| HIGHFATHER | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Jack Kirby |
CHRONOLOGY
Highfather first appeared in New Gods Vol. 1 #1 (February-March 1971): "Orion Fights for Earth".
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Highfather 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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Highfather Chronology
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| Jack Kirby's Fourth World #2/2 (April 1997): "Apokolips" |
| New Gods Vol. 1 #7 (February-March 1972): "The Pact" |
| DC Special Series #10/2 (1978): "This Light A-Borning" [Flashback] |
| New Gods Vol. 1 #1 (February-March 1971): "Orion Fights for Earth" |
| New Gods Vol. 1 #2 (April-May 1971): "O' Deadly Darkseid" |
| New Gods Vol. 1 #4 (August-September 1971): "O'Ryan Gang and the Deep Six" |
| New Gods Vol. 1 #5 (October-November 1971): "Spawn" |
| New Gods Vol. 1 #5/2 (October-November 1971): "Introducing Fastbak" |
| Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #146/2 (February 1972): "Arin the Armored Man" |
| Forever People Vol. 1 #7 (February-March 1972): "I'll Find You in Yesterday" |
| Mister Miracle Vol. 1 #18 (February-March 1974): "Wild, Wild Wedding Guests" |
| First Issue Special #13 (April 1976): "Lest Night Fall Forever" |
| New Gods Vol. 1 #13 (August 1977): "Let Loose the Hounds of War" |
| New Gods Vol. 1 #14 (October 1977): "A Child Shall Leave You" |
| New Gods Vol. 1 #15 (December 1977): "The Apocalypse Child" |
| Mister Miracle Vol. 1 #19 (September 1977): "It's All In the Mine" |
| Mister Miracle Vol. 1 #21 (December 1977): "Command Performance" |
| Mister Miracle Vol. 1 #22 (February 1978): "Midnight of the Gods" |
| Mister Miracle Vol. 1 #24 (June 1978): "Double-Bind" |
| Super-Team Family #15 (March-April 1978): "The Gulliver Effect" |
| New Gods Vol. 1 #16 (February 1978): "The Titan and the Hunter" |
| New Gods Vol. 1 #17 (April 1978): "The Memory Machine" |
| New Gods Vol. 1 #18 (June 1978): "The Song of the Source" |
| New Gods Vol. 1 #19 (August 1978): "The Secret Within Us" |
| Adventure Comics #459/4 (September-October 1978): "Climax of Chaos" |
| Adventure Comics #460/3 (November-December 1978): "Pursuit to Eternity" |
| Justice League of America #184 (November 1980): "Crisis Between Two Earths, or Apokolips Now" |
| Justice League of America #185 (December 1980): "Crisis on Apokolips, or Darkseid Rising" |
| Adventures of Superman #426 (March 1987): "From the Dregs" |
| Warlord Annual Vol. 1 #6 (1987): "When the Gods Make War" |
| Millennium #8 (February 1988): "The Rising and Advancing of Ten Spirits" |
| Cosmic Odyssey #1 (1988): "Discovery" |
| Cosmic Odyssey #2 (1988): "Disaster" |
| Cosmic Odyssey #3 (1988): "Decisions" |
| Cosmic Odyssey #4 (1988): "Death" |
| Mister Miracle Vol. 2 #2 (February 1989): "Doctor's Orders" |
| Mister Miracle Vol. 2 #3 (March 1989): "Father's Day" |
| Mister Miracle Vol. 2 #4 (May 1989): "Dark Days" |
| Mister Miracle Vol. 2 #5 (June 1989): "Out of the Dark!" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #1 (February 1989): "Hordes" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #2 (March 1989): "Tales of Times Past and Future" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #3 (April 1989): "Tests and the Truth" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #5 (June 1989): "Extermination!" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #6 (July 1989): "People Too Stupid to Die!" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #7 (August 1989): "Bloodline Part One" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #8 (September 1989): "Bloodline Part Two" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #11 (December 1989): "Bloodline Part Five" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #12 (January 1990): "Bloodline Part Six" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #13 (February 1990): "The Daily Decision" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #16 (May 1990): "Super Ego!" