| MAX MERCURY | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Jack Cole and Chuck Mazoujian |
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CHRONOLOGY
Max Mercury first appeared in National Comics #5 (November 1940) [Quality].
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Max Mercury 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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Max Mercury Chronology
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As Windrunner |
| Flash Vol. 2 #97 (January 1995): "Terminal Velocity, Mach 3: The Other Side of Light" [Flashback to 1838] |
| Impulse Annual #2/2 (1997): "Thunder in Mesa City" [Flashback story] |
| Flash Vol. 2 #97 (January 1995): "Terminal Velocity, Mach 3: The Other Side of Light" [Flashback to 1891] |
As Whirlwind |
| Speed Force #1/3 (November 1997): "Childsplay" [Flashback to 1893] |
| Flash 80-Page Giant #1/5 (August 1998): "Thunder and Lightning" [Flashback to 1921] |
As Quicksilver |
| National Comics #5 (November 1940): [Presenting Quicksilver] |
| National Comics #6 (December 1940): [The Blades of Baron Hoff] |
| National Comics #7 (January 1941): [Crime at the State Fair] |
| National Comics #8 (February 1941): [The Rocket Destructor] |
| National Comics #9 (March 1941): [The Fifth Column Bombers] |
| National Comics #10 (April 1941): [Feuding Sons of the Kentucky Hills] |
| National Comics #11 (May 1941): "Death Rides the Racetrack" |
| National Comics #12 (June 1941): [The Rascelli Expose'] |
| National Comics #13 (July 1941): [Wizard Ward and the Boat Race] |
| National Comics #14 (August 1941): [The Puggello Mob] |
| National Comics #15 (September 1941): [The Smithtown Slum Revolt] |
| National Comics #16 (October 1941): [The Soap Box Demagogue] |
| National Comics #17 (November 1941): [The Rescue of Tom Jameson] |
| National Comics #18 (December 1941): [The Twelve Duplicate Jurors] |
| National Comics #19 (January 1942): [The Aluminum Sabotage] |
| National Comics #20 (February 1942): [The Speed Demons] |
| National Comics #21 (March 1942): [The Box] |
| National Comics #22 (April 1942): [Striking with the speed of lightning...] |
| National Comics #23 (June 1942): [So you guys thought...] |
| National Comics #24 (August 1942): [Maiden Lane, diamond center of the world...] |
| National Comics #25 (October 1942): [Once again, that king of speed...] |
| National Comics #26 (November 1942): [Once again, that king of speed...] |
| National Comics #27 (December 1942): [No Title] |
| National Comics #28 (January 1943): [At the Circus] |
| National Comics #29 (February 1943): [You crooks have reached a new low...] |
| National Comics #30 (March 1943): [Like rats leaving a sinking ship...] |
| National Comics #31 (April 1943): [No Title] |
| National Comics #32 (May 1943): [No Title] |
| National Comics #33 (July 1943): [No Title] |
| National Comics #34 (August 1943): [Sweating Out the Japanese] |
| National Comics #35 (September 1943): [No Title] |
| National Comics #36 (October 1943): [Ghost Ship in the Yukon] |
| National Comics #37 (November 1943): [No Title] |
| National Comics #38 (January 1944): [Terror on the Western Plains] |
| National Comics #39 (February 1944): [No Title] |
| National Comics #40 (March 1944): [No Title] |
| Impulse #37 (May 1998): "Generations of Crime" [Flashback to during World War II] |
| National Comics #41 (April 1944): [No Title] |
| National Comics #42 (May 1944): [No Title] |
| National Comics #43 (August 1944): [Dagger Marlin Hangs Twice] |
| National Comics #44 (October 1944): [Three Keys to Doom] |
| National Comics #45 (December 1944): [The Timberley Diamond] |
| National Comics #46 (February 1945): [Theatre of Thieves] |
| National Comics #47 (April 1945): [The Vengeance of Boss Bumble] |
| National Comics #48 (June 1945): [The Ex-Con's New Job] |
| National Comics #49 (August 1945): [The Murder Hobbyists] |
| National Comics #50 (October 1945): [The Gold Maker] |
| National Comics #51 (December 1945): "Smash It Anyway" |
| National Comics #52 (February 1946): "The Winner" |
| National Comics #53 (April 1946): [Lonesome] |
| National Comics #54 (June 1946): "The Thirteenth Floor" |
| National Comics #55 (August 1946): "Crime Takes to the Air" |
| National Comics #56 (October 1946): [Introducing Wilda] |
| National Comics #57 (December 1946): "Death to the Loser" |
| National Comics #58 (February 1947): [Boss Duray's Penthouse of Peril] |
| National Comics #59 (April 1947): [The Australian Magic Murders] |
| National Comics #60 (June 1947): [The Disappearance of Bob Van Dorn] |
| National Comics #61 (August 1947): "The Evil Eye" |
| National Comics #62 (October 1947): "Win or Die" |
| National Comics #63 (December 1947): "Top Floor -- All Out for Murder" |
| National Comics #64 (February 1948): [Battle at Dead Man's Curve] |
| National Comics #65 (April 1948): [Bigsby's Magnetic Ray] |
| National Comics #66 (June 1948): [Mr. Miacca] |
