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 BULLETMAN (Jim Barr)CHRONOLOGY 
Created by Bill Parker and Jon Small

The Original Universe

CHRONOLOGY

Bulletman first appeared in Nickel Comics #1 (May 17, 1940) [Fawcett].

Below is the definitive list of appearances of Bulletman 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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Bulletman Chronology

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Nickel Comics #1 (May 17, 1940): [The Origin of Bulletman]
Nickel Comics #2 (May 31, 1940): "Who is Bulletman?"
Nickel Comics #3 (June 14, 1940): [Showdown with Blackmask]
Nickel Comics #4 (June 28, 1940): [The Fight to Rescue Tanner]
Nickel Comics #5 (July 12, 1940): [Case of the Crooked Contractor]
Nickel Comics #6 (July 26, 1940): [Lucifer and the Blue Devils]
Nickel Comics #7 (August 9, 1940): [The Railroad Saboteurs]
Nickel Comics #8 (August 23, 1940): [Sabotage at the State Fair]
Master Comics #7 (October 1940): [The Revenge of Mara Myle]
Master Comics #8 (November 1940): [The Alliance of Boss Garlow]
Master Comics #9 (December 1940): [Boss Kizer's Political Power Play]
Master Comics #10 (January 1941): [Pakro's Crime Battalion]
Master Comics #11 (February 1941): [The Kidnapping of Eve Scott]
America's Greatest Comics #1/2 (March 1941): "The Riddle of the Ages"
Master Comics #12 (March 1941): [The Coming of the Triple Threat]
Master Comics #13 (April 1941): [The Origin of Bulletgirl]
Master Comics #14 (May 1941): [The Becker Kidnap Plot]
Master Comics #15 (June 1941): [Mr. Murder]
Master Comics #16 (July 1941): [Von Krantz and His Fifth Columnists]
Bulletman #1 (1941): [The Black Spider]
Bulletman #1/2 (1941): [The Deviltry of Dr. Hood]
Bulletman #1/3 (1941): [The Man Who Learned Bulletman's Secret Identity]
Bulletman #1/4 (1941): [The Man Mountain]
Master Comics #17 (August 1941): "The Unholy Three"
Master Comics #18 (September 1941): "Return of the Unholy Three"
Master Comics #19 (October 1941): "Susan Kent Gone!"
Bulletman #2 (fall 1941): "The Backstage Killer"
Bulletman #2/2 (fall 1941): "The Case of the Limping Mummy"
Bulletman #2/3 (fall 1941): "Man Without a Face"
Bulletman #2/4 (fall 1941): [Brute Morgan's Protection Racket]
Master Comics #20 (November 1941): "Vampire Castle"
Master Comics #21 (December 1941): [The Coming of Captain Nazi]
Master Comics #22 (January 1942): "The Wax Death"
Bulletman #3 (January 14, 1942): [The Lightning King]
Bulletman #3/2 (January 14, 1942): [The Octopus]
Bulletman #3/3 (January 14, 1942): [The Case of the Murdered Millionaire]
Bulletman #3/4 (January 14, 1942): [Mystery Island]
Master Comics #23 (February 1942): "The Weeper"
America's Greatest Comics #2/2 (February 11, 1942): [The Return of the Black Rat]
Master Comics #24 (March 1942): "Slick Jordan, Cutthroat Counterfeiter"
Bulletman #4 (March 11, 1942): "Headless Horror"
Bulletman #4/2 (March 11, 1942): "Midas Castle"
Bulletman #4/3 (March 11, 1942): "Men Who Vanished"
Bulletman #4/4 (March 11, 1942): "The Gorgon's Head"
Master Comics #25 (April 1942): "Tooth for a Clue"
Master Comics #26 (May 1942): "The Terror of the Iceberg"
America's Greatest Comics #3/5 (May 13, 1942): "The Man Who Lived a Million Years"
Bulletman #5 (May 13, 1942): "Dressed to Kill"
Bulletman #5/2 (May 13, 1942): "The Fat Fiend"
Bulletman #5/3 (May 13, 1942): "The Riddle of Dr. Riddle"
Master Comics #27 (June 1942): "Mr. Murder Comes Back"
Power of Shazam! #35 (February 1998): "Lightning and Stars, Part 2: Bite the Bullet!" [Flashback]
Starman Vol. 2 #39 (February 1998): "Lightning and Stars, Part 1: Sturm und Drang" [Flashback]
Master Comics #28 (July 1942): "The Baffling Mystery of the Bouncer"
Bulletman #6 (July 15, 1942): "The Engraver"
Bulletman #6/2 (July 15, 1942): "Meet the Mocker"
Bulletman #6/3 (July 15, 1942): "The Duke of Burke"
Bulletman #6/4 (July 15, 1942): "The Slide of Death"
Master Comics #29 (August 1942): "The Bee"
America's Greatest Comics #4/3 (August 12, 1942): "The Case of the Purple Blackout"
