| JOR-EL | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel |
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CHRONOLOGY
Jor-El first appeared in (historical / Golden Age): Action Comics #1 (June 1938)
(Silver Age): More Fun Comics #101/3 (January-February 1945): "Superboy".
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Jor-El 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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Jor-El Chronology
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| World of Krypton #1 (July 1979): "The Jor-El Story" [Flashback; page 2, panel 1 to page 5, panel 4] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #268/2 (October 1973): "A Tale of Time and Tide" |
| World of Krypton #1 (July 1979): "The Jor-El Story" [Flashback; page 5, panels 5-7] |
| Superboy Vol. 1 #121/2 (June 1965): "Jor-El's Visit to Earth" |
| World of Krypton #1 (July 1979): "The Jor-El Story" [Flashback; page 6, panels 1-3] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #233/2 (January 1971): "Jor-El's Golden Folly" |
| World of Krypton #1 (July 1979): "The Jor-El Story" [Flashback; page 6, panel 4 to page 14, panel 7; retells Superman Vol. 1 #233/2] |
| Adventure Comics #304 (January 1963): "The War Between Superboy and Superman" [Flashback] |
| World's Finest Comics #191 (February 1970): "Execution on Krypton" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #234/2 (February 1971): "Prison in the Sky" |
| World of Krypton #1 (July 1979): "The Jor-El Story" [Flashback; page 15, panels 1-3; page 17, panel 5 to page 18, panel 6; page 19, panel 7 to page 20, panel 6; retells Superman Vol. 1 #234/2] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #246/2 (December 1971): "Marriage, Kryptonian Style" |
| World of Krypton #1 (July 1979): "The Jor-El Story" [Flashback; page 16, panels 1-6; page 17, panels 3-4; page 19, panels 1-6; page 21, panel 1 to page 22, panel 7; retells Superman Vol. 1 #246/2] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #134 (January 1960): "The Super-Menace of Metropolis" [Flashback; page 14, panel 2 to page 16, panel 1] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #123 (August 1958)": The Three Magic Wishes" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #328 (October 1978): "Attack of the Kryptonoid" [Flashback] |
| DC Comics Presents #84 (August 1985): "Give Me Power, Give Me Your World" [Flashback] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #141 (November 1960): "Superman's Return to Krypton" [Page 6] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #257/2 (October 1972): "The Greatest Green Lantern of All" [Flashback; page 2, panel 4] |
| Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #87 (October 1968): "Feud of the Super-Femmes" [Flashback] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #141 (November 1960): "Superman's Return to Krypton" [Pages 7-12] |
| World of Krypton #2 (August 1979): "This Planet Is Doomed" [Flashback; page 1, panel 4 to page 4, panel 6] |
| World's Finest Comics #146 (December 1964): "Batman, Son of Krypton" [Flashback; page 5, panel 6] |
| Action Comics #216 (May 1956): "The Super-Menace of Metropolis" [Flashback; page 11, panel 6] |
| World's Finest Comics #146 (December 1964): "Batman, Son of Krypton" [Flashback; page 7, panel 1] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #141 (November 1960): "Superman's Return to Krypton" [Pages 15-16] |
| Action Comics #216 (May 1956): "The Super-Menace of Metropolis" [Flashback; page 11, panels 2-5] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #146 (July 1961): "The Story of Superman's Life" [Page 4, panel 3] |
| World of Krypton #2 (August 1979): "This Planet Is Doomed" [Flashback; page 1, panel 4 to page 6, panel 6] |
| Action Comics #223 (December 1956): "The First Superman of Krypton" [Page 5, panels 5-6] |
