| THUNDERBOLT (Yz) | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier |
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CHRONOLOGY
Thunderbolt first appeared in Flash Comics #1/4 (January 1940).
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Thunderbolt 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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Thunderbolt Chronology
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| Flash Comics #1/4 (January 1940): [The Kidnapping of Johnny Thunder] |
| Secret Origins Vol. 2 #13/3 (April 1987): "The Secret Origin of Johnny Thunder" [Post-Crisis version of Flash Comics #1] |
| Flash Comics #2/4 (February 1940): [Johnny Becomes a Boxer] |
| Flash Comics #3/4 (March 1940): [Johnny vs. Gunpowder Glantz] [Behind the scenes] |
| Flash Comics #4/4 (April 1940): [Johnny Law] |
| Flash Comics #5/4 (May 1940): [G-Man Johnny] |
| Flash Comics #6/5 (June 1940): [Tally Ho!] |
| Flash Comics #7/5 (July 1940): [The Mystery Woman] |
| Flash Comics #8/5 (August 1940): [Theatre Madness] |
| All-Star Comics #3/7 (Winter 1940): "Guarding an Heiress" [Flashback; text story] |
| New York World's Fair Comics #2 (1940): [At the 1940 World's Fair] |
| Flash Comics #9/5 (September 1940): [Magic's in the Air] |
| Flash Comics #10/5 (October 1940): [The Picnic] |
| All-Star Comics #2/6 (fall 1940): [The Darling Apartment] |
| Flash Comics #11/2 (November 1940): [The Crooked Ski Resort] |
| Flash Comics #12/3 (December 1940): [Johnny's Date] |
| Flash Comics #13/2 (January 1941): [The Creeps] |
| All-Star Comics #3 (winter 1940): "The First Meeting of the Justice Society of America" |
| All-Star Comics #4 (March-April 1941): "For America and Democracy" |
| All-Star Squadron #67 (March 1987): "The First Case of the Justice Society of America" [Retells All-Star Comics #4 with new details] |
| All-Star Comics #4/2 (March-April 1941): "A Fortune Teller's Fortune" [Text story] |
| Flash Comics #14/2 (February 1941): [Hunting for Arsonists] |
| Flash Comics #15/2 (March 1941): [Fireman's Folly] |
| Flash Comics #18/2 (June 1941): [Manny Bucks] [Note: Told out of sequence] |
| Flash Comics #16/2 (April 1941): [Secretary] |
| World's Finest Comics #1/4 (spring 1941): [Johnny Drives a Truck] |
| Flash Comics #17/2 (May 1941): [Johnny Plays Baseball] |
| All-Star Comics #5/2 (June-July 1941): "Johnny on the Spot" [Text story] |
| Flash Comics #19/2 (July 1941): [Vacuum Cleaner Salesman] |
| World's Finest Comics #2/4 (summer 1941): [Johnny in the Army] |
| Flash Comics #20/2 (August 1941): [The Fake Accidents] |
| All-Star Comics #6 (August-September 1941): "The Justice Society Initiates Johnny Thunder" |
| Flash Comics #21/2 (September 1941): [Johnny Joins the Rodeo] |
| Flash Comics #22/2 (October 1941): [Johnny's New Adopted Daughter] |
| All-Star Comics #7 (October-November 1941): "The Justice Society of America Raises $1,000,000 for War Orphans" |
| Impulse: Bart Saves the Universe (March 1999): "Bart Saves the Universe" |
| All-Star Squadron Annual #3 (1984): [No Title] [Flashback] |
| World's Finest Comics #3/4 (fall 1941): "The Story of the Man Who Couldn't Lose" |
| Flash Comics #23/2 (November 1941): [Shopping Trip] |
| Flash Comics #24/2 (December 1941): [The Party for Poor Children] |
| All-Star Comics #8 (December 1941-January 1942): "Two New Members Win Their Spurs" |
| All-Star Comics #8/2 (December 1941-January 1942): "Sky Cutups" [Behind the scenes] |
| Flash Comics #25/2 (January 1942): [Johnny's Messenger Service] |
| Flash Comics #26/2 (February 1942): [Johnny's Messenger Service] |
| Flash Comics #27/2 (March 1942): [Drifting Down the Amazon] |
| All-Star Comics #9 (February-March 1942): [Hemisphere Defense] |
| Flash Comics #28/2 (April 1942): [Peachy Pet's Plane Ride] |
| All-Star Comics #10 (April-May 1942): "The Case of the Bomb Defense Formula" |
| Flash Comics #29/2 (May 1942): [Spooks] |
| Flash Comics #30/2 (June 1942): [Peachy Pet Controls the Thunderbolt] |
| Flash Comics #31/2 (July 1942): [One More Chance] |
| Justice League of America #193/2 (August 1981): "The All-Star Squadron" |
