| HOURMAN (Rex Tyler) | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Ken Fitch and Bernard Bailey |
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CHRONOLOGY
Hourman first appeared in Adventure Comics #48 (March 1940).
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Hourman 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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Hourman Chronology
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| Hourman #5 (August 1999): "The Death of Hourman" [Flashback/memories] |
| All-Star Comics Vol. 2 #2 (late May 1999): "Time's Arrow" [Flashback between panels of flashbacks in Hourman #5] |
| Hourman #5 (August 1999): "The Death of Hourman" [Flashback/memories] |
| Adventure Comics #48 (March 1940): [Origin of the Hourman] |
| Secret Origins Vol. 2 #16/3 (July 1987): "The Secret Origin of the Golden Age Hourman" [Retells Adventure Comics #48 with new details] |
| Sandman Mystery Theatre #29 (August 1995): "The Hourman Act One" |
| Sandman Mystery Theatre #30 (September 1995): "The Hourman Act Two" |
| Sandman Mystery Theatre #31 (October 1995): "The Hourman Act Three" |
| Sandman Mystery Theatre #32 (November 1995): "The Hourman Act Four" |
| Sandman Mystery Theatre #69 (January 1999): "The Hero Act One" |
| Sandman Mystery Theatre #70 (February 1999): "The Hero Final Act" |
| Adventure Comics #49 (April 1940): [The Disappearance of Dr. Drew] |
| Adventure Comics #50 (May 1940): [The Dark Horse] |
| Adventure Comics #51 (June 1940): [The Wax-Double Killers] |
| New York World's Fair Comics #2/5 (1940): "At the World's Fair" |
| Adventure Comics #52/4 (July 1940): [The Phony Hourman] |
| All-Star Comics #1/7 (summer 1940): [The Forest Fire] |
| Adventure Comics #53 (August 1940): [The Minute Men of America] |
| All-Star Comics #3 (winter 1940): "The First Meeting of the Justice Society of America" [flashback] |
| Adventure Comics #54 (September 1940): [The Kidnapping of a Minute-Man] |
| Adventure Comics #55 (October 1940): [The Boy's Week Crimes] |
| All-Star Comics #2/7 (fall 1940): [Dr. Morte, Spiritualist] |
| Adventure Comics #56 (November 1940): [Dr. Slight's Living Statues] |
| Adventure Comics #57 (December 1940): [The Menace of Dr. Togg] |
| Adventure Comics #58 (January 1941): [The Great Train Robbery] |
| JSA: All Stars #5/2 (November 2003): "... Conduct Unbecoming!" |
| DC Special #29 (August-September 1977): "The Untold Origin of the Justice Society" |
| Secret Origins Vol. 2 #31 (October 1988): "The Secret Origin of the JSA" [Post-Crisis version of DC Special #29] |
| All-Star Comics #3 (winter 1940): "The First Meeting of the Justice Society of America" |
| All-Star Comics #4 (March-April 1941): "For America and Democracy" |
| All-Star Squadron #67 (March 1987): "The First Case of the Justice Society of America" [Retells All-Star Comics #4 with new details] |
| Adventure Comics #59 (February 1941): [Dr. Feher, Hypnotist of Crime] |
| Adventure Comics #60 (March 1941): [The Plot Against the Minute-Men] |
| Adventure Comics #61/4 (April 1941): [The Runaway Dinosaurs] |
| Adventure Comics #62/4 (May 1941): [No Title] |
| Adventure Comics #63/3 (June 1941): [The Rich Robbers] |
| All-Star Comics #5 (June-July 1941): [The Mysterious Mister X] |
| Adventure Comics #64/3 (July 1941): "The Little Men Who Weren't There" |
| Adventure Comics #65/3 (August 1941): [The Black Ray] |
| All-Star Comics #6 (August-September 1941): "The Justice Society Initiates Johnny Thunder" |
| Adventure Comics #66/3 (September 1941): [Counterfeit Coal] |
