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 CRIMSON AVENGER (Lee Travis)CHRONOLOGY 
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Crimson Avenger (Lee Travis)
The Original Universe

CHRONOLOGY

Crimson Avenger first appeared in Detective Comics #20/2 (October 1938).

Below is the definitive list of appearances of Crimson Avenger 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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Crimson Avenger Chronology

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Golden Age Secret Files #1 (February 2001): "The Dawn of the Golden Age" [Flashbacks]
Secret Origins Vol. 2 #5 (August 1986): "Secret Origins: The Crimson Avenger"
Detective Comics #20/2 (October 1938): [Block Buster]
Detective Comics #21/2 (November 1938): [Mystery at the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery]
Detective Comics #22/2 (December 1938): [Wanted, Dead or Alive: The Crimson Avenger]
Crimson Avenger #1 (June 1988): "The Dark Cross Conspiracy, Part I: You Go To My Head..."
Crimson Avenger #2 (July 1988): "The Dark Cross Conspiracy, Part II: Jeepers, Creepers..."
Crimson Avenger #3 (August 1988): "The Dark Cross Conspiracy, Part III: Body and Soul"
Crimson Avenger #4 (September 1988): "The Dark Cross Conspiracy, Part IV: The Masquerade Is Over!"
Justice League of America 80-Page Giant Vol. 2 #1/4 (November 2009): "Fishnet Femmes Fatales!"
Detective Comics #23/2 (January 1939): [The Zombie Killers]
Detective Comics #24/3 (February 1939): [Tony Sparta and the River Gang]
Detective Comics #25/2 (March 1939): [The Airline Insurance Murders]
Detective Comics #26/2 (April 1939): [The Phony Crimson Avenger]
Detective Comics #27/3 (May 1939): [Murder on the Oceanic Line Docks]
DC Universe: Legacies #1 (July 2010): "In the Beginning..." [Flashback; retells Detective Comics #27 with new details]
Detective Comics #28/3 (June 1939): [The Bagilan Ruby]
Sandman Mystery Theatre #43 (October 1996): "The Phantom of the Fair Act Three"
Secret Origins Vol. 2 #7/2 (October 1986): "The Secret Origin of the Golden Age Sandman" [Pre-Crisis Continuity Only]
Detective Comics #29/2 (July 1939): [The McNeal Kidnappers]
Sandman Mystery Theatre #69 (January 1999): "The Hero Act One"
Sandman Mystery Theatre #70 (February 1999): "The Hero Final Act"
Detective Comics #37/3 (March 1940)
Detective Comics #38/2 (April 1940)
Detective Comics #39/2 (May 1940)
Detective Comics #40/2 (June 1940)
Detective Comics #41/2 (July 1940)
Detective Comics #42/2 (August 1940)
Detective Comics #43/2 (September 1940)
Detective Comics #44/2 (October 1940)
Detective Comics #45/2 (November 1940)
Detective Comics #46/2 (December 1940)
Detective Comics #47/2 (January 1941)
Detective Comics #48/3 (February 1941)
Detective Comics #49/2 (March 1941): "The Echo"
Detective Comics #50/2 (April 1941)
World's Best Comics #1/3 (spring 1941): [The Ambassador]
Detective Comics #51/2 (May 1941): [The Kidnapping of Wilfred Van Dorn]
Detective Comics #52 (June 1941)
Detective Comics #53 (July 1941)
World's Finest Comics #2/3 (summer 1941): [Mystery of the Night Club Robberies]
Detective Comics #54 (August 1941)
Detective Comics #55 (September 1941)
Detective Comics #56 (October 1941)
World's Finest Comics #3/3 (fall 1941): "The Adventure of the Uncut Diamonds"
Detective Comics #57 (November 1941)
Detective Comics #58 (December 1941)
Detective Comics #59/2 (January 1942): "The Career of the Spurious Scribe"
World's Finest Comics #4/3 (winter 1941): [Mystery of the Modern Methuselah]
Leading Comics #1 (winter 1941): "Blueprint for Crime"
Detective Comics #60/2 (February 1942): "Murder on the Airwaves"
Detective Comics #61/2 (March 1942): "The Beggars' Rebellion"
Detective Comics #62/2 (April 1942): "The Case of the Crazy Crimes"
World's Finest Comics #5/3 (spring 1942): "Crime's Stage Manager"
Leading Comics #2 (spring 1942): "Beware! The Black Star Shines"
Detective Comics #63/2 (May 1942): "The Daily Crime"
Detective Comics #64/3 (June 1942): "The Adventure of the Wild Men"
Leading Comics #3 (summer 1942): "The Tyrants of Time"
