| KATANA (Tatsu Yamashiro) | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Mike Barr and Jim Aparo |
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Katana (Tatsu Yamashiro)
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CHRONOLOGY
Katana first appeared in Brave and the Bold #200/2 (July 1983).
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Katana 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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Katana Chronology
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| Batman and the Outsiders #11 (June 1984): "A Sword of Ancient Death" [Flashback] |
| Batman and the Outsiders #12 (July 1984): "To Love Honor and Destroy" [Flashback] |
| Batman and the Outsiders #1 (August 1983): "Wars Ended... Wars Begun!" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #2 (September 1983): "Markovia's Last Stand!" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #3 (October 1983): "Bitter Orange!" |
| Brave and the Bold #200/2 (July 1983): [No Title] |
| Batman and the Outsiders #4 (November 1983): "One-Man Meltdown" |
| New Teen Titans Vol. 1 #37 (December 1983): "Light's Out, Everyone!" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #5 (December 1983): "Psimon Says" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #6 (January 1984): "Death Warmed Over!" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #7 (February 1984): "Cold Hands, Cold Heart!" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #8 (March 1984): "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" |
| World's Finest Comics #300 (February 1984): "A Tale of Two Worlds", or, "Planets In Peril" |
| World's Finest Comics #302 (April 1984): "No Rest for Heroes" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #9/2 (April 1984): "Battle for the Band!" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #9 (April 1984): "Enter: The Masters of Disaster!" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #10 (May 1984): "The Execution of Black Lightning" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #11 (June 1984): "A Sword of Ancient Death" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #12 (July 1984): "To Love Honor and Destroy" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #13 (August 1984): "In the Chill of the Night" |
| Tales of the Teen Titans Annual #3 (1984): "The Judas Contract, Part 4: The Finale" |
| Batman and the Outsiders Annual #1 (1984): "Land Where Our Fathers Died" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #14 (October 1984): "Two By Two" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #15 (November 1984): "Going for the Gold" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #16 (December 1984): "Goodbyes" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #17 (January 1985): "We Are Dying, Egypt--- Dying" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #18 (February 1985): "Who Wears the Crown of Ra?" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #19 (March 1985): "Who's Afraid of the Big Red S?" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #20 (April 1985): "Death and Remembrance" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #21 (May 1985): "The Silent Treatment" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #22 (June 1985): "The Truth About Halo, Part 3: What She Is and How She Came to Be" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #23 (July 1985): "The Truth About Halo, Part 4: The Search for Halo" |
| Red Tornado #3 (September 1985): "The Eye of the Storm" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #24 (August 1985): "...I Went to the Animal Fair..." |
| Batman and the Outsiders #25 (September 1985): "A Serpent in Eden!" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #26 (October 1985): "Serpent in the Sky!" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #27 (November 1985): "War Stars!" |
| DC Comics Presents #83 (July 1985): "Shadow of the Outsider" |
| New Teen Titans Vol. 2 #13 (October 1985): "Crisis!" [Pages 1 through 18] |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #3 (June 1985): "Oblivion Upon Us" [Appearance same as New Teen Titans Vol. 2 #13, page 18] |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #4 (July 1985): "And Thus Shall the World Die!" |
