| DOLL MAN I (Darrel Dane) | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by William Erwin Maxwell (Will Eisner?) |
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CHRONOLOGY
Doll Man first appeared in Feature Comics #27 (December 1939) [Quality].
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Doll Man 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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Doll Man Chronology
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| Feature Comics #27 (December 1939): [Meet the Doll Man] |
| Secret Origins Vol. 2 #8/2 (November 1986): [No Title] |
| Feature Comics #28 (January 1940): [Dr. Rodent and the Harbor Bombings] |
| Feature Comics #29 (February 1940): [The Metropolis Museum Mystery] |
| Feature Comics #30 (March 1940): [The Bomber Engine Robberies] |
| Feature Comics #31 (April 1940): [The Death Room] |
| Feature Comics #32 (May 1940): [The Sins of Anton Bock] |
| Feature Comics #33 (June 1940): [Back from the Dead] |
| Feature Comics #34 (July 1940): [El Diablo Blanco] |
| Feature Comics #35 (August 1940): [The Return of Wampum] |
| Feature Comics #36 (September 1940): [Python the Brain Thief] |
| Feature Comics #37 (October 1940): [Bombasto the Puppeteer] |
| Feature Comics #38 (November 1940): [The Deadly Toymaker] |
| Feature Comics #39 (December 1940): [The Puritan Village] |
| Feature Comics #40 (January 1941): [Candy and Sabotage] |
| Feature Comics #41 (February 1941): [Doll Man Joins the Army] |
| Feature Comics #42 (March 1941): [The Treasure of the Black Albatross] |
| Feature Comics #43 (April 1941): [The Doll Man's Kid Helper] |
| Feature Comics #44 (May 1941): [Trouble on the Twentieth Century Limited] |
| Feature Comics #45 (June 1941): [Don Hernandez, Jewel Thief] |
| Feature Comics #46 (July 1941): [The Fifth Idol] |
| Feature Comics #47 (August 1941): "School of Crime" |
| Feature Comics #48 (September 1941): [Trouble in South America] |
| Feature Comics #49 (October 1941): [The Fiends and the Foundry] |
| Doll Man #1/2 (autumn 1941): "The Vulture" |
| Doll Man #1/3 (autumn 1941): [The Framing of Joe Davis] |
| Doll Man #1/4 (autumn 1941): [Black Gold] |
| Doll Man #1/5 (autumn 1941): "The Black Gondolier" |
| Feature Comics #50 (November 1941): [The Final Act of Mr. Grimm] |
| Feature Comics #51 (December 1941): [The Evil of Lester DuBois] |
| All-Star Squadron #32 (April 1984): "Crisis on Earth-X! The Prequel" [Flashback] |
| All-Star Squadron #31 (March 1984): "Uncle Sam Wants You" |
| All-Star Squadron #32 (April 1984): "Crisis on Earth-X! The Prequel" |
| All-Star Squadron #33 (May 1984): "The Battle of Santa Barbara -- Times Two" |
| All-Star Squadron #34 (June 1984): "The Wrath of Tsunami" |
| All-Star Squadron #35 (July 1984): "That Earths May Live" |
| Feature Comics #52 (January 1942): [No Title] |
| Feature Comics #53 (February 1942): [No Title] |
| Feature Comics #54 (March 1942): [No Title] |
| Feature Comics #55 (April 1942): [No Title] |
| Doll Man #2 (spring 1942): [The Crime Combine Strikes] |
| Doll Man #2/2 (spring 1942): [Plague of the Vampire Bats] |
| Doll Man #2/3 (spring 1942): [The Toy Store Terror] |