| Action Comics #218 (July 1956): "The Super-Ape from Krypton" [Flashback] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #141 (November 1960): "Superman's Return to Krypton" [Page 17, panel 4 to page 18, panel 1] |
| World of Krypton #2 (August 1979): "This Planet Is Doomed" [Flashback; page 8, panel 1 to page 9, panel 6] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #141 (November 1960): "Superman's Return to Krypton" [Pages 19-23] |
| World of Krypton #2 (August 1979): "This Planet Is Doomed" [Flashback; page 12, panels 1-4] |
| Action Comics #223 (December 1956): "The First Superman of Krypton" [Flashback; page 6, panel 1] |
| Action Comics #378 (July 1969): "The Devil's Partner" [Flashback; page 13, panel 5 to page 14, panel 1] |
| Action Comics #223 (December 1956): "The First Superman of Krypton" [Flashback; page 6, panels 2-3] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #257/2 (October 1972): "The Greatest Green Lantern of All" [Flashback; page 3, panels 3-4] |
| Action Comics #378 (July 1969): "The Devil's Partner" [Flashback; page 14, panel 2] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #100/3 (September 1955): "The Clue from Krypton" [Flashback; page 2, panels 2-4] |
| Action Comics #223 (December 1956): "The First Superman of Krypton" [Flashback; page 6, panel 5 to page 12, panel 1] |
| Adventure Comics #276 (September 1960): "The Robinson Crusoe of Space" [Flashback] |
| DC Comics Presents #84 (August 1985): "Give Me Power, Give Me Your World" [Flashback; page 10, panel 7] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #113 (May 1957): "The Superman of the Past" [Flashback] |
| World of Krypton #2 (August 1979): "This Planet Is Doomed" [Flashback; page 13, panel 6] |
| Superboy Vol. 1 #104 (April 1963): "The Untold Story of the Phantom Zone" [Flashback; page 1 to page 12, panel 3] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #286/2 (April 1975): "The Demon in Superboy's Body" [Flashback] |
| Superboy Vol. 1 #67/3 (September 1958): "The Man Who Destroyed Krypton" [Flashback; page 3, panel 1] |
| Adventure Comics #243 (December 1957): "The Super-Toys from Krypton" [Flashback] |
| World of Krypton #2 (August 1979): "This Planet Is Doomed" [Flashback; page 16, panel 2 to page 23, panel 3] |
| Superboy Vol. 1 #117/2 (December 1964): "Krypto's Superdog Pal" [Flashback; page 2, panel 6 to page 3, panel 1] |
| World of Krypton #3 (September 1979): "The Last Days of Krypton" [Flashback; page 2, panel 3 to page 4, panel 5] |
| World of Krypton #2 (August 1979): "This Planet Is Doomed" [Flashback; page 23, panels 5-6] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #375/2 (September 1981): "Last 'Scoop' on Krypton" [Pages 1-3] |
| Action Comics #500 (October 1979): "The Life Story of Superman" [Flashback; page 7, panel 2 to page 8, panel 5; page 10, panel 3] |
| World of Krypton #3 (September 1979): "The Last Days of Krypton" [Flashback; page 5, panel 1 to page 6, panel 3] |
| Action Comics #500 (October 1979): "The Life Story of Superman" [Flashback; page 30, panel 2] |
| Superboy Vol. 1 #162 (January 1970): "The Super-Phantom of Smallville" [Flashback] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #154/2 (July 1962): "Krypton's First Superman" [Flashback] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #157 (November 1962): "The Super-Revenge of the Phantom Zone Prisoner" [Flashback] |
| Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #98/2 (January 1970): "Tomorrow I Die" [Flashback] |
| World of Krypton #3 (September 1979): "The Last Days of Krypton" [Flashback; page 6, panel 4] |
| Superman Family #183 (May-June 1977): "Shadows of Phantoms" [Flashback] |
| World's Finest Comics #256 (April-May 1979): "The Werewolf of Krypton" [Flashback] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #402/2 (December 1984): "Jor-El: Superman" |
| Action Comics #506 (April 1980): "The Children's Exodus from Earth" [Flashback] |
| Superman Family #196 (July-August 1979): "The Shadow of Jor-El" [Flashback] |
