| PENGUIN (Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot) | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane |
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Penguin (Oswald Cobblepot)
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CHRONOLOGY
Penguin first appeared in Detective Comics #58 (December 1941).
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Penguin 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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Penguin Chronology
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| Detective Comics #568 (November 1986): "Eyrie" |
| Batman Annual #11/2 (1987): "Love Bird" |
| Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #3 (July 1987): "Jailbreak" |
| Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #5 (September 1987): "The Flight of the Firebird" |
| Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #6 (October 1987): "Hitting the Fan" |
| Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #7 (November 1987): "Thrown to the Wolves" |
| Manhunter Vol. 1 #1 (July 1988): "Visible Objects" |
| Batman: The Killing Joke (1988): "The Killing Joke" |
| Detective Comics Annual #1 (1988): "The Monkey Trap" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #433 (May 1989): [The Many Deaths of the Batman] "Chapter One: Period of Mourning" |
| Detective Comics #610 (January 1990): "Snow and Ice, Part 1: Ode To A Penguin" |
| Detective Comics #611 (February 1990): "Snow and Ice, Part 2: Bird of Ill Omen" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #448 (early June 1990): "The Penguin Affair, Ch. 1: Pawns" |
| Detective Comics #615 (early June 1990): "The Penguin Affair, Ch. 2: Bird of Ill Omen!" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #449 (late June 1990): "The Penguin Affair, Ch. 3: Winged Vengeance" |
| Batman 3-D (1990): "Ego Trip" |
| Batman: DOA (1999): [No Title] |
| Detective Comics #628 (April 1991): "Hearts" |
| Detective Comics #637 (October 1991): "Control Freak" |
| Batman: Penguin Triumphant (1992): "Penguin Triumphant" |
| Showcase '94 #7 (late June 1994): "Cracks" |
| Detective Comics #683 (March 1995): "Odds Against" |
| Detective Comics #684 (April 1995): "Darkest Day" |
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #46 (January 1996): "Cornelius Stirk, Part One" |
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #47 (February 1996): "Cornelius Stirk, Part Two" |
| Catwoman Vol. 2 #28 (January 1996): "Larceny Loves Company" |
| Catwoman Vol. 2 #29 (February 1996): "Thieves" |
| Catwoman Vol. 2 #30 (early March 1996): "The Great Plane Robbery" |
| Detective Comics #695 (March 1996): "The Gray Area" |
| Robin Vol. 2 #27 (March 1996): "Natural Born Healer" |
| Batman: The Chalice (2000): "The Chalice" |
| Robin Vol. 2 #29 (May 1996): "Hit and Myths" |
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #53 (August 1996): "Hobson's Choice" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #533 (August 1996): "Legacy, Prelude: Twelve Steps to the Heart of Hell" |
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #59 (February 1997): "Killer Killer, Part One: Storm Gird" |
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #60 (March 1997): "Killer Killer, Part 2: The Old Man and the Sea" |
| Batman/Wildcat #1 (April 1997): "Lights, Camera, Death" |
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #65 (August 1997): "Illusions, Part One: The Harder They Fall" |
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #66 (September 1997): "Illusions, Part Two: The Bigger They Come" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #548 (November 1997): "The Penguin Returns, Part 1: Burning Faces" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #549 (December 1997): "The Penguin Returns, Part 2: The Egyptian Falcon" |
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #74 (May 1998): "Cataclysm, Part 9: The Naked City" |
| Batman Chronicles #12/3 (spring 1998): "A Bird with a Hand" |
| Detective Comics #722 (June 1998): "Statistics" |
| Batman: No Man's Land #1 (March 1999): "No Law and a New Order, Part 1: Values" |
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #84 (April 1999): "Fear of Faith, Part 2: To Serve and Protect" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #564 (April 1999): "Fear of Faith, Part 3: Life In Hell" |
| Detective Comics #731 (April 1999): "Fear of Faith, Part 4: Be Not Afraid" |
| Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #117 (May 1999): "Bread and Circuses, Part 1" |
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #85 (May 1999): "Bread and Circuses: Conclusion" |
| Batman Chronicles #17 (summer 1999): "Little Boy Lost" |
| Detective Comics #733 (June 1999): "Shades of Grey" |