| Adventure Comics #67/3 (October 1941): [Reform School Racket] |
| All-Star Comics #7 (October-November 1941): "The Justice Society of America Raises $1,000,000 for War Orphans" |
| Impulse: Bart Saves the Universe (March 1999): "Bart Saves the Universe" |
| All-Star Squadron Annual #3 (1984): [No Title] [Flashback] |
| DC 2000 #1 (2000): [No Title] |
| DC 2000 #2 (2000): [No Title] |
| Adventure Comics #68/3 (November 1941): "Death at the Opera" |
| Adventure Comics #69/3 (December 1941): [Dr. Wizen's Gorohs] |
| Adventure Comics #70/3 (January 1942): [The Magic Carpet] |
| Golden Age Secret Files #1/2 (February 2001): "Scenes from the Class Struggle at JSA Mansion" |
| All-Star Comics 80-Page Giant #1/4 (September 1999): "The 90-Minute Man" |
| All-Star Squadron #32 (April 1984): "Crisis on Earth-X! The Prequel" [Flashback] |
| All-Star Squadron #31 (March 1984): "Uncle Sam Wants You" [Flashback] |
| All-Star Squadron #32 (April 1984): "Crisis on Earth-X! The Prequel" [Flashback] |
| Secret Origins Vol. 2 #26/2 (May 1988): "The Secret Origin of Miss America" [Flashback retelling portions of flashbacks in All-Star Squadron #31 and #32] |
| All-Star Squadron #33 (May 1984): "The Battle of Santa Barbara -- Times Two" |
| All-Star Squadron #34 (June 1984): "The Wrath of Tsunami" |
| All-Star Squadron #35 (July 1984): "That Earths May Live" |
| Green Lantern: Fear Itself (1999) |
| Adventure Comics #71/3 (February 1942): "The Stars Look Down on Murder" |
| All-Star Squadron #38 (October 1984): "Detroit Is Dynamite" |
| All-Star Squadron #39 (November 1984): "Nobody Gets Out of Paradise Valley Alive" |
| All-Star Squadron #40 (December 1984): "The Rise and Fall of the Phantom Empire" |
| Adventure Comics #72/3 (March 1942): [Dr. Glisten] |
| All-Star Squadron #41 (January 1985): "Catch a Falling Starman" |
| All-Star Squadron #42 (February 1985): "Oh, Say, Can't You See?" |
| Adventure Comics #73/4 (April 1942): "Criminal Quiz" |
| All-Star Squadron #44 (April 1985): "Night and Fog" |
| Adventure Comics #74/2 (May 1942): "Case of the Highbrow Hoods" |
| All-Star Squadron #46 (June 1985): "Philadelphia -- It Tolls for Thee" |
| All-Star Squadron #47 (July 1985): "The Secret Origin of Doctor Fate" |
| All-Star Squadron #48 (August 1985): "Camelot 1942" |
| All-Star Squadron #49 (September 1985): "Death-Sword at Sunrise" |
| Adventure Comics #75/4 (June 1942): "Mystery of the Missing Link" |
| All-Star Squadron #50 (October 1985): "Crisis Point" |
| All-Star Squadron #51 (November 1985): "Monster Society of Evil" |
| All-Star Squadron #53 (January 1986): "Worlds in Turmoil" |
| All-Star Squadron #54 (February 1986): "The Crisis Comes to 1942 (and Vice Versa)" |
| All-Star Squadron #57 (May 1986): "Kaleidoscope" |
| All-Star Squadron #58 (June 1986): "I Sing the Body Robotic" |
| All-Star Squadron #59 (July 1986): "Out of the Ashes... Mekanique" |
| All-Star Squadron #60 (August 1986): "The End of the Beginning!" |
| Young All-Stars #3 (August 1987): "A Call to Arms" |
| Young All-Stars #6 (November 1987): "The War Within" [Behind the scenes as Rex Tyler] |
| Young All-Stars #7 (December 1987): "Somewhere in This Favored Land" |
| Young All-Stars #9 (February 1988): "You Have Nothing to Lose But Your Souls" |
| Adventure Comics #76/2 (July 1942): "The Million Dollar Orphan" |
| Adventure Comics #77/2 (August 1942): "The Case of the Hi-Jacked Hep-Cats" |
| Adventure Comics #78/2 (September 1942): "The Man Who Played Death" |
| Young All-Stars Annual #1 (1988): "The Mekanique Paradox" |
| Young All-Stars #25 (May 1989): "Atom and Evil Part V: Armageddon '42" [Behind the Scenes] |