| Doll Man #2/4 (spring 1942): [The American Feuhrer] |
| Doll Man #2/5 (spring 1942): [The Fog Gas Fury] |
| Feature Comics #56 (May 1942): [No Title] |
| Feature Comics #57 (June 1942): [The Japanese Doll Man] |
| All-Star Squadron #50 (October 1985): "Crisis Point" |
| All-Star Squadron #60 (August 1986): "The End of the Beginning!" [Post-Crisis only] |
| Feature Comics #58 (July 1942): [The Dishonorables] |
| Doll Man #3 (summer 1942): [The Dwarf and His Midget Marauders] |
| Doll Man #3/2 (summer 1942): [The Gold Shirts of Mexico] |
| Doll Man #3/3 (summer 1942): [The Mephasat Dagger] |
| Doll Man #3/4 (summer 1942): [The Hollywood Spies] |
| Doll Man #3/5 (summer 1942): [The Tropical Disease Serum] |
| Feature Comics #59 (August 1942): [The Human Manikins] |
| Feature Comics #60 (September 1942): [The Dishonorables] |
| Feature Comics #61 (October 1942): [The Scientist Slaves of Yvette DeMortire] |
| Freedom Fighters Vol. 2 #4 (February 2011): "American Nightmare: Part Four!" [Flashback] |
| Feature Comics #62 (November 1942): [No Title] |
| Feature Comics #63 (December 1942): [The Troopship Terror] |
| Feature Comics #64 (January 1943): "The Unlucky Quarter" |
| Doll Man #4 (winter 1942): "Wanted For Sabotage" |
| Doll Man #4/2 (winter 1942): "Doctor Thirteen" |
| Doll Man #4/3 (winter 1942): "The Dolls of Death" |
| Doll Man #4/4 (winter 1942): "Circus of Death" |
| Feature Comics #65 (February 1943): "The Black Atom" |
| Feature Comics #66 (March 1943): "The Adventure with the Corpse" |
| Feature Comics #67 (April 1943): "The Ugliest Man in the World" |
| Doll Man #5 (spring 1943): "The Toy Shop of Doom" |
| Doll Man #5/2 (spring 1943): "The Talking Tiger" |
| Doll Man #5/3 (spring 1943): [Mystery of Morgan's Rock] |
| Doll Man #5/4 (spring 1943): [The Mask's Terror Campaign] |
| Feature Comics #68 (June 1943): [No Title] |
| Feature Comics #69 (July 1943): [No Title] |
| Doll Man #6 (summer 1943): "Luckiest Man in the World" |
| Doll Man #6/2 (summer 1943): "The Little Green Men" |
| Doll Man #6/3 (summer 1943): "The Tiny Terrors" |
| Doll Man #6/4 (summer 1943): [Wobble-Foot] |
| Feature Comics #70 (August 1943): "The Case of the Pharoah's Curse" |
| Feature Comics #71 (September 1943): "The Diary of Death" |
| Feature Comics #72 (October 1943): "Crime Goes to College" |
| Doll Man #7 (autumn 1943): [Perkins's Pelican] |
| Doll Man #7/2 (autumn 1943): [The Criminal Band] |
| Doll Man #7/3 (autumn 1943): "A Blueprint for Banditry" |
| Doll Man #7/4 (autumn 1943): "The State vs. the Doll Man" |
| Feature Comics #73 (November 1943): "The Crooks Who Hated Crime" |
| Feature Comics #74 (January 1944): [No Title] |
| Feature Comics #75 (February 1944): "The Girl You Couldn't Trust" |
| Feature Comics #76 (March 1944): "Death Holds the Doll Man in Pawn" |
| Feature Comics #77 (April 1944): [No Title] |
| JSA #42 (January 2003): "Paradox Play" |
| Feature Comics #78 (May 1944): "Fear" |
| Feature Comics #79 (July 1944): [No Title] |
| Feature Comics #80 (August 1944): [No Title] |
| Feature Comics #81 (September 1944): [No Title] |
| Feature Comics #82 (October 1944): [No Title] |
