning!" Jim Aparo The Brave and the Bold #124 (January 1976): "Small War of the Super Rifles"
Sergio Aragones Jon Sable, Freelance #33 (July 1986)
Stan Aschmeier (aka Stan Asch, Stan Josephs) Flash Comics #71 (May 1946): "Johnny Thunder"
Dick Ayers Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #22 (September 1965): "Don't Turn Your Back on Bull McGiveney!" Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos Special #4 (Aug. 1968): "Gary and Dick Up Front!" Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos Special #6 (Aug. 1970): "Through the Past Darkly" Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #100 (July 1972): "100th Anniversary!"
B David Baldeón Gwenpool Strikes Again #3 (Oct. 2019)
Cary Bates The Flash #228 (Aug. 1974): "The Day I Saved The Flash!" Justice League of America #123 (Oct. 1975): "Where on Earth Am I?" Justice League of America #124 (Nov. 1975): "Avenging Ghosts of the Justice Society!"
Karen Berger House of Mystery #292 (May 1981): untitled. Captain America #267 (March 1982): "The Man Who Made a Difference!" House of Mystery #321 (October 1983): "This Property is Condemned!" The New Teen Titans #20 (June 1982): "A Titanic Tale of Titans' Tomfoolery!" normalman-Megaton Man Special #1 (August 1994): "Lest No Bridge Be Unburned"
Alfred Bester Comic Cavalcade #6 (Spring 1944): "They Are Invincible!"
Otto Binder Shazam #1 (Feb. 1973): "In The Beginning"
Charles Biro Target Comics vol. 2, #4 (June 1941): "Target and the Targeteers: The Case of the Cartoon Crimes" Crime Does Not Pay #30 (November 1943): "Inside Story"
Bob Bolling Pep Comics #400 (May 1985): "Pep 400" Archie Giant Series Magazine Presents Pep Comics #614 (October 1990): "All in a Day's... Work?"
Murray Boltinoff Detective Comics #70 (December 1942): "Air Wave: Who Rubbed Out the Editor?" The Inferior Five #6 (Jan.-Feb. 1968): "How to Make a Bomb!" The Doom Patrol #121 (Sept./Oct. 1968): "The Death of the Doom Patrol?" The Brave and the Bold #124 (January 1976): "Small War of the Super Rifles"
Brian Bondurant Duck-Girl #0 (Aug. 2000): "Made in Japan."
B. C. Boyer The Masked Man #9 (April 1986): "The End"
Tom Breevoort FF vol 2 #10 (September 2013): "Paint it Black"
E. Nelson Bridwell The Inferior Five #6 (Jan.-Feb. 1968): "How to Make a Bomb!"
Dick Briefer Prize Comics #30 (April 1943): "Frankenstein"
John Broome Detective Comics 343 (September 1965): "The Secret War of the Phantom General"
Sol Brodsky Sub-Mariner #19 (November 1969): "Support Your Local Sting-Ray!" What If? #11 (Oct. 1978): "What if the Fantastic Four Were the Original Marvel Bullpen?" Eliot R. Brown Uncanny X-Men Annual #7 (1983): "Scavenger Hunt" Frank Brunner Iron Man #72 (January 1975): "Convention of Fear!" Harry Brunt Dime Comics #27 (May 1946): "Lank The Yank" Rich Buckler Astonishing Tales #25 (Aug. 1970): "Deathlok The Demolisher"
Brian Buniak Thunder Bunny #1 (Jan. 1984), "The Greatest Story Ever Told"
Carl Burgos Marvel Mystery Comics #34 (Aug. 1942): "The Human Torch" Strange Tales #123 (Aug. 1964): "The Birth of the Beetle"
Kurt Busiek The Avengers vol. 3, #14 (March 1999): "Hi, Honey... ...I'm Hooooome!" *
John Byrne E-Man #6 (Charlton, January 1975): "Rog 2000 in That Was No Lady" (as "Burns") Iron Fist #8 (October 1976): "Like Tigers in the Night!" Iron Fist #15 (Sept. 1977): "Enter the X-Men" X-Men #121 (May 1979): "Shoot-Out At The Stampede!" Fantastic Four #216 (March 1980): "Where There Be Gods!" E-Man #2 (First Comics, 1982) Destroyer Duck #2-6 (1982) - parody character "Booster Cogburn" The Complete Rog 2000 (1982): "The Coming of the Gang" Fantastic Four #262 (January 1984): "The Trial of Mr. Fantastic" The Thing #7 (January 1984): "What Th'!?" The Star Brand #11 (Jan. 1988): "Celebrity" The Star Brand #12 (Mar. 1988): "The White Event Explained!" – "killed" in an explosion at a Pittsburgh-area comic book convention The Sensational She-Hulk #41 (July 1992): "Rock & Ruin" The Sensational She-Hulk #50: (April 1993): "He's Dead?!" Hulk #1 (April 1999): "Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About The Hulk (But Were Afraid To Ask!)"
