Bernstein and artist George Papp introduced the Phantom Zone and General Zod into the Superman mythos in Adventure Comics #283 (April 1961). 1960), was the teen sidekick Aqualad, who decades later would become the adult hero Tempest. One of these, in Adventure Comics #269 (Feb. With artist Ramona Fradon, he reintroduced the 1940s Golden Age superhero Aquaman in Adventure Comics #260 (May 1959) and scripted through at least #282 (March 1961), introducing major characters along the way. Later work include the DC titles Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane, Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen, Superboy (as well as the later Superboy feature in Adventure Comics), and features starring Green Arrow and Supergirl.

Superman and Aquamanīernstein's first recorded Superman story, for DC Comics, is 'The Oldest Man In Metropolis', in Action Comics #251 (April 1959). With artist Howard Sherman, Bernstein adapted the long-running 'Congo Bill' jungle-adventure feature into the body-switching superhero feature 'Congorilla', beginning in Action Comics #248 (Jan. Combat, Our Army at War, Our Fighting Forces, and Star Spangled War Stories psychological drama in EC's Psychoanalysis and Shock Illustrated and superhero stories, working with artist Jack Kirby on at least one Green Arrow tale, in World's Finest Comics #99 (Feb. Also during this decade, he wrote for DC's All-American Men of War, G.I. Other early work includes a five-page story in Spark Publications' Golden Lad #4, featuring the character Swift Arrow, plus text fillers for DC Comics and Fawcett Comics, and a 1947 Green Lantern story.įor Marvel Comics' 1950s iteration, Atlas Comics, Bernstein wrote for the war comics series War Comics, as well as several stories of the masked Western character Black Rider. His first confirmable credit is the signed, six-page story 'Ghouls' Gold' in publisher Lev Gleason's Crime Does Not Pay #43 (Jan. Like most comics professionals of this time, Bernstein went largely uncredited, often receiving credit belatedly in modern-day reprints of his work.

With various artists, Bernstein co-created DC's Congorilla, Aqualad and Aquagirl, and also Archie Comics' the Jaguar. As a writer, he is best known for his EC Comics tales and his Superman stories for DC Comics, where he also established the origin and mythos of Aquaman.

Superman by Robert Bernstein