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 TOMMY THOMPKINSCHRONOLOGY 
Created by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon

The Original Universe

CHRONOLOGY

Tommy Thompkins first appeared in Star Spangled Comics #7 (April 1942).

Below is the definitive list of appearances of Tommy Thompkins 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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Tommy Thompkins Chronology

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Star Spangled Comics #7 (April 1942): "The Guardian"
Secret Origins Vol. 2 #19/2 (October 1987): "The Secret Origin of The Guardian and The Newsboy Legion" [Retells Star Spangled Comics #7 and All-Star Squadron Annual #1 with new details]
Star Spangled Comics #8 (May 1942): "Last Mile Alley"
Star Spangled Comics #9 (June 1942): "The Rookie Takes the Rap"
Star Spangled Comics #10 (July 1942): "Kings for a Day"
All-Star Squadron #25 (September 1983): "The Infinity Syndrome"
All-Star Squadron #26 (October 1983): "Talons Across Time"
Star Spangled Comics #11 (August 1942): "Paradise Prison"
All-Star Squadron #44 (April 1985): "Night and Fog"
Star Spangled Comics #12 (September 1942): "Prevue of Peril"
Star Spangled Comics #13 (October 1942): "The Scoop of Suicide Slum"
Young All-Stars #27 (July 1989): "Meanwhile..." [Flashback to events taking place during Star Spangled Comics #13]
Star Spangled Comics #14 (November 1942): "The Meanest Man on Earth"
Star Spangled Comics #15 (December 1942): "Playmates of Peril"
Star Spangled Comics #16 (January 1943): "The Playboy of Suicide Slum"
Boy Commandos #1/3 (Winter 1942-3): "Satan Wears a Swastika"
Star Spangled Comics #17 (February 1943): "The Rafferty Mob"
Star Spangled Comics #18 (March 1943): "The Education of Iron-Fist Gookin"
Star Spangled Comics #19 (April 1943): "The Fuehrer of Suicide Slum"
Star Spangled Comics #20 (May 1943): "The Newsboys and the Champ"
Detective Comics #76 (June 1943): "The Invasion of America"
Star Spangled Comics #21 (June 1943): "The House Where Time Stood Still"
Star Spangled Comics #22 (July 1943): "Brains for Sale"
Star Spangled Comics #23 (August 1943): "Art for Scrapper's Sake"
Star Spangled Comics #24 (September 1943): "Death Strikes a Bargain"
Star Spangled Comics #25 (October 1943): "Victuals for Victory"
Star Spangled Comics #26 (November 1943): "Louie the Lug Goes Literate"
Star Spangled Comics #27 (December 1943): "Turn on the Heat"
Star Spangled Comics #28 (January 1944): "The Poor Man's Rich Man"
Star Spangled Comics #29 (February 1944): "Cabbages and Comics"
Star Spangled Comics #30 (March 1944): "The Lady of Linden Lake"
Star Spangled Comics #31 (April 1944): "Questions, Please"
Star Spangled Comics #32 (May 1944): "The Good Samaritan"
Star Spangled Comics #33 (June 1944): "Case of the Baleful Bride"
Star Spangled Comics #34 (July 1944): "From Rags to Ruin"
Star Spangled Comics #35/3 (August 1944): "The Proud Poppa"
Newsboy Legion and the Boy Commandos Special #1 (October 2017): "A Separate Peace in Pieces!"
Star Spangled Comics #36/3 (September 1944): "The Cowboy of Suicide Slum"
Star Spangled Comics #37 (October 1944): "Diamonds in the Rough"
Guardians of Metropolis #3 (January 1995): "All This and World War II" [Flashback]
Star Spangled Comics #38 (November 1944): "Roll Out the Barrels"
Star Spangled Comics #39 (December 1944): "Two Guardians Are a Crowd"
DC Universe Holiday Bash #2/6 (1998): "I Left My Heart at the Justice Society Canteen"
Star Spangled Comics #40 (January 1945): "Farewell to Crime"
Star Spangled Comics #41 (February 1945): "Time Out for the Guardian"
