| BLACK PIRATE I (Jon Valor) | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Sheldon Moldoff |
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CHRONOLOGY
Black Pirate first appeared in Action Comics #23 (April 1940) (as a ghost): Starman Vol. 2 #2 (December 1994).
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Black Pirate 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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Black Pirate Chronology
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| Action Comics #23 (April 1940): [Dead Men Tell No Tales] |
| Action Comics #24 (May 1940): [Escape from the Island] |
| Action Comics #25 (June 1940): [Captured by Captain Ruff] |
| Action Comics #26 (July 1940): [Rescued] |
| Action Comics #27 (August 1940): [Fight to the Finish] |
| Action Comics #28 (September 1940): [The Chase] |
| Action Comics #29 (October 1940): "The Red Raiders" |
| Action Comics #30 (November 1940): [The Attack] |
| Action Comics #31 (December 1940): [Escape from the Mine] |
| Action Comics #32 (January 1941): [Single Combat] |
| Action Comics #33 (February 1941): [The Capture of the Queen of the Seas] |
| Action Comics #34 (March 1941): [Trapped on the Junk] |
| Action Comics #35 (April 1941): [Fire on Board] |
| Action Comics #36 (May 1941): [Return to Spain] |
| Action Comics #38 (July 1941): [Don De Avila] |
| Action Comics #39 (August 1941): [Escape from the Palace] |
| Action Comics #40 (September 1941): [The Death of Avila] |
| Action Comics #41 (October 1941): [The Albino Priestess] |
| Action Comics #42 (November 1941): [The Ship Spies] |
| Sensation Comics #1/2 (January 1942): [The Marriage of Jon Valor] |
| Sensation Comics #2/2 (February 1942): "The Sword of Hate" |
| Sensation Comics #3/2 (March 1942): [The Schemes of Juan Marche] |
| Sensation Comics #4/2 (April 1942): [The Man in the Iron Mask] |
| Sensation Comics #5/2 (May 1942): [The Treason of Don Diablo] |
| Sensation Comics #6/2 (June 1942): [The Son of the Black Pirate] |
| Sensation Comics #7/2 (July 1942): [The Slaves of Governor Lopez] |
| Sensation Comics #8/2 (August 1942): "Spanish Armada" |
| Sensation Comics #9/2 (September 1942): [The Kidnapping of the King's Son] |
| Sensation Comics #10/2 (October 1942): [To Save the King of France] |
| Sensation Comics #11/2 (November 1942): [The Peasants' Tax Rebellion] |
| Sensation Comics #12/2 (December 1942): [The Lost Colony of Virginia] |
| Sensation Comics #13/2 (January 1943): [No Title] |
| Comic Cavalcade #1/5 (winter 1942): "The Scourge of the Seas" |
| Sensation Comics #14/2 (February 1943): [England] |
| Sensation Comics #15/2 (March 1943): [Captured by Flint] |
| Sensation Comics #16/2 (April 1943): "The Pirate's Rebellion" |
| Comic Cavalcade #2/3 (spring 1943): "They Wind Up in the Doghouse" |
| Sensation Comics #17/5 (May 1943): "The Return of the Black Pirate" |
| Sensation Comics #18/2 (June 1943): "The Man Who Hated London" |
| Sensation Comics #19/5 (July 1943): [The Overthrow of Sir Rudolph] |
| Sensation Comics #20/2 (August 1943): "Poseidon's Ring" |
| Sensation Comics #21/2 (September 1943): "The Medicine of Mibongi" |
| Comic Cavalcade #7/6 (summer 1944): "A Ring for a King" |
| Sensation Comics #22/2 (October 1943): "The Last Curtain" |
| Sensation Comics #23/2 (November 1943): [No Title] |
| Sensation Comics #24/2 (December 1943): "The Cruise of the Flying Dutchman" |
| Sensation Comics #25/2 (January 1944): "The Man Who Stole the Crown Jewel" |
| Sensation Comics #26/2 (February 1944): "The Sword of Ghengis Khan" |
| Sensation Comics #27/2 (March 1944): "The Pearl of Lin Yu" |
| Sensation Comics #28/2 (April 1944): "A Decoy to Doom" |
| Sensation Comics #29/2 (May 1944): "The Ship of Doomed Souls" |
| Sensation Comics #30/2 (June 1944): "The Guardian Light" |
| Sensation Comics #31/4 (July 1944): "Land of the Little People" |
