| VANDAL SAVAGE (Vandar Adg II) | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Alfred Bester and Martin Nodell |
CHRONOLOGY
Vandal Savage first appeared in Green Lantern Vol. 1 #10 (winter 1943): "The Man Who Wanted the World".
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Vandal Savage 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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Vandal Savage Chronology
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| Time Masters #8 (September 1990): "Time Loves a Hero" [Flashback circa 50,000 BCE] |
| Flash Vol. 1 #137 (June 1963): "Vengeance of the Immortal Villain" [Flashback] |
| Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #1 (early July 2010): "Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne, Part One: Shadow on Stone" [Flashback circa 50,000 BCE] |
| Hawkman Vol. 3 #29 (February 1996): "Voices of Decent 1" [Flashback Stone Age] |
| Final Crisis #1 (July 2008): "D.O.A.: The God of War!" [Flashback; Atlantis] |
| JSA: Classified #11 (June 2006): "The Fall & Rise of Vandal Savage Part Two" [circa 34,782 BCE] |
| JSA: Classified #10 (May 2006): "The Fall & Rise of Vandal Savage" [circa 3582 BCE] |
| Action Comics #516 (February 1981): "Time and Time Again" [circa 1900 BCE] |
| JSA #42 (January 2003): "Paradox Play" [circa 1650-1550 BCE] |
| JSA #43 (February 2003): "Yesterday's War" |
| JSA #44 (March 2003): "The Tears of Ra" |
| JSA: Classified #10 (May 2006): "The Fall & Rise of Vandal Savage" [circa 323 and 244 BCE] |
| Time Masters #5 (June 1990): "Good Times ...Bad Times!" [circa 980] |
| Time Masters #6 (July 1990): "Time Waits For No One" |
| Action Comics #894 (December 2010): "The Black Ring, Part Five" [Flashback circa 1000] |
| JSA: Classified #11 (June 2006): "The Fall & Rise of Vandal Savage Part Two" [circa 1718 as Blackbeard] |
| Time Masters #5 (June 1990): "Good Times ...Bad Times!" [circa 1770] |
| Flash Vol. 1 #137 (June 1963): "Vengeance of the Immortal Villain" [Flashback with Napoleon circa 1796] |
| Secret Six Vol. 3 #13 (November 2009): "Depths, Part Four: Fit For a King" [early 19th Century] |
| Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #4 (September 2010): "Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne, Part Four: Dark Night, Dark Rider" [circa 1871-1874] |
| Time Masters #3 (April 1990): "Time Has Come Today" [1874] |
| Time Masters #4 (May 1990): "Time Is On My Side" [1874] |
| JSA: Classified #12 (July 2006): "The Fall & Rise of Vandal Savage Part Three" [Flashback circa 1887] |
| Hawkman Vol. 3 #29 (February 1996): "Voices of Decent 1" [Flashback late 19th Century] |
| Guns of the Dragon #1 (October 1998): "Dragon Island, Chapter One" |
| Guns of the Dragon #2 (November 1998): "Guns of the Dragon, Chapter Two" |
| Guns of the Dragon #3 (December 1998): "Guns of the Dragon, Chapter Three" |
| Guns of the Dragon #4 (January 1999): "Guns of the Dragon, Chapter Four" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 1 #10 (winter 1943): "The Man Who Wanted the World" |
| Action Comics #516 (February 1981): "Time and Time Again" [December 1944] |
| DCU Villains Secret Files #1/2 (April 1999): [Lost Pages: Vandal Savage vs Resurrection Man] [December 1944; expanded view of flashback in Action Comics #516] |
| All-Star Comics #37 (October-November 1947): "The Injustice Society of the World" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 1 #1 (April 1991): "Beware the Savage Skies" [Behind the scenes] |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 1 #2 (May 1991): "The Sack of Gotham" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 1 #3 (June 1991): "Dead Air" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 1 #4 (July 1991): "Evil of the Ancients" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 1 #5 (August 1991): "Double Star Rising" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 1 #6 (September 1991): "Danger Flies the Skies" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 1 #7 (October 1991): "The Return of the Justice Society" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 1 #8 (November 1991): "Battle of the Stars" |
| Superman: The Odyssey (July 1999): [No Title] [Flashback] |