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #87 (July 1999): "Claim Jumping, Part 2" |
| Azrael: Agent of the Bat #56 (September 1999): "The Night Foretold!" |
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #88 (August 1999): "Fruit of the Earth, Part 1" |
| Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #123 (November 1999): "Underground Railroad Part One" |
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #91 (November 1999): "Underground Railroad, Part Two" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #571 (November 1999): "Goin' Downtown, Part One: The Vault" |
| Detective Comics #738 (November 1999): "Goin' Downtown, Part Two: The Vandal" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #572 (December 1999): "Jurisprudence, Part One" |
| Robin Vol. 2 #71 (December 1999): "The Lizard King" |
| Robin Vol. 2 #72 (January 2000): "Last Stand on Grand Ave" |
| Catwoman Vol. 2 #76 (January 2000): "Strange Bedfellows" |
| Batman: Gotham City Secret Files #1 (April 2000): "Night Games" |
| Sins of Youth: Batboy and Robin #1 (May 2000): "Big Magic" |
| Young Justice: Sins of Youth #2 (May 2000): "Sins of Youth: The Stunning Conclusion" |
| Batman: Gotham Knights #6 (August 2000): "Personal Effects" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #582 (October 2000): "Fearless, Part 1" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #583 (November 2000): "Fearless, Part 2" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #584 (December 2000): "The Dark Knight Project" |
| Harley Quinn #2 (January 2001): "A Heart Broken in Two!" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #585 (January 2001): "Measure for Measure" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #586 (February 2001): "Penguin Dreams" |
| Batman/Scarface: A Psychodrama (2001): [A Psychodrama] |
| Batman: Gotham Knights #14 (April 2001): "Sibling Rivalry" |
| Catwoman Vol. 2 #93 (June 2001): "Fear Is Here To Stay" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #593 (September 2001): "Sanctuary, Part One" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #183 (April 2002): "Crossfire, Prologue: Tricked!" |
| Catwoman Vol. 3 #14 (February 2003): "Relentless, Part Three" |
| Detective Comics #777 (February 2003): "Dead Reckoning, Part One" |
| Detective Comics #778 (March 2003): "Dead Reckoning, Part Two" |
| Detective Comics #782 (July 2003): "Dead Reckoning, Conclusion" |
| Birds of Prey Secret Files 2003 (August 2003): "End to End" |
| Catwoman Vol. 3 #25 (January 2004): "Fire With Fire" |
| Catwoman Vol. 3 #26 (February 2004): "A Knife in the Dark" |
| Catwoman Vol. 3 #27 (March 2004): "Night Moves" |
| Catwoman Vol. 3 #28 (April 2004): "Miss Calculating" |
| Batgirl #53 (August 2004): "Sisterhood" |
| Gotham Central #20 (August 2004): "Unresolved Part Two" |
| Gotham Central #22 (October 2004): "Unresolved Part Four" |
| Batman: Gotham Knights #52 (June 2004): "Pushback, Book Three" |
| Batman: Gotham Knights #54 (August 2004): "Pushback, Book Five" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #626 (June 2004): "As the Crow Flies, Part One: Visions" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #627 (early July 2004): "As the Crow Flies, Part Two: Partners in Crime" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #628 (late July 2004): "As the Crow Flies, Part Three: Scary Monsters" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #629 (August 2004): "As the Crow Flies, Part Four: Shotgun" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #630 (September 2004): "As the Crow Flies, Part Five: Home Invasion" |
| Batman: The 12-Cent Adventure #1 (October 2004): "War Games Prelude: No Help" |
| Detective Comics #797 (October 2004): "War Games Act 1, Part 1: Flashpoint" |
| Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #182 (October 2004): "War Games Act 1, Part 2: Behind Enemy Lines" |
| Batman: Gotham Knights #56 (October 2004): "War Games Act 1, Part 4: Rules of Engagement" |
| Nightwing Vol. 2 #97 (November 2004): "War Games Act 2, Part 3: Clarification" |
| Batman: Gotham Knights #57 (November 2004): "War Games Act 2, Part 4: The Light at the End of the Tunnel" |
| Robin Vol. 2 #133 (February 2005): "Fresh Blood Part Three: The Auction" |
| Batgirl #59 (February 2005): "Fresh Blood, Part 4: Settling Up" |
| Batgirl #60 (March 2005): "The Hood, Part One: Deep Digs" |
| Batgirl #62 (May 2005): "The Hood, Part Three: Dead Weight" |
| Robin Vol. 2 #135 (April 2005): "Arrows of the Sun" |
| Robin Vol. 2 #136 (May 2005): "A Rider on the Storm" |
| Robin Vol. 2 #138 (July 2005): "The Freelance Doctrine" |
| Batgirl #63 (June 2005): "Could've Been, Part One: Nowadays" |
| Batgirl #64 (July 2005): "Could've Been, Part Two: Gone, Daddy, Gone" [Flashback] |