| Sensation Comics #41/4 (May 1945): "King of All-Fools' Day" |
| Sensation Comics #42/3 (June 1945): "The Devil's Apprentice" |
| Sensation Comics #49/4 (January 1946): [The King's Minister] |
| Sensation Comics #50/4 (February 1946): "The Man of Gold" |
| Sensation Comics #51/4 (March 1946): "Isle of Lost Ships" |
| All-American Comics #72/4 (April 1946): "The Witch's Dipping Chair" |
| All-American Comics #73/4 (May 1946): "Might Doesn't Make Right" |
| All-American Comics #83/3 (March 1947): [The Kroll People] |
| All-American Comics #84/3 (April 1947): "The Printer and the Duke" |
| All-American Comics #85/2 (May 1947): "Brothers Under the Skin" |
| All-American Comics #86/2 (June 1947): "The Man Who Lied" |
| All-American Comics #87/3 (July 1947): "Brother Against Brother" |
| All-American Comics #88/3 (August 1947): "Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right" |
| All-American Comics #89/2 (September 1947): "The Adventure in Castle Villon" |
| All-American Comics #90/3 (October 1947): "The Land of Little Men" |
| All-American Comics #91/3 (November 1947): "The Prisoner of Chateau Mort" |
| All-American Comics #92/2 (December 1947): "The Phantom Fleet" |
| All-American Comics #93/2 (January 1948): "The Scourge of the Golden Slaves" |
| All-American Comics #94 (February 1948): "Voyage to Venice" |
| All-American Comics #95/2 (March 1948): "The Battle of the Sea Lanes" |
| All-American Comics #96/2 (April 1948): "The Earthquake Bell" |
| All-American Comics #97/2 (May 1948): "The Twin Kingdoms" |
| All-American Comics #98/2 (June 1948): "The Voice of the Moldau" |
| All-American Comics #99/2 (July 1948): "The Tale of the Sea Giant" |
| All-American Comics #100/3 (August 1948): "The Smuggler's Signal" |
| All-American Comics #101/3 (September 1948): "The Ship That Sailed the Hills" |
| All-American Comics #102/3 (October 1948): "The Man in the Mill" |
| Justice League of America #159 (October 1978): "Crisis from Yesterday" |
| Justice League of America #160 (November 1978): "Crisis from Tomorrow" |
| All-Star Squadron #54 (February 1986): "The Crisis Comes to 1942 (and Vice Versa)" |
| All-Star Squadron #55 (March 1986): "Crisis at Canaveral" |
| DC Comics Presents #48/2 (August 1982): "Whatever Happened to the Black Pirate and Son?" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #31 (May 1997): "Infernal Devices, Part 2" [Flashback] |
As a Ghost |
| Starman Vol. 2 #2 (December 1994): "Sins of the Father, Part Three: Mercy" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #7 (May 1995): "A (K)Night At the Circus" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #17 (March 1996): "Encounters" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #30 (April 1997): "Infernal Devices, Part 1" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #31 (May 1997): "Infernal Devices, Part 2" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #32 (June 1997): "Infernal Devices, Part 3" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #47 (October 1998): "City Without Light (A Prelude To Bad Times)" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #56 (August 1999): "City Without Light, Part II: Bad Times Loom" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #62 (February 2000): "Grand Guignol, Part 1: ...And What Went Before." [Flashback] |
| Starman Vol. 2 #63 (March 2000): "Grand Guignol, Part 2: Friends and Lovers" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #68 (August 2000): "Grand Guignol, Septieme Partie: A Villain's Tale II" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #69 (September 2000): "Grand Guignol, Neuvieme Partie: Heroes Reborn, Renewed... and Remembered" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #71 (November 2000): "Grand Guignol, Onzième Partie: Evils Old, New and Unexpected" |