| CREEPER II (Jack Ryder) | CHRONOLOGY |
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Creeper (Jack Ryder)
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CHRONOLOGY
Creeper first appeared in Showcase #73 (March-April 1968).
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Creeper 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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Creeper Chronology
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| Showcase #73 (March-April 1968): "The Coming of the Creeper" |
| Secret Origins Vol. 2 #18 (September 1987): "Before and After Science" [Retells Showcase #73 with new details] |
| Beware the Creeper #1 (May-June 1968): "Where Lurks the Menace?" |
| Beware the Creeper #2 (July-August 1968): "The Many Faces of Proteus" |
| Beware the Creeper #3 (September-October 1968): "The Isle of Fear" |
| Brave and the Bold #80 (October-November 1968): "And Hellgrammite is His Name" |
| Beware the Creeper #4 (November-December 1968): "Which Face Hides My Enemy?" |
| Beware the Creeper #5 (January-February 1969): "The Color of Rain Is Death" |
| Beware the Creeper #6 (March-April 1969): "A Time to Die" |
| Justice League of America #70 (March 1969): "Versus the Creeper" |
| Detective Comics #418 (December 1971): "And Be a Villain" |
| Detective Comics #445 (February-March 1975): "Break-In at the Big House" [As Jack Ryder] |
| Detective Comics #447 (May 1975): "Enter: The Creeper" |
| Detective Comics #448 (June 1975): "Bedlam Beneath the Big Top" |
| Joker #3 (September-October 1975): "The Last Ha Ha" |
| 1st Issue Special #7 (October 1975): "Menace of the Human Firefly" |
| Super-Team Family #2 (December 1975-January 1976): "Showdown in San Lorenzo" |
| Adventure Comics #445/2 (May-June 1976): "Deadly Medicine" |
| Adventure Comics #446/2 (July-August 1976): "Mind Over Murder" |
| Adventure Comics #447/2 (September-October 1976): "Death Walk" |
| Teen Titans #46 (February 1977): "The Fiddler's Concert of Crime" [As Jack Ryder] |
| Secret Society of Super-Villains #9 (September 1977): "Turnabout Is Unfair Play" |
| Secret Society of Super-Villains #10 (October 1977): "Triumph and Treachery" |
| World's Finest Comics #249/3 (February-March 1978): "Moon Lady and the Monster" |
| World's Finest Comics #250 (April-May 1978): "The Reality War" |
| World's Finest Comics #250/2 (April-May 1978): "Return of the Past" |
| Showcase #100 (May 1978): "There Shall Come a Gathering" |
| World's Finest Comics #251/4 (June-July 1978): "The Disruptor" |
| World's Finest Comics #252/3 (August-September 1978): "The Keeper of Secrets Is Death" |
| Brave and the Bold #143 (September-October 1978): "Cast the First Stone" |
| World's Finest Comics #253/3 (October-November 1978): "The Wrecker" |
| World's Finest Comics #254/4 (December 1978-January 1979): "Beware Mr. Wrinkles" |
| World's Finest Comics #255/3 (February-March 1979): "Furious Fran and the Dagger Lady" |
| Cancelled Comic Cavalcade #2/9 (fall 1978): "Enter Doctor Storme" |
| Brave and the Bold #178 (September 1981): "Paperchase" |
| Flash Vol. 1 #318/2 (February 1983): "New Hopes, New Fears" |
| Flash Vol. 1 #319/2 (March 1983): "Turnabout Is Deadly Play" |
| Flash Vol. 1 #320/2 (April 1983): "I Gave Him Everything He Ever Wanted" |
| Flash Vol. 1 #321/2 (May 1983): "Playgrounds" |
| Flash Vol. 1 #322/2 (June 1983): "Ye Who Enter Here" |
| Flash Vol. 1 #323/2 (July 1983): "All-Demons Adieu" |
| Red Tornado #3 (September 1985): "The Eye of the Storm" |
| Action Comics #563 (January 1985): "Black Beauty" [As Jack Ryder] |
| Blue Devil Annual #1 (1985): "The Day All Hell Broke Loose" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 (August 1985): "Worlds in Limbo" |
| DC Comics Presents #88 (December 1985): "Prophecy of the Demon-Plague" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #9 (December 1985): "War Zone" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #10 (January 1986): "Death at the Dawn of Time!" |
