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 STEVE LOMBARDCHRONOLOGY 
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The Original Universe

CHRONOLOGY

Steve Lombard first appeared in Superman Vol. 1 #264 (June 1973).

Below is the definitive list of appearances of Steve Lombard 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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Steve Lombard Chronology

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Superman Vol. 1 #384 (June 1983): "Steve Lombard--Down, Out, and Dead" [Flashback]
Action Comics #465/2 (November 1976): "Paper Hero" [Flashback]
Superman Vol. 1 #264 (June 1973): "Secret of the Phantom Quarterback"
Superman Vol. 1 #265 (July 1973): "Attack by the Army of Tomorrow"
Superman Vol. 1 #266 (August 1973): "The Nightmare Maker"
Action Comics #426 (August 1973): "Master of the Moon Rocks"
Superman Vol. 1 #267 (September 1973): "World Beneath the North Pole"
Action Comics #428 (October 1973): "Whatever Happened to Superman?"
Superman Vol. 1 #269 (November 1973): "The Secret of the Eighth Superman"
Superman Vol. 1 #270 (December 1973): "The Viking from Valhalla"
Superman Vol. 1 #271 (January 1974): "The Man Who Murdered Metropolis"
Superman Vol. 1 #273 (March 1974): "The Wizard with the Golden Eye"
Superman Vol. 1 #274 (April 1974): "Protectors of Earth, Inc."
Action Comics #434 (April 1974): "The Krypton Connection"
Superman Vol. 1 #277 (July 1974): "The Biggest Game in Town"
Superman Vol. 1 #277/2 (July 1974): "The Pizzeria Peril"
Superman Vol. 1 #278 (August 1974): "Super-Showdown in Buzzard Gulch"
Superman Vol. 1 #278/2 (August 1974): "Lola Barnett's Metropolis Gossip"
Superman Vol. 1 #279 (September 1974): "Menace of the Energy-Blackmailers"
Superman Vol. 1 #280 (October 1974): "Duel of the Diamond Demons"
Superman Vol. 1 #280/2 (October 1974): "The Last Headline"
Action Comics #440 (October 1974): "The Man Who Betrayed Krypton"
Superman Vol. 1 #282 (December 1974): "Lex Luthor--Super Scalp-Hunter"
Action Comics #442 (December 1974): "The Midnight Murder Show"
Action Comics #443 (January 1975): "At Last! Clark Kent, Super-Hero"
Action Comics #444 (February 1975): "Beware the Hero-Killers"
Superman Vol. 1 #285 (March 1975): "Search for the 'Impossible' Man"
Action Comics #445 (March 1975): "Count Ten, Superman--and Die"
Superman Vol. 1 #286 (April 1975): "The Parasite's Power Play"
Action Comics #447 (May 1975): "The Man Who Created Superman"
Superman Vol. 1 #288 (June 1975): "The Computer with a Secret Identity"
Action Comics #448 (June 1975): "Don't Get Off on the 13th Floor"
Superman Vol. 1 #289 (July 1975): "The Phantom Horseman of Metropolis"
Superman Vol. 1 #289/2 (July 1975): "Right Down My Alley"
Action Comics #449 (July 1975): "My Best Friend, the Super-Spy"
Superman Vol. 1 #290/2 (August 1975): "Babble, Babble, Toil and Trouble"
Superman Family #172 (August-September 1975): "The Cheat the Whole World Cheered"
Superman Vol. 1 #291 (September 1975): "The Time-Powered Peril"
Action Comics #451 (September 1975): "The Great Super-Hero Contest"
Action Comics #452 (October 1975): "The Loser and New Champion"
Superman Vol. 1 #293 (November 1975): "The Miracle of Thirsty Thursday"
Action Comics #453 (November 1975): "Superman's Fantastic Face-Saving Feat"
Action Comics #457 (March 1976): "Superman, You're Not Clark Kent, and I Can Prove It"
Superman Vol. 1 #296 (February 1976): "Who Took the Super Out of Superman?"