| National Comics #67 (August 1948): [The Wasp] |
| National Comics #68 (October 1948): [Slumber Strikes] |
| National Comics #69 (December 1948): [Piracy Ploy] |
| National Comics #70 (February 1949): [The Man from the Moon] |
| National Comics #71 (April 1949): [No Title] |
| National Comics #73 (August 1949): [No Title] |
| Impulse #16 (August 1996): "Running from the Past" [Flashback to 1948; Page 4, panel 4 through page 8 and page 10, panel 2 through page 16] |
As Max Mercury |
| Flash Vol. 2 #109 (January 1996): "Dead Heat, Second Lap: A Swiftly Tilting Planet" [Flashback] |
| Flash Vol. 2 #76 (May 1993): "Identity Crisis" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #77 (June 1993): "Suicide Run" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #78 (July 1993): "Blitzkrieg" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #79 (August 1993): "The Once and Future Flash" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #91 (June 1994): "Out of Time" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #94 (September 1994): "Reckless Youth, Ch. 3: Just Do It!" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #96 (December 1994): "Terminal Velocity, Mach 2: All the Wrong Moves" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #97 (January 1995): "Terminal Velocity, Mach 3: The Other Side of Light" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #98 (February 1995): "Terminal Velocity, Mach 4: Hit and Run" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #99 (March 1995): "Terminal Velocity, Redline: Ultimate Rush" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #100 (April 1995): "Terminal Velocity, Overdrive: The Quick and the Dead" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #101 (May 1995): "Going the Distance" |
| Impulse #1 (April 1995): "The Single Synapse" [Flashback] |
| Impulse #16 (August 1996): "Running from the Past" [Flashback] |
| Impulse #1 (April 1995): "The Single Synapse" |
| Impulse #2 (May 1995): "Crossfire" |
| Impulse #3 (June 1995): "How to Win Friends and Influence People" |
| Impulse #4 (July 1995): "Bad Influence" |
| Impulse #5 (August 1995): "Lightning Strikes" |
| Impulse #6 (September 1995): "Secret Identity" |
| Impulse #7 (October 1995): "Arrested Developments" |
| Impulse #8 (November 1995): "Smart Men, Foolish Choices" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #108 (December 1995): "Dead Heat, First Lap: Flatfooted" |
| Impulse #9 (December 1995): "Running in the Family" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #109 (January 1996): "Dead Heat, Second Lap: A Swiftly Tilting Planet" |
| Impulse #10 (January 1996): "Dead Heat, Second Lap: Disaffected Youth" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #110 (February 1996): "Dead Heat, Fourth Lap: Cut to the Quick" |
| Impulse #11 (February 1996): "Dead Heat, Fifth Lap: Breaking the Barrier" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #111 (March 1996): "Dead Heat, Final Lap: Godspeed" |
| Impulse #12 (March 1996): "Sonic Youth" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #112 (April 1996): "Future Perfect" |
| Impulse #13 (May 1996): "Water Rat" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #113 (May 1996): "Race Against Time!, Ch. 1: Wallyworld" |
| Impulse #14 (June 1996): "Faith" |
| Impulse #15 (July 1996): "Trust" |
| Impulse #16 (August 1996): "Running from the Past" |
| Impulse #17 (September 1996): "Quicker Than the Eye" |
| Impulse #18 (October 1996): "Virtually Wasted" |
| Impulse #19 (November 1996): "A Game of Spew" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 3 #81 (December 1996): "Funeral for a Hero" |
| Impulse #20 (December 1996): "First Base" |
| Impulse #21 (January 1997): "A Little Knowledge" |
| Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 #88 (January 1997): "Fast Times" |
| Impulse #22 (February 1997): "Played" |
| Impulse #23 (March 1997): "Lessons Learned" |
| Impulse #24 (April 1997): "Reunion" |
| JLA #5 (May 1997): "Woman of Tomorrow" |
| Impulse #26 (June 1997): "Scorched" |
| Impulse #27 (July 1997): "Fight for Your Right to Party" |
| Impulse #28 (August 1997): "Arrowette vs. the Spazz" |
| Impulse #29 (September 1997): "Conflict Resolutions" |
| Genesis #1 (October 1997): "Resonance" |
| Impulse #30 (October 1997): "Everything Sucks" |
| Impulse #31 (November 1997): "Solving the Puzzle" |
| Impulse #32 (December 1997): "Unhealed Wounds" |
| Impulse Annual #2 (1997): "Showdown" |
| Impulse #33 (January 1998): "Time Out" |
| Impulse/Atom Double-Shot #1 (February 1998): "Roll Back" |
| Teen Titans Vol. 2 #17 (February 1998): "New Life" |
| Impulse #34 (February 1998): "The Devorian Age" |
| Impulse #35 (March 1998): "Time Out of Joint" |
| Impulse #36 (April 1998): "Court Dates" |
| Impulse #37 (May 1998): "Generations of Crime" |
| Impulse #38 (June 1998): "Rising Waters" |
| Impulse #39 (July 1998): [No Title] |