| Superman #710 (June 2011) "Grounded Part Eight" [Flashback] |
| JLA: Year One #2 (February 1998): "Group Dynamic" |
| JLA: Year One #3 (March 1998): [No Title] |
| JLA: Year One #9 (September 1998): "Change the World" |
| JLA: Year One #11 (November 1998): "Stalag Earth" |
| JLA: Year One #12 (December 1998): "Justice for All" |
| Flash Vol. 1 #137 (June 1963): "Vengeance of the Immortal Villain" |
| Flash Vol. 1 #215 (May 1972): "Death of an Immortal" |
| Flash Vol. 1 #235 (August 1975): "Vandal Savage, Wanted Dead and Alive" |
| All-Star Comics #63 (November-December 1976): "The Death of Doctor Fate" [Unrevealed] |
| All-Star Comics #64 (January-February 1977): "Yesterday Begins Today" |
| All-Star Comics #65 (March-April 1977): "The Master Plan of Vandal Savage" |
| Action Comics #515 (January 1981): "This Is My World, and You're Welcome to It" |
| Action Comics #516 (February 1981): "Time and Time Again" |
| Action Comics #542 (April 1983): "Savage Awakening" |
| Action Comics #543 (May 1983): "Within These Hands--Power" |
| Action Comics #552 (February 1984): "Another Time! Another Death!" |
| Action Comics #553 (March 1984): "The World at Time's End" |
| Action Comics #556 (June 1984): "Endings" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #4 (July 1985): "And Thus Shall the World Die!" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 (August 1985): "Worlds in Limbo" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #9 (December 1985): "War Zone" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #1 (June 1987): [No Title] |
| Flash Vol. 2 #2 (July 1987): "Hearts of Stone!" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #12 (May 1988): "Velocity" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #13 (June 1988): "Savage Vandalism" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #14 (July 1988): "Wipe Out" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #16 (September 1988): "The Adventures of Speed McGee, Part 1" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #17 (October 1988): "The Adventures of Speed McGee, Part 2" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #18 (November 1988): "The Adventures of Speed McGee, Part 3" |
| Time Masters #1 (February 1990): "Time Won't Let Me" |
| Time Masters #2 (March 1990): "No Time to Live" |
| Time Masters #3 (April 1990): "Time Has Come Today" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #48 (March 1991): "Persistence of Vision" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #49 (April 1991): "Savage Season" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #50 (May 1991): "The Fastest Man -- Alive!" |
| Damage #2 (May 1994): "Afterschool Special" |
| Justice League America #88 (May 1994): "Rage Against the Machine" |
| Justice League Task Force #14 (July 1994): "Judgment Day, Part 5: The Longest Yard" |
| Justice League International Vol. 2 #66 (July 1994): "All Out of Time" |
| Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #4 (September 1994): "Zero Hour" |
| Justice League Task Force #17 (November 1994): "Savage Legacy, Chapter 1: Parts is Parts!" |
| Justice League Task Force #18 (December 1994): "Savage Legacy, Part 2: The Frog and the Scorpion" |
| Justice League Task Force #19 (January 1995): "Savage Legacy, Chapter 3: Inquisition" |
| Justice League Task Force #20 (February 1995): "Savage Legacy, Finale: Down Count" |
| Justice League Task Force #21 (March 1995): "Alive" |
| Damage #12 (April 1995): "Fragments, Part V: Answers" |
| Damage #14 (July 1995): "Picking Up the Pieces, Part II: The Hunt for Dr. Polaris" |
| Justice League Task Force #25 (July 1995): "Details" |
| Damage #15 (August 1995): "Picking Up the Pieces, Part III: Ties That Bind" |
| Ray Vol. 2 #14 (July 1995): "Ray Terrill is Mad as Hell" |
| Justice League Task Force #27 (September 1995): "Clear and Present Danger" |
| Justice League Task Force #28 (October 1995): "Innocent!!!" |
| Ray Vol. 2 #15 (August 1995): "Joe Haircut" |
| Ray Vol. 2 #16 (September 1995): "Ouch" |
| Ray Vol. 2 #17 (October 1995): "Monster" |
| Ray Vol. 2 #18 (November 1995): "Monsters" |
| Ray Vol. 2 #20 (January 1996): "The Tide" [Flashback] |