| New Teen Titans Vol. 2 #13 (October 1985): "Crisis!" [Page 19] |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 (August 1985): "Worlds in Limbo" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #6 (September 1985): "3 Earths! 3 Deaths!" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 (October 1985): "Beyond the Silent Night" |
| 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 #12 (March 1986): "Final Crisis" |
| Batman and the Outsiders Annual #2 (1985): "Dissembler at the Wedding" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #28 (December 1985): "The Truth About Looker, Part 1: Abduction From Below" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #29 (January 1986): "The Truth About Looker, Part 2: The People of the Abyss" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #30 (February 1986): "The Truth About Looker, Part 3: This Envious Race!" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #31 (March 1986): "The Truth About Looker, Part 4: Pawn of the World Below!" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #32 (April 1986): "A New War's Winning!" |
| Batman and the Outsiders #32/2 (April 1986): "Looker's Body: An Owner's Manual" |
| Adventures of the Outsiders #33 (May 1986): "A Tiny, Deadly War!" |
| Adventures of the Outsiders #34 (June 1986): "Against All Odds!" |
| Adventures of the Outsiders #35 (July 1986): "Sympathy for the Fûhrer" |
| Adventures of the Outsiders #36 (August 1986): "Agents of Change" |
| Adventures of the Outsiders #37 (September 1986): "Won't You Let Me Take You on a... Sea Cruise?" |
| Adventures of the Outsiders #38 (October 1986): "Many Brave Hearts Are Asleep in the Deep" |
| Adventures of the Outsiders #38/2 (October 1986): "Welcome to L.A." |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #1 (November 1985): "Nuclear Fear, Part 1: Beginning With A Bang!" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #2 (December 1985): "Nuclear Fear Part II: Family Ties" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #3 (January 1986): "Breaking the Bank!" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #4 (February 1986): "Chasing the Dollar!" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #5/2 (March 1986): [No Title] |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #5 (March 1986): "A Christmas Carol 1985" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #6 (April 1986): "...Nothing Can Stop -- The Duke of Oil!" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #7 (May 1986): "Assault on Station Markovia!" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #8 (June 1986): "Ladies Day" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #9/2 (July 1986): "A Tale of Two Kitties" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #9 (July 1986): "Bentama Means Betrayal" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #10 (August 1986): "The People's Heroes" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #11 (September 1986): "No Escape!" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #12 (October 1986): "Nothing Left to Lose" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #13 (November 1986): "Marooned" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #11/3 (September 1986): "Swordless Samurai" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #23 (September 1987): "...And The Rockets Red Glare..." [Flashback] |
| Outsiders Annual Vol. 1 #1 (1986): "The Skull, The Serpent and the Outsiders" |
| Secret Origins Vol. 2 #6/2 (September 1986): "Fallen Angel" [Behind the scenes] |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #14 (December 1986): "The Looker Murder Case" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #15 (January 1987): "BioHazard" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #16 (February 1987): "The Firefly's Blaze of Glory" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #17 (March 1987): "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #18 (April 1987): "Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the Light" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #19/2 (May 1987): "Halo, Senior and Katana, Junior" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #19 (May 1987): "The Winds of Change" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #20 (June 1987): "...An Ill Wind..." |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #21 (July 1987): "Strike Force Kobra" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #22 (August 1987): "Showdown with the Strike Force" |