| Justice League #2 (June 1987): "Make War No More!" [As Jack Ryder] |
| Justice League #5 (September 1987): "Gray Life Gray Dreams" |
| Justice League #6 (October 1987): "Massacre in Gray" |
| Justice League International Vol. 1 #7 (November 1987): "Justice League... International!" |
| Brave and the Bold Vol. 3 #30 (February 2010): "The Green & the Gold" [Takes place between panels of Justice League International #7] |
| Justice League International Vol. 1 #8 (December 1987): "Moving Day" [As Jack Ryder] |
| Millennium #8 (February 1988): "The Rising and Advancing of Ten Spirits" |
| Invasion! #2 (1988): "Battleground Earth" |
| Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #26 (January 1989): "The Immortal Storm" |
| Invasion! #3 (1989): "World Without Heroes" |
| Justice League International Vol. 1 #24/2 (February 1989): "Across a Crowded Room..." |
| Batman Annual #13 (1989): "Faces" [As Jack Ryder] |
| Hawk and Dove Vol. 3 #18 (November 1990): "Madmen on Parade" |
| Hawk and Dove Vol. 3 #19 (December 1990): "Madhouse!" |
| Action Comics #668 (August 1991): [26] "The Ghost of Luthor" [As Jack Ryder] |
| Armageddon: Inferno #1 (April 1992): "Seeds of Doom" |
| Armageddon: Inferno #4 (July 1992): "The Gathering of Heroes" |
| Doctor Fate Vol. 2 #40 (May 1992): "Childhood Traumas" |
| Eclipso: The Darkness Within #1 (July 1992): "All Men Make Faults" |
| Adventures of Superman Annual #4 (1992): "In Blackest Night" |
| Eclipso: The Darkness Within #2 (October 1992): "Brilliant Men" |
| Eclipso #3 (January 1993): "War Party" |
| Eclipso #4 (February 1993): "Under Attack" |
| Eclipso #5 (March 1993): "Torture Chamber" |
| Eclipso #6 (April 1993): "See How They Run!" |
| Eclipso #9 (July 1993): "Perilous Waters" |
| Showcase '93 #12/3 (December 1993): "A Cold Night in Hell" |
| Eclipso #11 (September 1993): "A Call to Arms" |
| Adventures of Superman #504 (September 1993): [27] "Assault on Engine City!" [As Jack Ryder] |
| Eclipso #12 (October 1993): "Scramble" |
| Eclipso #13 (November 1993): "Hour of Darkness" |
| Creeper #1 (December 1997): "Screaming To Get Out" |
| Creeper #2 (January 1998): "Shadow In The Mirror" |
| Creeper #3 (February 1998): "Straitjacket" |
| Creeper #4 (March 1998): "Past Tension" |
| Creeper #5 (April 1998): "Walking Wounded" |
| Creeper #6 (May 1998): "Faust Food" |
| Creeper #7 (June 1998): "Madhouse" |
| Creeper #8 (July 1998): "He Who Laughs Last" |
| Creeper #9 (August 1998): "Mental Block" |
| Creeper #10 (September 1998): "Split Decision" |
| Creeper #11 (October 1998): "Mass Hysteria" |
| Creeper #1,000,000 (November 1998): "Insanitation" |
| JLA #27 (March 1999): "The Bigger They Come..." |
| Superboy Vol. 3 #65 (August 1999): "Hyper-Tension!, Epilogue: Out of Hyper-Time!" |
| JLA #38 (February 2000): "World War Three, Part 3" |
| Sins of Youth: Kid Flash/Impulse #1 (May 2000): "Media Blitz" [As Jack Ryder] |
| Justice Leagues: Justice League of Amazons #1 (March 2001): "Justice Leagues, Part II: Jungle Work" |
| Action Comics #775 (March 2001): [13] "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice, & the American Way?" [As Jack Ryder] |
| Action Comics #777 (May 2001): [21] "Kancer" [As Jack Ryder] |
| Superboy Vol. 3 #93 (December 2001): "Die Hard Laughing" |
| Superman: Metropolis #1 (April 2003): "Welcome to the City of Tomorrow" [As Jack Ryder] |
| Superman: Metropolis #2 (May 2003): "Love Springs Eternal" [As Jack Ryder] |
| Superman: Metropolis #3 (June 2003): "Purpose" |
| Superman Vol. 2 #192 (June 2003): "Patronymic" [As Jack Ryder] |
| Superman: Metropolis #5 (August 2003): "Small Favors" [As Jack Ryder] |
| Superman: Metropolis #8 (November 2003): "Blackout" |
| Superman: Metropolis #9 (December 2003): "Urban Jungle" |
