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 JEAN LORINGCHRONOLOGY 
Created by Gardner Fox and Gil Kane

The Original Universe

CHRONOLOGY

Jean Loring first appeared in Showcase #34 (September-October 1961): "Birth of the Atom".

Below is the definitive list of appearances of Jean Loring 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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Jean Loring Chronology

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Showcase #34 (September-October 1961): "Birth of the Atom"
Showcase #34/2 (September-October 1961): "Battle of the Tiny Titans"
Showcase #35 (November-December 1961): "The Dooms from Beyond"
Showcase #36 (January-February 1962): "Prisoner in a Test Tube"
Showcase #36/2 (January-February 1962): "The Disappearing Act Robberies"
Atom #1 (June-July 1962): "Master of the Plant World"
Atom #2 (August-September 1962): "The Oddest Man on Earth"
Atom #3 (October-November 1962): "The Time Trap"
Justice League of America #15 (November 1962): "The Challenge of the Untouchable Aliens"
Atom #4/2 (December 1962-January 1963): "The Case of the Innocent Thief"
Atom #5/2 (February-March 1963): "The Specter of 3000-Moons Lake"
Atom #6 (April-May 1963): "Riddle of the Two-faced Astronaut"
Justice League of America #19 (May 1963): "The Super-Exiles of Earth"
Atom #7 (June-July 1963): "The Case of the Cosmic Camera"
Atom #8/2 (August-September 1963): "The Purloined Miniatures"
Atom #8 (August-September 1963): "Lockup in the Lethal Lightbulb"
Atom #10 (December 1963-January 1964): "Ride a Deadly Grenade"
Atom #10/2 (December 1963-January 1964): "The Mysterious Swan Maiden"
Atom #11/2 (February-March 1964): "Voyage to Beyond"
Atom #12 (April-May 1964): "Danger, Atom Gun at Work"
Atom #13 (June-July 1964): "Weapon Watches of the Time-Wise Guy"
Atom #15 (October-November 1964): "Illusions for Sale"
Atom #15/2 (October-November 1964): "The Super-Safecracker Who Defied the Law"
Atom #16 (December 1964-January 1965): "Fate of the Flattened Out Atom"
Atom #17 (February-March 1965): "Case of the Hooded Hijackers"
Atom #18 (April-May 1965): "The Hole-in-the-Wall Lawman"
Atom #18/2 (April-May 1965): "The Atomic Flea"
Atom #20 (August-September 1965): "Challenge of the Computer-Crooks"
Atom #21 (October-November 1965): "Combat Under Glass"
Atom #22 (December 1965-January 1966): "Bat-Knights of Darkness"
Atom #23/2 (February-March 1966): "Thief with the Tricky Toy"
Atom #24 (April-May 1966): "The Atom-Destruction of the Earth"
Atom #25 (June-July 1966): "The Man in the Ion Mask"
Atom #25/2 (June-July 1966): "The Spy Who Went Out for the Gold"
Atom #26 (August-September 1966): "The Eye-Popping Perils of the Bug-Eyed Bandit"
Atom #28/2 (December 1966-January 1967): "The 100,000 'Atoms' of Ivy Town"
Atom #29 (February-March 1967): "The Thinker's Earth-Shaking Robberies"
Atom #30 (April-May 1967): "Daze of the Bat-Knights"
Atom #31 (June-July 1967): "Good Man, Bad Man--Turnabout Thief"
Atom #32 (August-September 1967): "The Up and Down Dooms of the Atom"
Atom #33 (October-November 1967): "The Amazing Arsenal of the Atom Assassin"
Atom #34 (December 1967-January 1968): "Little Man, You've Had a Big-Gang Day"
Atom #35 (February-March 1968): "Plight of the Pin-Up Atom"
Atom #36 (April-May 1968): "The Duel Between the Dual Atoms"
Atom #37 (June-July 1968): "Meet Major Mynah"
Atom #38 (August-September 1968): "Sinister Stopover, Earth"
Justice League of America #65 (September 1968): "T.O. Morrow Kills the Justice League - Today"
Atom and Hawkman #40 (December 1968-January 1969): "The Explosive Exploit of the Split Atom"
Atom and Hawkman #41 (February-March 1969): "Return of the 7-Year Dead Man"
Atom and Hawkman #44/2 (August-September 1969): "Hate is Where You Find It"
Atom and Hawkman #45 (October-November 1969): "Queen Jean, Why Must We Die?"
Justice League of America #80 (May 1970): "Night of the Soul-Stealer"
Justice League of America #81 (June 1970): "Plague of the Galactic Jest-Master"
Legends of the DC Universe #28 (May 2000): "A Small Revenge"
Legends of the DC Universe #29 (June 2000): "Small World"
Detective Comics #432/2 (March 1973): "Suddenly... the Witness Vanished!"
Action Comics #425/2 (July 1973): "13 Old Men Who Run the World"
