| DESAAD | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Jack Kirby |
Desaad
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CHRONOLOGY
Desaad first appeared in Forever People Vol. 1 #2 (April-May 1971).
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Desaad 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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Desaad Chronology
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| Jack Kirby's Fourth World #2/2 (April 1997): "Apokolips" |
| Jack Kirby's Fourth World #3/2 (May 1997): "Mother & Sons" |
| Jack Kirby's Fourth World #5/2 (July 1997): "O, Deadly Darkseid" |
| New Gods Vol. 1 #7 (February-March 1972): "The Pact" |
| New Gods Vol. 1 #2 (April-May 1971): "O' Deadly Darkseid" |
| Forever People Vol. 1 #2 (April-May 1971): "Super War" |
| Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #116 (November 1971): "Hall of 1000 Mirrors" [No longer part of continuity] |
| Forever People Vol. 1 #3 (June-July 1971): "Life vs. Anti-Life" |
| Forever People Vol. 1 #4 (August-September 1971): "The Kingdom of the Damned" |
| Forever People Vol. 1 #5 (October-November 1971): "Sonny Sumo" |
| Forever People Vol. 1 #6 (December 1971-January 1972): "The Omega Effect" |
| Forever People Vol. 1 #8 (April-May 1972): "The Power" |
| Forever People Vol. 1 #11 (October-November 1972): "Devilance the Pursuer" |
| New Gods Vol. 1 #11 (October-November 1972): "Darkseid and Sons" |
| New Gods Vol. 1 #17 (April 1978): "The Memory Machine" |
| New Gods Vol. 1 #18 (June 1978): "The Song of the Source" |
| New Gods Vol. 1 #19 (August 1978): "The Secret Within Us" |
| Adventure Comics #459/4 (September-October 1978): "Climax of Chaos" |
| Adventure Comics #460/3 (November-December 1978): "Pursuit to Eternity" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #8 (November 1985): "A Flash of the Lightning!" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #12 (March 1986): "Final Crisis" |
| Legends #1 (November 1986): "Once Upon a Time...!" |
| Legends #2 (December 1986): "Breach of Faith!" |
| Legends #3 (January 1987): "Send for... the Suicide Squad!" |
| Legends #4 (February 1987): "Cry' Havoc...!" |
| Warlord Vol. 1 #114 (February 1987): "When A Legend Dies" |
| Warlord Vol. 1 #115 (March 1987): "The Citadel of Fear" |
| Mister Miracle Special #1 (1987): "No Escape From Destiny!!!" |
| Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #3 (July 1987): "Jailbreak" |
| Warlord Vol. 1 #120 (August 1987): "Vale of the Snowmen" |
| Warlord Vol. 1 #121 (September 1987): "Clouds of War" |
| Warlord Annual Vol. 1 #6 (1987): "When the Gods Make War" |
| Superman Vol. 2 #16 (April 1988): "He Only Laughs When I Hurt!" |
| Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #16 (May 1988): "Bird of Paradise / Bird of Prey!" [Behind the scenes] |
| Action Comics #600 (May 1988): "Different Worlds" |
| Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #76 (October 1988): "Heart of Fire" |
| Cosmic Odyssey #1 (1988): "Discovery" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #1 (February 1989): "Hordes" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #3 (April 1989): "Tests and the Truth" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #4 (May 1989): "The Armageddon Trap!" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #5 (June 1989): "Extermination!" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #6 (July 1989): "People Too Stupid to Die!" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #7 (August 1989): "Bloodline Part One" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #8 (September 1989): "Bloodline Part Two" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #10 (November 1989): "Bloodline Part Four" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #11 (December 1989): "Bloodline Part Five" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #12 (January 1990): "Bloodline Part Six" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #15 (April 1990): "Savage Soul!" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #16 (May 1990): "Super Ego!" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #19 (August 1990): "Homecoming!" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #20 (September 1990): "The Author of My Being!" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #23 (February 1991): "Lingering Melody" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #24 (March 1991): "Matter of Survival!" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #25 (April 1991): "The Second Pact!" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #26 (May 1991): "Gods Never Die" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #27 (July 1991): "Memories of a Stranger" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #28 (August 1991): "More Deaths than One Must Die!" |
| War of the Gods #1 (September 1991): "Hellfire's Web" |
| War of the Gods #3 (November 1991): "Casualties of War" |
| War of the Gods #4 (December 1991): "In the Beginning... There Was the End" |
| Adventures of Superman #495 (October 1992): [39] "The Hand that Robs the Cradle!" |
| Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey #1 (1994): "Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey" |
| Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey #2 (1994): "Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey" |
| Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey #3 (1994): "Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey" |
| Guy Gardner: Warrior #29 (March 1995): "It's My Party and I'll Fight If I Want To" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 3 #61 (April 1995): "Picnic" |
| Superman Vol. 2 #104 (September 1995): [35] "Revenge of Apokolips" |
| Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #101 (September 1995): "Second Genesis" |
| Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #102 (October 1995): "Second Genesis, Part Two" |
| New Gods Vol. 3 #1 (October 1995): "Attack on the Source!" |
| New Gods Vol. 3 #4 (January 1996): "The Flowers of Hell" |
| New Gods Vol. 3 #6 (March 1996): "Destruction of the Beast!" |
| New Gods Vol. 3 #7 (April 1996): "The End of the Gods" |
| New Gods Vol. 3 #10 (August 1996): "Sacrifice of the Gods" |
| New Gods Vol. 3 #11 (September 1996): "Restoration" |
| New Gods Vol. 3 #13 (December 1996): "Night of the Falling Sky" |
| Jack Kirby's Fourth World #4 (June 1997): "Back from the Source" [Behind the scenes] |
| Jack Kirby's Fourth World #5 (July 1997): "A Choice of Gods" [Behind the scenes] |
| Jack Kirby's Fourth World #6 (August 1997): "Schism" |
| Jack Kirby's Fourth World #7 (September 1997): "The Way of the Warrior" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 3 #91 (October 1997): "Torture" |
| Jack Kirby's Fourth World #9 (November 1997): "Sons of the Father" |
| Darkseid (Villains) #1 (February 1998): "Shadows in a Greater Darkness" |
| Jack Kirby's Fourth World #10 (December 1997): "AfterMath" |
| Jack Kirby's Fourth World #11 (January 1998): "Fire & Ice" |
| Jack Kirby's Fourth World #12 (February 1998): "Wednesday's Child" |
| Jack Kirby's Fourth World #13 (March 1998): [No Title] |
| Jack Kirby's Fourth World #14 (April 1998): "Such Dreams May Come" |
| Jack Kirby's Fourth World #18 (August 1998): "O Deadly Darkseid" |
| Jack Kirby's Fourth World #19 (September 1998): "Genesis Rising" |
| New Gods Secret Files #1 (September 1998): "Learn... and Live!" |
| New Gods Secret Files #1/2 (September 1998): "The Beginning of the End..." |
| A. Bizarro #3 (September 1999): "Nine-Inch Sonic Pumpkins" |
| Orion #1 (June 2000): "O Beautiful for Spacious Skies..." |
| Orion #2 (July 2000): "...For Amber Waves of Grain!" |
| Orion #3 (August 2000): "...For Purple Mountain Majesties!" |
| Orion #4 (September 2000): "Above the Fruited Plain..." |
| Orion #5 (October 2000): "Day of Wrath" |
| Orion #6 (November 2000): "The King is Dead...Long Live the King!" |
| Orion #7 (December 2000): "Tough Love!" |
| Orion #8 (January 2001): "The Righteous Treacheries of Desaad! Or Orion Rules!" |
| Orion #9 (February 2001): "The Electro Death of Honour!" |
| Orion #11 (April 2001): "Orion Rules!" |
| Orion #12/2 (May 2001): "The Ordering of Apokolips" |
| Avengers/JLA #2 (October 2003): "A Contest of Champions" |
| Countdown #51 (July 2007): "Look to the Skies" |
| Countdown #40 (September 2007): "Small Wonders" |
| Countdown #34 (November 2007): "Searching for Answers" |
| Countdown #25 (January 2008): "Bedlam Below!" |
| Countdown #24 (January 2008): "Prime Example" |
| Countdown #21 (February 2008): "Down and Out... and Beyond" |
| Countdown #12 (April 2008): "Come Together" |
| Countdown #11 (April 2008): "Eye of the Beholder" |
| Countdown #10 (April 2008): "The Gods Must Be Crazy!" |
| Countdown #9 (April 2008): "Pay the Piper" |
Chronology UncertainIt is currently uncertain where these stories fit into the character's internal chronology. |
| Action Comics #643 (July 1989): "Superman on Earth" |
| Adventures of Superman #456 (July 1989): "Redemption!" |
| Death of the New Gods #1 (early December 2007): "So Begins... the End" |
| Death of the New Gods #2 (late December 2007): "Celestial Genocide" |
| Death of the New Gods #3 (January 2008): "Armageddon Tarantella" |
| Death of the New Gods #4 (February 2008): "Bearing Witness" |
| Detective Comics #837 (December 2007): "Honor Among Thieves" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 3 #56 (November 1994): "Last of the Breed" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 3 #101 (early August 1998): "Emerald Knights, Part 1: Coming To Terms" |
| Justice League America #88 (May 1994): "Rage Against the Machine" |
| Justice League International Vol. 2 #64 (May 1994): "Immortal Truth" |
| Martian Manhunter Vol. 2 #34 (September 2001): "In My Life Part Two" |
| Superman Vol. 2 #35/2 (September 1989): "The Racer's Edge" |
| Superman/Batman #37 (late August 2007): "Torment, Part 1" |
| Superman/Batman #38 (September 2007): "Torment, Part 2: Crack-Up" |
| Superman/Batman #39 (October 2007): "Torment, Part 3: Helpless" |
| Superman/Batman #40 (November 2007): "Torment, Part 4: Trapped" |
| Superman/Batman #41 (December 2007): "Torment, Part 5: Purgatory" |
| Superman/Batman #42 (early January 2008): "Torment, Part 6: Release" |