| ATOM SMASHER II (Albert Rothstein) | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Roy Thomas and Jerry Ordway |
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CHRONOLOGY
Atom Smasher first appeared in All-Star Squadron #25 (September 1983): "The Infinity Syndrome"
as Atom Smasher: JSA Secret Files #1 (August 1999).
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Atom Smasher 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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Atom Smasher Chronology
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As Nuklon |
| Infinity, Inc. #48 (March 1988): "The Making of a Man" [Flashbacks] |
| Infinity, Inc. #27 (June 1986): "Memories" [Flashback; Pre-Crisis Continuity Only] |
| Infinity, Inc. #48 (March 1988): "The Making of a Man" [Flashbacks] |
| Infinity, Inc. #1 (March 1984): "Generations" |
| Infinity, Inc. #2 (May 1984): "A Gauntlet Hurled" |
| All-Star Squadron #26 (October 1983): "Talons Across Time" [Flashback] |
| 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" |
| 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. #7 (October 1984): "Past Glories, Future Tears" |
| Infinity, Inc. #8 (November 1984): "Atomic Dreams, Nuclear Nightmares" |
| 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" |
| 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. #13 (April 1985): "A Thorn Grows in Paradise" |
| Infinity, Inc. #14 (May 1985): "Concert in the Key of... Chroma" |
| 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!" |
| Justice League of America #244 (November 1985): "The Final Crisis" |
| Infinity, Inc. #20 (November 1985): "Crisis on Infinitors' Earth" |
| 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] |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 (August 1985): "Worlds in Limbo" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #9 (December 1985): "War Zone" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #10 (January 1986): "Death at the Dawn of Time!" |
| 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" |
| 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 18-28] |
| Infinity, Inc. #32 (November 1986): "You Can Call Me Psycho!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #33 (December 1986): "Obsidian: The Origin" |
| Infinity, Inc. #34 (January 1987): "Injustice for All!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #35 (February 1987): "Beat the Clock!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #36 (March 1987): "Chaos in Calgary!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #37 (April 1987): "The Heritage" |
| 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!" |
| Weird #3 (June 1988): "Confrontation!" |
| Weird #4 (July 1988): "...Armageddon!" |
| 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..." |
| New Teen Titans Vol. 2 #38 (December 1987): "Clusters, Part 1" |
| Infinity, Inc. #45 (December 1987): "Clusters, Part Two" |
| Infinity, Inc. #46 (January 1988): "Swamped" |
| Millennium #5 (February 1988): "In" |
| Justice League International Vol. 1 #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. #48 (March 1988): "The Making of a Man" |
| Infinity, Inc. #49 (April 1988): "The Sandman Cometh..." |
| Infinity, Inc. #50 (May 1988): "It's A Grimmworld, After All!" |
| Infinity, Inc. Annual #2 (1988): "The Degaton Paradox" |
| Infinity, Inc. #51 (June 1988): "A Death in the Family" |
| Infinity, Inc. #52 (July 1988): "To Love and Die in L.A." |
| Infinity, Inc. #53 (August 1988): "Death, When It Must Come..." |
| Invasion! #2 (1988): "Battleground Earth" |
| Adventures of Superman #449 (Holiday 1988): "The Search" [Appears between panels of Invasion! #2] |
| Hawk and Dove Vol. 3 #1 (June 1989): "Gauntlet!" [Flashbacks] |
| War of the Gods #4 (December 1991): "In the Beginning... There Was the End" |
| Armageddon 2001 #2 (October 1991): [No Title] |
| Justice League Quarterly #12 (fall 1993): "Negative Feedback" |