| Outsiders Special #1 (1987): "From Here to Infinity!" |
| Infinity, Inc. Special #1 (1987): "Siding with the Outsiders!" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #23 (September 1987): "...And The Rockets Red Glare..." |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #24 (October 1987): "Night of Camp David" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #25 (November 1987): "The Eve of Disaster" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #26 (December 1987): "Uneasy Lies the Head" |
| 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" [Appearance same as Millennium #1] |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #27 (January 1988): "Robot Tyrants of Kadeyland" |
| Millennium #3 (January 1988): "Back" |
| Green Lantern Corps #220 (January 1988): "Sacred Identities" [Behind the scenes] |
| Millennium #4 (January 1988): "Forth" |
| Secret Origins Vol. 2 #23 (February 1988): "The Secret Origin of the Guardians of the Universe" [Behind the scenes] |
| Millennium #5 (February 1988): "In" |
| Outsiders Vol. 1 #28 (February 1988): "...a Land Down Under..." |
| Invasion! #2 (1988): "Battleground Earth" |
| Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #53 (May 1991): "The Dragon's Hoard, Part I: Dead Ernest" |
| Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #54 (June 1991): "The Dragon's Hoard, Part II: Divine Wind" |
| Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #55 (July 1991): "The Dragon's Hoard Part III: Dead Man's Hand" |
| Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #56 (August 1991): "The Dragon's Hoard Part IV: Dragon's Teeth" |
| Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #57 (September 1991): "The Dragon's Hoard Part V: Dragon's Blood" |
| War of the Gods #4 (December 1991): "In the Beginning... There Was the End" |
| Showcase '93 #9/2 (September 1993): "The Kobra Kronicles, Part 4: Get Back In Line" |
| Showcase '93 #10/2 (October 1993): "The Kobra Kronicles, Part 5: Big Black Smoke" |
| Showcase '93 #11/2 (November 1993): "The Kobra Kronicles, Part 6: I'm On An Island" |
| Outsiders Vol. 2 #1 Omega (November 1993): "Ashes & Blood" |
| Outsiders Vol. 2 #1 Alpha (November 1993): "Blood & Ashes" |
| Outsiders Vol. 2 #2 (December 1993): "Decline & Fall" |
| Outsiders Vol. 2 #3 (January 1994): "Outsiders Eradicated" |
| Outsiders Vol. 2 #4 (February 1994): "Storming the Palace" |
| Outsiders Vol. 2 #5 (March 1994): "With Friend Like These..." |
| Outsiders Vol. 2 #6 (April 1994): "Hell at 50,000 Feet!" |
| Outsiders Vol. 2 #7 (May 1994): "Friendly Fire" |
| Outsiders Vol. 2 #8 (June 1994): "Shadows of Knight" |
| Outsiders Vol. 2 #9 (July 1994): "Breakout" |
| Outsiders Vol. 2 #10 (August 1994): "Final Blood, Part 1: Into the Abyss...!" |
| Outsiders Vol. 2 #11 (September 1994): "Final Blood, Part 2" |
| Outsiders Vol. 2 #0 (October 1994): "From the Ashes" |
| Outsiders Vol. 2 #12 (November 1994): "Separate But Unequal!" |
| Outsiders Vol. 2 #14 (January 1995): "Proving Ground!" |
| Outsiders Vol. 2 #15 (February 1995): "New Year's Evil" |
| Guy Gardner: Warrior #29 (March 1995): "It's My Party and I'll Fight If I Want To" |
| Outsiders Vol. 2 #18 (May 1995): "Dishonor Thy Father, Part One: Family Ties" |
| Outsiders Vol. 2 #19 (June 1995): "It's Felix Faust's World -- -- We Just Live In It!" |
| Outsiders Vol. 2 #20 (July 1995): "Le Paree -- C'est Fini!" |
| Outsiders Vol. 2 #21 (August 1995): "Steppenwolf At The Door!, Chapter One" |
| Outsiders Vol. 2 #22 (September 1995): "The Armagetto Quest!" |
| Outsiders Vol. 2 #23 (October 1995): "The Eclipso Plague" |
| Outsiders Vol. 2 #24 (November 1995): "One Wedding And A Funeral" |
| Guy Gardner: Warrior #39 (February 1996): "Merriment, Mistletoe, and Mayhem!" |
| Detective Comics #723 (July 1998): "Brotherhood of the Fist, Part Two: Fight Back to Gotham" |
| Day of Judgment #1 (November 1999): "The Summoning" |
| Day of Judgment #3 (November 1999): "Choosing Sides" |
| Day of Judgment #4 (November 1999): "The End of the World As We Know It" |
| Day of Judgment #5 (November 1999): "Soul Search" |
| Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #174 (November 2001): "The Witch and the Warrior, Part One" |
| Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #175 (December 2001): "The Witch and the Warrior, part 2: Girl Frenzy" |
| JLA/JSA: Virtue & Vice (2003): [Virtue & Vice] |
| Superman/Batman #1 (October 2003): "The World's Finest" |
| Superman/Batman #3 (December 2003): "The World's Finest Part Three: Running Wild" |
| Superman/Batman #4 (January 2004): "The World's Finest Part Four: Battle On" |
| Birds of Prey #67 (July 2004): "Sensei & Student, Part Six: Faith & Finality" |
| Identity Crisis #1 (August 2004): "Coffin" |
| Identity Crisis #7 (February 2005): "The Hero's Life" |
| Outsiders Vol. 3 #26 (September 2005): "Tick Tock, Part One" |
| Outsiders Vol. 3 #27 (October 2005): "Tick Tock, Part Two" |
| OMAC Project #6 (November 2005): "Loss of Signal" |
| Outsiders Vol. 3 #31 (February 2006): "Out-of-town Work" |
| Outsiders Vol. 3 #32 (March 2006): "Detour" |
| Outsiders Vol. 3 #33 (April 2006): "Deep Impact" |
| Infinite Crisis #5 (April 2006): "Faith" |
| 52 #1 (July 2006): "Golden Lads & Lasses Must..." |
| Outsiders Vol. 3 #44 (March 2007): "Pay As You Go, Part One: The Skeleton Crew" |
| Outsiders Vol. 3 #45 (April 2007): "Pay As You Go, Part Two: Sins of the Father" |
| Outsiders Vol. 3 #46 (May 2007): "Pay As You Go, Part Three: Friends, Lovers & Other Strangers" |
| Outsiders Annual Vol. 3 #1 (2007): "Pay As You Go: The Wrong to Do the Right" |
| Outsiders Vol. 3 #34 (May 2006): "The Good Fight, Part One: Cain & Abel" |
| Outsiders Vol. 3 #35 (June 2006): "The Good Fight, Part Two: Meet the New Boss" |
| Outsiders Vol. 3 #36 (July 2006): "The Good Fight, Part Three: Gone In A Flash" |
| Outsiders Vol. 3 #37 (August 2006): "Silver and Grey, Part One: Familiar Faces" |
| Outsiders Vol. 3 #38 (September 2006): "Silver and Grey, Part Two: Looking for a Fight" |
| Outsiders Vol. 3 #39 (October 2006): "Silver and Grey, Part Three: Since You're Here, Why Don't You Stay Awhile" |
| Outsiders Vol. 3 #40 (November 2006): "Mad Scientists, Part 1: ...You Make Lemonade" |
| Outsiders Vol. 3 #41 (December 2006): "Mad Scientists, Part 2: Raising the Dead" |
| Outsiders Vol. 3 #42 (January 2007): "Mad Scientists, Part 3: The Weaving Factories" |
| Outsiders Vol. 3 #43 (February 2007): "Mad Scientists, Finale: The Man Behind the Curtain" |
| Outsiders Vol. 3 #47 (July 2007): "CheckOut, Part 2" |
| Outsiders Vol. 3 #48 (August 2007): "CheckOut, Part 4" |
| Outsiders Vol. 3 #49 (September 2007): "CheckOut, Conclusion" |
| Batman and the Outsiders Vol. 2 #1 (December 2007): "The Chrysalis" |
| Batman and the Outsiders Vol. 2 #2 (January 2008): "Infestation" |
| Batman and the Outsiders Vol. 2 #3 (February 2008): "Throwdown" |
| Batman and the Outsiders Vol. 2 #4 (April 2008): "Mission: Creep" |
| Batman and the Outsiders Vol. 2 #5 (May 2008): "Ghosts" |
| Batman and the Outsiders Vol. 2 #6 (June 2008): "Ghost Star" |
| Batman and the Outsiders Vol. 2 #7 (July 2008): "The Snare" |
| Batman and the Outsiders Vol. 2 #8 (August 2008): "The Hard Way" |
| Batman and the Outsiders Vol. 2 #9 (September 2008): "The Uninvited" |
| Batman and the Outsiders Vol. 2 #10 (October 2008): "Monsters" |
| Batman and the Outsiders Vol. 2 #11 (November 2008): "Outsiders No More, Part 1 of 2" |
| Batman and the Outsiders Vol. 2 #12 (December 2008): "Outsiders No More, Part 2 of 2" |
| Batman and the Outsiders Special #1 (March 2009): "Batman and the Outsiders" |
| Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Outsiders #1 (December 2010): "Inside Interference" |
Chronology UncertainIt is currently uncertain where these stories fit into the character's internal chronology. |
| Trinity #11/2 (October 2008 [August 13]): "The Next Step" |
| Trinity #13/2 (October 2008 [August 27]): "Drop the Coffin and Surrender" |
| Trinity #14/2 (November 2008 [September 3]): "--Let the Burning Begin!" |
| Trinity #15 (November 2008 [September 10]): "And I Finally See It" |
| Trinity #15/2 (November 2008 [September 10]): "A Bit of Overkill" |
| Trinity #16/2 (November 2008 [September 17]): "Scattered to the Winds" |
| Trinity #18 (December 2008 [October 1]): "Brave Men and Women" |
| Trinity #52 (July 2009 [May 27]): "Where They Should Be" |