Action Comics #427/2 (September 1973): "The Time Thief Strikes But Once"
Action Comics #435/2 (May 1974): "The Unmasking of the Atom"
Action Comics #438/2 (August 1974): "The Man Who Tape-Recorded the Atom"
Action Comics #439/2 (September 1974): "Danger in Two Dimensions"
Action Comics #442/2 (December 1974): "The Little Man from Mars"
Action Comics #448/2 (June 1975): "Nightmare in Gold"
Action Comics #453/2 (November 1975): "Danger: Thoughts at Work"
Action Comics #454/2 (December 1975): "The Campus That Swallowed Itself"
Super-Team Family #11 (June-July 1977): "The Other Side of Doomsday"
Super-Team Family #12 (August-September 1977): "The Eternity Pursuit"
Super-Team Family #13 (October-November 1977): "Ragnarok Night"
Secret Society of Super-Villains #10 (October 1977): "Triumph and Treachery"
Super-Team Family #14 (December 1977-January 1978): "The End of the Quest"
Justice League of America #154 (May 1978): "I'll Kill You in Your Dreams"
Justice League of America #155 (June 1978): "Under the Moons of Earth"
Justice League of America #156 (July 1978): "The Fiend with Five Faces"
Justice League of America #157 (August 1978): "Till Doom Do Us Part"
Action Comics #487/2 (September 1978): "The Miniature War of the Bat Knights"
Action Comics #489/2 (November 1978): "Where There's a Will... There's a Fray!"
DC Comics Presents #15 (November 1979): "Plight of the Giant Atom"
World's Finest Comics #260/2 (December 1979-January 1980): "A Tight Squeeze for the Tiny Titan"
Justice League of America #174 (January 1980): "A Plague of Monsters"
Action Comics #516/2 (February 1981): "The Clueless Capers of Chronos"
Justice League of America #188/2 (March 1981): "The Miracle at 22,300 Miles"
Action Comics #523/2 (September 1981): "The Eye of the Storm"
Action Comics #524/2 (October 1981): "Catastrophe by Calculation"
Action Comics #530/2 (April 1982): "Home, Home on the Waves"
Action Comics #531/2 (May 1982): "No Time Off for Heroes"
Action Comics #532/2 (June 1982): "Carnival of Catastrophe"
Justice League of America #213 (April 1983): "Into the Microcosmos"
Justice League of America #216 (July 1983): "Into the Microcosmos - Conclusion: The Choice"
Sword of the Atom #1 (September 1983): "Sword of the Atom, Book One: Stormy Passage"
Sword of the Atom #2 (October 1983): "Sword of the Atom, Book Two: A Choice of Dooms"
Sword of the Atom #3 (November 1983): "Sword of the Atom, Book Three: Mournin's End"
Sword of the Atom #4 (December 1983): "Sword of the Atom, Book Four: Look Homeward, Atom"
Sword of the Atom Special #1 (1984): "The Atom's Farewell: The Last Days of the Littlest Big Man"
Sword of the Atom Special #2 (1985): [No Title]
Power of the Atom #3 (October 1988): "15 Minutes of Fame!"
Power of the Atom #7 (Holiday 1988): "Behind Enemy Lines!"
Power of the Atom #8 (January 1989): "Eye of the Storm"
Power of the Atom #9 (February 1989): "Victory Day"
Power of the Atom #10 (March 1989): "Bah, Humbug!"
Power of the Atom #11 (April 1989): "Mightier Than the Sword!"
Power of the Atom #12 (May 1989): "Shrinking into the Fire!"
Power of the Atom #13 (June 1989): "Rattling the Cages"
Power of the Atom #18 (November 1989): "Life After Death!"
Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #44 (August 1990): "Grave Matters"
Captain Atom #49 (January 1991): "The Trial of Plastique - A Love Story"
Atom Special #1 (1993): "Shrinking From the Past"
Hawkman Vol. 3 #14 (November 1994): "Eyes of the Hawk, Part 1: Old Ephraim's Folly"
Atom Special #2 (1995): "Critical Mass"
Teen Titans Vol. 2 #6 (March 1997): "Moving Daze"
Teen Titans Vol. 2 #16 (late January 1998): "Titans Then & Now: Epilogue"
Dark Nemesis (Villains) #1 (February 1998): "Turncoat!"
Chronos #3 (May 1998): "Renaissance Man"
Chronos #5 (July 1998): "Legacies"
Chronos #6 (August 1998): "The Funeral Party"
Identity Crisis #7 (February 2005): "The Hero's Life" [Flashback]
Identity Crisis #1 (August 2004): "Coffin"
Identity Crisis #2 (September 2004): "House of Lies"
Identity Crisis #3 (October 2004): "Serial Killer"
Identity Crisis #4 (November 2004): "Who Benefits"
Identity Crisis #5 (December 2004): "Father's Day"
Identity Crisis #6 (January 2005): "Husbands and Wives"
Identity Crisis #7 (February 2005): "The Hero's Life"
Superman Vol. 2 #216 (June 2005): "Lightning Strikes Twice, Part 3"