| Green Arrow Vol. 2 #81 (December 1993): "Crossroads: Home Alki" |
| Justice League America #0 (October 1994): "Home Again" |
| Justice League America #93 (November 1994): "The Baby Hunt" |
| Justice League America #94 (December 1994): "What Are You Made Of?" |
| Justice League America #95 (January 1995): "Where the Wild Things Are" |
| Justice League America #96 (February 1995): "Rush to Judgment" |
| Justice League America #97 (March 1995): "A Burning Goal" |
| Guy Gardner: Warrior #29 (March 1995): "It's My Party and I'll Fight If I Want To" |
| Justice League America #98 (April 1995): "The Silent Place" |
| Justice League America #99 (May 1995): "One Devil, Two Devil" |
| Gunfire #13 (June 1995): "This Is the Way the World Ends!" |
| Justice League America #100 (June 1995): "Opening Up the Game" |
| Guy Gardner: Warrior #32 (July 1995): "The Way of the Warrior, Part 1: Give Me A Space To Call My Own" |
| Justice League America #101 (July 1995): [The Way of the Warrior, Part 2] "Preasure Cooker" |
| Hawkman Vol. 3 #22 (July 1995): "The Way of the Warrior, Part 3: Storm Over Thanagar" |
| Guy Gardner: Warrior #33 (August 1995): "The Way of the Warrior, Part 4: Into the Valley of Death" |
| Justice League America #102 (August 1995): [The Way of the Warrior, Part 5] "Breakout!" |
| Guy Gardner: Warrior #34 (September 1995): "The Way of the Warrior, Part 7: Deathrock: Justice is Coming!" |
| Justice League America #103 (September 1995): "Oh, to Be Nobody" |
| Justice League America #104 (October 1995): "Pay the Reaper" |
| Underworld Unleashed #1 (November 1995): "Underworld Unleashed" |
| Justice League America #105 (November 1995): "The Killer Elite" |
| Justice League America #106 (December 1995): "Up From the Underworld" |
| Damage #20 (January 1996): "Big Bang" |
| Justice League America #107 (January 1996): "The Devil's Due" |
| Justice League America #108 (February 1996): "One Hand In Darkness" |
| Guy Gardner: Warrior #39 (February 1996): "Merriment, Mistletoe, and Mayhem!" |
| Justice League America #109 (March 1996): "All That Yazz" |
| Justice League America #110 (April 1996): "New Devils For Old" |
| Justice League America #111 (June 1996): "The Purge, Part 1: Now It's Time..." |
| Justice League America #112 (July 1996): "The Purge, Part 2: To Say Goodbye" |
| Justice League America #113 (August 1996): "The Purge, 3rd and Final: To All Our Company" |
| Hawkman Vol. 3 #32 (May 1996): "Hunted" |
| Hawkman Vol. 3 #33 (July 1996): "Prey" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 3 #81 (December 1996): "Funeral for a Hero" |
| JLA #1 (January 1997): "Them!" |
As Atom Smasher II |
| JSA Secret Files #1 (August 1999): "Gathering Storms" |
| JSA #1 (August 1999): "Justice Be Done" |
| JSA #2 (September 1999): "The Wheel of Life" |
| JSA #3 (October 1999): "Old Souls" |
| JSA #4 (November 1999): "Ouroboros" |
| Day of Judgment #4 (November 1999): "The End of the World As We Know It" |
| JSA #6 (January 2000): "Justice, Like Lightning..." |
| JLA #40 (April 2000): "World War Three, Part 5" |
| Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #8 (March 2000): "Crisis in Blue Valley" |
| JSA #7 (February 2000): "Darkness Falls" |
| JSA #8 (March 2000): "Shadowland" |
| JSA #9 (April 2000): "Black Planet" |
| JSA #10 (May 2000): "Wild Hunt" |
| Young Justice: Sins of Youth #1 (May 2000): "Justice For All" |
| Superboy Vol. 3 #74 (May 2000): "The Evil Factory, Conclusion: Game, Set & Match" |
| Young Justice: Sins of Youth Secret Files #1/2 (May 2000): "Crisis on Infantile Earths" |
| Sins of Youth: JLA Jr. #1 (May 2000): "You Gotta Be Kidding!" |
| Sins of Youth: Starwoman and the JSA Jr. #1 (May 2000): "Stars and Tykes" |
| Young Justice: Sins of Youth #2 (May 2000): "Sins of Youth: The Stunning Conclusion" |
| Young Justice #20 (June 2000): "Time Out" |
| Hourman #18 (September 2000): "High Society" |
| JSA #11 (June 2000): "Split" |
| JSA #12 (July 2000): "The Blood-Dimmed Tide" |