Master Comics #30 (September 1942): "The Return of the Weeper"
Bulletman #7 (September 16, 1942): "The Revenge Syndicate"
Bulletman #7/2 (September 16, 1942): "The Ghost of Hamlet"
Bulletman #7/3 (September 16, 1942): "The Red Pirate"
Bulletman #7/4 (September 16, 1942): "The Return of Dr. Riddle"
Master Comics #31 (October 1942): "The Swing King"
Bulletman #8 (October 16, 1942): "Mr. Ego"
Bulletman #8/2 (October 16, 1942): "The Doll-Killers"
Bulletman #8/3 (October 16, 1942): "The Menace of the Man Who is Dressed to Kill"
Bulletman #8/4 (October 16, 1942): "Dr. Destiny"
Master Comics #32 (November 4, 1942): "The Dangerous Letter"
Bulletman #9 (November 13, 1942): "The Crime Broker"
Bulletman #9/2 (November 13, 1942): "Their First Split-Up"
Bulletman #9/3 (November 13, 1942): "The Amazing Case of the Canine Criminals"
Bulletman #9/4 (November 13, 1942): "Bulletman Battles the Birdman"
Bulletman #10 (December 1942): "The Weeper"
Bulletman #10/2 (December 1942): "The Waxer"
Bulletman #10/3 (December 1942): "The Return of Mr. Ego"
Bulletman #10/4 (December 1942): "The Crackpot"
Master Comics #33 (December 2, 1942): "The Girl Who Forgot Thursday"
America's Greatest Comics #5/3 (December 16, 1942): "The Plotter"
Master Comics #34 (December 30, 1942): "Killer Gorilla"
Bulletman #11 (January 1943): "The Case of the Christmas Crimes"
Bulletman #11/2 (January 1943): "The Fiendish Fiddler"
Bulletman #11/3 (January 1943): "Keyhole Karlos"
Bulletman #11/4 (January 1943): "The Case of the Flying Corpse"
Master Comics #35 (January 27, 1943): "Professor D."
Bulletman #12 (February 1943): "The Return of the Crackpot"
Bulletman #12/2 (February 1943): "Murder is on the Air"
Bulletman #12/3 (February 1943): "Diamonds Deal Death"
Bulletman #12/4 (February 1943): "Vengeance for Vironi"
America's Greatest Comics #6/6 (February 17, 1943): "The Baby Monster Mystery"
Master Comics #36 (February 24, 1943): "The Wizard of Murder"
America's Greatest Comics #7/2 (spring 1943): "The Killer-Diller Killers"
America's Greatest Comics #7/6 (spring 1943): "The Riddle of the Runaway Room"
Master Comics #37 (April 7, 1943): "The Man Who Was Death"
Master Comics #38 (May 5, 1943): "The Comedy of Crime"
Master Comics #39 (June 4, 1943): "Bulletman Fights the Hoarder"
America's Greatest Comics #8/3 (summer 1943): "Meets Judge Lynch"
Master Comics #40 (July 1943): "The Gagman"
Master Comics #41 (August 1943): "Check and Double Check"
Master Comics #42 (September 1943): "The Lloyds of Crime"
Master Comics #43 (October 1943): "Temple of Evil"
Master Comics #44 (November 1943): "The Gangster's Wedding"
Master Comics #45 (December 1943): "The Case of the Lost Gravity Helmet"
Master Comics #46 (January 1944): "The Clinging Vine"
Master Comics #47 (February 1944): "The Candid Camera Killer"
Master Comics #48 (March 1944): "The Mimic and the Mite"
Master Comics #49 (April 1944): "The Return of Bulletboy"
Master Comics #50 (May 1944): "Bulletman Battles the Bulletcrook"
Master Comics #51 (June 1944): "The Murderous Mermaids"
Master Comics #52 (July 1944): "The Crimes of Charity"
Master Comics #53 (August 1944): "Brother Death"
Master Comics #54 (September 1944): "Leave Us Face It"
Master Comics #55 (October 1944): "The Tattooed Man"
Master Comics #56 (November 1944): "The Vicious Vandal"
Master Comics #57 (January 1945): "The Leap Year Mystery"
Master Comics #58 (February 1945): "The Torpedo"
Master Comics #59 (March 1945): "The Animal Secret"
Master Comics #60 (April 1945): "Bullethug and Bulletmoll"
Master Comics #61 (May 1945): "The Prophetic Press"
Master Comics #62 (July 1945): "The Man Who Stole the Mice"
Master Comics #63 (September-October 1945): "The Thief of Arts"
Power of Shazam! #8 (October 1995): "After the Fall..." [Flashback]
Master Comics #64 (November-December 1945): "A Holiday for Crime"
Master Comics #65 (January 1946): "Bulletman Looks for Brains"
Master Comics #66 (March 1946): "The Return of Doctor Carver"
