| OBSIDIAN (Todd Rice) | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Roy Thomas and Mike Machlan and Jerry Ordway |
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CHRONOLOGY
Obsidian first appeared in All-Star Squadron #25 (September 1983): "The Infinity Syndrome".
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Obsidian 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.
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Obsidian Chronology
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| Infinity, Inc. #4 (July 1984): "Origins and Outcasts" [Flashback] |
| Infinity, Inc. #1 (March 1984): "Generations" |
| Infinity, Inc. #2 (May 1984): "A Gauntlet Hurled" |
| All-Star Squadron #26 (October 1983): "Talons Across Time" [Flashback] |
| 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" |
| Infinity, Inc. #3 (June 1984): "Solomon Grundy Goes Hollywood" |
| Infinity, Inc. #4 (July 1984): "Origins and Outcasts" |
| Infinity, Inc. #5 (August 1984): "Dead Men's Bluff" |
| Infinity, Inc. #6 (September 1984): "Divide -- and Be Conquered" |
| Infinity, Inc. #7 (October 1984): "Past Glories, Future Tears" |
| Infinity, Inc. #8 (November 1984): "Atomic Dreams, Nuclear Nightmares" |
| Infinity, Inc. #9 (December 1984): "How Green Was My Victory" |
| Infinity, Inc. #10 (January 1985): "A Dark and Deadly Place" |
| Infinity, Inc. #11 (February 1985): "Aftermath and Prologue" |
| Infinity, Inc. #12 (March 1985): "Press Conference" |
| America vs. the Justice Society #1 (January 1985): "I Accuse" [Note: no longer in continuity] |
| America vs. the Justice Society #2 (February 1985): "Trial By Congress" [Note: no longer in continuity] |
| America vs. the Justice Society #4 (April 1985): "D-Day For Degaton" [Note: no longer in continuity] |
| Infinity, Inc. #14 (May 1985): "Concert in the Key of... Chroma" |
| Infinity, Inc. #15 (June 1985): "Song Without End -- Amen!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #16 (July 1985): "They Call Him... Mr. Bones!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #17 (August 1985): "Home, Sweet Helix!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #18 (September 1985): "Helix Goes to Hollywood (More or Less)" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 (April 1985): "The Summoning!" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #2 (May 1985): "Time and Time Again!" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #4 (July 1985): "And Thus Shall the World Die!" |
| Infinity, Inc. Annual #1 (1985): "Green Dreams and Precious Illusions" |
| Infinity, Inc. #21 (December 1985): "Shadows At Midnight!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #22 (January 1986): "Uncivil Wars!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #23 (February 1986): "Feithera By Stormlight!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #24 (March 1986): "Back From the Future!" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #9 (December 1985): "War Zone" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #10 (January 1986): "Death at the Dawn of Time!" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #11 (February 1986): "Aftershock" |
| Infinity, Inc. #25 (April 1986): "Business As Usual..." |
| Infinity, Inc. #26 (May 1986): "Come Helix and High Water!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #28 (July 1986): "Mr. Bones Gonna Rise Again" |
| Infinity, Inc. #29 (August 1986): "Situation Terminal" |
| Last Days of the Justice Society Special #1 (1986): "Last Days of the Justice Society of America" |
| Infinity, Inc. #30 (September 1986): "What Private Griefs..." |
| Infinity, Inc. #31 (October 1986): "Shock Treatment" [Page 1-17] |
| Secret Origins Vol. 2 #9 (December 1986): "The Secret Origin of Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy" |
| Infinity, Inc. #31 (October 1986): "Shock Treatment" [Page 18-23] |
| Infinity, Inc. #32 (November 1986): "You Can Call Me Psycho!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #33 (December 1986): "Obsidian: The Origin" |
| Infinity, Inc. #34 (January 1987): "Injustice for All!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #35 (February 1987): "Beat the Clock!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #36 (March 1987): "Chaos in Calgary!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #37 (April 1987): "The Heritage" |
