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 DOCTOR POLARIS (Neal Emerson)CHRONOLOGY 
Created by John Broome and Gil Kane

The Original Universe

CHRONOLOGY

Doctor Polaris first appeared in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #21 (June 1963).

Below is the definitive list of appearances of Doctor Polaris 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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Doctor Polaris Chronology

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Green Lantern Vol. 2 #21 (June 1963): "The Man Who Mastered Magnetism"
Justice League of America #35 (May 1965): "Battle Against the Bodiless Uniforms"
Green Lantern Vol. 2 # (July 1966): "The End of a Gladiator"
Green Lantern Vol. 2 #47 (September 1966): "Green Lantern Lives Again"
Green Lantern Vol. 2 #65 (December 1968): "Dry Up--And Die"
DC Super-Stars #10 (December 1976): "The Great Super-Star Game"
World's Finest Comics #260/3 (December 1979-January 1980): "Lure of the Magnetic Menace"
Green Lantern Vol. 2 #133 (October 1980): "Nightmare at the North Pole"
Green Lantern Vol. 2 #134 (November 1980): "Mind Over Magnetism"
Green Lantern Vol. 2 #135 (December 1980): "Doctor Polaris Conquers the Universe"
New Teen Titans Vol. 1 #17 (March 1982): "The Possessing of Francis [sic] Kane"
Wonder Woman Vol. 1 #303 (May 1983): "Mystery of the Magnetic Menace"
Wonder Woman Vol. 1 #304 (June 1983): "Polaris Means Peril"
Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 (April 1985): "The Summoning!"
Crisis on Infinite Earths #2 (May 1985): "Time and Time Again!"
Crisis on Infinite Earths #3 (June 1985): "Oblivion Upon Us"
Crisis on Infinite Earths #4 (July 1985): "And Thus Shall the World Die!"
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!"
Green Lantern Corps #201 (June 1986): "Setting Up Shop"
Green Lantern Corps #202 (July 1986): "Turf!"
Green Lantern Corps #203 (August 1986): "The Diabolical Doctor Ub'x!"
Starman Vol. 1 #17 (December 1989): "Deadly Attraction"
Starman Vol. 1 #18 (January 1990): "Your Mother Should Know"
Ray Vol. 1 #4 (May 1992): "Lies"
Ray Vol. 1 #5 (June 1992): "Emerson Must Die"
Ray Vol. 1 #6 (July 1992): "Day of the Ray"
Ray Vol. 2 #3 (July 1994): "The Man With No Lungs"
Ray Vol. 2 #4 (August 1994): "Free!"
Damage #9 (January 1995): "Fragments, Part II: Family Ties"
Green Lantern Vol. 3 #59 (February 1995): "Green Christmas"
Underworld Unleashed #1 (November 1995): "Underworld Unleashed"
Underworld Unleashed #2 (early December 1995): "The Devil to Pay"
Hawkman Vol. 3 #28 (January 1996): "Free Fall"
Steel #29 (August 1996): "The Price"
Flash Vol. 2 #114 (June 1996): "Race Against Time!, Ch. 2: Sibling Rivalry"
Flash Vol. 2 #115 (July 1996): "Race Against Time!, Ch. 3: Speed Metal"
Flash Vol. 2 #116 (August 1996): "Race Against Time!, Ch. 4: Flash Frozen"
Flash Vol. 2 #117 (September 1996): "Race Against Time!, Finish Line: Double Team"
Final Night #1 (November 1996): "Dusk"
Green Lantern Plus #1 (December 1996): "Magnetic Personalities"
Xero #6 (October 1997): "The Villain"
Aquaman Vol. 5 #40 (January 1998): "Doctor in the House"
Aquaman Vol. 5 #41 (February 1998): "Babewatch"
Green Lantern Vol. 3 #96 (March 1998): "Three of A Kind, Part 1"
Green Arrow Vol. 2 #130 (March 1998): "Three of a Kind, Part 2: Death at the Top of the World"
Flash Vol. 2 #135 (March 1998): "Death at the Top of the World, Part III"
Joker: Last Laugh #1 (December 2001): "Stir Crazy"
Joker: Last Laugh #2 (December 2001): "Siege Mentality"
JLA #59 (December 2001): "Bipolar Disorder"
Joker: Last Laugh #6 (January 2002): "You Only Laugh Twice"
Power Company #14 (May 2003): "The 'Bobo the Kitten' Gambit" [Flashback]
Power Company #9 (December 2002): "Power Loss Part Two: Mortal Wounds" [Flashback]
Power Company #13 (April 2003): "Saving the World"
Power Company #14 (May 2003): "The 'Bobo the Kitten' Gambit"
Infinite Crisis #1 (December 2005): "DC Comics Presents Infinite Crisis"

ZZChronology Uncertain

It is currently uncertain where these stories fit into the character's internal chronology.

Trinity #27/2 (February 2009 [December 3, 2008]): "Here and There and Everywhere"
Trinity #29/2 (February 2009 [December 17, 2008]): "Not On My Watch"
Trinity #30/2 (February 2009 [December 24, 2008]): "This is What We Need to Know"
Trinity #31 (February 2009 [December 31, 2008]): "The Empress, the Chariot and Judgment"
Trinity #33/2 (March 2009 [January 14]): "To Reflect Her Nature"
Trinity #39 (April 2009 [February 25]): "Metropolis"
Trinity #40 (May 2009 [March 4]): "Returned"