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #17 (June 1990): "Advent of Darkness" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #18 (July 1990): "Life Infinite" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #19 (August 1990): "Homecoming!" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #20 (September 1990): "The Author of My Being!" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #21 (December 1990): "Patricide" |
| Mister Miracle Vol. 2 #22 (December 1990): "Passing the Miracle" |
| Mister Miracle Vol. 2 #23 (January 1991): "A Tale of Two Miracles" |
| Mister Miracle Vol. 2 #24 (February 1991): "The Lump That Came to Campus" |
| Mister Miracle Vol. 2 #25 (March 1991): "Bad N' Beautiful: The Babes of Bodyslam!" |
| Mister Miracle Vol. 2 #26 (April 1991): "Food for Villainy" |
| Mister Miracle Vol. 2 #27 (May 1991): "Party Up!" |
| Mister Miracle Vol. 2 #28 (June 1991): "God-Spawn" |
| War of the Gods #4 (December 1991): "In the Beginning... There Was the End" |
| Adventures of Superman #495 (October 1992): [39] "The Hand that Robs the Cradle!" |
| Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #3 (September 1994): "Zero Hour" |
| Superman Vol. 2 #95 (December 1994): [46] "The Zero Effect" |
| New Gods Vol. 3 #1 (October 1995): "Attack on the Source!" |
| New Gods Vol. 3 #2 (November 1995): "The Source of the Beast!" |
| New Gods Vol. 3 #3 (December 1995): "After the Fall" |
| New Gods Vol. 3 #4 (January 1996): "The Flowers of Hell" |
| New Gods Vol. 3 #5 (February 1996): "Descent into Madness" |
| New Gods Vol. 3 #6 (March 1996): "Destruction of the Beast!" |
| New Gods Vol. 3 #7 (April 1996): "The End of the Gods" |
| New Gods Vol. 3 #8 (June 1996): "Sins of the Fathers" |
| New Gods Vol. 3 #9 (July 1996): "The Lord of Destruction" |
| Mister Miracle Vol. 3 #4 (July 1996): "...For Everything Left to Lose" |
| New Gods Vol. 3 #10 (August 1996): "Sacrifice of the Gods" |
| New Gods Vol. 3 #11 (September 1996): "Restoration" |
| New Gods Vol. 3 #14 (January 1997): "The Gathering Storm" |
| New Gods Vol. 3 #15 (February 1997): "Closing the Ring" |
| Jack Kirby's Fourth World #1 (March 1997): "Born of Thunder, Born of Flame" |
| Jack Kirby's Fourth World #3 (May 1997): "Back to the Wall" |
| Jack Kirby's Fourth World #4 (June 1997): "Back from the Source" |
| Jack Kirby's Fourth World #5 (July 1997): "A Choice of Gods" |
| Jack Kirby's Fourth World #6 (August 1997): "Schism" |
| Jack Kirby's Fourth World #7 (September 1997): "The Way of the Warrior" |
| Jack Kirby's Fourth World #8 (October 1997): "Childhood's End" |
| Jack Kirby's Fourth World #19 (September 1998): "Genesis Rising" |
| JLA #29 (May 1999): "Crisis Times Five, Part 2: World Turned Upside Down..." |
| JLA #31 (July 1999): "Crisis Times Five, Part 4: Gods & Monsters" |
| Superman: Emperor Joker #1 (October 2000): [38] "It's a Joker World, Baby, We Just Live in It!" |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #118 (November 2001): [44] "Time and Punishment" |
Chronology UncertainIt is currently uncertain where these stories fit into the character's internal chronology. |
| DC Universe Holiday Bash #1/2 (1997): "A Highfather Christmas" |
| Justice League America #40 (July 1990): "Hell on Earth" |
| Mister Miracle Vol. 3 #1 (April 1996): "Stone Walls Do Not A Prison Make" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #24 (March 1991): "Matter of Survival!" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #27 (July 1991): "Memories of a Stranger" |
| New Gods Vol. 2 #28 (August 1991): "More Deaths than One Must Die!" |
| Takion #1 (June 1996): "Birth Pains" |
| Takion #3 (August 1996): "Demons" |
| Takion #5 (October 1996): "Homecoming" |