| Feature Comics #83 (November 1944): [No Title] |
| Feature Comics #84 (January 1945): [No Title] |
| Feature Comics #85 (February 1945): "The King of Beasts" |
| Feature Comics #86 (March 1945): [No Title] |
| Feature Comics #87 (April 1945): "The Merry Maze of Murder" |
| Feature Comics #88 (May 1945): [No Title] |
| Feature Comics #89 (July 1945): "Too Many Crooks Spoil the Broth" |
| Feature Comics #90 (August 1945): [No Title] |
| Feature Comics #91 (September 1945): "The Undertaker, Lord of the Plunderworld" |
| Feature Comics #92 (October 1945): "The Image" |
| Feature Comics #93 (November 1945): [The Magsworth Case] |
| Feature Comics #94 (January 1946): "The Undertaker Returns" |
| Feature Comics #95 (February 1946): [The Peacock] |
| Feature Comics #96 (March 1946): "Alms for the Needy" |
| Feature Comics #97 (April 1946): "The Feathered Felons" |
| Doll Man #8 (spring 1946): "The Corpse of the Doll Man" |
| Doll Man #8/2 (spring 1946): "The Man with the Terrible Eyes" |
| Doll Man #8/3 (spring 1946): [The Will of Enos Gotch] |
| Feature Comics #98 (May 1946): "Madame Diablo" |
| Feature Comics #99 (June 1946): [The Hyena] |
| Feature Comics #100 (July 1946): "The City of Crime" |
| Doll Man #9 (summer 1946): [The Dress Suit Murders] |
| Doll Man #9/2 (summer 1946): "It" |
| Doll Man #9/3 (summer 1946): [The Mantis] |
| Feature Comics #101 (August 1946): "The Land of Midget Men" |
| Feature Comics #102 (September 1946): "The Angle" |
| Feature Comics #103 (October 1946): "Queen of Ants" |
| Doll Man #10 (autumn 1946): "Murder Marionettes" |
| Doll Man #10/2 (autumn 1946): "The Man Called Grim" |
| Doll Man #10/3 (autumn 1946): "The Good Sport" |
| Feature Comics #104 (November 1946): "The Man Whose Touch is Death" |
| Feature Comics #105 (December 1946): "Destruction of the Doll Man" |
| Feature Comics #106 (January 1947): "The Sword Fish" |
| Doll Man #11 (winter 1946): "Beauty and Her Beasts" |
| Doll Man #11/2 (winter 1946): "Murder is No Circus" |
| Doll Man #11/3 (winter 1946): "The Monster of Mist Manor" |
| Feature Comics #107 (February 1947): "The Hand of Horror" |
| Feature Comics #108 (March 1947): "The Doll Man Defies Cateye" |
| Feature Comics #109 (April 1947): "Brains, Inc." |
| Doll Man #12 (spring 1947): [The Girl with No Past] |
| Doll Man #12/2 (spring 1947): "Pete's Diner Menu" |
| Doll Man #12/3 (spring 1947): "You Can't Fence Out the Doll Man" |
| Feature Comics #110 (May 1947): "The Man with Nine Lives" |
| Feature Comics #111 (June 1947): "The Return of the Undertaker" |
| Feature Comics #112 (July 1947): "Mr. Curio and His Miniatures" |
| Doll Man Quarterly #13 (summer 1947): "The Man Who Returned from the Dead" |
| Doll Man Quarterly #13/2 (summer 1947): "Little Miss Murder" |
| Doll Man Quarterly #13/3 (summer 1947): "The Baseball Bandits" |
| Feature Comics #113 (August 1947): "Doll Man Meets the Highwayman" |
| Feature Comics #114 (September 1947): "Tom Thumb and the Doll Man" |
| Feature Comics #115 (October 1947): "The Sphinx" |
| Doll Man #14 (autumn 1947): "The Robe of Lucifer" |
| Doll Man #14/2 (autumn 1947): "The Two-Gun Viscount" |
