Unofficial Chronology GUARDIAN [Jim Harper]
 Created by Jack Kirby

Guardian

CHRONOLOGY INDEX

   Below is the definitive list of appearances of Guardian in chronological order. Flashback sequences or story entries will be followed by a [Flashback] note. Stories that for some reason are no longer part of current continuity will have a comment saying this in a note following the entry.

   Follow the underlined links for a complete index of the issue, including story and creator info as well as full character chronology and in some cases story synopses.

  • First Appearance: Pre-Crisis: Star-Spangled Comics #7 (April 1942)
    Modern: Superman Annual Vol. 2 #2 (1988)
  • GUARDIAN CHRONOLOGY

    As Guardian I

  • Star-Spangled Comics #7 (April 1942): "The Guardian"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #8 (May 1942): "Last Mile Alley"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #9 (June 1942): "The Rookie Takes the Rap"
  • All-Star Squadron Annual #1 (1982): "The Three Faces of Evil"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #10 (July 1942): "Kings for a Day"
  • All-Star Squadron #25 (September 1983): "The Infinity Syndrome"
  • All-Star Squadron #26 (October 1983): "Talons Across Time"
  • All-Star Squadron Annual #2 (1983): "The Ultra War"
  • All-Star Squadron #27 (November 1983): "A Spectre is Haunting the Multiverse"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #11 (August 1942): "Paradise Prison"
  • All-Star Squadron #31 (March 1984): "Uncle Sam Wants You"
  • All-Star Squadron #32 (April 1984): "Crisis on Earth-X! A Prequel"
  • All-Star Squadron #43 (March 1985): "Ultimate Victory"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #12 (September 1942): "Prevue of Peril"
  • All-Star Squadron #50 (October 1985): "Crisis Point"
  • All-Star Squadron #54 (February 1986): "The Crisis Comes to 1942 (and Vice Versa)"
  • All-Star Squadron #59 (July 1986): "Out of the Ashes... Mekanique"
  • All-Star Squadron #60 (August 1986): "The End of the Beginning!"
  • Young All-Stars #3 (August 1987): "A Call to Arms"
  • Young All-Stars #9 (February 1988): "You Have Nothing to Lose But Your Souls"
  • Young All-Stars Annual #1 (1988): "The Mekanique Paradox"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #13 (October 1942): "The Scoop of Suicide Slum"
  • Young All-Stars #27 (July 1989): "Meanwhile..." [Flashback to events taking place during Star-Spangled Comics #13]
  • Young All-Stars #30 (October 1989): "The Sons of Dawn Part III: When Titans Make War..."
  • Young All-Stars #31 (November 1989): "The Sons of Dawn Part IV: Men... and Super-Men"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #14 (November 1942): "The Meanest Man on Earth"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #15 (December 1942): "Playmates of Peril"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #16 (January 1943): "The Playboy of Suicide Slum"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #17 (February 1943): "The Rafferty Mob"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #18 (March 1943): "The Education of Iron-Fist Gookin"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #19 (April 1943): "The Fuehrer of Suicide Slum"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #20 (May 1943): "The Newsboys and the Champ"
  • Detective Comics #76 (June 1943): "The Invasion of America"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #21 (June 1943): "The House Where Time Stood Still"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #22 (July 1943): "Brains for Sale"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #23 (August 1943): "Art for Scrapper's Sake"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #24 (September 1943): "Death Strikes a Bargain"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #25 (October 1943): "Victuals for Victory"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #26 (November 1943): "Louie the Lug Goes Literate"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #27 (December 1943): "Turn on the Heat"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #28 (January 1944): "The Poor Man's Rich Man"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #29 (February 1944): "Cabbages and Comics"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #30 (March 1944): "The Lady of Linden Lake"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #31 (April 1944): "Questions, Please"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #32 (May 1944): "The Good Samaritan"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #33 (June 1944): "Case of the Baleful Bride"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #34 (July 1944): "From Rags to Ruin"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #35 (August 1944): "The Short Weight Blues"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #36 (September 1944): "Kidnapping in Ten Easy Lessons"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #37 (October 1944): "Diamonds in the Rough"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #38 (November 1944): "Roll Out the Barrels"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #39 (December 1944): "Two Guardians Are a Crowd"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #40 (January 1945): "Farewell to Crime"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #41 (February 1945): "Time Out for the Guardian"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #42 (March 1945): "The Power of the Press"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #43 (April 1945): "Trials of a Tenor"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #44 (May 1945): "Etiquette Comes to Suicide Slum"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #45 (June 1945): "Crime Gets Clipped"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #46 (July 1945): "Clothes Make the Criminal"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #47 (August 1945): "The Triumph of Tommy"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #48 (September 1945): "Booty and the Blizzard"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #49 (October 1945): "One Ounce to Victory"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #50 (November 1945): "The Leopard Man Changes His Spots"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #51 (December 1945): "The Style Show of Suicide Slum"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #52 (January 1946): "Rehearsal for a Crime"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #53 (February 1946): "The Poet of Suicide Slum"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #54 (March 1946): "Dead-Shot Dade's Revenge"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #55 (April 1946): "Gabby Strikes a Gusher"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #56 (May 1946): "Treasure of Araby"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #57 (June 1946): "A Recruit for the Legion"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #58 (July 1946): "The Matadors of Suicide Slum"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #59 (August 1946): "Answers, Inc."
  • Star-Spangled Comics #60 (September 1946): "Steve Brodie Da Second"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #61 (October 1946): "A Recruit for the Legion"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #62 (November 1946): "Prevue of Tomorrow"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #63 (December 1946): "Code of the Newsstand"
  • Star-Spangled Comics #64 (January 1947): "Criminal Cruise"

