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CHRONOLOGY INDEX

   Below is the definitive list of appearances of Highfather 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: New Gods Vol. 1 #1 (February-March 1971)
  • HIGHFATHER CHRONOLOGY

  • Jack Kirby's Fourth World #2/2 (April 1997): "Apokolips"
  • New Gods Vol. 1 #7 (February-March 1972): "The Pact"
  • Secret Origins of Super-Heroes Special (1978): "This Light A-Borning" [Flashback]
  • New Gods Vol. 1 #1 (February-March 1971): "Orion Fights for Earth"
  • New Gods Vol. 1 #2 (April-May 1971): "O' Deadly Darkseid"
  • New Gods Vol. 1 #4 (August-September 1971): "O'Ryan Gang and the Deep Six"
  • New Gods Vol. 1 #5 (October-November 1971): "Spawn"
  • New Gods Vol. 1 #5/2 (October-November 1971): "Introducing Fastbak"
  • Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #146/2 (February 1972): "Arin the Armored Man"
  • Forever People Vol. 1 #7 (February-March 1972): "I'll Find You In Yesterday"
  • Mister Miracle Vol. 1 #18 (February-March 1974): "Wild, Wild Wedding Guests"
  • First Issue Special #13 (April 1976): "Lest Night Fall Forever"
  • New Gods Vol. 1 #13 (August 1977): "Let Loose the Hounds of War"
  • New Gods Vol. 1 #14 (October 1977): "A Child Shall Leave You"
  • New Gods Vol. 1 #15 (December 1977): "The Apocalypse Child"
  • Mister Miracle Vol. 1 #19 (September 1977): "It's All In the Mine"
  • Mister Miracle Vol. 1 #21 (December 1977): "Command Performance"
  • Mister Miracle Vol. 1 #22 (February 1978): "Midnight of the Gods"
  • Mister Miracle Vol. 1 #24 (June 1978): "Double-Bind"
  • Super-Team Family #15 (March-April 1978): "The Gulliver Effect"
  • New Gods Vol. 1 #16 (February 1978): "The Titan and the Hunter"
  • New Gods Vol. 1 #17 (April 1978): "The Memory Machine"
  • New Gods Vol. 1 #18 (June 1978): "The Song of the Source"
  • New Gods Vol. 1 #19 (August 1978): "The Secret Within Us"
  • Adventure Comics #459/4 (September-October 1978): "Climax of Chaos"
  • Adventure Comics #460/3 (November-December 1978): "Pursuit to Eternity"
  • Justice League of America #184 (November 1980): "Crisis Between Two Earths, or Apokolips Now"
  • Justice League of America #185 (December 1980): "Crisis on Apokolips, or Darkseid Rising"
  • Adventures of Superman #426 (March 1987): "From the Dregs"
  • Warlord Annual Vol. 1 #6 (1987): "When the Gods Make War"
  • Millennium #8 (February 1988): "The Rising and Advancing of Ten Spirits"
  • Cosmic Odyssey #1 (1988): "Discovery"
  • Cosmic Odyssey #2 (1988): "Disaster"
  • Cosmic Odyssey #3 (1988): "Decisions"
  • Cosmic Odyssey #4 (1988): "Death"
  • New Gods Vol. 2 #1 (February 1989): "Hordes"
  • New Gods Vol. 2 #2 (March 1989): "Tales of Times Past and Future"
  • New Gods Vol. 2 #3 (April 1989): "Tests and the Truth"
  • New Gods Vol. 2 #5 (June 1989): "Extermination!"
  • New Gods Vol. 2 #6 (July 1989): "People Too Stupid to Die!"
  • New Gods Vol. 2 #7 (August 1989): "Bloodline Part One"
  • New Gods Vol. 2 #8 (September 1989): "Bloodline Part Two"
  • New Gods Vol. 2 #11 (December 1989): "Bloodline Part Five"
  • New Gods Vol. 2 #12 (January 1990): "Bloodline Part Six"
  • New Gods Vol. 2 #13 (February 1990): "The Daily Decision"
  • New Gods Vol. 2 #16 (May 1990): "Super Ego!"
  • New Gods Vol. 2 #17 (June 1990): "Advent of Darkness"
  • New Gods Vol. 2 #18 (July 1990): "Life Infinite"
  • New Gods Vol. 2 #19 (August 1990): "Homecoming!"
  • New Gods Vol. 2 #20 (September 1990): "The Author of My Being!"