Star Spangled Comics #42 (March 1945): "The Power of the Press"
Star Spangled Comics #43 (April 1945): "Trials of a Tenor"
Star Spangled Comics #44 (May 1945): "Etiquette Comes to Suicide Slum"
Star Spangled Comics #45 (June 1945): "Crime Gets Clipped"
Star Spangled Comics #46 (July 1945): "Clothes Make the Criminal"
Star Spangled Comics #47 (August 1945): "The Triumph of Tommy"
Star Spangled Comics #48 (September 1945): "Booty and the Blizzard"
Star Spangled Comics #49 (October 1945): "One Ounce to Victory"
Star Spangled Comics #50 (November 1945): "The Leopard Man Changes His Spots"
Star Spangled Comics #51 (December 1945): "The Style Show of Suicide Slum"
Star Spangled Comics #52 (January 1946): "Rehearsal for a Crime"
Star Spangled Comics #53 (February 1946): "The Poet of Suicide Slum"
Star Spangled Comics #54 (March 1946): "Dead-Shot Dade's Revenge"
Star Spangled Comics #55 (April 1946): "Gabby Strikes a Gusher"
Star Spangled Comics #56 (May 1946): "Treasure of Araby"
Star Spangled Comics #57 (June 1946): "A Recruit for the Legion"
Star Spangled Comics #59 (August 1946): "Answers, Inc."
Star Spangled Comics #60 (September 1946): "Steve Brodie Da Second"
Star Spangled Comics #61 (October 1946): "A Recruit for the Legion"
Star Spangled Comics #62 (November 1946): "Prevue of Tomorrow"
Star Spangled Comics #63 (December 1946): "Code of the Newsstand"
Star Spangled Comics #64 (January 1947): "Criminal Cruise!"
DC Universe: Legacies #2 (August 2010): "The Golden Age!" [Flashback]
Superman 80-Page Giant 2011 (April 2011): "Old Men Talking in Bars" [Flashback]
Legends of the DC Universe #14 (March 1999): "The American Evolution" [Flashback]
Batman and Superman: World's Finest #4 (July 1999): "World's Finest : Year Four Underworlds"
Superman Annual Vol. 2 #2 (1988): "The Cadmus Project" [Flashback]
Secret Origins Vol. 2 #49/2 (June 1990): "Secrets of the Cadmus D.N.A. Project"
Superman Vol. 2 #37 (November 1989): "Best Friends"
Superman Vol. 2 #54/2 (April 1991): [10] "Attack of the D.N.Alien"
Superman Vol. 2 #55/2 (May 1991): [13] "Blaze of Glory!"
Superman Vol. 2 #56/2 (May 1991): [16] "Charlie & Company"
Action Comics #686 (February 1993): [8] "Funeral For A Friend Part 6: Who's Buried In Superman's Tomb?"
Superman: The Legacy of Superman #1 (March 1993): "The Guardians of Metropolis!"
Superboy Annual Vol. 3 #2 (1995): "The Lost Boys"
Adventures of Superman #506 (November 1993): [35] "Payback!"
Adventures of Superman #510 (March 1994): [11] [Bizarro's World! 2]: "Bizarro World!"
Adventures of Superman #511 (April 1994): [15] "Collision Course"
Superman: The Man of Steel #33 (May 1994): [17] "Under Siege!"
Adventures of Superman #513 (June 1994): [23] "Target: Cadmus"
Superboy Vol. 3 #6 (July 1994): "Changing Realities"
Guardians of Metropolis #1 (November 1994): "No One Can Stop... Trev-Orr!"
Guardians of Metropolis #2 (December 1994): "Donovan's Circus!"
Guardians of Metropolis #3 (January 1995): "All This and World War II"
Guardians of Metropolis #4 (February 1995): "Race the Devil"
Adventures of Superman #539 (October 1996): [35] "Dopplegangster"
Adventures of Superman #542 (January 1997): [2] "Power Trip"
Adventures of Superman #544 (March 1997): [11] "Dead Men Walking"
Action Comics #731 (March 1997): [12] "... Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble!"
Superman: The Man of Steel #77 (March 1998): [11] "Triangles"
Adventures of Superman #556 (April 1998): [13] "Three to One!"
Superboy Vol. 3 #56 (October 1998): "Here There Be Monsters"
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen Special #1 (December 2008): "From a Cub to a Wolf" [Flashback]