| Adventure Comics #79/2 (October 1942): "The Stroke of Doom" |
| Young All-Stars #27 (July 1989): "Meanwhile..." [Flashback to Adventure Comics #79] |
| Young All-Stars #30 (October 1989): "Sons of Dawn: When Titans Make War... " |
| Young All-Stars #31 (November 1989): "Sons of Dawn: Men... and Supermen" |
| Adventure Comics #80/6 (November 1942): "The Case of the Sponsored Crooks" |
| Adventure Comics #81/6 (December 1942): "Time Out for Hitler" |
| Adventure Comics #82/6 (January 1943): "The High-Powered Hoods" |
| Adventure Comics #83/6 (February 1943): "The Riddles in Rhyme" |
| Hourman #5 (August 1999): "The Death of Hourman" [Flashback/memories] |
| Golden Age Secret Files #1 (February 2001): "The Dawn of the Golden Age" [Flashback] |
| DC Universe Holiday Bash #2/6 (1998): "I Left My Heart at the Justice Society Canteen" |
| All-Star Comics Vol. 2 #1 (early May 1999): "Time's Keeper" |
| Smash Comics Vol. 2 #1 (May 1999): "Name Your Poison" |
| All-Star Comics Vol. 2 #2 (late May 1999): "Time's Arrow" |
| JSA: Strange Adventures #1 (October 2004): "It Was a Dark and Stormy Night..." [Flashback] |
| JSA: Strange Adventures #1 (October 2004): "It Was a Dark and Stormy Night..." |
| JSA: Strange Adventures #2 (November 2004): "Ray Guns and Bug-Eyed Monsters" |
| JSA: Strange Adventures #3 (December 2004): "The Lurker in the Clouds" |
| JSA: Strange Adventures #4 (January 2005): "All in Color for a Dime" |
| JSA: Strange Adventures #5 (February 2005): "Life of a Madman" |
| JSA: Strange Adventures #6 (March 2005): "Thunder and Lightning" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 2 #6 (January 1993): "Give Me Liberty..." [Flashback] |
| Last Days of the Justice Society Special #1 (1986): "Last Days of the Justice Society of America" [Flashback] |
| All-Star Comics 80-Page Giant #1/2 (September 1999): "P.O.V. A Fable" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #161 (June 2000): "Honeymoon in Vegas" [Flashback] |
| JSA #69 (March 2005): "JSA/JSA Chapter II: Guardian Angels" [Behind the Scenes] |
| JSA #70 (April 2005): "JSA/JSA Chapter III: High Societies" |
| JSA #71 (May 2005): "JSA/JSA Chapter IV: Past Mistakes" |
| JSA #72 (June 2005): "JSA/JSA" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #77 (May 2001): "1951 Part One: -- Who?" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #78 (June 2001): "1951 Part One: -- What?" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #79 (July 2001): "1951 Part Three: -- Why?" |
| Showcase #55 (March-April 1965): "Solomon Grundy Goes on a Rampage" |
| Showcase #56 (May-June 1965): "Perils of the Psycho-Pirate" |
| Triumph #1 (June 1995): "The Machine" [Flashback] |
| Triumph #3 (August 1995): "Billy Mac" [Flashback] |
| Hourman #12 (March 2000): "Hourman One Million, Part 2: Metron's Brain" |
| Hourman #13 (April 2000): "Hourman One Million, Part 3: The Perfect Game" |
| Hourman #23 (February 2001): "The Unbelieveable Truth" |
| Hourman #24 (March 2001): "Minutes To Go" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #11 (September 1995): "13 Years Ago: Five Friends: A Tale of Times Past" [Flashback] |
| JLA: Year One #4 (April 1998): "While You Were Out..." |
| JLA: Year One #11 (November 1998): "Stalag Earth" |
| JLA: Year One #12 (December 1998): "Justice for All" |
| Justice League of America #21 (August 1963): "Crisis on Earth-One" |
| DC Universe: Legacies #4 (October 2010): "The Next Generation!" [Flashback to between panels of Justice League of America #21] |
| Justice League of America #22 (September 1963): "Crisis on Earth-Two" |