C Milton Caniff Pin-Up (1995 – ) Al Capp Li'l Abner (daily strips: July 20, 1949; April 16 and 17, 1951) Action Comics #55 (Dec. 1942): "A Goof Named Tiny Rufe"* (as "Al Hatt") Mike Carlin X-Men Annual #7 (1983): "Scavenger Hunt" Captain America #289 (Jan. 1984): Cover and "Bernie America, Sentinel of Liberty" Paul Chadwick Concrete Eclectica #2 (1993) Hank Chapman Astonishing #4 (June 1951): "The Nightmare"
Don Chin Clint #2 (January 1987): "Magnum Farce" Chris Claremont Marvel Premiere #24 (Sept. 1975): "Summerkill" X-Men #98 (April 1976): "Merry Christmas, X-Men..." X-Men #105 (June 1977): "The Flame, The Frenzy... and Firelord", pp. 10 and 11 Iron Fist #15 (Sept. 1977): "Enter the X-Men" Man-Thing vol. 2, #11 (July 1981): "Hell's Gate" X-Men Annual #7 (1983): "Scavenger Hunt" Excalibur: Mojo Mayhem (December 1989) normalman-Megaton Man Special #1 (August 1994): "Lest No Bridge Be Unburned" Ta-Nehisi Coates Howard The Duck #10 (October 2016): "...Hell If I Know..." (as "Ta-Nehi-C") Dave Cockrum X-Men #105 (June 1977): "The Flame, The Frenzy... and Firelord", pp. 10 and 11 Iron Fist #15 (Sept. 1977): "Enter the X-Men" E-Man #2 (First Comics, 1982)
Paty Cockrum Iron Fist #15 (Sept. 1977): "Enter the X-Men" Gene Colan Sea Devils #13 (September-October 1963): "The Secrets of Three Sunken Ships!" Daredevil Special #1 (Sept. 1967): "At the Stroke of Midnight" * Jack Cole Crack Comics #33 (Spring 1944), 34 (Summer 1944): "Inkie" L. B. Cole Ghostly Weird Stories #120 (September 1953): "Night-Monster" (as comic book editor "L.B.") Crack Comics #33 (Spring 1944), 34 (Summer1944): "Inkie" Amanda Conner Archie Giant Series Magazine Presents Pep Comics #614 (October 1990): "All in a Day's... Work?" Harley Quinn #0 (2013): "Picky Sicky" Harley Quinn #27 (2017): "Master of Her Domain" Gerry Conway Batman #237 (Dec. 1971): "Night of the Reaper"A Rutland Halloween Parade tale by writer Denny O'Neil, featuring Tom Fagan and a number of DC creators. Justice League of America #103 (Dec. 1972): "A Stranger Walks among Us!"Amazing Adventures #16 (Jan. 1973), Justice League of America #103 (Dec. 1972), and Thor #207 (Jan. 1973) at the Grand Comics Database Amazing Adventures #16 (Jan. 1973): "And the Juggernaut Will Get You... If You Don't Watch Out!" Thor #207 (Jan. 1973): "Firesword!" Fantastic Four #176 (Nov. 1976): "Improbable As It May Seem – The Impossible Man Is Back in Town!" Johnny Craig Tales From The Crypt #31 (August-September 1952):"Kamen's Kalamity!" Danny Crespi Uncanny X-Men Annual #7 (1983): "Scavenger Hunt"
D Nicholas Da Silva aka ZOOLOOK X-Men Forever 2 #11 (November 10, 2010): "The Gathering Storm", pp. 1, 2, 3 and 5
Peter David The Incredible Hulk #418 (June 1994) "We are Gathered Here"
Alan Davis Excalibur #24 (July 1990) "Tempting Fates" Jack Davis Tales From The Crypt #31 (August-September 1952):"Kamen's Kalamity!" Dan DeCarlo My Friend Irma #41 (March 1954): untitled story My Friend Irma #48 (February 1955): untitled story Millie the Model #77 (April 1957): untitled story Pep Comics #400 (May 1985): "Pep 400" Archie Giant Series Magazine Presents Pep Comics #614 (October 1990): "All in a Day's... Work?"
