| ROBOTMAN (Robert Crane) | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Jerry Siegel and Leo Nowak |
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CHRONOLOGY
Robotman first appeared in Star Spangled Comics #7/4 (April 1942).
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Robotman 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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Robotman Chronology
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| Star Spangled Comics #7/4 (April 1942): [The Birth of Robotman] |
| All-Star Squadron #63 (November 1986): "The Origin of the Golden Age Robotman" [Flashback to Star Spangled Comics #7] |
| Star Spangled Comics #8/6 (May 1942): "Horror Hospital" |
| Star Spangled Comics #9/6 (June 1942): "The Vanishing Millions" |
| Justice League of America #193/2 (August 1981): "The All-Star Squadron" |
| All-Star Squadron #1 (September 1981): "The World on Fire" |
| All-Star Squadron #2 (October 1981): "The Tyrant Out of Time" |
| All-Star Squadron #3 (November 1981): "The Dooms of Dark December" |
| All-Star Squadron #4 (December 1981): "Day of the Dragon King" |
| All-Star Squadron #5 (January 1982): "Never Step on a Feathered Serpent" |
| All-Star Squadron #6 (February 1982): "Mayhem in the Mile-High City" |
| All-Star Squadron #7 (March 1982): "Carnage for Christmas" |
| All-Star Squadron #8 (April 1982): "Afternoon of the Assassins" |
| All-Star Squadron #9 (May 1982): "Should Old Acquaintance Be Destroyed..." |
| All-Star Squadron #10 (June 1982): "If an Eye Offend Thee..." |
| All-Star Squadron #11 (July 1982): "Star-Smasher's Secret" |
| All-Star Squadron #12 (August 1982): "Doomsday Begins at Dawn" |
| Star Spangled Comics #10/6 (July 1942): "The Murder Master" |
| Star Spangled Comics #11/6 (August 1942): "Adventure of the Plundering Jap" |
| Star Spangled Comics #12/6 (September 1942): "Satan's Machine Shop" |
| All-Star Squadron #13 (September 1982): "One Day, During the War" |
| Justice League of America #207 (October 1982): "Crisis on Earth Prime, Book One: Crisis Times Three" |
| All-Star Squadron #14 (October 1982): "Crisis on Earth Prime, Book Two: The 'Mystery Men' of October" |
| Justice League of America #208 (November 1982): "Crisis on Earth Prime, Book Three: The Bomb-Blast Heard 'Round the World!" |
| All-Star Squadron #15 (November 1982): "Crisis on Earth Prime, Book Four: Master of Worlds and Time" |
| Justice League of America #209 (December 1982): "Crisis on Earth Prime, Book Five: Let Old Acquaintances Be Forgot..." |
| All-Star Squadron #16 (December 1982): "The Magnetic Marauder" |
| All-Star Squadron #17 (January 1983): "To Slay the Body Electric" [Appearance same as Star Spangled Comics #15] |
| Star Spangled Comics #15/6 (December 1942): "The Trial of Robotman" |
| All-Star Squadron #18 (February 1983): "Vengeance from Valhalla" |
| All-Star Squadron #19 (March 1983): "Death Considered As a State of Mind" |
| All-Star Squadron #20 (April 1983): "For the Dark Things Cannot Stand the Light" |
| All-Star Squadron #21 (May 1983): "A Tale of Three Citadels" |
| All-Star Squadron #22 (June 1983): "The Powerstone Corrupts Absolutely" |
| All-Star Squadron #24 (August 1983): "The Man Who'll Know Too Much" |
| All-Star Squadron #25 (September 1983): "The Infinity Syndrome" |
| All-Star Squadron #26 (October 1983): "Talons Across Time" |
| All-Star Squadron Annual #2 (1983): "The Ultra War" |
| 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 #38 (October 1984): "Detroit Is Dynamite" |
| All-Star Squadron #39 (November 1984): "Nobody Gets Out of Paradise Valley Alive" |
| All-Star Squadron #40 (December 1984): "The Rise and Fall of the Phantom Empire" |
| All-Star Squadron #41 (January 1985): "Catch a Falling Starman" |
| All-Star Squadron #42 (February 1985): "Oh, Say, Can't You See?" |