| New Adventures of Superboy #17 (May 1981): "To Fight the Unbeatable Foe" [Flashback] |
| Action Comics #246 (November 1958): "Krypton on Earth" [Flashback] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #172 (October 1964): "The New Superman" [Flashback; page 3, panels 3-4] |
| Action Comics #390 (July 1970): "The Self-Destruct Superman" [Flashback] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #189 (August 1966): "Krypton Lives Again" [Flashback; page 21, panel 1 to page 23, panel 2] |
| Action Comics #281 (October 1961): "The Man Who Saved Kal-El's Life" [Flashback; page 27, panel 3 to page 10, panel 4] |
| New Adventures of Superboy #28 (April 1982): "Our Son, the Super-Betrayer" [Flashback] |
| Action Comics #303 (August 1963): "The Monster from Krypton" [Flashback] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #173/2 (November 1964): "Tales of Green Kryptonite No. 1" [Page 1, panels 2-3] |
| Action Comics #329 (October 1965): "The Ultimate Enemy" [Flashback] |
| More Fun Comics #101/3 (January-February 1945): "Superboy" [Flashback; page 2, panel 3 to page 3, panel 2] |
| Action Comics #500 (October 1979): "The Life Story of Superman" [Flashback; page 7, panel 2 to page 8, panel 5; page 10, panel 3] |
| Superboy Vol. 1 #79/3 (March 1960): "Life on Krypton" [Flashback] |
| Adventure Comics #287 (August 1961): "War of the Superboys" [Flashback] |
| Superboy Vol. 1 #87/3 (March 1961): "The Scarlet Jungle of Krypton" [Flashback] |
| Adventure Comics #313/2 (October 1963): "Father's Day on Planet Krypton" [Flashback] |
| Superboy Vol. 1 #126/2 (January 1966): "Krypto's Family Tree" [Flashback] |
| Action Comics #325 (June 1965): "The Skyscraper Superman" [Flashback] |
| Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #36/3 (April 1959): "How Jimmy Olsen First Met Superman" |
| Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #26/2 (July 1961): "Lois Lane's Childhood" [Flashback] |
| Adventure Comics #210 (March 1955): "The Super-Dog from Krypton" [Flashback] |
| Superboy Vol. 1 #117/2 (December 1964): "Krypto's Superdog Pal" [Flashback; page 7, panels 3-5] |
| Superboy Vol. 1 #117/2 (December 1964): "Krypto's Superdog Pal" [Flashback; page 5, panels 3-5] |
| World of Krypton #3 (September 1979): "The Last Days of Krypton" [Flashback; page 8, panel 11 to page 11, panel 5] |
| Superboy Vol. 1 #140/2 (July 1967): "Beware the Mad Dog of Steel" [Flashback] |
| Superboy Vol. 1 #104 (April 1963): "The Untold Story of the Phantom Zone" [Flashback; page 13, panels 1-4] |
| Adventure Comics #240 (September 1957): "The Super-Teacher from Krypton" [Flashback] |
| Action Comics #314 (July 1964): "The Day Superman Became the Flash" [Flashback] |
| World's Finest Comics #237 (April 1976): "Intruder from a Dead World" [Flashback] |
| World of Krypton #3 (September 1979): "The Last Days of Krypton" [Flashback; page 15, panel 5] |
| Superboy Vol. 1 #89 (June 1961): "Superboy's Big Brother" [Flashback] |
| Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #255 (September 1979): "The Super-Spectacles Swipe" |
| Action Comics #281 (October 1961): "The Man Who Saved Kal-El's Life" [Flashback; page 10, panel 5] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #100/3 (September 1955): "The Clue from Krypton" [Flashback; page 2, panel 5] |
| Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #56/2 (October 1961): "The Jinx of Metropolis" [Flashback] |
| World's Finest Comics #87 (March-April 1957): "The Reversed Heroes" [Flashback] |
| Adventure Comics #232 (January 1957): "The House Where Superboy Was Born" [Flashback] |
| More Fun Comics #101/3 (January-February 1945): "Superboy" [Flashback; page 3, panels 3-4] |
| Showcase #10/3 (September-October 1957): "The Forbidden Box from Krypton" [Flashback] |
| Action Comics #223 (December 1956): "The First Superman of Krypton" [Flashback; page 12, panels 3-4] |
| Superboy Vol. 1 #158 (July 1969): "Superboy's Darkest Secret" [Canonicity uncertain] |