| All-Star Squadron #3 (November 1981): "The Dooms of Dark December" |
| All-Star Squadron #4 (December 1981): "Day of the Dragon King" |
| All-Star Squadron #20 (April 1983): "For the Dark Things Cannot Stand the Light" [Flashback] |
| All-Star Comics #11 (June-July 1942): "The Justice Society Joins the War on Japan" [Pages 4-55] |
| All-Star Squadron #19 (March 1983): "Death Considered As a State of Mind" [Appearance same as All-Star Comics #11] |
| All-Star Squadron #21 (May 1983): "A Tale of Three Citadels" |
| All-Star Squadron #28 (December 1983): "By Hatred Possessed" |
| All-Star Comics #12 (August-September 1942): "The Black Dragon Menace" |
| All-Star Squadron #30 (February 1984): "Day of the Black Dragon" [Flashback: Appearance same as All-Star Comics #12] |
| Flash Comics #32/2 (August 1942): [The Navy is Looking for You, Johnny] [Pg 6] |
| Flash Comics #33/2 (September 1942): [Peachy Pet, Navy Mascot] |
| Flash Comics #34/3 (October 1942): [Out at Sea] |
| Flash Comics #35/3 (November 1942): [Peachy Pet: Problem] |
| Flash Comics #36/3 (December 1942): [One of Our Lifeboats is Missing] |
| Flash Comics #37/3 (January 1943): [Dry Land] |
| Flash Comics #38/3 (February 1943): [Homecoming] |
| All-Star Comics #13 (October-November 1942): "Shanghaied into Space" |
| All-Star Squadron #58/2 (June 1986): "Shanghaied into Hyperspace! Interlude Seven" [Appearance same as All-Star Comics #13 pages 43-48] |
| All-Star Squadron #60 (August 1986): "The End of the Beginning!" [Appearance same as All-Star Comics #13 pages 55-56] |
| Flash Comics #39/3 (March 1943): [Count Orf] |
| Young All-Stars Annual #1 (1988): "The Mekanique Paradox" |
| All-Star Comics #14 (December 1942-January 1943): "Food for Starving Patriots" |
| Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #131 (March 1998): "Past Imperfect" [Flashback] |
| Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #133 (May 1998): "Masquerade" |
| All-Star Comics #15 (February-March 1943): "The Man Who Created Images" |
| Flash Comics #40/3 (April 1943): [Keep Away Unless You're a Diver] |
| All-Star Comics #16 (April-May 1943): "The Justice Society of America Fights for a United America" |
| Flash Comics #41/3 (May 1943): [The Movie Company Fire] |
| Wonder Woman Vol. 1 #232 (June 1977): "A Duel of Gods" |
| Flash Comics #42/2 (June 1943): [The Homesick Thunderbolt] |
| All-Star Comics #17 (June-July 1943): "Brain Wave Goes Berserk" |
| Flash Comics #43/2 (July 1943): [The Pet] |
| Flash Comics #44/2 (August 1943): [The Subway Chase] |
| Flash Comics #45/2 (September 1943): [The Art Museum Escapade] |
| Flash Comics #46/2 (October 1943): [Work! Work! Work!] |
| All-Star Comics #18 (fall 1943): "Insects Turn to Crime" |
| Flash Comics #47/2 (November 1943): [Pranks on Ship] |
| Flash Comics #48/2 (December 1943): [The Artist] |
| Flash Comics #49/2 (January 1944): [Impossible Assignment] |
| Flash Comics #50/2 (February 1944): [The Thunderbolt Impersonates Johnny] |
| Flash Comics #51/2 (March 1944): [This is a House] |
| Flash Comics #52/2 (April 1944): [Peachy Pet in Berlin] |
| Flash Comics #53/2 (May 1944): [Sabotage in Berlin] |
| All-Star Comics #19 (winter 1943): "The Crimes Set to Music" |
| All-Star Comics #20 (spring 1944): "The Movie That Changed a Man's Life" |
| All-Star Comics #21 (summer 1944): "The Man Who Relived His Life" |
| Flash Comics #56/4 (August 1944): [Peachy Goes to Hollywood] |
| Flash Comics #57/4 (September 1944): [Storming Hollywood] |
| Flash Comics #58/4 (October 1944): [Peachy Pet's Job] |
| All-Star Comics #22 (fall 1944): "The Test of Time" |
| Flash Comics #59/4 (November 1944): [Johnny Kids Peachy] |
| Flash Comics #60/4 (December 1944): [Johnny Thunder, Ace Reporter] |
| DC Universe Holiday Bash #2/6 (1998): "I Left My Heart at the Justice Society Cantina" |
| Flash Comics #61/4 (January 1945): [Hot News] |
| All-Star Comics #23 (winter 1944): "The Plunder of the Psycho-Pirate" |
| Flash Comics #63/3 (March 1945): [Johnny Rents a House] |
| All-Star Comics #24 (spring 1945): "This is Our Enemy" |
| Spectre Vol. 3 #20 (July 1994): "Spear of Destiny, Part Two: Strange Friends" [Flashback] |