| JSA #13 (August 2000): "Time's Assassin" |
| JSA #14 (September 2000): "Chaos Theory" |
| JSA #15 (October 2000): "Crime and Punishment" |
| Hourman #19 (October 2000): "The Thief of Time" |
| JSA #21 (April 2001): "Guardian Angels" |
| JSA #23 (June 2001): "Ascension" |
| JSA #24 (July 2001): "Icarus Fell" |
| JSA #25 (August 2001): "Seven Devils" |
| JLA #58 (November 2001): "Dying Breath" |
| JSA: Our Worlds at War #1 (September 2001): "The All-Stars" |
| JSA #26 (September 2001): "Who Do You Trust?" |
| JSA #27 (October 2001): "Thunderstruck" |
| JSA #28 (November 2001): "Face-Off" |
| JSA #30 (January 2002): "Let the Games Begin Part II: Fair Play" |
| Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #174 (November 2001): "The Witch and the Warrior, Part One" |
| Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #175 (December 2001): "The Witch and the Warrior, part 2: Girl Frenzy" |
| JSA #31 (February 2002): "Making Waves" |
| Supergirl Vol. 4 #65 (February 2002): "Louder Than Words" |
| Titans #39 (May 2002): "Picking Up the Pieces" |
| JSA #32 (March 2002): "Stealing Thunder. Prologue" |
| JSA #34 (May 2002): "Stealing Thunder Part 2: Troublestruck" |
| JSA #35 (June 2002): "Stealing Thunder Part 3: Lightning Storm" |
| JSA #37 (August 2002): "Stealing Thunder Part 5: Crossing Over" |
| JSA #40 (November 2002): "...Do No Harm" |
| JLA/JSA: Virtue & Vice (2003): "Virtue and Vice" |
| JSA #45 (April 2003): "Princes of Darkness Prologue: Peacemakers" |
| JSA #46 (May 2003): "Princes of Darkness Part 1: Into the Valley" |
| JSA #47 (June 2003): "Princes of Darkness Part 2: Eclipse" |
| JSA #49 (August 2003): "Princes of Darkness Part 4: Army of Darkness" |
| JSA #50 (September 2003): "Princes of Darkness Part 5: The Last Light" |
| JSA #51 (October 2003): "Princes of Darkness Coda: Justice Eternity" |
| Doctor Fate Vol. 3 #3 (December 2003): "The Curse, Part 3" |
| JSA #56 (early March 2004): "Black Reign" |
| JSA #57 (late March 2004): "Black Reign" |
| Hawkman Vol. 4 #24 (late March 2004): "Black Reign" |
| JSA #58 (April 2004): "Black Reign" |
| Hawkman Vol. 4 #25 (April 2004): "Black Reign" |
| JSA #66 (December 2004): "Out of Time Part II" |
| JSA #68 (February 2005): "JSA/JSA Chapter I: Making History" |
| JSA #69 (March 2005): "JSA/JSA Chapter II: Guardian Angels" |
| JSA #70 (April 2005): "JSA/JSA Chapter III: High Societies" |
| JSA #71 (May 2005): "JSA/JSA Chapter IV: Past Mistakes" |
| JSA #72 (June 2005): "JSA/JSA" |
| JSA #73 (July 2005): "Black Vengeance, Part 1" |
| JSA #74 (August 2005): "Black Vengeance, Part 2" |
| JSA #75 (September 2005): "Black Vengeance, Conclusion" |
| JSA #76 (October 2005): "In Search Of..." |
| 52 #24 (December 2006): "Just Imagine" |
| 52 #33 (February 2007): "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" |
| 52 #34 (February 2007): "Suicidal Tendencies" |
| 52 #45 (May 2007): "Every Hour Wounds, The Last Kills" |
| 52 #46 (May 2007): "Mad Science" |
| 52 #49 (June 2007): "Eve of Destruction" |
| World War III #3 (June 2007): "Hell Is for Heroes" |
| World War III #4 (June 2007): "United We Stand" |
| 52 #50 (June 2007): "World War III" [Appearance same as World War III #4] |
| Black Adam: The Dark Age #1 (October 2007): "Black Adam: The Dark Age" |
| Black Adam: The Dark Age #2 (November 2007): "Black Adam: The Dark Age" |
| Black Adam: The Dark Age #4 (January 2008): "Black Adam: The Dark Age, Part Four" |
| Black Adam: The Dark Age #5 (February 2008): "Black Adam: The Dark Age, Part Five" |
| JSA Kingdom Come Special: The Kingdom #1 (January 2009): "The Kingdom" |
| Final Crisis #6 (January 2009): "How to Murder the Earth" |
| Final Crisis #7 (March 2009): "New Heaven, New Earth" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #23 (March 2009): "Black Adam & Isis, Part One: The Power of Shazam" |
| JSA vs. Kobra #3 (October 2009): "Engines of Faith Part Three: Misdirection" |