Superman Vol. 1 #297 (March 1976): "Clark Kent Forever--Superman Never"
Superman Vol. 1 #298 (April 1976): "Clark Kent, Get Out of My Life"
Superman Vol. 1 #299 (May 1976): "The Double-Or-Nothing Life of Superman"
Action Comics #458 (April 1976): "Make Me a Super-Hero"
Action Comics #459 (May 1976): "Superman's Big Crack-Up"
Action Comics #459/2 (May 1976): "Two for the Taxi"
Superman Vol. 1 #301 (July 1976): "Solomon Grundy Wins on a Monday"
Superman Vol. 1 #302 (August 1976): "Seven-Foot-Two, and Still Growing"
Superman Vol. 1 #303 (September 1976): "When Lightning Strikes, Thunder Kills"
Action Comics #460 (June 1976): "Superman, You'll Be the Death of Me Yet!"
Action Comics #461 (July 1976): "Kill Me or Leave Me"
Superman Vol. 1 #305 (November 1976): "The Man Who Toyed With Death"
Superman Vol. 1 #306 (December 1976): "Backward Battle for the Bizarro World"
Action Comics #465/2 (November 1976): "Paper Hero"
Action Comics #465 (November 1976): "Think Young and Die"
Action Comics #466 (December 1976): "You Can Take the Man Out of the Super, But You Can't Take the Super Out of the Boy"
Superman Vol. 1 #309 (March 1977): "Blind Hero's Bluff"
Action Comics #469/2 (March 1977): "Clark Kent's Lonely Christmas"
Superman Family #182/7 (March-April 1977): "The Reporter with the Radar Mind"
Action Comics #469 (March 1977): "The Night Superman Was Buried in Boot Hill"
Action Comics #470 (April 1977): "Even Superman Must Die Sometime"
Superman Vol. 1 #310 (April 1977): "The Man with the Kryptonite Heart"
Superman Family #183/6 (May-June 1977): "The Day Lois Lane Walked All Over Superman"
Action Comics #471/2 (May 1977): "The Long Weekend"
Action Comics #472/2 (June 1977): "If I'm Over Here, What Am I Doing Over There?"
Action Comics #471 (May 1977): "One of Our Phantoms is Missing"
Action Comics #473 (July 1977): "The Great Phantom Peril"
Superman Vol. 1 #311 (May 1977): "Plague of the Antibiotic Man"
Superman Vol. 1 #313 (July 1977): "The Only Way You'll Save the Earth Is Over My Dead Body"
Superman Vol. 1 #314 (August 1977): "Before This Night is Over, Superman Will Kill"
Action Comics #474 (August 1977): "Will the Real Superman Please Show Up?"
Action Comics #475 (September 1977): "The Super-Hero Who Refused to Hang Up His Boots"
DC Special Series #5 (1977): "The Second Coming of Superman"
Action Comics #477/2 (November 1977): "One of Those Days"
Action Comics #477 (November 1977): "The Land-Lords of Earth"
Action Comics #479 (January 1978): "The Giant from the Golden Atom"
Action Comics #480 (February 1978): "Amazo's Big Breakthrough"
Action Comics #481 (March 1978): "It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Supermobile"
Action Comics #482 (April 1978): "This is a Job for Supermobile"
Action Comics #483 (May 1978): "Sleep No More"
Superman Family #188/2 (March-April 1978): "The Death Angel from Earth"
All-New Collectors' Edition #C-58 (April 1978): "When Earths Collide"
Superman Vol. 1 #328/2 (October 1978): "Clark Kent, How Would You Like to Meet Your Real Father?"