| Infinity, Inc. #38 (May 1987): "Helix Takes the Stand" |
| Infinity, Inc. #39 (June 1987): "The Saga of Solomon Grundy" |
| Infinity, Inc. #40 (July 1987): "A Flash of Thunder!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #41 (August 1987): "Bride of Lightning -- Groom of Thunder!" |
| Weird #3 (June 1988): "Confrontation!" |
| Outsiders Special #1 (1987): "From Here to Infinity!" |
| Infinity, Inc. Special #1 (1987): "Siding with the Outsiders!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #42 (September 1987): "Farewell to Fury!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #43 (October 1987): "Eye!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #44 (November 1987): "In the Midst of Death..." |
| New Teen Titans Vol. 2 #38 (December 1987): "Clusters, Part 1" |
| Infinity, Inc. #45 (December 1987): "Clusters, Part Two" |
| Millennium #1 (January 1988): "Over" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #8 (January 1988): "Purple Haze" [Appearance same as Millennium #1] |
| Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #67 (January 1988): "Dialogues" [Behind the scenes; appearance same as Millennium #1] |
| Millennium #3 (January 1988): "Back" |
| Green Lantern Corps #220 (January 1988): "Sacred Identities" [Behind the scenes] |
| Infinity, Inc. #46 (January 1988): "Swamped" |
| Millennium #5 (February 1988): "In" |
| Justice League International Vol. 1 #10/2 (February 1988): "...Back at the Ranch" [Behind the scenes] |
| Millennium #6 (February 1988): "Out" |
| Blue Beetle Vol. 2 #21 (February 1988): "If This Works, It'll Be a Miracle" [Behind the scenes] |
| Millennium #7 (February 1988): "Down" |
| Infinity, Inc. #47 (February 1988): "Outback and Back in Beverly Hills" |
| Millennium #8 (February 1988): "The Rising and Advancing of Ten Spirits" |
| Infinity, Inc. #49 (April 1988): "The Sandman Cometh..." |
| Infinity, Inc. #50 (May 1988): "It's A Grimmworld, After All!" |
| Infinity, Inc. Annual #2 (1988): "The Degaton Paradox" |
| Infinity, Inc. #51 (June 1988): "A Death in the Family" |
| Infinity, Inc. #52 (July 1988): "To Love and Die in L.A." |
| Infinity, Inc. #53 (August 1988): "Death, When It Must Come..." |
| Invasion! #2 (1988): "Battleground Earth" |
| Adventures of Superman #449 (1988): "The Search" [Between panels of Invasion! #2] |
| Blasters Special #1 (1989): [No Title] [Flashback] |
| Flash Annual #3 (1989): "Flashing on the Past" |
| Superman Vol. 2 #46 (August 1990): "The World of Tomorrow" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 3 #19 (December 1991): "Lantern's Light" |
| Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #2/2 (fall 1992): "Where There's a Will..." |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #20 (February 1993): [5] "Funeral for a Friend Part 3: Funeral Day" |
| Showcase '93 #7/3 (July 1993): "Image is Everything" |
| Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #7/2 (winter 1993): "Horrors: 2" |
| Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #7/6 (winter 1993): "The Starheart" |
| Superman Vol. 2 #83 (November 1993): [34] "On the Edge" |
| Eclipso #16 (February 1994): "Fallout" |
| Eclipso #17 (March 1994): "Big Game" |
| Eclipso #18 (April 1994): "Works of Darkness" [Behind the Scenes] |
| Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #3 (September 1994): "Zero Hour" |
| Justice League America #0 (October 1994): "Home Again" |
| Justice League America #93 (November 1994): "The Baby Hunt" |
| Justice League America #94 (December 1994): "What Are You Made Of?" |
| Justice League America #95 (January 1995): "Where the Wild Things Are" |
| Justice League America #96 (February 1995): "Rush to Judgment" |
| Justice League America #97 (March 1995): "A Burning Goal" |
| Guy Gardner: Warrior #29 (March 1995): "It's My Party and I'll Fight If I Want To" |
| Justice League America #98 (April 1995): "The Silent Place" |
| Gunfire #13 (June 1995): "This Is the Way the World Ends!" |
| Justice League America #100 (June 1995): "Opening Up the Game" |
| Guy Gardner: Warrior #32 (July 1995): "The Way of the Warrior, Part 1: Give Me A Space To Call My Own" |
| Justice League America #101 (July 1995): [The Way of the Warrior, Part 2] "Preasure Cooker" |
