| THE CHIEF (Niles Caulder) | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Bob Haney, Arnold Drake and Bruno Premiani |
CHRONOLOGY
The Chief first appeared in My Greatest Adventure #80 (June 1963): "The Doom Patrol".
Below is the definitive list of appearances of The Chief 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 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.
The chronology list can also be sorted according to Comic book title. Please note: If you want to go back to the chronological listing after having used the sorting tool you have to reload the page.
To go to the Chief (Niles Caulder) biography click here.
The Chief Chronology
| Click to list by alphabetically by title |
|---|
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #57 (July 1992): "The Nature of the Catastrophe" [Flashback] |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #2 (November 1987): "Satellite of Doom!" [Flashback] |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #3 (December 1987): "The Fire of the Gods!" [Flashback] |
| Showcase #95 (October-November 1977): "The New Doom Patrol" [Flashback] |
| Doom Patrol #88 (June 1964): "The Incredible Origin of the Chief" [Flashback] |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #57 (July 1992): "The Nature of the Catastrophe" [Flashback] |
| Doom Patrol #106/2 (September 1966): "The Private World of Negative Man" |
| Doom Patrol #111/2 (May 1967): "Neg Man's Last Road" |
| Doom Patrol #100/2 (December 1965): "Robotman - Wanted Dead or Alive" |
| Doom Patrol #101/2 (February 1966): "The Lonely Giant" |
| Doom Patrol #103/2 (May 1966): "No Home for a Robot" |
| Doom Patrol #105/2 (August 1966): "The Robot-Maker Must Die" |
| My Greatest Adventure #80 (June 1963): "The Doom Patrol" |
| My Greatest Adventure #81 (August 1963): "The Nightmare Maker" |
| My Greatest Adventure #82 (September 1963): "Three Against the Earth" |
| My Greatest Adventure #83 (November 1963): "The Night Negative Man Went Berserk" |
| My Greatest Adventure #84 (December 1963): "The Return of General Immortus" |
| My Greatest Adventure #85 (February 1964): "The Furies From 4,000 Miles Below" |
| Doom Patrol #86 (March 1964): "The Brotherhood of Evil" |
| Doom Patrol #87 (May 1964): "The Terrible Secret of Negative Man" |
| Doom Patrol #88 (June 1964): "The Incredible Origin of the Chief" |
| Legends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant #1/3 (September 1998): "Lights, Camera and Too Much Action" |
| Doom Patrol #89 (August 1964): "The Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Menace" |
| JLA: Year One #5 (May 1998): "A League Divided" |
| JLA: Year One #6 (June 1998): "Sum of Their Parts" |
| Doom Patrol #90 (September 1964): "The Enemy Within the Doom Patrol" |
| Doom Patrol #91 (November 1964): "Mento - The Man Who Split the Doom Patrol" |
| Doom Patrol #92 (December 1964): "The Sinister Secret of Dr. Tyme" |
| Doom Patrol #93 (February 1965): "Showdown on Nightmare Road" |
| Doom Patrol #94 (March 1965): "The Nightmare Fighters" |
| Doom Patrol #94/2 (March 1965): "The Chief 'Stands' Alone" |
| Doom Patrol #95 (May 1965): "Menace of the Turnabout Heroes" |
| Doom Patrol #96 (June 1965): "The Day the World Went Mad!" |
| Doom Patrol #97 (August 1965): "The War Against the Mind Slaves" |
| Doom Patrol #98 (September 1965): "The Death of the Doom Patrol" |
| Doom Patrol #98/2 (September 1965): "60 Sinister Seconds" |
| Doom Patrol #99 (November 1965): "The Deadly Sting of the Bug Man" |
| Doom Patrol #99/2 (November 1965): "The Beast Boy" |
| Doom Patrol #100 (December 1965): "The Fantastic Origin of Beast Boy" |
| Doom Patrol #101 (February 1966): "I, Kranus, Robot Emperor" |
| Challengers of the Unknown Vol. 1 #48 (February-March 1966): "Twilight of the Challengers" |
| Doom Patrol #102 (March 1966): "8 Against Eternity" |
| Brave and the Bold #65 (April-May 1966): "Alias Negative Man" |
| Silver Age #1 (July 2000): "Pawns of the Invincible Immortal!" |
| Silver Age: Doom Patrol #1 (July 2000): "The War of the Super-Weapons!" |
| Silver Age 80-Page Giant #1 (July 2000): "S.O.S. to Nowhere!" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 1 #103 (May 1966): "Meteor Man" |
| Doom Patrol #104 (June 1966): "The Bride of the Doom Patrol" |
| Doom Patrol #105 (August 1966): "Honeymoon of Terror" |
| Doom Patrol #106 (September 1966): "Blood Brothers" |
| Teen Titans Vol. 1 #6 (November-December 1966): "The Fifth Titan" |
| Doom Patrol #107 (November 1966): "The War Over Beast Boy" |
| Doom Patrol #108 (December 1966): "Kid Disaster" |
| Doom Patrol #109 (February 1967): "Mandred the Executioner" |
| Doom Patrol #110 (March 1967): "Trial by Terror" |
| DC Holiday Special 2009 (February 2010): "The (Beast) Boy Who Hated Christmas!" [Between pages of Doom Patrol #110] |
| Doom Patrol #111 (May 1967): "Zarox-13, Emperor of the Cosmos" |
| Doom Patrol #112 (June 1967): "Brothers in Blood" |
| Doom Patrol #113 (August 1967): "Who Dares to Challenge the Arsenal?" |
| Doom Patrol #114 (September 1967): "Kor - the Conqueror" |
| Doom Patrol #115 (November 1967): "The Mutant Master" |
| Doom Patrol #116 (December 1967): "Two To Get Ready... and Three To Die!" |
| Doom Patrol #117 (February 1968): "The Black Vulture" |
| Doom Patrol #118 (March-April 1968): "Videx, Monarch of Light" |
| Doom Patrol #119 (May-June 1968): "In the Shadow of the Great Guru" |
