| SKYMAN (Sylvester Pemberton) | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Jerry Siegel and Hal Sherman |
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CHRONOLOGY
Skyman first appeared in (in an advert): Action Comics #40 (September 1940) (as Star-Spangled Kid I): Star Spangled Comics #1 (October 1941) (as Skyman): Infinity, Inc. #31 (October 1986).
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Skyman 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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Skyman Chronology
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As Star-Spangled Kid I |
| Star Spangled Comics #18/2 (March 1943): "Stripesy vs. the Star Spangled Kid" [Flashback] |
| Secret Origins Vol. 2 #9 (December 1986): "The Secret Origin of Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy" [Flashback; retells Star-Spangled Comics #18 with new details] |
| Star Spangled Comics #1 (October 1941): [The Bund Saboteurs] |
| Star Spangled Comics #1/5 (October 1941): [Dr. Weerd and the Metal Monster] |
| Star Spangled Comics #2 (November 1941): "The Vortex of Doom" |
| Star Spangled Comics #2/2 (November 1941): "Ring of Rags" |
| Star Spangled Comics #2/6 (November 1941): [The Kidnapping of Rolf Chandler] |
| Star Spangled Comics #3 (December 1941): [Dr. Weerd] |
| Star Spangled Comics #3/2 (December 1941): [Fury of the Fighting Duo] |
| Star Spangled Comics #3/6 (December 1941): [Mission to Germany] |
| Star Spangled Comics #4 (January 1942): [The Needle] |
| Star Spangled Comics #4/2 (January 1942): [Mr. Ghool] |
| Star Spangled Comics #4/6 (January 1942): [The Flying Buzz-Saw] |
| Leading Comics #1 (winter 1941): "Blueprint for Crime" |
| Star Spangled Comics #5 (February 1942): [The Menace of Moonglow] |
| Star Spangled Comics #5/2 (February 1942): [The Master Plan of Dr. Weerd] |
| Star Spangled Comics #5/6 (February 1942): [The Return of the Needle] |
| Star Spangled Comics #6 (March 1942): "Citadel of Crime" |
| Star Spangled Comics #6/6 (March 1942): [The Plot to Destroy the Statue of Liberty] |
| Star Spangled Comics #7/6 (April 1942): "The Picture That Killed" |
| Leading Comics #2 (spring 1942): "Beware! The Black Star Shines" |
| Star Spangled Comics #8/2 (May 1942): "King Midas" |
| Star Spangled Comics #9/2 (June 1942): "Crime by the Chapter" |
| Star Spangled Comics #10/2 (July 1942): "The Education of East-Side Egbert" |
| World's Finest Comics #6/4 (summer 1942): "The Adventure of the King of Escape" |
| Leading Comics #3 (summer 1942): "The Tyrants of Time" |
| All-Star Squadron #29 (January 1984): "A Man Called Doome" [Flashback to Leading Comics #3 with new details] |
| Star Spangled Comics #11/2 (August 1942): "Case of the Crippled Car" |
| All-Star Squadron #31 (March 1984): "Uncle Sam Wants You" |
| Star Spangled Comics #12/2 (September 1942): "The Case of the Precious Peach" |
| Star Spangled Comics #13/2 (October 1942): "The Man Who Could Make Dreams Come True" |
| World's Finest Comics #7/4 (fall 1942): "The Case of the Jinxed Skyscraper" |
| Leading Comics #4 (fall 1942): "The Sense Master" |
| All-Star Squadron #56 (April 1986): "The Sinister Secret of the 6th Sense" [Retelling of Leading Comics #4 with new details] |
| 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 Annual #1 (1988): "The Mekanique Paradox" |
| Star Spangled Comics #14/2 (November 1942): "Sylvester Acts His Age" |
| Star Spangled Comics #15/4 (December 1942): "The College of Crime" |
| DC Universe: Legacies #2/2 (August 2010): "Snapshot: Reaction!" |
| Star Spangled Comics #16/2 (January 1943): "The Perils of the Penny Plunderers" |
| Leading Comics #5 (winter 1942): "The Miracles That Money Couldn't Buy" |
