| NIGHTHAWK I (Hannibal Hawkes) | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Robert Kanigher and Charles Paris |
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Nighthawk (Hannibal Hawkes)
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CHRONOLOGY
Nighthawk first appeared in Western Comics #5 (September-October 1948).
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Nighthawk 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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Nighthawk Chronology
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| Western Comics #5 (September-October 1948): "The Lair of the Timberwolf" |
| Western Comics #7 (January-February 1949): "The Loaded Scales of Justice" |
| Western Comics #8 (March-April 1949): "Wagon-Wheel War" |
| Western Comics #9 (May-June 1949): "The Shattered Clue" |
| Western Comics #10 (July-August 1949): "Tunnel of Terror" |
| Western Comics #11 (September-October 1949): "The Terror at Tumble-Down Ranch" |
| Western Comics #12 (December 1949-January 1950): "One Sheriff Too Many" |
| Western Comics #13 (February-March 1950): "There was a Crooked Man" |
| Western Comics #14 (April-May 1950): "Hannibal Hawks, Telegrapher" |
| Western Comics #15 (June-July 1950): "Silver, Salt--and Pepper" |
| Western Comics #16 (August-September 1950): "The Framing of Hannibal Hawkes" |
| Western Comics #17 (October-November 1950): "Two Buttons from Boston" |
| Western Comics #18 (December 1950): "Twisted Guns and a Twisted Life" |
| Western Comics #19 (January 1951): "The Invisible Rustlers" |
| Western Comics #20 (February 1951): "The Mystery Mail from Defender Dip" |
| Western Comics #21 (March 1951): "Rattlesnake Hollow" |
| Western Comics #22 (April 1951): "The Nighthawk's Junior Partner" |
| Western Comics #23 (May 1951): "Curtain Time in Calamity" |
| Western Comics #24 (June 1951): "The Fix-It Man's Rival" |
| Western Comics #25 (July 1951): "The Substitute Nighthawk" |
| Western Comics #26 (August 1951): "The Gold Mine That Ran Itself" |
| Western Comics #27 (September 1951): "Mayor Hawkes and Marshal Nighthawk" |
| Western Comics #28 (October 1951): "The Vagabond Village" |
| Western Comics #29 (November 1951): "The Stranger Without a Past" |
| Western Comics #30 (December 1951): "Lesson for Outlaws" |
| Western Comics #31 (January-February 1952): "The Prankster of Deep River Junction" |
| Western Comics #32 (March-April 1952): "Alibis at Midnight" |
| Western Comics #33 (May-June 1952): "Smokescreen for Larceny" |
| Western Comics #34 (July-August 1952): "The Wooden Witness" |
| Western Comics #35 (September-October 1952): "The Burro Worth a Fortune" |
| Western Comics #36 (November-December 1952): "Duel in the Dark" |
| Western Comics #37 (January-February 1953): "The Rainmakers of Aurora Valley" |
| Western Comics #38 (March-April 1953): "The Merry-Go-Round Rustlers" |
| Western Comics #39 (May-June 1953): "The Man Who Killed Nighthawk" |
| Western Comics #40 (July-August 1953): "The Outlaw Picture" |
| Western Comics #41 (September-October 1953): "Outlaw Insurance" |
| Western Comics #42 (November-December 1953): "The Gun-Fighting Statue" |
| Western Comics #43 (January-February 1954): "Black Star Gang" |
| Western Comics #44 (March-April 1954): "A Cage for Nighthawk" |
| Western Comics #45 (May-June 1954): "The Booby-Trap Bandits" |
| Western Comics #46 (July-August 1954): "The Innocent Outlaw" |
| Western Comics #47 (September-October 1954): "The Outlaw Telegraph" |
| Western Comics #48 (November-December 1954): "The Two Faces of Nighthawk" |
| Western Comics #49 (January-February 1955): "The Night of Vengeance" |
| Western Comics #50 (March-April 1955): "The Photographer Who Exposed Nighthawk" |
| Western Comics #51 (May-June 1955): "The Face behind Nighthawk's Mask" |
| Western Comics #52 (July-August 1955): "The Prisoner behind Nighthawk's Mask" |
| Western Comics #53 (September-October 1955): "The Men Who Looked Like Nighthawk" |
| Western Comics #54 (November-December 1955): "The Secret of the Masked Witness" |
| Western Comics #55 (January-February 1956): "The Day Nighthawk Revealed His Secret Identity" |
| Western Comics #56 (March-April 1956): "The Hands That Betrayed Nighthawk" |
| Western Comics #57 (May-June 1956): "I Saw Nighthawk's Face" |
| Western Comics #58 (July-August 1956): "Nighthawk's Strange Inheritance" |
| Western Comics #59 (September-October 1956): "The Man Without a Mask" |
| Western Comics #60 (November-December 1956): "The Man Who Imitated Nighthawk" |
| Western Comics #61 (January-February 1957): "The Metal Prison" |
| Western Comics #62 (March-April 1957): "The Haircut That Betrayed Nighthawk" |
| Western Comics #63 (May-June 1957): "Nighthawk's Identity-Guessing Contest" |
| Western Comics #64 (July-August 1957): "The Secret of Nighthawks' Signature" |
| Western Comics #65 (September-October 1957): "Nighthawk's Tunnel Trap" |
| Western Comics #66 (November-December 1957): "The Amazing Contest of Stovepipe Creek" |
| Western Comics #67 (January-February 1958): "A Deathtrap for Nighthawk" |
| Western Comics #68 (March-April 1958): "Hero of Medicine Bow" |
| Western Comics #69 (May-June 1958): "The Mask of Peril" |
| Western Comics #70 (July-August 1958): "Prisoner in the Sky" |
| Western Comics #71 (September-October 1958): "The Amazing Quest for Nighthawk's Identity" |
| Western Comics #72 (November-December 1958): "The Riddle of the Crystal Ball" |
| Western Comics #73 (January-February 1959): "Nighthawk's Tricky Dilemma" |
| Western Comics #74 (March-April 1959): "Envelope of Doom" |
| Western Comics #75 (May-June 1959): "Secret of the Outlaw Timepiece" |
| Western Comics #76 (July-August 1959): "A Jailbird Named Nighthawk" |
| Hawkman Vol. 4 #7 (November 2002): "Fine Day for a Hangin'" |
| Guy Gardner: Warrior #24 (September 1994): "Killing Time!" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #3 (June 1985): "Oblivion Upon Us" [Note: only partly in continuity, moment of death is apocryphal] |
| Hawkman Vol. 3 #29 (February 1996): "Voices of Decent 1" [Note: flashback to death, apocryphal] |
| Hawkman Vol. 3 #26 (November 1995): "Fear Visits" [As a spirit] |
| Hawkman Vol. 3 #27 (December 1995): "Hawkmad!" [As a spirit] |