ZZAs Eclipso III

Day of Vengeance #1 (June 2005): "One Last Drink at the End of Time"
Day of Vengeance #2 (July 2005): "Some Enchantress Evening" [Flashback]
Blood of the Demon #6 (October 2005): "The Gathering Storm"
Blood of the Demon #7 (November 2005): "Cages of the Mind"
JSA #73 (July 2005): "Black Vengeance, Part 1"
JSA #74 (August 2005): "Black Vengeance, Part 2"
JSA #75 (September 2005): "Black Vengeance, Conclusion"
Day of Vengeance #2 (July 2005): "Some Enchantress Evening"
Day of Vengeance #3 (August 2005): "A Hot Night In Budapest"
Day of Vengeance #4 (September 2005): "Monkey Business"
Day of Vengeance #5 (October 2005): "The Particle Theory of Darkness"
Day of Vengeance #6 (November 2005): "The Death of Magic"
52 #27 (January 2007): "The Past Best Hope"
Blue Beetle Vol. 3 #16 (August 2007): "Total Eclipso: The Heart"
Countdown #41 (September 2007): "Another Fine Mess"
Countdown #38 (October 2007): "All Hell!"
Countdown #36 (October 2007): "Magical Mystery Tour"
Countdown #35 (October 2007): "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"
Countdown #32 (November 2007): "Girls Gone Wild"
Countdown #31 (November 2007): "New Frontiers"
Countdown #29 (December 2007): "Another Country Heard From"
Countdown #27 (December 2007): "Disasters, Great & Otherwise"
Countdown #25 (January 2008): "Bedlam Below!"
Countdown #24 (January 2008): "Prime Example"
Countdown #23 (January 2008): "The Bottled Imp"
Countdown #22 (January 2008): "Miracle Mile!"
Countdown #20 (February 2008): "Loneliest Number"
Countdown #18 (February 2008): "Safe House"
Countdown #17 (March 2008): "This Means War!"

ZZAs a Black Lantern

Blackest Night #4 (December 2009): "Blackest Night"
Blackest Night #5 (January 2010): "Blackest Night"
Green Lantern Vol. 4 #49/2 (February 2010): "Tales of the Black Lantern Corps: The Birth of Nekron"
Blackest Night #6 (February 2010): "Blackest Night"
Atom and Hawkman #46 (March 2010): "Bye Bye Birdie!"