| Young All-Stars #27 (July 1989): "Meanwhile..." [Flashback to events taking place during Leading Comics #5] |
| World's Finest Comics #8/3 (winter 1942): "Stripesy, Solo Sleuth, Inc." |
| Star Spangled Comics #17/2 (February 1943): "Spy City" |
| Star Spangled Comics #19/2 (April 1943): "Too Fat to Fight" |
| Leading Comics #6 (spring 1943): "The Treasure That Time Forgot" |
| World's Finest Comics #9/3 (spring 1943): "Turn Back the Clock" |
| Star Spangled Comics #20/2 (May 1943): "The Needle in the Haystack" |
| Star Spangled Comics #21/2 (June 1943): "Pop Goes the Weasel" |
| Star Spangled Comics #22/2 (July 1943): "Stripesy Becomes a Brain-Truster" |
| Leading Comics #7 (summer 1943): "Wizard of Wisstark" |
| World's Finest Comics #10/2 (summer 1943): "Meet Mister Gadget" |
| Star Spangled Comics #23/2 (August 1943): "Sweet Land of Liberty" |
| Star Spangled Comics #24/2 (September 1943): "The Mail-Order Mob" |
| Star Spangled Comics #25/2 (October 1943): "Mr. Gadget Goes to Town" |
| Leading Comics #8 (fall 1943): "Exiles in Time" |
| World's Finest Comics #11/2 (fall 1943): "The Little Land That Wasn't There" |
| Star Spangled Comics #26/2 (November 1943): "Butch Minds the Birdies" |
| Star Spangled Comics #27/2 (December 1943): "Patron of Plunder" |
| Star Spangled Comics #28/2 (January 1944): "The Mirror of Madness" |
| Leading Comics #9 (winter 1943): "The Chameleon of Crime" |
| World's Finest Comics #12/2 (winter 1943): "When Stripesy Went to College" |
| Star Spangled Comics #29/2 (February 1944): "The Piccadilly Seal" |
| Star Spangled Comics #30/2 (March 1944): "Pennies from Heaven" |
| Star Spangled Comics #31/2 (April 1944): "Arson Larceny" |
| Leading Comics #10 (spring 1944): "King of the Hundred Isles" |
| World's Finest Comics #13/2 (spring 1944): "The Stars of the Silver Screen" |
| Star Spangled Comics #32/2 (May 1944): "The Numismatist's Nose" |
| Star Spangled Comics #33/2 (June 1944): "The Fighter They Couldn't Floor" |
| Star Spangled Comics #34/2 (July 1944): "A Greek Tragedy" |
| Leading Comics #11 (summer 1944): "The Hard-Luck Hat" |
| World's Finest Comics #14/3 (summer 1944): "Thuggery in the Theatre" |
| Star Spangled Comics #35 (August 1944): "Short Weight Blues" |
| Star Spangled Comics #36 (September 1944): "Kidnapping in Ten Easy Lessons" |
| Star Spangled Comics #37/4 (October 1944): "Cowboy Crooks" |
| Leading Comics #12 (fall 1944): "Million Dollar Challenge" |
| World's Finest Comics #15/2 (fall 1944): "Shelter for Shenanigans" |
| Star Spangled Comics #38/4 (November 1944): "Pat Dugan Turns Crook" |
| Star Spangled Comics #39/4 (December 1944): "Model Muggs" |
| DC Universe Holiday Bash #2 (1998): "I Left My Heart at the Justice Society Canteen" |
| Star Spangled Comics #40/4 (January 1945): "Walnuts with Crushed Crooks on the Side" |
| Leading Comics #13 (winter 1944): "Trophies of Crime" |
| World's Finest Comics #16/5 (winter 1944): "Fantastic Fans" |
| Star Spangled Comics #41/4 (February 1945): "Pearls of Crime" |
| Star Spangled Comics #42/4 (March 1945): "Peril and Plunder" |
| Star Spangled Comics #43/4 (April 1945): "Mr. Gadget Learns a Lesson" |
| Leading Comics #14 (spring 1945): "The Bandits from the Books" |
| World's Finest Comics #17/5 (spring 1945): "The Clown of Crime" |
| Star-Spangled Comics Vol. 2 #1 (May 1999): "... A Terrifying Hour!" |
| All-Star Comics Vol. 2 #2 (Late May, 1999): "Time's Arrow" |
| JSA: Strange Adventures #1 (October 2004): "It Was A Dark And Stormy Night..." |
| JSA: Strange Adventures #2 (November 2004): "Ray Guns And Bug-Eyed Monsters" |
| JSA: Strange Adventures #3 (December 2004): "The Lurker In The Clouds" |
| JSA: Strange Adventures #4 (January 2005): "All In Color For A Dime" |