| Doom Patrol #120 (July-August 1968): "The Rage of the Wrecker" |
| Brave and the Bold Vol. 3 #34 (July 2010): "Out of Time Part One of Two" |
| Brave and the Bold Vol. 3 #35 (August 2010): "Out of Time Part Two of Two" |
| Doom Patrol #121 (September-October 1968): "The Beginning of the End?" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #9 (June 1988): "It's Raining Plastic Men" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #12 (September 1988): "Invasion" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #14 (November 1988): "Order and Doom" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #15 (December 1988): "Hail to the Chief!" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #16 (winter 1988): "Reunion" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #17 (Holiday 1988): "From Gil'Dishpan... with Doom!" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #18 (January 1989): "Endings... ...Beginnings" |
| Invasion! #3 (1989): "World Without Heroes" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #19 (February 1989): "Crawling From the Wreckage" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #20 (March 1989): "Cautionary Tales" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #21 (April 1989): "Worlds in Collision" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #22 (May 1989): "The Ossuary" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #23 (June 1989): "The Butterfly Collector" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #25 (August 1989): "Imaginary Friends" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #26 (September 1989): "Nowhere Man" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #27 (November 1989): "The Painting That Ate Paris" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #30 (March 1990): "Going Underground" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #31 (April 1990): "The Word Made Flesh" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #32 (May 1990): "Decreator" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #33 (June 1990): "The Puppet Theatre" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #34 (July 1990): "The Soul of a New Machine" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #35 (August 1990): "Down Paradise Way" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #36 (September 1990): "Box of Delights" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #37 (October 1990): "Persephone" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #38 (November 1990): "Lost in Space" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #42 (March 1991): "Musclebound: the Secret Origin of Flex Mentallo" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #43 (April 1991): "Anyhow Stories" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #44 (May 1991): "Voices" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #45 (July 1991): "The Beard Hunter" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #46 (August 1991): "Aftermath" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #47 (September 1991): "The World, the Flesh, and the Devil" |
| Justice League Europe #32 (November 1991): "Breakdowns Part 8: The Center Cannot Hold" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #49 (November 1991): "Death in Venice" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #55 (May 1992): "The Blood of the Lamb" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #56 (June 1992): "Down in the Well" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #57 (July 1992): "The Nature of the Catastrophe" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #58 (August 1992): "In the Wonderful Land of Clockwork" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #64 (March 1993): "Sliding in the Wreckage, Part One: Burn in the Curse" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #65 (April 1993): "Sliding in the Wreckage, Part Two: The Book of Ice" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #66 (May 1993): "Sliding in the Wreckage, Part Three: The Pig It Was That Lived" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #67 (June 1993): "E Rose in the Autos" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #68 (July 1993): "A Ticket to the Cleaners" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #69 (August 1993): "Down Among the Underpinnings" |
| Vertigo Jam #1/4 (August 1993): "Spooks Return Satisfied" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #71 (October 1993): "The Fox and the Crow" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #73 (December 1993): "The Dream Patrol: Return of the Windowmen" |
