| BLACK MASK II (Jeremiah Arkham) | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle |
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CHRONOLOGY
Black Mask first appeared in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1 (June 1992) (as Jeremiah Arkham)
Batman: Battle for the Cowl #1 (May 2009) (as Black Mask II).
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Black Mask 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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Black Mask Chronology
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As Jeremiah Arkham |
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1 (June 1992): "The Last Arkham, Part One" [Flashback] |
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #2 (July 1992): "The Last Arkham, Part Two" [Flashback] |
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1 (June 1992): "The Last Arkham, Part One" |
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #3 (August 1992): "The Last Arkham, Part Three" |
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #4 (September 1992): "The Last Arkham, Part Four" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #491 (April 1993): "The Freedom of Madness!" |
| Showcase '94 #3 (March 1994): "Madmen Across the Water" |
| Showcase '94 #4 (April 1994): "Madmen Across the Water" |
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #33 (December 1994): "Prodigal, Part Six" |
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #37 (April 1995): "The Joker, Part 1: The King of Comedy" |
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #38 (May 1995): "The Joker, Part 2: Tears of a Clown" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #523 (October 1995): "Scarecrow, Part 1: Dark Wings Fly Away In Fear" |
| Underworld Unleashed: Batman - Devil's Asylum #1 (1995): "Arkham: Devil's Asylum" |
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #46 (January 1996): "Cornelius Stirk, Part One" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #529 (April 1996): "Contagion, Part 6: Tears of Blood" |
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #56 (November 1996): "Leaves of Grass, Part 1: Twin Peaks" |
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #62 (May 1997): "Janus, Part One: Two's Company, Three's a Corpse" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #544 (July 1997): "The Major Arcana, Part One: Jokin' With Mister D." |
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #69 (December 1997): "The Spirit of 2000, Part One" |
| Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #4 (October 2003): "Tic Toc" [Flashback] |
| Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #2 (August 2003): "Bits & Pieces" |
| Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #3 (September 2003): "Cracked Up" |
| Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #4 (October 2003): "Tic Toc" |
| Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #5 (November 2003): "Patterns" |
| Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #6 (December 2003): "Rhyme and Reason" |
| Batman: Arkham Asylum - Tales of Madness #1 (May 1998): "Tales of Madness" |
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #80 (December 1998): "Road to No Man's Land: Wax Man and the Clown" |
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #81 (January 1999): "Road to No Man's Land: Wax Man and the Clown" |
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #82 (February 1999): "Road to No Man's Land: Wax Man and the Clown Part 3" |
| Batman/Scarface: A Psychodrama (2001): [A Psychodrama] |
| Batman and the Outsiders Vol. 2 #11 (November 2008): "Outsiders No More, Part 1 of 2" |
As Black Mask II |
| Batman: Battle for the Cowl #1 (May 2009): "Batman: Battle for the Cowl - A Hostile Takeover" |
| Batman: Battle for the Cowl #2 (June 2009): "Batman: Battle for the Cowl - Army of One" |
| Batman: Battle for the Cowl #3 (July 2009): "Batman: Battle for the Cowl - Last Man Standing" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #689 (October 2009): "Long Shadows, Part Two: New Day, New Knight" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #690 (November 2009): "Long Shadows, Part Three: Tripwires" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #691 (early December 2009): "Long Shadows, Conclusion: Two Knights, Two Faces" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #692 (late December 2009): "Life After Death, Part 1: The Awakening" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #693 (January 2010): "Life After Death, Part 2: Charades" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #694 (February 2010): "Life After Death, Part 3: Fractured Pieces" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #695 (March 2010): "Life After Death, Part 4: Smoke and Mirrors" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #696 (April 2010): "Life After Death, Part 5: Mind Games" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #697 (May 2010): "Life After Death, Part 6: Liberator" |
| Detective Comics #864 (June 2010): "Beneath the Mask" |
| Detective Comics #865 (July 2010): "Face Off" |
| Gotham City Sirens #23 (July 2011): "X Friends, Part One" |
Chronology UncertainIt is currently uncertain where these stories fit into the character's internal chronology. |
| Arkham Reborn #1 (December 2009): "Arkham Reborn, Part One: ...The Raggedy Man" |
| Arkham Reborn #2 (January 2010): "Arkham Reborn, Part Two: ...Just Desserts" |
| Arkham Reborn #3 (February 2010): "Arkham Reborn, Part Three: ...The Ghost in the Machine" |
| Azrael: Agent of the Bat #49 (February 1999): "Gotham City Must Die!" |
| Batman: Streets of Gotham #2 (September 2009): "City On Fire" |
| Batman: Streets of Gotham #2/2 (September 2009): "Who in the Hell is 'Jane Doe'?" |
| Batman: Streets of Gotham #3 (October 2009): "Hush Money" |
| Batman: Streets of Gotham #4/2 (November 2009): "Two Steps Forward..." |
| Batman: Streets of Gotham #6 (January 2010): "Leviathan, Part 2" |
| Batman: Streets of Gotham #8/2 (March 2010): "Strange Bedfellows" |
| Batman: Streets of Gotham #11/2 (June 2010): "A Gathering Storm..." |
| Battle for the Cowl: Arkham Asylum #1 (June 2009): "Arkham Asylum: The Place Where Beauty Lies" |
| Battle for the Cowl: The Underground #1 (June 2009): "The Underground" |
| Creeper #7 (June 1998): "Madhouse" |