| JSA: Strange Adventures #5 (February 2005): "Life of a Madman" |
| JSA: Strange Adventures #6 (March 2005): "Thunder and Lightning" |
| Star Spangled Comics #44/4 (May 1945): "Saga of Swindle" |
| Star Spangled Comics #45/4 (June 1945): "The Noisy Necktie" |
| Star Spangled Comics #46/4 (July 1945): "Where There's Smoke There's Crime" |
| Adventure Comics #438/2 (March 1975): "Land of Magic" |
| Adventure Comics #441/2 (September 1975): "Dead-End Animals" |
| Adventure Comics #443/2 (January 1976): "Confrontation" |
| World's Finest Comics #18/2 (summer 1945): "False Paradise for Felons" |
| Star Spangled Comics #47/4 (August 1945): "The Cat's Paw" |
| Star Spangled Comics #48/4 (September 1945): "When Dreams Come True" |
| Star Spangled Comics #49/4 (October 1945): "The Comet Kid and Barsey" |
| Star Spangled Comics #50/4 (November 1945): "Roundabout Robbery" |
| Star Spangled Comics #51/3 (December 1945): "Mr. Gadget Breaks Jail" |
| Star Spangled Comics #52/3 (January 1946): "The Beggar Band" |
| Star Spangled Comics #53/5 (February 1946): "Clip-Joint for Crime" |
| Star Spangled Comics #54/3 (March 1946): "Sylvester Sits It Out" |
| Star Spangled Comics #55/3 (April 1946): "The Jigsaw Puzzle Murder" |
| Star Spangled Comics #56/3 (May 1946): "School for Problem-Children" |
| Star Spangled Comics #57/4 (June 1946): "The Flaming Test" |
| Star Spangled Comics #58/2 (July 1946): "Department of Clever Crimes" |
| Star Spangled Comics #59/4 (August 1946): "The Great Disappearing Act" |
| Star Spangled Comics #60/3 (September 1946): "Clown Prince for a Day" |
| Star Spangled Comics #61/4 (October 1946): "The Men in the Iron Masks" |
| Star Spangled Comics #62/4 (November 1946): "The Crime Carmen" |
| Star Spangled Comics #63/3 (December 1946): "The Star of Destiny" |
| Star Spangled Comics #64/4 (January 1947): "The Felon in the Family" |
| Star Spangled Comics #65/4 (February 1947): "Dugan Dons a Top Hat" |
| Star Spangled Comics #66/2 (March 1947): "The Ice Cream Crimes" |
| Star Spangled Comics #67/3 (April 1947): "Murder Sets a Snare" |
| Star Spangled Comics #68/5 (May 1947): "Adventure Express" |
| Star Spangled Comics #69/3 (June 1947): "A-Hunting We Will Go" |
| Star Spangled Comics #70/3 (July 1947): "The Vanishing Microfilm" |
| Star Spangled Comics #71/4 (August 1947): "The Thief with 1,000 Lamps" |
| Star Spangled Comics #72/4 (September 1947): "Taxi to Trouble" |
| Star Spangled Comics #73/4 (October 1947): "Fight of the Crooked Bee" |
| Star Spangled Comics #74/4 (November 1947): "Looters of the Lake" |
| Star Spangled Comics #75/3 (December 1947): "The Crooked Ghost" |
| Star Spangled Comics #76/4 (January 1948): "The Battle of the Century" |
| Star Spangled Comics #77/3 (February 1948): "The Big Bad Banker" |
| Star Spangled Comics #78/3 (March 1948): "The Pin-Ball Crimes" |
| Star Spangled Comics #79/3 (April 1948): "Gentleman Pat Dugan" |
| Star Spangled Comics #80/3 (May 1948): "Dance of Danger" |
| Star Spangled Comics #81/3 (June 1948): "The Human Fly" |
| Star Spangled Comics #82/3 (July 1948): "The Crimes by Magic" |
| Star Spangled Comics #83/2 (August 1948): "The Adventures of the Rope" |
| Star Spangled Comics #84/3 (September 1948): "The Return of the Rope" |
| Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #9 (April 2000): "The Final Hour for the 7 Soldiers of Victory" [Flashback] |
| Justice League of America #100 (August 1972): "The Unknown Soldier of Victory" [Flashback] |
| Justice League of America #101 (September 1972): "The Hand That Shook the World" |
| Justice League of America #102 (October 1972): "And One of Us Must Die" |
| Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #9 (April 2000): "The Final Hour for the 7 Soldiers of Victory" [Flashback to Justice League of America #100-102 with new details] |
| All-Star Comics #58 (January-February 1976): "All Star Super-Squad" |
| All-Star Comics #59 (March-April 1976): "Brain Wave Blows Up" |
| All-Star Comics #60 (May-June 1976): "Vulcan: Son of Fire" |
| All-Star Comics #61 (July-August 1976): "Hellfire and Holocaust" |
| All-Star Comics #62 (September-October 1976): "When Fall the Mighty" |
| All-Star Comics #63 (November-December 1976): "The Death of Doctor Fate" |
| All-Star Comics #64 (January-February 1977): "Yesterday Begins Today" |
| All-Star Comics #65 (March-April 1977): "The Master Plan of Vandal Savage" |
| All-Star Comics #68 (September-October 1977): "Divided We Stand" |
| All-Star Comics #67 (July-August 1977): "The Attack of the Underlord" |
| All-Star Comics #68 (September-October 1977): "Divided We Stand" |
| Justice League of America #147 (October 1977): "Crisis in the 30th Century!" |
| All-Star Comics #69 (November-December 1977): "United We Fall!" |
| All-Star Comics #70 (January-February 1978): "A Parting of the Ways!" |
| All-Star Comics #71 (March-April 1978): "The Deadliest Game in Town" |
| All-Star Comics #72 (May-June 1978): "A Thorn by Any Other Name" [Flashback] |
| All-Star Comics #74 (September-October 1978): "World on the Edge of Ending" |
| Justice League of America #166 (May 1979): "The Long Way Home" [Flashback] |
| Infinity, Inc. #27 (June 1986): "Memories" [Flashback no longer in continuity] |
| Justice League of America #159 (October 1978): "Crisis from Yesterday" |
| Justice League of America #160 (November 1978): "Crisis from Tomorrow" |
| Adventure Comics #462 (March-April 1979): "Only Legends Live Forever, part 2" |
| Adventure Comics #466/3 (November-December 1979): "The Defeat of the Justice Society" |
| Justice League of America #183 (October 1980): "Crisis on New Genesis, or Where Have All the New Gods Gone?" |
| Infinity, Inc. #11 (February 1985): "Aftermath and Prologue" [Flashback] |
| Infinity, Inc. #1 (March 1984): "Generations" |
| Infinity, Inc. #2 (May 1984): "A Gauntlet Hurled" |
| Infinity, Inc. #3 (June 1984): "Solomon Grundy Goes Hollywood" |
| Infinity, Inc. #4 (July 1984): "Origins and Outcasts" |
| Infinity, Inc. #5 (August 1984): "Dead Men's Bluff" |
| Infinity, Inc. #6 (September 1984): "Divide -- and Be Conquered" |
| Infinity, Inc. #9 (December 1984): "How Green Was My Victory" |
| Infinity, Inc. #10 (January 1985): "A Dark and Deadly Place" |
| Infinity, Inc. #11 (February 1985): "Aftermath and Prologue" |
| Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #0 (July 1999): "A Chilly Day in Opal" [Flashback] |
| Infinity, Inc. #12 (March 1985): "Press Conference" |
| America vs. the Justice Society #1 (January 1985): "I Accuse" [Note: no longer in continuity] |
| America vs. the Justice Society #2 (February 1985): "Trial By Congress" [Note: no longer in continuity] |
| America vs. the Justice Society #4 (April 1985): "D-Day For Degaton" [Note: no longer in continuity] |
| Infinity, Inc. #15 (June 1985): "Song Without End -- Amen!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #16 (July 1985): "They Call Him... Mr. Bones!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #17 (August 1985): "Home, Sweet Helix!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #18 (September 1985): "Helix Goes to Hollywood (More or Less)" |
| Infinity, Inc. #19 (October 1985): "Last Crisis on Earth-Two!" |
| Infinity, Inc. Annual #1 (1985): "Green Dreams and Precious Illusions" |
| Infinity, Inc. #21 (December 1985): "Shadows at Midnight" |
| Infinity, Inc. #22 (January 1986): "Uncivil Wars" [Appearance same as Crisis on Infinite Earths #5] |