| DC Universe: Legacies #4 (October 2010): "The Next Generation!" [Flashback to between panels of Justice League of America #22] |
| Infinity, Inc. #48 (March 1988): "The Making of a Man" [Second Flashback, replaces Infinity, Inc. #27 in post-Crisis continuity; Behind the Scenes] |
| JLA: Incarnations #1 (July 2001): [No Title] |
| Justice League of America #55 (August 1967): "The Super-Crisis That Struck Earth-Two" |
| Justice League of America #56 (September 1967): "The Negative-Crisis of Earths One-Two" |
| Justice League of America #64 (August 1968): "The Stormy Return of the Red Tornado" |
| Justice League of America #65 (September 1968): "T.O. Morrow Kills the Justice League - Today" |
| Spectre #7/2 (November-December 1968): [No Title] |
| Justice League of America #82 (August 1970): "Peril of the Paired Planets" |
| Justice League of America #83 (September 1970): "Where Valor Fails... Will Magic Triumph?" |
| Infinity, Inc. #48 (March 1988): "The Making of a Man" [Fourth Flashback; as Rex Tyler] |
| Justice League of America #100 (August 1972): "The Unknown Soldier of Victory" |
| Justice League of America #101 (September 1972): "The Hand That Shook the World" |
| 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 retelling portions of Justice League of America #100-102 with new details] |
| Justice League of America #107 (September-October 1973): "Crisis on Earth-X" |
| Justice League of America #113 (September-October 1974): "The Creature in the Velvet Cage" |
| Justice League of America #123 (October 1975): "Where on Earth am I?" |
| Justice League of America #124 (November 1975): "Avenging Ghosts of the Justice Society" |
| All-Star Comics #62 (September-October 1976): "When Fall the Mighty" |
| All-Star Comics #63 (November-December 1976): "The Death of Doctor Fate" |
| All-Star Comics #64 (January-February 1977): "Yesterday Begins Today" |
| All-Star Comics #65 (March-April 1977): "The Master Plan of Vandal Savage" |
| All-Star Comics #66 (May-June 1977): "Injustice Strikes Twice!" |
| All-Star Comics #67 (July-August 1977): "The Attack of the Underlord" |
| All-Star Comics #68 (September-October 1977): "Divided We Stand" |
| All-Star Comics #69 (November-December 1977): "United We Fall!" |
| All-Star Comics #70 (January-February 1978): "A Parting of the Ways!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #27 (June 1986): "Memories" [Pre-Crisis Continuity Only] |
| All-Star Comics #74 (September-October 1978): "World on the Edge of Ending" |
| Adventure Comics #462 (March-April 1979): "Only Legends Live Forever, part 2" |
| Adventure Comics #466/3 (November-December 1979): "The Defeat of the Justice Society" |
| DC Comics Presents #25/2 (September 1980): "Whatever Happened to Hourman?" |
| Justice League of America #195 (October 1981): "Targets on Two Worlds" |
| Justice League of America #196 (November 1981): "Countdown to Crisis" |
| Justice League of America #197 (December 1981): "Crisis in Limbo" |
| Justice League of America #219 (October 1983): "Crisis in the Thunderbolt Dimension" |
| Justice League of America #220 (November 1983): "The Doppelganger Gambit" |
| Infinity, Inc. #1 (March 1984): "Generations" |
| Infinity, Inc. #2 (May 1984): "A Gauntlet Hurled" |
| America vs. the Justice Society #1 (January 1985): "I Accuse" [Note: no longer in continuity] |
| America vs. the Justice Society #2 (February 1985): "Trial By Congress" [Note: no longer in continuity] |
| America vs. the Justice Society #3 (March 1985): "Hostile Witness" [Note: no longer in continuity] |