| Flash Vol. 2 #136 (April 1998): "The Human Race, Part I: Radio Days" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #137 (May 1998): "The Human Race, Part II: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #138 (June 1998): "The Human Race, Part III: Home Run" |
| Impulse #40 (August 1998): "Like a Two-Legged Man in a Three-Legged Race" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #139 (July 1998): "The Black Flash, Part I: The Late Wally West" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #140 (August 1998): "The Black Flash, Part II" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #141 (September 1998): "The Black Flash, Part III: The End" |
| Young Justice: The Secret #1 (June 1998): "Young Justice: The Secret" |
| Impulse #41 (September 1998): "The Return of Arrowette" |
| JLA: World Without Grown-Ups #1 (July 1998): "JLA: World Without Grown-Ups" |
| Impulse #43 (December 1998): "Gamal's Song" |
| Impulse #44 (January 1999): "All Hallows Gettin' Even" |
| Impulse #45 (February 1999): "The Christmas Impulse" |
| Impulse #46 (March 1999): "When Barry Met Bart" |
| Impulse #47 (April 1999): "Lessons in Fear" |
| Young Justice #7 (April 1999): "Conferences" |
| Impulse #48 (May 1999): "When is a Riddle Not a Riddle?" |
| Impulse #49 (June 1999): "The Old Reform School Dodge" |
| Impulse #51 (August 1999): "It's All Relative" |
| Impulse #52 (September 1999): "Tumbling Down" |
| Impulse #53 (October 1999): "Threats" |
| Impulse #54 (November 1999): "Night of Camping" |
| Impulse #55 (December 1999): "It Ain't Easy Beeing Greenery" |
| Impulse #56 (January 2000): "The Best of Both" |
| Impulse #57 (February 2000): "A Plastic Christmas" |
| Impulse #58 (March 2000): "Flashing Before My Eyes" |
| Impulse #60 (May 2000): "What Would the Flash Do?" |
| Impulse #61 (June 2000): "The Sidekick Swap" |
| Impulse #62 (July 2000): "Mercury Falling: A Question of Faith" |
| Impulse #63 (August 2000): "Mercury Falling, Part 2: Training!" |
| Impulse #65 (October 2000): "Mercury Falling, Part 4: Bart Allen's Evil Twin" |
| Impulse #66 (November 2000): "Mercury Falling, the Conclusion: Deathrace" |
| Impulse #67 (December 2000): "Friends Like These..." |
| Impulse #70 (March 2001): "Impulse, the Movie" |
| Impulse #71 (April 2001): "The Return of Lucius Keller, Part 1" |
| Impulse #72 (May 2001): "The Return of Lucius Keller" |
| Impulse #73 (June 2001): "Dark Tomorrow, Part One" |
| Impulse #74 (July 2001): "Dark Tomorrow, Part Two" |
| Impulse #75 (August 2001): "Dark Tomorrow, Part Three" |
| Impulse #76 (September 2001): "Missing You" |
| Impulse #78 (November 2001): "Losing the Impulse" |
| Impulse #79 (December 2001): "No Laughing Matter" |
| Impulse #80 (January 2002): "Sometimes a Hero" |
| Impulse #83 (April 2002): "Double Visions, Part Two" |
Chronology UncertainIt is currently uncertain where these stories fit into the character's internal chronology. |
| Flash Vol. 2 #130 (early November 1997): "Emergency Stop, Part One" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #131 (late November 1997): "Emergency Stop, Part Two: Threads" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #132 (December 1997): "Emergency Stop, Part Three: Fashion Victims" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #142 (October 1998): "Get Me to the Church on Time" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #145 (February 1999): "Chain Lightning, Ch. 1: The Gathering Storm" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #146 (March 1999): "Chain Lightning, Ch. 2: Time Like a River..." |
| Flash Vol. 2 #147 (April 1999): "Chain Lightning, Ch. 3: Shooting the Rapids" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #148 (May 1999): "Chain Lightning, Ch. 4: Undertow" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #149 (June 1999): "Chain Lightning, Ch. 5: Whirlpool" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #152 (September 1999): "New Kid in Town" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #153 (October 1999): "The Folded Man" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #154 (November 1999): "Dimensionally Challenged" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #157 (February 2000): "Setting the Stage" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #158 (March 2000): "Reverse Flash" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #159 (April 2000): "Whirlwind Ceremony" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #161 (June 2000): "Honeymoon in Vegas" |
| Impulse: Bart Saves the Universe (March 1999): "Bart Saves the Universe" |
| JLA/Titans #1 (December 1998): "One of Ours" |
| Justice League America #103 (September 1995): "Oh, to Be Nobody" |
| Power of Shazam! #41 (August 1998): "The Monster Society of Evil, Part 4: Death Warrant" |
| Robin Plus #1 (December 1996): "Dashing Through the Snow" |
| Showcase '96 #12/2 (winter 1996): "Overrun" |
| Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #8 (March 2000): "Crisis in Blue Valley" |