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 NIGHTWING (Van-Zee)CHRONOLOGY 
Created by Otto Binder and Kurt Schaffenberger and Edmond Hamilton and Curt Swan and Paul Kupperberg and Carl Potts

The Original Universe

CHRONOLOGY

Nightwing first appeared in (Van-Zee): Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #15 (February 1960): "The Super-Family of Steel".

Below is the definitive list of appearances of Nightwing 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.

Follow the links for a complete index of the issue, including story and creator info as well as full character chronology and in some cases story synopses.

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Nightwing Chronology


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ZZAs Van-Zee

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #15 (February 1960): "The Super-Family of Steel"
Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #21 (November 1960): "Dolls of Doom"
Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #22 (January 1961): "The Day When Superman Proposed"
Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #24 (April 1961): "The Super-Surprise"
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #53 (June 1961): "The Boy In the Bottle"
Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #27/2 (August 1961): "The Battle of the Sister"
Superman Vol. 1 #148/2 (October 1961): "Mr. Mxyzptlk’s Super-Mischief"
Superman Vol. 1 #158 (January 1963): "The City of Super-People!"
Action Comics #336 (April 1966): "The Man from the Phantom Zone"
World's Finest Comics #240 (September 1976): "How Do You Kill a Superman?"

ZZAs Nightwing

Superman Family #185/5 (September-October 1977): "Beginnings"
Superman Family #183/5 (May-June 1977): "Death Is a Computer"
Superman Family #184/5 (July-August 1977): "Comes a Revolution"
Superman Family #185/5 (September-October 1977): "Beginnings"
Superman Family #186/5 (November-December 1977): "Journey to the Center of Nowhere"
Superman Family #187/5 (January-February 1978): "Battle with the Bizarro Brain"
Superman Family #188 (March-April 1978): "Crisis in Kandor"
Superman Family #188/5 (March-April 1978): "Here There Be Giants"
Superman Family #188/6 (March-April 1978): "Kandor vs. Supergirl"
Superman Family #189/6 (May-June 1978): "Memories of Menace" [as Van-Zee]
Superman Family #189/5 (May-June 1978): "The Crime-Lord of Kandor"
Superman Family #190/2 (July-August 1978): "Doorways in the Sky" [as Van-Zee]
Superman Family #190/3 (July-August 1978): "Captives at the Edge of Forever"
Superman Family #190/4 (July-August 1978): "A Cage of Light"
Superman Family #190/5 (July-August 1978): "Fight With the Phantom Zone Fiends"
Superman Family #190/6 (July-August 1978): "Finale"
Superman Family #191/7 (September-October 1978): "The Sealed Room"
Superman Family #192/7 (November-December 1978): "The Ordeal of Ak-Var"
Superman Family #193/6 (January-February 1979): "Target: Van-Zee"
Superman Family #194/2 (March-April 1979): "Showdown"

ZZAs Van-Zee

Superman Vol. 1 #338 (August 1979): "Let My People Grow!"
Krypton Chronicles #1 (September 1981): "The Search for Superman's Roots!"
Krypton Chronicles #2 (October 1981): "Bring Back Yesterday!"
Superman Vol. 1 #414 (December 1985): "Revenge is Life--Death to Superman"