| JSA vs. Kobra #4 (November 2009): "Engines of Faith Part Four: Lightning In A Bottle" [Behind the scenes] |
| JSA vs. Kobra #5 (December 2009): "Engines of Faith Part Five: Beating The Grass" |
| JSA vs. Kobra #6 (January 2010): "Engines of Faith Part Six: Shedding Skin" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #24 (April 2009): "Black Adam & Isis, Part Two: Family Ties" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #25 (May 2009): "Black Adam & Isis, Part Three: Family Feuds" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #26 (June 2009): "Surprise!" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #27 (July 2009): "Ghost in the Darkness" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #28 (August 2009): "Phantom Menace" |
| JSA All-Stars #3 (April 2010): "Constellations, Part Two: Star, Struck!" |
| JSA All-Stars #6 (July 2010): "Constellations, Conclusion!: Not In Our Stars, But In Ourselves" |
| Blackest Night #1 (September 2009): "Blackest Night" |
| Blackest Night #4 (December 2009): "Blackest Night" |
| Blackest Night: JSA #2 (March 2010): "Troubled Souls" |
| Blackest Night: JSA #3 (April 2010): "White Lightning" |
| Blackest Night #8 (May 2010): "Blackest Night" |
| JSA All-Stars #7 (August 2010): "Damage" |
| Justice League: The Rise of Arsenal #2/2 (June 2010): "Helpless Heroes" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #47 (September 2010): "The Dark Things, Part Three" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #42 (October 2010): "The Dark Things, Part Four" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #48 (October 2010): "The Dark Things, Part Five" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #43 (November 2010): "Emerald City, A Dark Things Epilogue" |
| JSA All-Stars #8 (September 2010): "Glory Days Part One - Everything Old is New Again" |
| JSA All-Stars #9 (October 2010): "Glory Days Part Two - Old Friends, New Enemies" |
| JSA All-Stars #10 (November 2010): "Glory Days Part Three - Apotheosis" |
| JSA All-Stars #11 (December 2010): "Glory Days Part Four - Apostasy" |
| JSA All-Stars #12 (January 2011): "Yon Twelve-Winded Sky, Part 1" |
| JSA All-Stars #13 (February 2011): "Yon Twelve-Winded Sky, Part 2" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #48 (April 2011): "Supertown, Part Five" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #49 (May 2011): "Supertown, Conclusion" |
| JSA All-Stars #14 (March 2011): "The Puzzlemen, Part One of Three: Appassionato" |
| JSA All-Stars #15 (April 2011): "The Puzzlemen, Part Two: Penseroso" |
| JSA All-Stars #16 (May 2011): "The Puzzlemen, Part Three: Grandioso" |
| JSA All-Stars #17 (June 2011): "A Better World, Part 1 of 2" |
| JSA All-Stars #18 (July 2011): "A Better World, Part 2 of 2" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #53 (September 2011): "The Secret History of Monument Point, Chapter Three: Strange Adventures" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #54 (October 2011): "The Secret History of Monument Point, Chapter Four: Crisis" |
Chronology UncertainIt is currently uncertain where these stories fit into the character's internal chronology. |
| Brightest Day #21 (early May 2011): "Mars Attacks" |
| Countdown #38 (October 2007): "All Hell!" |
| Trinity #18 (December 2008 [October 1]): "Brave Men and Women" |
| Trinity #21/2 (December 2008 [October 22]): "Clear and Present" |
| Trinity #22 (December 2008 [October 29]): "A Hope for Tomorrow" |
| Trinity #23 (January 2009 [November 5, 2008]): "What Paris Should Be Like" |
| Trinity #25 (January 2009 [November 19, 2008]): "Like Ice Melting" |
| Trinity #27 (February 2009 [December 3, 2008]): "Time to Suit Up" |
| Trinity #28/2 (February 2009 [December 10, 2008]): "Railing Against the Tide" |
| Trinity #39 (April 2009 [February 25]): "Metropolis" |
| Trinity #42 (May 2009 [March 18]): "An Old Pattern Repeating Itself" |
| Trinity #46 (June 2009 [April 15]): "They Who Taught Us" |
| Trinity #51 (July 2009 [May 20]): "Solid Ground" ??? |