| Doll Man #14/3 (autumn 1947): [The Hanging Judge] |
| Feature Comics #116 (November 1947): "Elbows" |
| Feature Comics #117 (December 1947): "Polka Dot on the Spot" |
| Feature Comics #118 (January 1948): "Mr. Skeleton" |
| Doll Man #15 (winter 1947): "The Boy Who Knew All the Answers" |
| Doll Man #15/2 (winter 1947): "The Man in the Iron Mask" |
| Doll Man #15/3 (winter 1947): "The Undertaker" |
| Feature Comics #119 (February 1948): "The Doll Man Clashes with the Crimson Claw" |
| Feature Comics #120 (March 1948): "Darrell Dane, Private Detective" |
| Feature Comics #121 (April 1948): "The Hag" |
| Doll Man #16 (spring 1948): "Millions for Murder" |
| Doll Man #16/2 (spring 1948): "Death is My Hobby" |
| Doll Man #16/3 (spring 1948): "Doll Man Joins the Underworld" |
| Feature Comics #122 (May 1948): "Suicide Club" |
| Feature Comics #123 (June 1948): "A Million Dollar Corpse" |
| Feature Comics #124 (July 1948): [No Title] |
| Doll Man #17 (July 1948): [Silver Dollar] |
| Doll Man #17/2 (July 1948): [The Huntress] |
| Doll Man #17/3 (July 1948): "The Doll Man's Biography" |
| Feature Comics #125 (August 1948): [The Aerial Hearse] |
| Feature Comics #126 (September 1948): [Doctor Pike] |
| Doll Man #18 (September 1948): "Doll Man and the Redskins Scalp Crime" |
| Doll Man #18/2 (September 1948): [The Hands of Doom] |
| Doll Man #18/3 (September 1948): "Stunt Man" |
| Feature Comics #127 (October 1948): [No Title] |
| Feature Comics #128 (November 1948): [Giant-Size Tom Thumb] |
| Doll Man #19 (November 1948): "Fitted For a Cement Coffin" |
| Doll Man #19/2 (November 1948): [The Hag] |
| Doll Man #19/3 (November 1948): [The Noose] |
| Feature Comics #129 (December 1948): [The Vulture] |
| Feature Comics #130 (January 1949): [No Title] |
| Doll Man #20 (January 1949): [No Title] |
| Doll Man #20/2 (January 1949): [No Title] |
| Doll Man #20/3 (January 1949): [No Title] |
| Feature Comics #131 (February 1949): [No Title] |
| Feature Comics #132 (March 1949): "The Doll Man Loses His Identity" |
| Doll Man #21 (March 1949): "Sleep!" |
| Doll Man #21/2 (March 1949): [The Stork] |
| Doll Man #21/3 (March 1949): [Snare] |
| Feature Comics #133 (April 1949): "Darrel Dane's Double" |
| Feature Comics #134 (May 1949): "The Puppet Underworld" |
| Doll Man #22 (May 1949): [Tom Thumb and the Great Gazabo] |
| Doll Man #22/2 (May 1949): [Dragg, Master of Gravity] |
| Feature Comics #135 (June 1949): "The Giant of Evil, Magog" |
| Feature Comics #136 (July 1949): "Big Boy Nast" |
| Doll Man #23 (July 1949): "The Minstrel" |
| Doll Man #23/2 (July 1949): "The Fool Killer is at Work" |
| Feature Comics #137 (August 1949): "The Rolling Fortress of Fear" |
| Feature Comics #138 (September 1949): "The Minstrel's Ballad of Mayhem" |
| Doll Man #24 (September 1949): "Elixir of Youth" |
| Doll Man #24/2 (September 1949): [The Undertaker and the Society of Survivors] |
| Feature Comics #139 (October 1949): [No Title] |
| Doll Man #25 (November 1949): [No Title] |
| Doll Man #25/2 (November 1949): [No Title] |
| Doll Man #26 (January 1950): "The Sultan of Satarr" |
| Doll Man #26/2 (January 1950): "The Wondrous Runt" |