| All-Star Squadron #43 (March 1985): "Ultimate Victory" |
| All-Star Squadron #44 (April 1985): "Night and Fog" |
| All-Star Squadron #46 (June 1985): "Philadelphia -- It Tolls for Thee" |
| All-Star Squadron #47 (July 1985): "The Secret Origin of Doctor Fate" |
| All-Star Squadron #48 (August 1985): "Camelot 1942" |
| All-Star Squadron #49 (September 1985): "Death-Sword at Sunrise" |
| All-Star Squadron #64 (December 1986): "See You in the Funny Papers" |
| All-Star Squadron #50 (October 1985): "Crisis Point" |
| All-Star Squadron #53 (January 1986): "Worlds in Turmoil" |
| All-Star Squadron #54 (February 1986): "The Crisis Comes to 1942 (and Vice Versa)" |
| All-Star Squadron #57 (May 1986): "Kaleidoscope" |
| All-Star Squadron #58 (June 1986): "I Sing the Body Robotic" |
| All-Star Squadron #59 (July 1986): "Out of the Ashes... Mekanique" |
| All-Star Squadron #60 (August 1986): "The End of the Beginning!" |
| Young All-Stars #3 (August 1987): "A Call to Arms" |
| Young All-Stars #6 (November 1987): "The War Within" |
| Young All-Stars #7 (December 1987): "Somewhere in This Favored Land" |
| Young All-Stars #9 (February 1988): "You Have Nothing to Lose But Your Souls" |
| Young All-Stars #12 (May 1988): "M Is For Monster" |
| Young All-Stars #13 (June 1988): "Deadlier Than the Male" |
| Young All-Stars Annual #1 (1988): "The Mekanique Paradox" |
| Young All-Stars #25 (May 1989): "Atom and Evil Part V: Armageddon '42" |
| Star Spangled Comics #13/6 (October 1942): "Menace of the Blaster" |
| Young All-Stars #27 (July 1989): "Meanwhile..." [Retells Star Spangled Comics #13/6 with new details] |
| Young All-Stars #30 (October 1989): "The Sons of Dawn Part III: When Titans Make War..." |
| Young All-Stars #31 (November 1989): "The Sons of Dawn Part IV: Men... and Super-Men" |
| Star Spangled Comics #14/6 (November 1942): "Murder Movie" |
| Star Spangled Comics #16/6 (January 1943): "Robotman Takes an Hour Off" |
| Star Spangled Comics #17/6 (February 1943): "Man against Machine" |
| Star Spangled Comics #18/6 (March 1943): "Robotman Was Worth His Weight in Gold" |
| Star Spangled Comics #19/6 (April 1943): "King for a Day" |
| Star Spangled Comics #20/6 (May 1943): "The Jigsaw Crimes" |
| Star Spangled Comics #21/6 (June 1943): "The Four Strong Men" |
| Star Spangled Comics #22/6 (July 1943): "Raids of the Rubbish Robbers" |
| Star Spangled Comics #23/6 (August 1943): "The Vanishing Vandals" |
| Star Spangled Comics #24/6 (September 1943): "The Bandit Beasties" |
| Star Spangled Comics #25/6 (October 1943): "The Radium Rogues" |
| Star Spangled Comics #26/6 (November 1943): "If I Were Robotman" |
| Star Spangled Comics #27/6 (December 1943): "The Dude Cowboys" |
| Star Spangled Comics #28/5 (January 1944): "The Mobster and the Millionaire" |
| Star Spangled Comics #29/6 (February 1944): "Robbie, the Robotdog" |
| Star Spangled Comics #30/6 (March 1944): "Crime's Kiddie Cart" |
| Star Spangled Comics #31/6 (April 1944): "The Dog Days of Crime" |
| Star Spangled Comics #32/6 (May 1944): "Dr. Gaunt, Genius" |
| Star Spangled Comics #33/6 (June 1944): "A Sniff in Time" |
| Star Spangled Comics #34/4 (July 1944): "The Man Who Collected Crimes" |
| Star Spangled Comics #35/4 (August 1944): "Robbie Turns Sleuth" |
| Star Spangled Comics #36/4 (September 1944): "The Battle with the Beasts" |
| Star Spangled Comics #37/3 (October 1944): "Frankie the Fisherman" |
| Star Spangled Comics #38/3 (November 1944): "Bargain Rates for Robbie" |
| Star Spangled Comics #39/3 (December 1944): "Rust for Rent" |
| Golden Age Secret Files #1/1 (February 2001): "The Dawn of the Golden Age" [Flashback] |
| Star Spangled Comics #40/3 (January 1945): "The Spider's Web" |
| Star Spangled Comics #41/3 (February 1945): "Fisherman's Luck" |
| Star Spangled Comics #42/3 (March 1945): "One-Track Tuttle" |
| Star Spangled Comics #43/3 (April 1945): "The Hamlet of Harry the Ham" |