| Hawkman Vol. 3 #22 (July 1995): "The Way of the Warrior, Part 3: Storm Over Thanagar" |
| Guy Gardner: Warrior #33 (August 1995): "The Way of the Warrior, Part 4: Into the Valley of Death" |
| Justice League America #102 (August 1995): [The Way of the Warrior, Part 5] "Breakout!" |
| Guy Gardner: Warrior #34 (September 1995): "The Way of the Warrior, Part 7: Deathrock: Justice is Coming!" |
| Justice League America #103 (September 1995): "Oh, to Be Nobody" |
| Justice League America #104 (October 1995): "Pay the Reaper" |
| Justice League America #105 (November 1995): "The Killer Elite" |
| Justice League America #106 (December 1995): "Up From the Underworld" |
| Aquaman Vol. 5 #16 (January 1996): "Kings" |
| Justice League America #107 (January 1996): "The Devil's Due" |
| Justice League America #108 (February 1996): "One Hand In Darkness" |
| Guy Gardner: Warrior #39 (February 1996): "Merriment, Mistletoe, and Mayhem!" |
| Mister Miracle Vol. 3 #1 (April 1996): "Stone Walls Do Not A Prison Make" |
| Mister Miracle Vol. 3 #2 (May 1996): "...Nor Iron Bars A Jail" |
| Justice League America #109 (March 1996): "All That Yazz" |
| Justice League America #110 (April 1996): "New Devils For Old" |
| Justice League America #111 (June 1996): "The Purge, Part 1: Now It's Time..." |
| Justice League America #112 (July 1996): "The Purge, Part 2: To Say Goodbye" |
| Justice League America #113 (August 1996): "The Purge, 3rd and Final: To All Our Company" |
| Hawkman Vol. 3 #32 (May 1996): "Hunted" |
| Hawkman Vol. 3 #33 (July 1996): "Prey" |
| Final Night #3 (November 1996): "Keeping Hope Alive" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 3 #81 (December 1996): "Funeral for a Hero" |
| JLA #1 (January 1997): "Them!" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 3 #86 (May 1997): "Roomie" |
| Green Lantern/Sentinel: Heart of Darkness #1 (March 1998): "Fathers & Sons" |
| Green Lantern/Sentinel: Heart of Darkness #2 (April 1998): "Like Father, Like Son" |
| Green Lantern/Sentinel: Heart of Darkness #3 (May 1998): "Father's Day" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 3 #109 (February 1999): "Ghost of Christmas Past" |
| JLA #27 (March 1999): "The Bigger They Come..." |
| JSA #1 (August 1999): "Justice Be Done" |
| JSA #5 (December 1999): "Grounded" |
| JSA #7 (February 2000): "Darkness Falls" |
| JSA #8 (March 2000): "Shadowland" |
| JSA #9 (April 2000): "Black Planet" |
| JSA #21 (April 2001): "Guardian Angels" [Behind the Scenes] |
| JSA Secret Files #2 (September 2001): "Breaking Storms" |
| JSA #46 (May 2003): "Princes of Darkness Part 1: Into the Valley" |
| JSA #47 (June 2003): "Princes of Darkness Part 2: Eclipse" |
| JSA #48 (July 2003): "Princes of Darkness Part 3: Enlightenment" |
| JSA #49 (August 2003): "Princes of Darkness Part 4: Army of Darkness" |
| JSA #50 (September 2003): "Princes of Darkness Part 5: The Last Light" |
| JSA #52 (November 2003): "Brand New Day" |
| Avengers/JLA #4 (January 2004): "Book Four: The Brave and the Bold" |
| JSA #54 (January 2004): "Virtue, Vice & Pumpkin Pie" |
| JSA #67 (January 2005): "The Autopsy" |
| Manhunter Vol. 3 #18 (March 2006): "Who's Your Daddy? Part 3: Domestic Violence" |
| Manhunter Vol. 3 #19 (April 2006): "Who's Your Daddy? Finale: Deaths in the Family" |
| Manhunter Vol. 3 #20 (May 2006): "Psychobabble Part One" |
| Manhunter Vol. 3 #22 (July 2006): "Psychobabble Part Three: Ghost in the Machine" |
| Manhunter Vol. 3 #23 (August 2006): "Psychobabble Part Four: Phantom Pain" |
| Manhunter Vol. 3 #25 (October 2006): "Two Superheroes and a Fed Walk Into a Bar..." |
| 52 #29 (January 2007): "Name Calling" |
| 52 #35 (March 2007): "Rain of the Supermen" |
| World War III #4 (June 2007): "United We Stand" [Behind the scenes] |
| 52 #50 (June 2007): "World War III" [Appearance same as World War III #4] |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #1 (February 2007): "The Next Age, Chapter 1" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #2 (March 2007): "The Next Age, Chapter 2" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #3 (April 2007): "The Next Age, Chapter 3" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #4 (May 2007): "The Next Age, Chapter 4" |