| Superman: Metropolis #11 (February 2004): "Photo Finish" |
| Superman: Metropolis #12 (March 2004): "You Are Now Leaving the City of Tomorrow" |
| Avengers/JLA #4 (January 2004): "Book Four: The Brave and the Bold" |
| Action Comics #809 (January 2004): "Creeping Death" [As Jack Ryder] |
| Action Comics #815 (July 2004): "Superman vs Gog: End Times" [As Jack Ryder] |
| Action Comics #817 (September 2004): "Weapons of Revelation" [As Jack Ryder] |
| Action Comics #820 (December 2004): "Wail of the Banshee" |
| Action Comics #822 (February 2005): "Repo-Man Part One" [As Jack Ryder] |
| Villains United: Infinite Crisis Special #1 (June 2006): "A Hero Dies But One" |
| 52 #26 (January 2007): "Halfway House" [As Jack Ryder] |
| Batman #651 (May 2006): "Face the Face, Part 2" [As Jack Ryder] |
| Detective Comics #820 (August 2006): "Face the Face, Part 7" [As Jack Ryder] |
| Detective Comics #820/2 (August 2006): "The Crime File of Jason Bard" [As Jack Ryder] |
| Creeper Vol. 2 #1 (October 2006): "Beware the Creeper" |
| Creeper Vol. 2 #2 (November 2006): "The Creeping Terror!" |
| Creeper Vol. 2 #3 (December 2006): "Missing and Action" |
| Creeper Vol. 2 #4 (January 2007): "The Island of Misfit Souls" |
| Creeper Vol. 2 #5 (February 2007): "Welcome to Creepsville" |
| Creeper Vol. 2 #6 (March 2007): "To Creep or Not to Creep" |
| 52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen #1 (October 2007): "Resurrection" [As Jack Ryder] |
| Green Lantern Vol. 4 #25 (January 2008): "Sinestro Corps: Birth of the Black Lantern" |
| Countdown to Mystery #6 (April 2008): "The Music of the Spheres, Part 3: Retrograde Motion" |
| Countdown to Mystery #7 (May 2008): "The Music of the Spheres, Part 4: Pericynthion" |
| Countdown to Mystery #8 (June 2008): "The Music of the Spheres, Part 5: Apocynthion" |
| Superman/Batman #46 (April 2008): "K, Chapter 3: Varietals" |
| Reign in Hell #1 (September 2008): "Sundered Dominion" |
| Reign in Hell #3 (November 2008): "War is Hell" |
| Batman and the Outsiders Special #1 (March 2009): "Batman and the Outsiders" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #15 (April 2009): "The Deep Part One" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #16 (May 2009): "The Deep Part Two" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #17 (June 2009): "The Deep Part Three" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #18 (July 2009): "The Deep Part Four" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #19 (August 2009): "The Deep, Part Five" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #20 (September 2009): "The Deep Conclusion" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #21 (October 2009): "The Hunt Part 1" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #22 (November 2009): "The Hunt Part 2" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #23 (December 2009): "The Hunt Part 3" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #24 (January 2010): "Matter of Trust" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #25 (February 2010): "Turn to Stone" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #26 (March 2010): "Best Intentions" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #27 (April 2010): "The Road Divided" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #31 (September 2010): "Elements of Mass Destruction" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #32 (October 2010): "Different Kinds of Hell" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #38 (May 2011): "Beginning of the End" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #40 (July 2011): |
| Batman: Streets of Gotham #3 (October 2009): "Hush Money" |
| Batman: Streets of Gotham #4 (November 2009): "Business" |
| Batman: Battle for the Cowl #3 (July 2009): "Batman: Battle for the Cowl – Last Man Standing" |
| Battle for the Cowl: Man-Bat #1 (June 2009): "I Am What You Say I Am" |