| All-Star Comics Vol. 2 #1 (early May 1999): "Time's Keeper" |
| All-American Comics Vol. 2 #1 (May 1999): "Cold Heart" |
| All-Star Comics Vol. 2 #2 (late May 1999): "Time's Arrow" |
| JSA: Strange Adventures #1 (October 2004): "It Was a Dark and Stormy Night..." [Flashback] |
| JSA: Strange Adventures #1 (October 2004): "It Was a Dark and Stormy Night..." |
| JSA: Strange Adventures #2 (November 2004): "Ray Guns and Bug-Eyed Monsters" |
| JSA: Strange Adventures #3 (December 2004): "The Lurker in the Clouds" |
| JSA: Strange Adventures #4 (January 2005): "All in Color for a Dime" |
| JSA: Strange Adventures #5 (February 2005): "Life of a Madman" |
| JSA: Strange Adventures #6 (March 2005): "Thunder and Lightning" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 2 #6 (January 1993): "Give Me Liberty..." [Flashback] |
| Last Days of the Justice Society Special #1 (1986): "Last Days of the Justice Society of America" [Flashback] |
| Flash Comics #64/3 (April-May 1945): [Cousin Howie] |
| Flash Comics #65/2 (June-July 1945): [Angel] |
| All-Star Comics #25 (summer 1945): "The Forgotten Crime" |
| Flash Comics #66/2 (August-September 1945): [Cheerful Service Week] |
| All-Star Comics #26 (fall 1945): "Vampires of the Void" |
| All-Star Comics 80-Page Giant #1/2 (September 1999): "P.O.V. A Fable" |
| Flash Comics #67/2 (October-November 1945): [Johnny and the Beanstalk] |
| Flash Comics #68/2 (December 1945-January 1946): [Peachy Pet Digs Up a Bright Idea] |
| All-Star Comics #27 (winter 1945): "A Place in the World" |
| Flash Comics #69/2 (February-March 1946): [Peachy and Shocko] |
| Flash Comics #70/2 (April 1946): [Ancient Egyptian History] |
| All-Star Comics #28 (April-May 1946): "The Painting That Walked the Earth" |
| Flash Comics #71/4 (May 1946): [Peachy Pet -- Prisoner] |
| Flash Comics #72/4 (June 1946): [Salesman John] |
| All-Star Comics #29 (June-July 1946): "The Man Who Knew Too Much" |
| Flash Comics #73/4 (July 1946): [Peachy Pet's Birthday] |
| Flash Comics #74/4 (August 1946): [Johnny the Editor] |
| All-Star Comics #30 (August-September 1946): "The Dreams of Madness" |
| Flash Comics #75/4 (September 1946): [The Missing Paper] |
| Flash Comics #76/3 (October 1946): [The Dog Bandits] |
| All-Star Comics #31 (October-November 1946): "The Workshop of Willie Wonder" |
| Flash Comics #77/3 (November 1946): [No Title] |
| Flash Comics #78/4 (December 1946): [Reward for Johnny Thunder] |
| All-Star Comics #32 (December 1946-January 1947): "The Return of the Psycho-Pirate" |
| Flash Comics Miniature (1946): "Farewell to Crime!" |
| All-Star Comics #33 (February-March 1947): "The Revenge of Solomon Grundy" |
| Flash Comics #84/4 (June 1947): "Summer Snowstorm" |
| Flash Comics #85/3 (July 1947): [Picnic] |
| Flash Comics #86/2 (August 1947): "The Black Canary" |
| Flash Comics #88/3 (October 1947): "The Map That Wasn't There" |
| Flash Comics #89/3 (November 1947): "Produce the Crime" |
| Flash Comics #90/3 (December 1947): "Triple Exposure" |
| Flash Comics #91/2 (January 1948): "The Tumbling Trees" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #62 (February 2000): "Grand Guignol, Premiere Partie: ...And What Went Before." [Flashback] |
| JSA #72 (June 2005): "JSA/JSA" |
| Adventure Comics 80-Page Giant #1/1 (October 1998): "Darkness Fallen" |
| Justice League of America #220 (November 1983): "The Doppelganger Gambit" [Flashback; Pre-Crisis Continuity Only] |
| JLA: Year One #11 (November 1998): "Stalag Earth" |
| JLA: Year One #12 (December 1998): "Justice For All" |
| Justice League of America #37 (August 1965) : "Earth--Without a Justice League!" |
| Justice League of America #38 (September 1965): "Crisis on Earth-A" |
| Justice League of America #55 (August 1967): "The Super-Crisis That Struck Earth-Two" |
| Justice League of America #56 (September 1967): "The Negative-Crisis of Earths One-Two" |
| Justice League of America #82 (August 1970): "Peril of the Paired Planets" |
| Justice League of America #83 (September 1970): "Where Valor Fails... Will Magic Triumph?" |
| Justice League of America #100 (August 1972): "The Unknown Soldier of Victory" |