| Doom Patrol Annual Vol. 2 #2 (1994): "The Wild, The Good and The Grown-Up" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #74 (January 1994): "Bootleg Steele" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #75 (February 1994): "The Teiresias Wars, Part One: A Handful of Dust" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #76 (March 1994): "The Teiresias Wars, Part Two: The Hotel of Lost Light" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #77 (April 1994): "The Teiresias Wars, Part Three: The Witness Trees" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #78 (May 1994): "The Teiresias Wars, Part Four: The Path of Vanished Alphabets" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #79 (June 1994): "The Teiresias Wars, Part Five: The Fire Sermon" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #80 (July 1994): "The Dogs of Soul" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #81 (August 1994): "Two Mad Men with Foreheads and Boots" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #82 (September 1994): "A Swaying Nipple and A Shower of Gold" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #83 (October 1994): "Remembrance of Lives Passed" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #84 (November 1994): "Imagine Ari's Friends, Part One: A Song for the Small Face" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #85 (December 1994): "Imagine Ari's Friends, Part Two: Gates of Light" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #86 (January 1995): "Imagine Ari's Friends, Part Three: the Cup of Knowing" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #87 (February 1995): "Imagine Ari's Friends, Part Four: A Cry for the Great Face" |
| JLA #94 (early May 2004): "Tenth Circle, Part 1" |
| JLA #95 (late May 2004): "Tenth Circle, Part 2" |
| JLA #96 (early June 2004): "Tenth Circle, Part 3" |
| JLA #97 (late June 2004): "Tenth Circle, Part 4" |
| JLA #98 (early July 2004): "Tenth Circle, Part 5" |
| JLA #99 (late July 2004): "Tenth Circle, Conclusion" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 4 #1 (August 2004): "Baptism of Blood" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 4 #2 (September 2004): "Hearts of Darkness" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 4 #3 (October 2004): "A Cold Night's Death" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 4 #4 (November 2004): "The Waters Under the World" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 4 #5 (December 2004): "Hearts of Steel" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 4 #6 (January 2005): "A Brain is a Terrible Thing to Waste" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 4 #7 (February 2005): "Who are... the Devolutionists?" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 4 #8 (March 2005): "A Death in the Family" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 4 #9 (April 2005): "Freaks" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 4 #10 (May 2005): "Hearts & Minds" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 4 #11 (June 2005): "Bitter Memory" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 4 #12 (July 2005): "How to Kill a Ghost!" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 4 #13 (August 2005): "Remembrance of Things Past" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 4 #14 (September 2005): "Ripples" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 4 #15 (October 2005): "The Man Who Lived a Lifetime" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 4 #16 (November 2005): "Convergence Part 1" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 4 #17 (December 2005): "Convergence Part 2" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 4 #18 (January 2006): "Convergence Conclusion" |
| Teen Titans Vol. 3 #32 (March 2006): "Doom's Day" |
| Infinite Crisis #5 (April 2006): "Faith" [Behind the scenes] |
| 52 #1 (July 2006): "Golden Lads & Lasses Must..." |
| Teen Titans Vol. 3 #35 (June 2006): "The New Teen Titans, Part 2" |
| Teen Titans Vol. 3 #36 (July 2006): "The New Teen Titans, Part 3" |
| Teen Titans Vol. 3 #37 (August 2006): "The New Teen Titans, Part 4" |
| Brave and the Bold Vol. 3 #8 (January 2008): "Wally's Choice" |
| 52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen #4 (January 2008): "Siege" |
| 52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen #5 (February 2008): "Dead Reckoning" |
| 52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen #6 (March 2008): "Crescendo" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #18/2 (April 2008): "Meanwhile, Back at Owl Creek Bridge..." |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #22 (August 2008): "The Second Coming, Chapter One: The Widening Gyre" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #23 (September 2008): "The Second Coming, Chapter Two: Things Fall Apart" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #24 (October 2008): "The Second Coming, Chapter Three: The Blood-Dimmed Tide" |
| Final Crisis #7 (March 2009): "New Heaven, New Earth" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 5 #1 (October 2009): "We Who Are About to Die..." |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 5 #2 (November 2009): "Black is (theoretically) Black" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 5 #3 (December 2009): "Earth Science" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 5 #4 (January 2010): "Dead Reckoning" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 5 #5 (February 2010): "Back in Black" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 5 #7 (April 2010): "While You Were Out..." |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 5 #10 (July 2010): "All the King's Men" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 5 #11 (August 2010): "Front and Center" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 5 #12 (September 2010): "False Front" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 5 #13 (October 2010): "I'm Still Rita" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 5 #14 (November 2010): "Power Player!" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 5 #15 (December 2010): "A House Divided" |