All-Star Squadron #29 (January 1984): "A Man Called Doome!" [Retells Leading Comics #3 with new details]
Detective Comics #65/3 (July 1942): "The Red Letter Day Crimes"
All-Star Squadron #31 (March 1984): "Uncle Sam Wants You"
All-Star Squadron #32 (April 1984): "Crisis on Earth-X! The Prequel"
Detective Comics #66/3 (August 1942): "Murder Will Out"
Detective Comics #67 (September 1942): "Crime on the Half-Moon"
Detective Comics #68/3 (October 1942): "Dead Men Do Tell Tales"
Detective Comics #69 (November 1942): "The Three Behind the Throne"
All-Star Squadron #64 (December 1986): "See You in the Funny Papers"
All-Star Squadron #53 (January 1986): "Worlds in Turmoil"
Leading Comics #4 (fall 1942): "The Sense Master"
All-Star Squadron #56 (April 1986): "The Sinister Secret of the Sixth Sense!" [Retells Leading Comics #4 with new details]
All-Star Squadron #59 (July 1986): "Out of the Ashes... Mekanique"
All-Star Squadron #60 (August 1986): "The End of the Beginning!"
DC Universe: Legacies #2/2 (August 2010): "Snapshot: Reaction!"
Young All-Stars #3 (August 1987): "A Call to Arms"
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 #70 (December 1942): "The Mystery of the Musical Muggs"
Detective Comics #71 (January 1943): "The Unlucky Reporter"
Leading Comics #5 (winter 1942): "The Miracles That Money Couldn't Buy"
Young All-Stars #27 (July 1989): "Meanwhile..." [Flashback to events taking place during Leading Comics #5]
Detective Comics #72 (February 1943): "The Adventure of the Wrong Numbers"
Detective Comics #73 (March 1943): "The Old-Fashioned Crimes"
Detective Comics #74/3 (April 1943): "The Case of the Kid Reporters"
Leading Comics #6 (spring 1943): "The Treasure That Time Forgot"
Detective Comics #75 (May 1943): "The Man Who Knew the Future"
Detective Comics #76/3 (June 1943): "The Castle of the Lollipop Crimes"
Detective Comics #77/3 (July 1943): "The Mystery of the Mounted Marauders"
Leading Comics #7 (summer 1943): "Wizard of Wisstark"
Detective Comics #78 (August 1943): "The Prevue Murders"
Detective Comics #79 (September 1943): "The Case of the Advertising Crook"
Detective Comics #80/3 (October 1943): "Larceny in the Laundry"
Leading Comics #8 (fall 1943): "Exiles in Time"
Detective Comics #81/3 (November 1943): "Wing, Reporter"
Detective Comics #82/3 (December 1943): "Not with Mirrors"
Detective Comics #83 (January 1944): "Eighth Column"
Leading Comics #9 (winter 1943): "The Chameleon of Crime"
Detective Comics #84 (February 1944): "Scoundrels in Society"
Detective Comics #85 (March 1944): "The Lone Wolf's Number"
Detective Comics #86 (April 1944): "School for Scoops"
Leading Comics #10 (spring 1944): "King of the Hundred Isles"
Detective Comics #87 (May 1944): "Smugglers' Song"
Detective Comics #88/3 (June 1944): "The Impostor of Newspaper Row"
Detective Comics #89/3 (July 1944): "Disappearing Desperadoes"
Leading Comics #11 (summer 1944): "The Hard-Luck Hat"
Leading Comics #12 (fall 1944): "Million Dollar Challenge"
Leading Comics #13 (winter 1944): "Trophies of Crime"
Golden Age Secret Files #1 (February 2001): "The Dawn of the Golden Age" [Flashback]
Star-Spangled Comics Vol. 2 #1 (May 1999): "...A Terrifying Hour!" [Behind the Scenes]
Leading Comics #14 (spring 1945): "The Bandits from the Books"
Adventure Comics #438/2 (March-April 1975): "Land of Magic"
Adventure Comics #440/2 (July-August 1975): "Kings Make a Full House"
Adventure Comics #443/2 ((January-February 1976): "Confrontation"
Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #9 (April 2000): "The Final Hour for the 7 Soldiers of Victory" [Flashbacks]
Justice League of America #100 (August 1972): "The Unknown Soldier of Victory" [Flashback]
Justice League of America #100 (August 1972): "The Unknown Soldier of Victory"
Justice League of America #102 (October 1972): "And One of Us Must Die"
Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #9 (April 2000): "The Final Hour for the 7 Soldiers of Victory" [Flashback to Justice League of America #100-102 with new details]
DC Comics Presents #38/2 (October 1981): "Whatever Happened to the Crimson Avenger?"