  • New Gods Vol. 2 #21 (December 1990): "Patricide"
  • Mister Miracle Vol. 2 #22 (December 1990): "Passing the Miracle"
  • Mister Miracle Vol. 2 #23 (January 1991): "A Tale of Two Miracles"
  • Mister Miracle Vol. 2 #24 (February 1991): "The Lump That Came to Campus"
  • Mister Miracle Vol. 2 #25 (March 1991): "Bad N' Beautiful: The Babes of Bodyslam!"
  • Mister Miracle Vol. 2 #26 (April 1991): "Food for Villainy"
  • Mister Miracle Vol. 2 #27 (May 1991): "Party Up!"
  • Mister Miracle Vol. 2 #28 (June 1991): "God-Spawn"
  • War of the Gods #4 (December 1991): "In the Beginning... There Was the End"
  • Adventures of Superman #495 (October 1992): [39] "The Hand that Robs the Cradle!"
  • Zero Hour: Crisis In Time! #3 (September 1994): "Zero Hour"
  • Superman Vol. 2 #95 (December 1994): [46] "The Zero Effect"
  • New Gods Vol. 3 #1 (October 1995): "Attack on the Source!"
  • New Gods Vol. 3 #2 (November 1995): "The Source of the Beast!"
  • New Gods Vol. 3 #3 (December 1995): "After the Fall"
  • New Gods Vol. 3 #4 (January 1996): "The Flowers of Hell"
  • New Gods Vol. 3 #5 (February 1996): "Descent into Madness"
  • New Gods Vol. 3 #6 (March 1996): "Destruction of the Beast!"
  • New Gods Vol. 3 #7 (April 1996): "The End of the Gods"
  • New Gods Vol. 3 #8 (June 1996): "Sins of the Fathers"
  • New Gods Vol. 3 #9 (July 1996): "The Lord of Destruction"
  • Mister Miracle Vol. 3 #4 (July 1996): "...For Everything Left to Lose"
  • New Gods Vol. 3 #10 (August 1996): "Sacrifice of the Gods"
  • New Gods Vol. 3 #11 (September 1996): "Restoration"
  • New Gods Vol. 3 #14 (January 1997): "The Gathering Storm"
  • New Gods Vol. 3 #15 (February 1997): "Closing the Ring"
  • Jack Kirby's Fourth World #1 (March 1997): "Born of Thunder, Born of Flame"
  • Jack Kirby's Fourth World #3 (May 1997): "Back to the Wall"
  • Jack Kirby's Fourth World #4 (June 1997): "Back from the Source"
  • Jack Kirby's Fourth World #5 (July 1997): "A Choice of Gods"
  • Jack Kirby's Fourth World #6 (August 1997): "Schism"
  • Jack Kirby's Fourth World #7 (September 1997): "The Way of the Warrior"
  • Jack Kirby's Fourth World #8 (October 1997): "Childhood's End"
  • Jack Kirby's Fourth World #19 (September 1998): "Genesis Rising"
  • JLA #29 (May 1999): "Crisis Times Five, Part 2: World Turned Upside Down..."
  • JLA #31 (July 1999): "Crisis Times Five, Part 4: Gods & Monsters"
  • Superman: Emperor Joker #1 (October 2000): [38] "It's A Joker's World, Baby, We Just Live In It!"
  • Superman: The Man of Steel #118 (November 2001): [44] "Time and Punishment"

    CHRONOLOGY UNCERTAIN

    It is currently uncertain where these stories fit into the character's internal chronology.

  • DC Universe Holiday Bash #1/2 (1997): "A Highfather Christmas"
  • Justice League America #40 (July 1990): "Hell On Earth"
  • Mister Miracle Vol. 2 #2 (February 1989): "Doctor's Orders"
  • Mister Miracle Vol. 2 #3 (March 1989): "Father's Day"
  • Mister Miracle Vol. 2 #4 (May 1989): "Dark Days"
  • Mister Miracle Vol. 2 #5 (June 1989): "Out of the Dark!"
  • Mister Miracle Vol. 3 #1 (April 1996): "Stone Walls Do Not A Prison Make"
  • New Gods Vol. 2 #24 (March 1991): "Matter of Survival!"
  • New Gods Vol. 2 #27 (July 1991): "Memories of a Stranger"
  • New Gods Vol. 2 #28 (August 1991): "More Deaths than One Must Die!"
  • Takion #1 (June 1996): "Birth Pains"
  • Takion #3 (August 1996): "Demons"
  • Takion #5 (October 1996): "Homecoming"
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