| Batgirl #69 (December 2005): "Destruction's Daughter Part 4: Love's Labors..." |
| Villains United: Infinite Crisis Special #1 (June 2006): "A Hero Dies But One" |
| Infinite Crisis #7 (June 2006): "Finale" |
| Detective Comics #824 (December 2006): "Night of the Penguin" |
| Detective Comics #827 (March 2007): "Double Talk" |
| Countdown #40 (September 2007): "Small Wonders" |
| Countdown #9 (April 2008): "Pay the Piper" [Flashback] |
| Countdown #39 (October 2007): "Do Not Pass Go" |
| Gotham Underground #1 (December 2007): "Kidnappings!" |
| Gotham Underground #2 (January 2008): "Gangs of Gotham" |
| Gotham Underground #3 (February 2008): "Fancy Meeting You Here..." |
| Gotham Underground #5 (April 2008): "Pieces of the Puzzle" [Flashback] |
| Gotham Underground #7 (June 2008): "War" |
| Gotham Underground #8 (July 2008): "The Ticking Clock" |
| Robin Vol. 2 #170 (March 2008): "The Fix" |
| Robin Vol. 2 #172 (May 2008): "The Takedown" |
| Robin Vol. 2 #173 (June 2008): "Girl Trouble" |
| Robin Vol. 2 #174 (July 2008): "The Three" |
| Robin Vol. 2 #175 (August 2008): "Batman R.I.P.: Scattered Pieces" |
| Robin Vol. 2 #177 (October 2008): "Search for a Hero, Part 1: The Concrete Cauldron" |
| Batman and the Outsiders Vol. 2 #11 (November 2008): "Outsiders No More, Part 1 of 2" |
| Batman: Battle for the Cowl #2 (June 2009): "Batman: Battle for the Cowl - Army of One" |
| Battle for the Cowl: The Underground #1 (June 2009): "The Underground" |
| Batman: Battle for the Cowl #3 (July 2009): "Batman: Battle for the Cowl - Last Man Standing" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #688 (September 2009): "Long Shadows, Part One: Old Sins Cast Long Shadows" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #689 (October 2009): "Long Shadows, Part Two: New Day, New Knight" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #690 (November 2009): "Long Shadows, Part Three: Tripwires" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #694 (February 2010): "Life After Death, Part 3: Fractured Pieces" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #695 (March 2010): "Life After Death, Part 4: Smoke and Mirrors" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #697 (May 2010): "Life After Death, Part 6: Liberator" |
| Birds of Prey Vol. 2 #1 (July 2010): "Endrun, Part One: Without Breaking a Few Eggs" |
| Birds of Prey Vol. 2 #2 (August 2010): "Endrun, Part Two: The Rage of the White Canary" |
| Birds of Prey Vol. 2 #3 (September 2010): "Endrun, Part Three: Whistling Past the Gravestones" |
| Birds of Prey Vol. 2 #4 (October 2010): "Endrun, Part Four: Impact Fracture" |
| Birds of Prey Vol. 2 #5 (November 2010): "Two Nights in Bangkok, Part One: Aftershock" |
| Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Commissioner Gordon #1 (December 2010): "Gotham's Finest" |
| Batman: The Dark Knight #1 (January 2011): "Golden Dawn, Part One" |
| Batman: The Dark Knight #2 (May 2011): "Golden Dawn, Part Two" |
| Birds of Prey Vol. 2 #8 (March 2011): "The Death of Oracle, Part Two: The Gauntlets and the Guillotine" |
| Batman: Gates of Gotham #1 (July 2011): "Gates of Gotham, Part One: A Bridge to the Past" |
| Batman: Gates of Gotham #2 (August 2011): "Gates of Gotham, Part Two: The Four Families of Gotham" |
| Batman: Gates of Gotham #3 (September 2011): "Gates of Gotham, Part Three: The Key to the City" |
| Secret Six Vol. 3 #35 (September 2011): "Caution to the Wind, Part One of Two" |
| Secret Six Vol. 3 #36 (October 2011): "Caution to the Wind, Part Two of Two: Blood Honor" |
Chronology UncertainIt is currently uncertain where these stories fit into the character's internal chronology. |
| Batman Vol. 1 #622 (February 2004): "Broken City, Part Three" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #624 (April 2004): "Broken City, Part Five" |
| Batman Chronicles #3/2 (winter 1996): "The First Cut Is the Deepest" [Flashback] |
| Batman: Gotham Knights #37 (March 2003): "Spoiler Space" |
| Batman: Harley Quinn (1999): "Harley Quinn" [Flashback] |
| Batman: Streets of Gotham #3 (October 2009): "Hush Money" |
| Detective Comics #802 (March 2005): "City of Crime, Part 2: The Secret Keeper" |
| Detective Comics #803 (April 2005): "City of Crime, Part 3: The Horror Show" |
| Detective Comics #806 (July 2005): "City of Crime, Part 6: A City, Not My Own" |
| Detective Comics #843 (June 2008): "Opening Night!" |
| Detective Comics #850 (January 2009): "Batman R.I.P.: Heart of Hush, The Conclusion: The Demon in the Mirror" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #210 (July 2004): "Reconnected" |
| Gotham Central #33 (September 2005): "Dead Robin, Part One" |
| Gotham Central #34 (October 2005): "Dead Robin, Part Two" |
| Trinity #9/2 (September 2008): "Making the Pieces Fit" |
| Trinity #12/2 (October 2008): "Riddle Me This" |