Action Comics #489 (November 1978): "Krypton Dies Again"
Superman Vol. 1 #333 (March 1979): "Happy New Year, Rest in Peace"
Superman Vol. 1 #334 (April 1979): "The Man Who Stole Superman's Eyes"
Superman Family #195/2 (May-June 1979): "Coils of the Cobra"
Action Comics #497 (July 1979): "Superman's Command Performance"
Superman Vol. 1 #338 (August 1979): "Let My People Grow"
DC Comics Presents #13 (September 1979): "To Live In Peace--Nevermore"
Action Comics #498 (August 1979): "The Catastrophic Man"
DC Comics Presents #14 (October 1979): "Judge, Jury, and No Justice"
Action Comics #500 (October 1979): "The Life Story of Superman"
Action Comics #501 (November 1979): "The Mystery of the Mild-Mannered Superman"
Superman Vol. 1 #346 (April 1980): "Superman's Streak of Bad Luck"
Superman Vol. 1 #347 (May 1980): "The Sleeper Out of Time"
Superman Family #201/5 (May-June 1980): "Hang-Glide to Nowhere"
Action Comics #508 (June 1980): "The Secret World of Jonathan Kent"
Action Comics #512 (October 1980): "Luthor's Day of Reckoning"
Superman Family #205/3 (January-February 1981): "The Case of the Disappearing Daye"
DC Comics Presents #27 (November 1980): "The Key That Unlocked Chaos"
Superman Vol. 1 #356 (February 1981): "Battle of the Super-Hyper Powers"
Action Comics #517 (March 1981): "The War for Peace"
Action Comics #518 (April 1981): "Treasure Hunt on a Small Planet"
Action Comics #519 (May 1981): "When the Space-Wind Blows"
Superman Family #207/4 (May-June 1981): "The Exposé Exposé"
DC Comics Presents #35 (July 1981): "The Metamorphosis Machine"
Action Comics #522 (August 1981): "The Time-Tornado of the Clockwork Man"
Action Comics #523 (September 1981): "Steve Lombard's Double Life"
World's Finest Comics #271 (September 1981): "The Secret Origins of the Superman and Batman Team"
World's Finest Comics #274 (December 1981): "Greater Love Hath No Man"
Superman Family #213/4 (December 1981): "Watson, Watson, Everywhere, and Not a Holmes in Sight"
Superman Family #215/3 (February 1982): "Take Me Out of the Ball Game"
Superman Vol. 1 #369 (March 1982): "Superman's Last Christmas"
Action Comics #528 (February 1982): "Star-Kill"
Action Comics #529 (March 1982): "I Have Two Eyes, But I Cannot See"
Superman Family #217/4 (April 1982): "Sing a Song of Murder"
Superman Vol. 1 #371 (May 1982): "Kandor Lives Again"
Superman Vol. 1 #371/2 (May 1982): "Mind Over Money"
Superman Vol. 1 #375 (September 1982): "The Stoning of Lana Lang"
Superman Vol. 1 #377 (November 1982): "Terra Times Two"
DC Comics Presents #53 (January 1983): "The Haunting Dooms of Halloween"
Superman Vol. 1 #379 (January 1983): "The Bizarro-Buster is Loose"
Superman Vol. 1 #382 (April 1983): "Where Trouble Goes--Euphor Follows"
Superman Annual Vol. 1 #9 (1983): "Villain, Villain, Who's Got the Villain?"
Superman Vol. 1 #383 (May 1983): "Your World or Your Life, Superman--One Must Die"
Superman Vol. 1 #384 (June 1983): "Steve Lombard--Down, Out, and Dead"
Superman Vol. 1 #393 (March 1984): "The Day They Nuked Superman"
Action Comics #562 (December 1984): "Their Magnetic Majesties, King Alexander and Queen Bee"
Superman Vol. 1 #412 (October 1985): "Luthor--Today You Die"
Superman Vol. 1 #413 (November 1985): "Superman--Your World is Mine"
Superman Annual Vol. 1 #12 (1986): "Luthor's Ultra-Ego"