| Star Spangled Comics #44/3 (May 1945): "Robbie Takes the Rap" |
| Star Spangled Comics #45/3 (June 1945): "Heads, Robotman Wins" |
| Star Spangled Comics #46/3 (July 1945): "Sauce for Gandy Gans" |
| Star Spangled Comics #47/3 (August 1945): "Robbie's Good Deed" |
| Star Spangled Comics #48/3 (September 1945): "Crooks on Ice" |
| Star Spangled Comics #49/2 (October 1945): "Scoundrel on the Sideline" |
| Star Spangled Comics #50/2 (November 1945): "Robbie Shows His Teeth" |
| Star Spangled Comics #51/2 (December 1945): "Emergency Kit for Crime" |
| Star Spangled Comics #52/2 (January 1946): "The Ghost Dog" |
| Star Spangled Comics #53/2 (February 1946): "Lightning Strikes Twice" |
| Star Spangled Comics #54/4 (March 1946): "The Tiger-Man" |
| Star Spangled Comics #55/4 (April 1946): "The Successful Failure" |
| Star Spangled Comics #56/2 (May 1946): "Death to Robotman" |
| Star Spangled Comics #57/2 (June 1946): "The Animated Crooks" |
| Star Spangled Comics #58/4 (July 1946): "Jive to Jail" |
| Star Spangled Comics #59/2 (August 1946): "Robbie Takes a Bow" |
| Star Spangled Comics #60/2 (September 1946): "Platinum Pirates" |
| Star Spangled Comics #61/2 (October 1946): "Fuel's Paradise" |
| Star Spangled Comics #62/3 (November 1946): "The Magnet Mob" |
| Star Spangled Comics #63/4 (December 1946): "Robbie, the Lone Wolf" |
| Star Spangled Comics #64/3 (January 1947): "A Medal for Robbie" |
| Star Spangled Comics #65/2 (February 1947): "Cupid & Crime Inc." |
| Star Spangled Comics #66/4 (March 1947): "Crash Bandits" |
| Star Spangled Comics #67/2 (April 1947): "The Hocus Pocus Crimes" |
| Star Spangled Comics #68/4 (May 1947): "Laboratory Lightning" |
| Star Spangled Comics #69/2 (June 1947): "Robbie Comes Home" |
| Star Spangled Comics #70/2 (July 1947): "The Muscle Men" |
| Star Spangled Comics #71/3 (August 1947): "Murder by Magic" |
| Star Spangled Comics #72/3 (September 1947): "The Robotman Detector" |
| Star Spangled Comics #73/3 (October 1947): "Knightless Armor" |
| Star Spangled Comics #74/2 (November 1947): "The World's Most Famous Dog" |
| Star Spangled Comics #75/2 (December 1947): "Boy Meets Robotdog" |
| Star Spangled Comics #76/2 (January 1948): "Cons, Crime & Coffee" |
| Star Spangled Comics #77/2 (February 1948): "Robotman vs. Rubberman" |
| Star Spangled Comics #78/2 (March 1948): "Tops in Crime" |
| Star Spangled Comics #79/2 (April 1948): "Prize Plunder" |
| Star Spangled Comics #80/2 (May 1948): "The Bandits and the Biscuits" |
| Star Spangled Comics #81/2 (June 1948): "Battle of the Robots" |
| Star Spangled Comics #82/2 (July 1948): "The Robot's Revenge" |
| Detective Comics #138/2 (August 1948): "The Inside Story of Robotman" |
| Detective Comics #139/2 (September 1948): "A Bid for Robotman" |
| Detective Comics #140/2 (October 1948): "Robotman's Double Trouble" |
| Detective Comics #141/2 (November 1948): "Robotman in the Moon" |
| Detective Comics #142/3 (December 1948): "The Robot Bandit" |
| Detective Comics #143/2 (January 1949): "Robotman Versus the Baffler" |
| Detective Comics #144/2 (February 1949): "The Human Armored Car" |
| Detective Comics #145/2 (March 1949): "The Smash-Up Crimes" |
| Detective Comics #146/2 (April 1949): "The Candid Camera Pest" |
| Detective Comics #147/3 (May 1949): "Robot Town, U. S. A." |
| Detective Comics #148/2 (June 1949): "The Metal Man's Sportsathon" |
| Detective Comics #149/2 (July 1949): "The Lost Evidence" |
| Detective Comics #150/2 (August 1949): "Robotman Meets Robotcrook" |
| Detective Comics #151/2 (September 1949): "Around the World in 24 Hours" |
| Detective Comics #152/2 (October 1949): "Robotbody Meets a Body" |
| Detective Comics #153/2 (November 1949): "The Second Robotman" |
| Detective Comics #154/3 (December 1949): "Robotman, Mind-Reader" |
| Detective Comics #156/3 (February 1950): "To Arms" |
