John Pemberton

father of Sylvester Pemberton

27 appearancesSince 1941

John Pemberton first appeared in Star Spangled Comics #1 (1941-10), published by DC. 27 appearances are indexed across 4 series.

Husband of Gloria Pemberton. Father of Sylvester Pemberton (the Star-Spangled Kid). Adoptive father of Merry Creamer (Merry the Gimmick Girl) and Breezy. He also had an unnamed son (older brother of Sylvester, father of Arthur Pemberton) and a sister named Claudia. He is the grandfather of Arthur Pemberton, Henry King Jr. (Brainwave Jr., son of Merry) and Jacqueline Pemberton (Gimmick Girl / Gimmix, daughter of Merry), and the great-grandfather of Lorna Pemberton (daughter of Arthur).

Character history

Key issues

1 issue

Star Spangled Comics
#1
first appearance
1941-10-00

Across the catalog

Appears in

4 series

Star Spangled Comics
1941–1952
23 issues →
World's Finest Comics
1941–1986
2 issues →
LCCape Archive 1941