| America vs. the Justice Society #4 (April 1985): "D-Day For Degaton" [Note: no longer in continuity] |
| Infinity, Inc. #20 (November 1985): "Crisis on Infinitors' Earth" |
| Infinity, Inc. Annual #1 (1985): "Green Dreams & Precious Illusions" |
| Infinity, Inc. #21 (December 1985): "Shadows at Midnight" |
| Legends of the DCU: Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 (February 1999): "The Untold Story" |
| Infinity, Inc. #22 (January 1986): "Uncivil Wars" [Appearance same as Crisis on Infinite Earths #5, pages 7-12] |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #9 (December 1985): "War Zone" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #10 (January 1986): "Death at the Dawn of Time!" |
| Infinity, Inc. #25 (April 1986): "Business As Usual" |
| Last Days of the Justice Society Special #1 (1986): "Last Days of the Justice Society of America" |
| War of the Gods #2 (October 1991): "The Holy Wars" |
| Armageddon: Inferno #3 (June 1992): "The Last Hope" |
| Armageddon: Inferno #4 (July 1992): "The Gathering of Heroes" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 2 #1 (August 1992): "Home Again!" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 2 #5 (December 1992): "Only Human" [As Rex Tyler] |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 2 #8 (March 1993): "Whispering Death" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 2 #9 (April 1993): "Heart of Darkness, Eyes of Hate!" [As Rex Tyler] |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 2 #10 (May 1993): "JSA No More?" |
| Eclipso #16 (February 1994): "Fallout" |
| Eclipso #17 (March 1994): "Big Game" |
| Eclipso #18 (April 1994): "Works of Darkness" |
| Justice League Task Force #10 (March 1994): "The Purification Plague, Part One: Dark Convictions" |
| Justice League Task Force #11 (April 1994): "The Purification Plague, Part Two: Children of Ignorance" |
| Justice League Task Force #12 (May 1994): "The Purification Plague, Part Three: Angel of Injustice" |
| Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #4 (September 1994): "Zero Hour" |
| Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #3 (September 1994): "Zero Hour" |
| Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #2 (September 1994): "Zero Hour" [Deceased] |
| JSA #36 (July 2002): "Stealing Thunder Part 4: Time-Bound" |
| JSA #38 (September 2002): "Father's Day" |
| Hawkman Vol. 4 #23 (early March 2004): "Black Reign" |
| Hawkman Vol. 4 #24 (late March 2004): "Black Reign" |
| JSA #58 (April 2004): "Black Reign" |
| Hawkman Vol. 4 #25 (April 2004): "Black Reign" |
| JSA #59 (May 2004): "Time and Time and Time Again" |
| JSA #60 (June 2004): "Redemption Lost Part 1" |
| JSA #61 (July 2004): "Redemption Lost Part 2" |
| JSA #62 (August 2004): "Redemption Lost Part 3" |
| JSA #63 (September 2004): "Waking the Sandman Part 1: Insomnia" |
| JSA #64 (October 2004): "Waking the Sandman Part Two: Night Terrors" |
| JSA #65 (November 2004): "Out of Time Part I" |
| JSA #66 (December 2004): "Out of Time Part II" |
| JSA #67 (January 2005): "The Autopsy" |
| JSA #76 (October 2005): "In Search Of..." [Behind the Scenes] |
| JSA: Classified #17 (November 2006): "The Venom Connection, Part 1" |
| JSA: Classified #18 (December 2006): "The Venom Connection, Part 2" |
| Justice League: Cry for Justice #4 (December 2009): "The Fix" |
| JSA All-Stars #1 (February 2010): "All-Stars" |
| JSA All-Stars #2 (March 2010): "Constellations, Part One: Catch a Falling Star" |
| JSA All-Stars #3 (April 2010): "Constellations, Part Two: Star, Struck!" |
| JSA All-Stars #17 (June 2011): "A Better World Part 1 of 2" |