Here's a fun trivia question. Amongst all those first appearances, who was the first original DC character launched directly into their own title?

Ahh, he was beat on a technicality.

Thanks, Robbie!

A very polarizing figure in everything he touches, and that includes music, Doctor Who, and comics.   On one hand he's achieved some incredible things, including rescuing a large chunk of early Doctor Who from oblivion.   On the other hand he's burned so many bridges and pissed on the embers, only to burn the bridge all over again.

As stated above, he's not the one selling the collection but it does bear his name for the decades of work he put into it.   It's probably better to keep the person (and the personality) separate from the achievement in this case.