    As Guardian III [Pre-Crisis]

    Note: Guardian III's appearances are no longer in continuity as a result of Crisis on Infinite Earths. Post-Crisis he made his debut as Guardian II

  • Superman Family #192/4 (November-December 1978): "Whatever Happened to the Guardian?" [Flashback]
  • Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #135 (January 1971): "Evil Factory"
  • Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #136 (March 1971): "The Saga of the D.N.Aliens"
  • Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #138 (June 1971): "The Big Boom"
  • Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #139 (July 1971): "The Guardian Fights Again"
  • Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #141 (September 1971): "Will the Real Don Rickles Panic?"
  • Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #144 (December 1971): "A Big Thing in a Deep Scottish Lake"
  • Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #146 (February 1972): "Homo-Disastrous"
  • Superman Family #193/2 (January-February 1979): "The Project: Perilous"
  • Superman Family #194/3 (March-April 1979): "Armageddon Arrives Today"

    As Guardian II [Post-Crisis]

  • Superman Annual Vol. 2 #2 (1988): "The Cadmus Project"
  • Superman Vol. 2 #26 (Holiday 1988): "...It's Just A Shot Away!"
  • Adventures of Superman #449 (Holiday 1988): "The Search"
  • Superman Vol. 2 #27 (January 1989): "Of Course, You Know, This Means War!"
  • Adventures of Superman #450 (January 1989): "Triple Threat"
  • Superman Vol. 2 #36 (October 1989): "Laugh... I Thought I'd Die!"
  • Superman Vol. 2 #37 (November 1989): "Best Friends"
  • Action Comics #648 (December 1989): "Body and Mind"
  • Action Comics #649 (January 1990): "Man and Machine" [Flashback]
  • Superman Vol. 2 #41 (March 1990): "The Nature of the Beast"
  • Superman Vol. 2 #43 (May 1990): "The Evil Factory"
  • Adventures of Superman Annual #2 (1990): "Quest for Vengeance"
  • Action Comics #659 (November 1990): "Breakout!"
  • Superman Vol. 2 #50 (December 1990): "The Human Factor"
  • Superman Vol. 2 #54/2 (April 1991): [10] "Attack of the D.N.Alien"
  • Superman Vol. 2 #55/2 (May 1991): [13] "Blaze of Glory!"
  • Superman Vol. 2 #56/2 (June 1991): [16] "Charlie & Company"
  • Adventures of Superman #480 (July 1991): [21] "Dying Breed"
  • Superman Vol. 2 #58 (August 1991): [24] "Fangs of the Bloodhounds"
  • Armageddon 2001 #2 (October 1991): [No Title]
  • Action Comics #670 (October 1991): [34] "Skullduggery"
  • Superman: The Man of Steel #6 (December 1991): [39] "Mismatch"
  • Superman Vol. 2 #62 (December 1991): [40] "Wedding Daze"
  • Adventures of Superman #485 (December 1991): [41] "Out of the Mist"
  • Superman: The Man of Steel #9 (March 1992): [9] "Panic In the Sky! First Strike: Power Breakfast"
  • Superman Vol. 2 #65 (March 1992): [10] "Panic In the Sky! Second Strike: Head Man"
  • Adventures of Superman #488 (March 1992): [11] "Panic In the Sky! Third Strike: Counter Strike!"
  • Action Comics #675 (March 1992): [12] "Panic In the Sky! Fourth Strike: Divide and Conquer"
  • Superman: The Man of Steel #10 (April 1992): [13] "Panic In the Sky! Fifth Strike: Tidal Wave!"