| Doll Man #26/3 (January 1950): "The Conjuror's Conscience" |
| Doll Man #27 (March 1950): "Space Conquest" |
| Doll Man #27/2 (March 1950): [The Crusader Chalice] |
| Doll Man #27/3 (March 1950): [The Kali Statue] |
| Doll Man #28 (May 1950): [Pluvius, Master of Storms] |
| Doll Man #28/2 (May 1950): "The Flame" |
| Doll Man #28/3 (May 1950): [The Undertaker and Tom Thumb] |
| Doll Man #29 (July 1950): [Queen Mab] |
| Doll Man #29/2 (July 1950): "Ye Shall Die By Fire!" |
| Doll Man #29/3 (July 1950): "The Devil is a Dummy" |
| Doll Man #30 (September 1950): "Monster of the Mire" |
| Doll Man #30/2 (September 1950): [The Troll] |
| Doll Man #30/3 (September 1950): "Crime Wave" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #62 (February 2000): "Grand Guignol, Part 1: ...And What Went Before." [Flashback] |
| Doll Man #31 (December 1950): "Guardians Against Crime" |
| Doll Man #31/2 (December 1950): [Mr. Revenge] |
| Doll Man #31/3 (December 1950): [The Plot to Kill Lyn Hastings] |
| Doll Man #31/4 (December 1950): "One Hour in Mordrillo" |
| Doll Man #32 (February 1951): [The Past Life of Paul Parr] |
| Doll Man #32/2 (February 1951): "The Thief of Souls" |
| Doll Man #32/3 (February 1951): "Grimghoul Cheated the Coffin" |
| Doll Man #32/4 (February 1951): [The Knockout Ray] |
| Doll Man #33 (April 1951): [No Title] |
| Doll Man #33/2 (April 1951): [No Title] |
| Doll Man #33/3 (April 1951): [No Title] |
| Doll Man #33/4 (April 1951): [No Title] |
| Doll Man #34 (June 1951): "Doll Man's Dilemma" |
| Doll Man #34/2 (June 1951): "The Full Moon Monster" |
| Doll Man #34/3 (June 1951): "The Priceless Formula of Adamas" |
| Doll Man #34/4 (June 1951): "Treacherous Whirlpool" |
| Doll Man #35 (August 1951): "The Prophet of Doom" |
| Doll Man #35/2 (August 1951): "Voodoo Vengeance" |
| Doll Man #35/3 (August 1951): "The Paralyzing Peril" |
| Doll Man #36 (October 1951): "Death Trap in the Deep" |
| Doll Man #36/2 (October 1951): "Secret Six" |
| Doll Man #36/3 (October 1951): "Doll Man Versus Elmo" |
| Doll Man #37 (December 1951): "Battles the Skull" |
| Doll Man #37/2 (December 1951): "The Worshippers of the Golden Ram" |
| Doll Man #37/3 (December 1951): "Desperate Journey" |
| Doll Man #38 (February 1952): "The Druid Death" |
| Doll Man #38/2 (February 1952): "House of Vampires" |
| Doll Man #38/3 (February 1952): "The Voodoo Master" |
| Doll Man #39 (April 1952): "The Death Drug" |
| Doll Man #39/2 (April 1952): "The Sinister Safari" |
| Doll Man #39/3 (April 1952): "Ticket of Terror" |
| Doll Man #40 (June 1952): "The Giants of Crime" |
| Doll Man #40/2 (June 1952): "The Mysterious Mr. Magnet" |
| Doll Man #40/3 (June 1952): "The Bleeding Statue" |
| Doll Man #41 (August 1952): "The Headless Horseman" |
| Doll Man #41/2 (August 1952): "Darrel Dane's Bodyguard" |
| Doll Man #41/3 (August 1952): "The Beast Man" |
| Doll Man #42 (October 1952): "The Mind-Monster" |
| Doll Man #42/2 (October 1952): "The Spectre in Steel" |
| Doll Man #42/3 (October 1952): "Diary of Death" |
| Doll Man #43 (December 1952): "The Thing That Killed" |
| Doll Man #43/2 (December 1952): "The Emerald Eye of Evil" |