| Justice League of America #102 (October 1972): "And One of Us Must Die" |
| Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #9 (April 2000): "The Final Hour for the 7 Soldiers of Victory" [Flashback to Justice League of America #100-102 with new details] |
| Justice League of America #123 (October 1975): "Where on Earth am I?" |
| Justice League of America #124 (November 1975): "Avenging Ghosts of the Justice Society" |
| Justice League of America #137 (December 1976): "Crisis in Tomorrow!" |
| Justice League of America #195 (October 1981): "Targets on Two Worlds" |
| Justice League of America #196 (November 1981): "Countdown to Crisis" |
| Justice League of America #197 (December 1981): "Crisis in Limbo" |
| Justice League of America #219 (October 1983): "Crisis in the Thunderbolt Dimension" |
| Justice League of America #220 (November 1983): "The Doppelganger Gambit" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 (August 1985): "Worlds in Limbo" |
| 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" |
| Last Days of the Justice Society Special #1 (1986): "Last Days of the Justice Society of America" |
| Sandman Vol. 2 #26 (May 1991): "Seasons of Mists: Chapter 5" [Behind the Scenes] |
| War of the Gods #2 (October 1991): "The Holy Wars" |
| Armageddon: Inferno #3 (June 1992): "The Last Hope" |
| Armageddon: Inferno #4 (July 1992): "The Gathering of Heroes" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 2 #3 (October 1992): "Out of the Past" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 2 #5 (December 1992): "Only Human" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 2 #7 (February 1993): "...Or Give Me Death!" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 2 #9 (April 1993): "Heart of Darkness, Eyes of Hate!" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 2 #10 (May 1993): "JSA No More?" |
| Primal Force #12 (October 1995): "Virtues" |
| JLA #26 (February 1999): "Our Army At War" |
| JLA #29 (May 1999): "Crisis Times Five, Part 2: World Turned Upside Down..." |
| JLA #30 (June 1999): "Crisis Times Five, Part 3: Worlds Beyond" |
| JLA #31 (July 1999): "Crisis Times Five, Part 4: Gods & Monsters" |
| Supergirl Vol. 4 #65 (February 2002): "Louder Than Words" |
| JSA #29 (December 2001): "Kids" |
| JSA #32 (March 2002): "Stealing Thunder. Prologue" |
| JSA #37 (August 2002): "Stealing Thunder Part 5: Crossing Over" |
As Johnny Thunderbolt |
| JSA #38 (September 2002): "Father's Day" |
| Young Justice #50 (December 2002): "Fighting Maad Part Four: MUBAR (Messed Up Beyond All Recognition)" |
| JSA #46 (May 2003): "Princes of Darkness Part 1: Into the Valley" |
| JSA #50 (September 2003): "Princes of Darkness Part 5: The Last Light" |
| JSA #51 (October 2003): "Princes of Darkness Coda: Justice Eternity" |
| JSA #52 (November 2003): "Brand New Day" |
| JSA #54 (January 2004): "Virtue, Vice & Pumpkin Pie" |
| JSA #66 (December 2004): "Out of Time Part II" |
| JSA #74 (August 2005): "Black Vengeance, Part 2" |
As Thunderbolt |
| JSA #79 (January 2006): "Lost and Found Part Two" [Flashback] |
| JSA #78 (December 2005): "Lost and Found Part One" |
| JSA #79 (January 2006): "Lost and Found Part Two" |
| JSA #80 (February 2006): "Lost and Found Part Three" |
| JSA: Classified #6 (February 2006): "Honor Among Thieves Part 2" |
| JSA: Classified #7 (March 2006): "Honor Among Thieves Part 3" |
| JSA #81 (March 2006): "My Heroes" |
| JSA: Classified #28 (September 2007): "Problem Solved" |
| 52 #1 (July 2006): "Golden Lads & Lasses Must..." |
| World War III #3 (June 2007): "Hell is for Heroes" |
| 52 #50 (June 2007): "World War III" |
| World War III #4 (June 2007): "United We Stand" |
| 52 #51 (June 2007): "Homecoming" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #12 (March 2008): "Thy Kingdom Come: New Recruits" |
| 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 #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" |
| Final Crisis #3 (September 2008): "Know Evil" |
| Action Comics #873 (March 2009): "New Krypton, Part Ten: Birth of a Nation" |
| 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" |
| Blackest Night #1 (September 2009): "Blackest Night" |