| Infinity, Inc. #23 (February 1986): "Feithera by Stormlight" |
| Infinity, Inc. #24 (March 1986): "Back From the Future" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 (October 1985): "Beyond the Silent Night" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #9 (December 1985): "War Zone" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #10 (January 1986): "Death at the Dawn of Time!" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #11 (February 1986): "Aftershock" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #12 (March 1986): "Final Crisis" |
| Infinity, Inc. #25 (April 1986): "Business As Usual..." |
| Infinity, Inc. #26 (May 1986): "Come Helix and High Water" |
| Infinity, Inc. #27 (June 1986): "Memories" |
| Infinity, Inc. #28 (July 1986): "Mr. Bones Gonna Rise Again" |
| Infinity, Inc. #29 (August 1986): "Situation Terminal" |
| Last Days of the Justice Society Special #1 (1986): "Last Days of the Justice Society of America" |
| Infinity, Inc. #30 (September 1986): "What Private Griefs" |
As Skyman |
| Infinity, Inc. #31 (October 1986): "Shock Treatment" [Pages 1-17] |
| Secret Origins Vol. 2 #9 (December 1986): "The Secret Origin of Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy" |
| Infinity, Inc. #31 (October 1986): "Shock Treatment" [Pages 18-23] |
| Infinity, Inc. #32 (November 1986): "You Can Call Me Psycho!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #34 (January 1987): "Injustice for All!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #35 (February 1987): "Beat the Clock!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #36 (March 1987): "Chaos in Calgary!" |
| New Teen Titans Vol. 2 #29 (March 1987): "Revelation" |
| New Teen Titans Vol. 2 #30 (April 1987): "Revolution" |
| Infinity, Inc. #38 (May 1987): "Helix Takes the Stand" |
| Infinity, Inc. #40 (July 1987): "A Flash of Thunder!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #41 (August 1987): "Bride of Lightning -- Groom of Thunder!" |
| Outsiders Special #1 (1987): "From Here to Infinity!" |
| Infinity, Inc. Special #1 (1987): "Siding with the Outsiders!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #42 (September 1987): "Farewell to Fury!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #43 (October 1987): "Eye!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #44 (November 1987): "In the Midst of Death..." |
| Millennium #1 (January 1988): "Over" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #8 (January 1988): "Purple Haze" [Behind the scenes; appearance same as Millennium #1] |
| Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #67 (January 1988): "Dialogues" [Behind the scenes; appearance same as Millennium #1] |
| Millennium #3 (January 1988): "Back" |
| Green Lantern Corps #220 (January 1988): "Sacred Identities" [Behind the scenes] |
| Infinity, Inc. #46 (January 1988): "Swamped" |
| Millennium #4 (January 1988): "Forth" |
| Secret Origins Vol. 2 #23 (February 1988): "The Secret Origin of the Guardians of the Universe" [Behind the scenes] |
| Millennium #5 (February 1988): "In" |
| Justice League International #10/2 (February 1988): "...Back at the Ranch" [Behind the scenes] |
| Millennium #6 (February 1988): "Out" |
| Blue Beetle Vol. 2 #21 (February 1988): "If This Works, It'll Be a Miracle" [Behind the scenes] |
| Millennium #7 (February 1988): "Down" |
| Infinity, Inc. #47 (February 1988): "Outback and Back in Beverly Hills" |
| Millennium #8 (February 1988): "The Rising and Advancing of Ten Spirits" |
| Infinity, Inc. #49 (April 1988): "The Sandman Cometh..." |
| Infinity, Inc. #50 (May 1988): "It's A Grimmworld, After All!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #51 (June 1988): "A Death in the Family" |