| Doll Man #43/3 (December 1952): "Satan's Sculptor" |
| Doll Man #44 (February 1953): "Radioactive Man" |
| Doll Man #44/2 (February 1953): "The Raiser of the Dead" |
| Doll Man #44/3 (February 1953): "Wanted, Darrel Dane" |
| Doll Man #45 (April 1953): "The Man in the Iron Mask" |
| Doll Man #45/2 (April 1953): "The Killers from X-T-B-2" |
| Doll Man #45/3 (April 1953): "The Doom Box" |
| Doll Man #46 (June 1953): "The Monster from Tomorrow" |
| Doll Man #46/2 (June 1953): "Flame of Evil" |
| Doll Man #46/3 (June 1953): "The Killer Hawks" |
| Doll Man #47 (October 1953): "Midget of Murder" |
| Doll Man #47/2 (October 1953): "The Mad Hypnotist" |
| Doll Man #47/3 (October 1953): "Crime's Mr. Magic" |
| JLA: Year One #11 (November 1998): "Stalag Earth" [Continuity questionable] |
| JLA: Year One #12 (December 1998): "Justice for All" [Continuity questionable] |
| Justice League of America #107 (September-October 1973): "Crisis on Earth-X" [Pre-Crisis only] |
| Justice League of America #108 (November-December 1973): "Thirteen Against the Earth" [Pre-Crisis only] |
| Freedom Fighters #1 (March-April 1976): "The Freedom Fighters" [Pre-Crisis only] |
| Freedom Fighters #2 (May-June 1976): "Rampage" [Pre-Crisis only] |
| Freedom Fighters #3 (July-August 1976): [No Title] [Pre-Crisis only] |
| Freedom Fighters #4 (September-October 1976): "The Left Hand of Oblivion" [Pre-Crisis only] |
| Freedom Fighters #5 (November-December 1976): "The Rise and Fall of King Samson" [Pre-Crisis only] |
| Freedom Fighters #6 (January-February 1977): "Witching Hour for the Warrior Wizards" [Pre-Crisis only] |
| Freedom Fighters #7 (March-April 1977): "The Emperor of the North Pole" [Pre-Crisis only] |
| Freedom Fighters #8 (May-June 1977): "D-Day at Niagara" [Pre-Crisis only] |
| Freedom Fighters #9 (July-August 1977): "Blitzkrieg at Buffalo" [Pre-Crisis only] |
| Freedom Fighters #10 (September-October 1977): "Murder in Miniature" [Pre-Crisis only] |
| Freedom Fighters #11 (November-December 1977): "Divided We Die?" [Pre-Crisis only] |
| Freedom Fighters #12 (January-February 1978): "Bust-Out in the Big House" [Pre-Crisis only] |
| Freedom Fighters #13 (March-April 1978): "The Amazing Origin / the Deadly Return / the Startling Secret of the Black Condor" [Pre-Crisis only] |
| Freedom Fighters #14 (May-June 1978): "Sideshows of Doom" [Pre-Crisis only] |
| Freedom Fighters #15 (July-August 1978): "Carnival of Death" [Pre-Crisis only] |
| DC Comics Presents #62 (October 1983): "Born on the Fourth of July" [Pre-Crisis only] |
| 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 #12 (March 1986): "Final Crisis" |
| Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters Vol. 2 #3 (January 2008): "The Kids are Not All Right" |
| Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters Vol. 2 #4 (February 2008): "Life In Miniature" |
| Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters Vol. 2 #6 (April 2008): "Into the Unknown" |
| Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters Vol. 2 #7 (May 2008): "The Universal" |
| Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters Vol. 2 #8 (June 2008): "Let Freedom Ring" |