Dan DeCarlo Jr Pep Comics #400 (May 1985): "Pep 400" James DeCarlo Pep Comics #400 (May 1985): "Pep 400" Archie Giant Series Magazine Presents Pep Comics #614 (October 1990): "All in a Day's... Work?" Tom DeFalco Amazing Spider-Man #275 (April 1986): "The Return of the Hobgoblin!" The Sensational She-Hulk #50: (April 1993): "He's Dead?!" J.M. DeMatteis Captain America #289 (Jan. 1984): Cover Dan Didio Harley Quinn Invades Comic-Con International San Diego #1 (Sept 2014) Paul Dini Harley Quinn Invades Comic-Con International San Diego #1 (Sept 2014) Steve Ditko Amazing Adult Fantasy #12 (May 1962): "Something Fantastic?" The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 (1964): "How Stan Lee and Steve Ditko Create Spider-Man" Dr Strange #55 (1982): "To Have Loved... And Lost" (under the anagram name of "Ted Tevoski") Irwin Donenfeld The Inferior Five #6 (Jan.-Feb. 1968): "How to Make a Bomb!" Lela Dowling Dragon's Teeth #1 (1983): "Inspiration"
Frank Doyle Pep Comics #400 (May 1985): "Pep 400" Arnold Drake Not Brand Echh #11 (December 1968): "Dark Moon Rise, Heck Hound Hurt" Bill Draut Green Hornet Comics #35 (August/September 1947): "The Fat Tuesday" Green Hornet Comics #36 (October/November 1947): "The Man Who Met Himself" Mike Dringenberg Clint #2 (January 1987): "Magnum Farce" Jo Duffy Crystar #5 (January 1984): "The Story They Said Couldn't Be Done!"
E Scott Edelman Iron Man #85 (April 1976): "...And The Freak Shall Inherit the Earth" Joe Edwards Archie #2 (Spring 1943): "Bumble the Bee-tective" Will Eisner The Spirit (June 8, 1947) The Spirit (December 31, 1950), "Happy New Year" The Spirit (January 13, 1952), "Last Day of the Planet Earth" The Spirit (July 20, 1952), "Marry the Spirit" The Spirit #17 (1977) and #30 (1981) Cerebus Jam #1 (April 1985), "Cerebus v The Spirit" The Dreamer (1986) Harlan Ellison Dark Horse Presents #66 (Sept. 1992): "Concrete: Byrdland's Secret" Justice League of America #89 (March 1971): "The Most Dangerous Dreams of All" normalman-Megaton Man Special #1 (August 1994): "Lest No Bridge Be Unburned" Whitney Ellsworth Lois Lane, Girl Reporter comic strip #8 (1944): untitled Steve Englehart Justice League of America #103 (Dec. 1972): "A Stranger Walks among Us!" Master of Kung Fu #17 (April 1974): "Lair of the Lost" Amazing Adventures #16 (Jan. 1973): "And the Juggernaut Will Get You... If You Don't Watch Out!"A Rutland Halloween Parade story. The 1972 parade was featured in three stories split between Marvel and DC, which could be read separately but in fact made up a bizarre cross-company crossover mingling real and fictional characters. Marvel's Amazing Adventures #16 by Steve Englehart featured minor plot strands that were picked up on in DC's Justice League of America #103 by writer Len Wein. The same plot feature (revolving around Englehart's car) was then continued in Thor #207 by writer Gerry Conway. All stories featured Tom Fagan, Englehart, Conway, Wein and his first wife, Glynis Wein. See: Thomas, Roy (ed.) Alter Ego: The Comic Book Artist Collection Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing, March 2001, pp. 79–80 Thor #207 (Jan. 1973): "Firesword!" Fantastic Four #333 (Mid-Nov. 1989): "The Dream is Dead Part Two" (under his pen name John Harkness) Trevor Von Eeden Black Lightining #1 (April 1977) Mike Esposito Sea Devils #13 (September-October 1963): "The Secrets of Three Sunken Ships!" Wonder Woman #158 (November 1965): "The End -- Or the Beginning!" The Inferior Five #6 (Jan.-Feb. 1968): "How to Make a Bomb!" Sub-Mariner #19 (November 1969): "Support Your Local Sting-Ray!"