| Detective Comics #157/3 (March 1950): "Pounds of Peril" |
| Detective Comics #158/3 (April 1950): "Felony and Fun" |
| Detective Comics #159/3 (May 1950): "The Strongest Scoundrel on Earth" |
| Detective Comics #160/3 (June 1950): "The Renegade Robot" |
| Detective Comics #161/3 (July 1950): "Diamond Key to Doom" |
| Detective Comics #162/3 (August 1950): "The Disjointed Robotman" |
| Detective Comics #163/3 (September 1950): "Robotman Meets Robot Robber" |
| Detective Comics #164/3 (October 1950): "The Robot-mobile" |
| Detective Comics #165/3 (November 1950): "One-Man Fire Department" |
| Detective Comics #166/3 (December 1950): "The Robot Robberies" |
| Detective Comics #167/3 (January 1951): "The Captured Brain" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #77 (May 2001): "1951 Part One: --Who?" |
| Detective Comics #168/3 (February 1951): "The Return of the Iron Man" |
| Detective Comics #169/4 (March 1951): "Robotman, Actor" |
| Detective Comics #170/3 (April 1951): "The Racing Robot-Car" |
| Detective Comics #171/3 (May 1951): "The Powerless Robot" |
| Detective Comics #172/2 (June 1951): "Three Clues to Crime" |
| Detective Comics #173/2 (July 1951): "The Terrible Toys of Dr. Morro" |
| Detective Comics #174/2 (August 1951): "The Strange Bodies of Robotman" |
| Detective Comics #175/2 (September 1951): "The Boy Who Re-Made Robotman" |
| Detective Comics #176/3 (October 1951): "The Testing of Robotman" |
| Detective Comics #177/3 (November 1951): "Robotman Meets Robotgirl" |
| Detective Comics #178/3 (December 1951): "The Robot Ghost" |
| Detective Comics #179/3 (January 1952): "Robotman Crusoe" |
| Detective Comics #180/3 (February 1952): "Displays for Crime" |
| Detective Comics #181/3 (March 1952): "The Safest Safe in the World" |
| Detective Comics #182/3 (April 1952): "Robotman's Double" |
| Detective Comics #183/3 (May 1952): "The Wrecking of Robotman" |
| Detective Comics #184/3 (June 1952): "Robotman Runs a Restaurant" |
| Detective Comics #185/2 (July 1952): "The Three Imposters" |
| Detective Comics #186/3 (August 1952): "The Man Who Could Read Robotman's Mind" |
| Detective Comics #187/3 (September 1952): "The Man Who Insured Robotman" |
| Detective Comics #188/2 (October 1952): "Robotman Becomes a Robot" |
| Detective Comics #189/3 (November 1952): "The Golden Robot" |
| Detective Comics #190/3 (December 1952): "Robotman's Robot" |
| Detective Comics #191/3 (January 1953): "The Specter of Robotman" |
| Detective Comics #192/3 (February 1953): "Robotman -- Servant for a Day" |
| Detective Comics #193/3 (March 1953): "The Super Magnet" |
| Detective Comics #194/3 (April 1953): "The Crime Collector" |
| Detective Comics #195/3 (May 1953): "Robotman-Guided Missile" |
| Detective Comics #196/3 (June 1953): "The Repeating Robotman" |
| Detective Comics #197/3 (July 1953): "License for a Robot" |
| Detective Comics #198/2 (August 1953): "Robotman --- On the Loose" |
| Detective Comics #199/3 (September 1953): "The Robber Robot" |
| Detective Comics #200/3 (October 1953): "Superstitious Robot" |
| Detective Comics #201/3 (November 1953): "Safety-First Robot" |
| Detective Comics #202/3 (December 1953): "The Human War Machine" |
| Justice League of America #144 (July 1977): "The Origin of the Justice League - Minus One" [Flashback; Pre-Crisis Continuity Only] |
| DC Comics Presents #31/2 (March 1981): "Whatever Happened to Robotman?" |
| America vs. the Justice Society #2 (February 1985): "Trial By Congress" [As Chuck Grayson] |
| Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #8 (March 2000): "Crisis in Blue Valley" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #692 (November 2009): [9] "Down Time" [Robotman shell only] |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #60 (October 2011): "Adjourned" [Flashback; Robotman shell only animated by Construct] |