| Manhunter Vol. 3 #30 (June 2007): "Unleashed, Conclusion: Hail & Farewell" |
| Manhunter Vol. 3 #31 (August 2008): "Forgotten, Part 1" |
| Manhunter Vol. 3 #34 (November 2008): "Forgotten, Part 4" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #11 (February 2008): "Thy Kingdom Come: The Second Coming" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #14 (May 2008): "Thy Kingdom Come: Gog" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #15 (June 2008): "Thy Kingdom Come: The Good Fight" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #16 (July 2008): "One World, under Gog, Part I: He Came, and Salvation with Him" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #21 (January 2009): "One World, Under Gog, Part VI: Saints and Sinners" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #22 (February 2009): "One World, Under Gog, Part VII: Thy Will Be Done" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #25 (May 2009): "Black Adam & Isis, Part Three: Family Feuds" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #27 (July 2009): "Ghost in the Darkness" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #28 (August 2009): "Phantom Menace" |
| JSA vs. Kobra #1 (August 2009): "Engines of Faith Part One: Bad Religion" |
| JSA vs. Kobra #3 (October 2009): "Engines of Faith Part Three: Misdirection" |
| JSA vs. Kobra #4 (November 2009): "Engines of Faith Part Four: Lightning In A Bottle" |
| JSA vs. Kobra #5 (December 2009): "Engines of Faith Part Five: Beating The Grass" |
| JSA vs. Kobra #6 (January 2010): "Engines of Faith Part Six: Shedding Skin" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #29 (September 2009): "The Bad Seed, Part 1: Fresh Meat" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #30 (October 2009): "The Bad Seed, Part 2: Hot Pursuit" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #31 (November 2009): "The Bad Seed, Part 3: New Blood, Old Blood, Spilled Blood" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #32 (December 2009): "The Bad Seed, Part 4: The Worth of a Hero" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #33 (January 2010): "Bad Seed, Part 5: Split Up" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #34 (February 2010): "Merciless, Part One of Two" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #35 (March 2010): "The Boxing Match, Part Two of Two" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #40 (August 2010): "Reset, Conclusion of Fatherland" |
| Blackest Night #1 (September 2009): "Blackest Night" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #43 (May 2010): "Rise and Fall: All Along the Watchtower" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #44 (June 2010): "Devil in the Details" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #45 (July 2010): "Prelude to the Dark Things" |
| Shield #10 (August 2010): "Operation Gunslinger, Pt. 4: Never Say Die" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #41 (September 2010): "The Dark Things, Part Two" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #47 (September 2010): "The Dark Things, Part Three" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #42 (October 2010): "The Dark Things, Part Four" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #48 (October 2010): "The Dark Things, Part Five" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #43 (November 2010): "Emerald City, A Dark Things Epilogue" |
| Justice Society of America 80-Page Giant 2010 #1 (December 2010): "The Not-So-Secret Origin of Obsidian!" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #48 (April 2011): "Supertown, Part Five" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #49 (May 2011): "Supertown, Conclusion" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #53 (September 2011): "The Secret History of Monument Point, Chapter Three: Strange Adventures" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #54 (October 2011): "The Secret History of Monument Point, Chapter Four: Crisis" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #58 (August 2011): "Eclipso Rising, Part Five: The Destined and the Dying" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #59 (September 2011): "Eclipso Rising, Part Six" |
| Secret Six Vol. 3 #36 (October 2011): "Caution to the Wind, Part Two of Two: Blood Honor" |