Bulletman #14 (spring 1946): "Death the Comedian"
Bulletman #14/2 (spring 1946): "Mr. Who"
Master Comics #67 (April 1946): "The Duck with the Red Ribbon"
Master Comics #68 (May 1946): "The Invisible Killer"
Master Comics #69 (June 1946): "The Last Ace"
Bulletman #15 (summer 1946): "Return of Professor D"
Bulletman #15/2 (summer 1946): "Canine Army Pilot"
Master Comics #70 (July 1946): "The 'Lenient' Parole Board"
Master Comics #71 (August 1946): "Terror in Toyland"
Master Comics #72 (September 1946): "Curtains for Crime"
Bulletman #16 (fall 1946): "The Tunnel of Terror"
Bulletman #16/2 (fall 1946): "Case of the Vanishing Elephant"
Bulletman #16/3 (fall 1946): "The Diamond Dilemma"
Master Comics #73 (October 1946): "The Halloween Murders"
Master Comics #74 (November 1946): "Mystery Writer's Mystery"
Master Comics #75 (December 1946): "The Terrible Trio"
Master Comics #76 (February 1947): "The Hot Dog Case"
Master Comics #77 (March 1947): "Bulletman Plays It Safe"
Master Comics #78 (April 1947): "The Missing Body"
Master Comics #79 (May 1947)
Master Comics #80 (June 1947): "Bulletdog Takes Over"
Master Comics #81 (July 1947): "Volume of Danger"
Master Comics #82 (August 1947): "The Statues That Killed"
Master Comics #83 (September 1947): "Bulletman Tunes Out Station C-R-I-M-E"
Master Comics #84 (October 1947): "The Hollywood Murder"
Master Comics #85 (November 1947): "Death Rides the Waves"
Master Comics #87 (January 1948): "The Juvenile Delinquent"
Master Comics #88 (February 1948): "The Dangerous Escape"
Master Comics #89 (March 1948): "The Death Jump"
Master Comics #90 (April 1948): "The Bear Scare"
Master Comics #91 (May 1948): "The Mysterious Coincidences"
Master Comics #92 (June 1948): "The Robber Who Was Dead"
Master Comics #93 (July 1948): "The Poison Dart Murder Case"
Master Comics #94 (August 1948): "Blind Man's Bluff"
Master Comics #95 (September 1948): "The Rain of Terror"
Master Comics #96 (October 1948): "The Case of the Missing Mannikins"
Master Comics #97 (November 1948): "Dressed to Kill"
Master Comics #98 (December 1948): "The Homicidal Hijackers"
Master Comics #99 (January 1949): "Annihilation in the Air"
Master Comics #100 (February 1949): "The Curio Shop Murders"
Whiz Comics #106 (February 1949): "The Case of the Lapsed Memory"
Master Comics #101 (March 1949): "The Mystery of the Wonder Drug"
Master Comics #102 (April 1949): "The Strange Hostage"
Master Comics #103 (May 1949): "The Vanishing Bombs"
Master Comics #105 (July 1949): "The Highwaymen of the Skies"
Master Comics #106 (August 1949): "The Case of the Crime Portrait"
Power of Shazam! #12 (February 1996): "End Game" [Flashback]
Justice League of America #135 (October 1976): "Crisis in Eternity!" [Note: Pre-Crisis Continuity Only]
Justice League of America #136 (November 1976): "Crisis on Earth-S" [Note: Pre-Crisis Continuity Only]
Justice League of America #137 (December 1976): "Crisis in Tomorrow!" [Note: Pre-Crisis Continuity Only]
World's Finest Comics #253/4 (October-November 1978): "The Captain and the King" [As Jim Barr] [Note: Pre-Crisis Continuity Only]
World's Finest Comics #255/4 (February-March 1979): "Dreamdancer" [Note: Pre-Crisis Continuity Only]
Power of Shazam! #8 (October 1995): "After the Fall..."
Power of Shazam! #11 (January 1996): "The Seven Deadly Enemies of Man"
Power of Shazam! #12 (February 1996): "End Game"
Power of Shazam! #32 (November 1997): "Windshear"
Power of Shazam! #34 (January 1998): "With Friends Like These.."
Power of Shazam! #35 (February 1998): "Lightning and Stars, Part 2: Bite the Bullet!"
Starman Vol. 2 #39 (February 1998): "Lightning and Stars, Part 1: Sturm und Drang"
Starman Vol. 2 #40 (March 1998): "Lightning and Stars, Part 3"
Power of Shazam! #36 (March 1998): "Lightning and Stars, Part 4: Close Encounters"
Power of Shazam! #41 (August 1998): "The Monster Society of Evil, Part 4: Death Warrant"
Power of Shazam! #43 (October 1998): "Children of Thunder"
Power of Shazam! #47 (March 1999): "Endgame"