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 AIR WAVE I (Larry Jordan)CHRONOLOGY 
Created by Mort Weisinger and Lee Harris

The Original Universe

CHRONOLOGY

Air Wave first appeared in Detective Comics #60/3 (February 1942).

Below is the definitive list of appearances of Air Wave 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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Air Wave Chronology

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Detective Comics #60/3 (February 1942): "The Case of the Missing Evidence"
Detective Comics #61/3 (March 1942): [No Title]
Detective Comics #62/3 (April 1942): [Mr. Mystery]
Detective Comics #63/3 (May 1942): "The Case of Station X"
Detective Comics #64/4 (June 1942): "The Mystery of His Master's Voice"
All-Star Squadron #31 (March 1984): "Uncle Sam Wants You"
All-Star Squadron #32 (April 1984): "Crisis on Earth-X! The Prequel" [Behind the scenes]
Detective Comics #65/4 (July 1942): "The Machine Man"
Detective Comics #66/4 (August 1942): "Adventure of the Shooting Spooks"
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"
Detective Comics #67 (September 1942): "The Case of the Country Crooner"
Young All-Stars #9 (February 1988): "You Have Nothing to Lose But Your Souls"
Young All-Stars Annual #1 (1988): "The Mekanique Paradox"
Detective Comics #68 (October 1942): "The Case of the Talking Gun"
Young All-Stars #27 (July 1989): "Meanwhile..." [Flashback to events taking place during Detective Comics #68]
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"
Detective Comics #69 (November 1942): "The Magic Cupboard"
Detective Comics #70 (December 1942): "Who Rubbed Out the Editor"
Detective Comics #71 (January 1943): "The Voice from Nowhere"
Detective Comics #72 (February 1943): "Larry Jordan vs. Air Wave"
Manhunter Vol. 3 #23 (August 2006): "Psychobabble Part Four: Phantom Pain" [Flashback]
Detective Comics #73 (March 1943): "The Final Round"
Detective Comics #74 (April 1943): "Man Who Avoided Metal"
Detective Comics #75 (May 1943): "Voice of Conscience"
Detective Comics #76/4 (June 1943): "The Man Who Talked His Crimes"
Detective Comics #77/4 (July 1943): "The Case of the Soundless Crimes"
Detective Comics #78 (August 1943): "Menace of the Mouse-Traps"
Detective Comics #79 (September 1943): "The Tenderfoot Gets Tough"
Detective Comics #80/4 (October 1943): "Static Steals the Show"
Detective Comics #81/4 (November 1943): "Old McDonald Had a Farm"
Detective Comics #82/4 (December 1943): "Rogues along the River"
Detective Comics #83 (January 1944): "The Case of the Runaway Plane"
Detective Comics #84 (February 1944): "Bandits on the Beam"
Detective Comics #85 (March 1944): "The Short Wave of Crime"
Detective Comics #86 (April 1944): "Mr. Smith Gets the Bird"
Detective Comics #87 (May 1944): "Professor Long Sells Air Wave Short"
Detective Comics #88/2 (June 1944): "The Underworld Jam Session"
Detective Comics #89/2 (July 1944): "Man or Mouse"
Detective Comics #90/3 (August 1944): "Battles of the Fans"
Detective Comics #91 (September 1944): "Loot for Laughter"
Detective Comics #92 (October 1944): "The Hard-Working Hoodlum"
Detective Comics #93 (November 1944): "Air Wave Joins the Underworld"
Detective Comics #94 (December 1944): "The Ride of the Valkyries"
Detective Comics #95 (January 1945): "The Phoney Phantoms"
Detective Comics #96/3 (February 1945): "Crime Goes into Mourning"
Detective Comics #97 (March 1945): "Doubling in Danger"
Detective Comics #98 (April 1945): "Sound Effects by Air Wave"
Detective Comics #99 (May 1945): "Caution ... Handle without Care"
Detective Comics #100 (June 1945): "The Living Statue"
Detective Comics #101 (July 1945): "A Talking Doll"
Detective Comics #102 (August 1945): "Of Mice and Muggs"
Detective Comics #103 (September 1945): "The Candy Kid"
Detective Comics #104 (October 1945): "The Swag That Stole Itself"
Detective Comics #105 (November 1945): "Polly Wants a Prize"
Detective Comics #106 (December 1945): "No Miracles for Muggs"
Detective Comics #107 (January 1946): "Calling Dr. Air Wave"
Detective Comics #108 (February 1946): "Second Childhood"
Detective Comics #109 (March 1946): "Landslide for the Law"
Detective Comics #110/2 (April 1946): "Crime Gets the Gong"
Detective Comics #111 (May 1946): "The Case of the Unlucky Treasure Hunters"
Detective Comics #112 (June 1946): "District Attorney Larry Jordan...Convict"
Detective Comics #113 (July 1946): "Air Wave vs. the Radio Robbers"
Detective Comics #114 (August 1946): "The Night Owl's Musicale"
Detective Comics #115 (September 1946): "Dead Men Can Tell Tales"
Detective Comics #116 (October 1946): "Short-Circuit Air Wave"
Detective Comics #117 (November 1946): "Three's a Mob"
Detective Comics #118 (December 1946): "Moon Rocketeers"
Detective Comics #119 (January 1947): "The Talking Dog"
Detective Comics #120 (February 1947): "Safe-Cracker by Proxy"
Detective Comics #121 (March 1947): "Happy Jail-Day to You"
Detective Comics #122 (April 1947): "The Uncandid Camera"
Detective Comics #123 (May 1947): "The Voices of Spooky Sommers"
Detective Comics #124/2 (June 1947): "The Crime Express"
Detective Comics #125 (July 1947): "Prosecutor by Proxy"
Detective Comics #126 (August 1947): "Felons in Fur"
Detective Comics #127 (September 1947): "Rogues and Red Hots"
Detective Comics #128 (October 1947): "The Bandits and the Bells"
Detective Comics #129 (November 1947): "Crime Spots on the Sun"
Detective Comics #130 (December 1947): "Static Sees Double"
Detective Comics #131 (January 1948): "Polly Wants to Crack a Safe"
Detective Comics #132 (February 1948): "Skates for Scoundrels"
Detective Comics #133 (March 1948): "Radio 'Hams' to the Rescue"
Detective Comics #134 (April 1948): "Calamity Incorporated"
Detective Comics #135 (May 1948): "Unscrambled Proverbs"
Detective Comics #136 (June 1948): "The City of Glass"
Detective Comics #137 (July 1948): "Cycle of Crimes"
DC Comics Presents #55 (March 1983): "The Parasite's Power Ploys" [Flashback; pre-Crisis continuity only]
DC Comics Presents #40/2 (December 1981): "Whatever Happened to the Original Air-Wave?"
Harley Quinn #21 (August 2002): "Hell and Highwater!" [voice only; as a spirit in Hell]