  • Superman Vol. 2 #66 (April 1992): [14] "Panic In the Sky! Final Strike: Our Army At War"
  • Adventures of Superman #497 (December 1992): [47] "Under Fire"
  • Action Comics #684 (December 1992): [48] "...Doomsday Is Near!"
  • Superman: The Man of Steel #19 (January 1993): [1] "Doomsday Is Here!"
  • Action Comics #685 (January 1993): [4] "Funeral For A Friend Part 2: Re:Actions"
  • Superman: The Man of Steel #20 (February 1993): [5] "Funeral For A Friend Part 3: Funeral Day"
  • Action Comics #686 (February 1993): [8] "Funeral For A Friend Part 6: Who's Buried In Superman's Tomb?"
  • Adventures of Superman #500/4 (June 1993): [11] "First Sighting..."
  • Superman Vol. 2 #78 (June 1993): [14] "Alive"
  • Adventures of Superman #501 (June 1993): [15] "The Adventures of Superman As A Boy"
  • Adventures of Superman #506 (November 1993): [35] "Payback!"
  • Superman: The Man of Steel #31 (March 1994): [9] "Obsessions!"
  • Adventures of Superman #510 (March 1994): [11] "Bizarro World"
  • Superboy Vol. 3 #3 (April 1994): "Remains of the Dead"
  • Superman: The Man of Steel #32 (April 1994): [13] "Love & Death"
  • Adventures of Superman #511 (April 1994): [15] "Collision Course"
  • Action Comics #698 (April 1994): [16] "Losing It!"
  • Superman: The Man of Steel #33 (May 1994): [17] "Under Siege!"
  • Action Comics #699 (May 1994): [20] "Eye of the Hurricane"
  • Superman: The Man of Steel #34 (June 1994): [21] "War"
  • Superman Vol. 2 #90 (June 1994): [22] "Battle Ground Metropolis"
  • Adventures of Superman #513 (June 1994): [23] "Target: Cadmus"
  • Superboy Vol. 3 #6 (July 1994): "Changing Realities"
  • Adventures of Superman #522 (April 1995): [15] "City of Hope" [Flashback]
  • Guardians of Metropolis #1 (November 1994): "No One Can Stop... Trev-Orr! A Really Big Monster from A Deep Scottish Lake!"
  • Guardians of Metropolis #2 (December 1994): "Donovan's Circus!"
  • Guardians of Metropolis #3 (January 1995): "All This and World War II!"
  • Guardians of Metropolis #4 (February 1995): "Race the Devil!"
  • Superboy Annual #2 (1995): "The Lost Boys!"
  • Showcase '96 #4 (April 1996): "The Devil's Own"
  • Adventures of Superman #539 (October 1996): [39] "Doppelgangster"
  • Final Night #3 (November 1996): "The Final Night, Ch. 3: Keeping Hope Alive"
  • Green Lantern Vol. 3 #81 (December 1996): "Funeral For A Hero"
  • Superboy Vol. 3 #39 (May 1997): "Meltdown: Freakshow"
  • Superboy Vol. 3 #40 (June 1997): "Meltdown: Life Support"
  • Superboy and the Ravers #10 (June 1997): "Meltdown: Flatline"
  • Martian Manhunter Vol. 2 #3 (February 1999): "Femme Fatal"
  • A. Bizarro #2 (August 1999): "Silicon Dreamer"
  • Superboy Vol. 3 #66 (September 1999): "Wild Hunt!"
  • Superboy Vol. 3 #67 (October 1999): "Tooth & Claw"
  • Superboy Vol. 3 #68 (November 1999): "Demons!"
  • Superboy Vol. 3 #71 (February 2000): "The Evil Factory, Part 2: Prisoner of the Project!"
  • Superboy Vol. 3 #72 (March 2000): "The Evil Factory, Part 3: The Hex Files"
  • Superboy Vol. 3 #73 (April 2000): "The Evil Factory, Part 4: Point of No Return!"
  • Superboy Vol. 3 #74 (May 2000): "The Evil Factory: Game, Set & Match!"
  • Superboy Vol. 3 #75 (June 2000): "My Greatest Adventure!"
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