| Justice League Task Force #37 (July 1996): "Rejoice" |
| Hawkman Vol. 3 #29 (February 1996): "Voices of Decent 1" |
| Hawkman Vol. 3 #30 (March 1996): "Voices of Decent 2" |
| Ray Vol. 2 #21 (February 1996): "It" |
| Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #107 (March 1996): "Lifelines, Part Three" |
| Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #108 (April 1996): "Lifelines, Part Four" |
| Ray Vol. 2 #24 (June 1996): "The Fall" |
| Ray Vol. 2 #28 (October 1996): "Disclosure" |
| Final Night #2 (November 1996): "Darker Grows the Night" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #124 (April 1997): "Quicker Than The Eye" |
| DC One Million #1 (November 1998): "Riders on the Storm" |
| DC One Million #2 (November 1998): "The Day After Tomorrow" |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #1,000,000 (November 1998): "Fear and Loathing" |
| DC One Million #3 (November 1998): "Solaris Rising" |
| Arsenal #1 (October 1998): "Six Degrees: Next of Kin" |
| Arsenal #2 (November 1998): "Six Degrees: All in the Family" |
| Arsenal #3 (December 1998): "Six Degrees: Blood Thicker" |
| Arsenal #4 (January 1999): "Six Degrees: Imprinting" |
| DCU Villains Secret Files #1 (April 1999): "The Evil That We Do" |
| Resurrection Man #24 (May 1999): "Forgotten But Not Gone" |
| Resurrection Man #25 (June 1999): "Millennium Then" |
| Resurrection Man #26 (July 1999): "Millennium Now!" |
| Resurrection Man #27 (August 1999): "The End of the Earth" |
| Titans #5 (July 1999): "Hydrophobia" |
| Titans #6 (August 1999): "Heritage" |
| Titans #7 (September 1999): "Need For Speed, Part 1: Runner's High" |
| Titans #8 (October 1999): "Need For Speed, Part 2: Hitting the Wall" |
| Titans #9 (November 1999): "Limbo" |
| Titans #10 (December 1999): "The Immortal Coil, Part One" |
| Titans #11 (January 2000): "The Immortal Coil, Part Two" |
| Titans #12 (February 2000): "The Immortal Coil, Part Three" |
| Titans #14 (April 2000): "Chain of Command" |
| Action Comics #760 (December 1999): [49] "...Never-Ending Battle..." |
| JLA #85 (late October 2003): "Trial by Fire, Part 2" |
| JLA #86 (early November 2003): "Trial by Fire, Part 3" |
| Villains United #5 (November 2005): "Villains United, Part Five: Victims of Aggression" |
| Villains United #6 (December 2005): "Villains United, Part Six: At the End of All Things" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #227 (December 2005): "The Last Days" [Behind the Scenes] |
| Flash Vol. 2 #228 (January 2006): "The Summoner" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #229 (February 2006): "The Black Death" |
| Flash Vol. 2 #230 (March 2006): "Last Man Standing" |
| Secret Six Vol. 2 #3 (September 2006): "Six Degrees of Devastation, Part Three: The Darkest House" |
| Secret Six Vol. 2 #4 (October 2006): "Six Degrees of Devastation, Part Four: Spiders On The Wind" |
| Secret Six Vol. 2 #5 (November 2006): "Six Degrees of Devastation, Part Five: Life As We Know It" |
| Secret Six Vol. 2 #6 (December 2006): "Six Degrees of Devastation, Part Six: Cutting the Cord" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #1 (February 2007): "The Next Age, Chapter 1" [Behind the Scenes] |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #2 (March 2007): "The Next Age, Chapter 2" [Behind the Scenes] |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #3 (April 2007): "The Next Age, Chapter 3" [Behind the Scenes] |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #4 (May 2007): "The Next Age, Chapter 4" |
| Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis #54 (September 2007): "Waiting for the Son" |
| Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis #55 (October 2007): "Ring of Fire" |
| Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis #56 (November 2007): "Hell in the Pacific!" |
| Salvation Run #4 (April 2008): "Life is But a Nightmare" |
| Salvation Run #5 (May 2008): "Through a Glass Deadly" |
| Salvation Run #6 (June 2008): "Burning Down the World" |
| Salvation Run #7 (July 2008): "We Gotta Get Out of This Planet" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #21 (July 2008): "The Gathering Crisis" |
| Final Crisis #1 (July 2008): "D.O.A.: The God of War!" |
| Final Crisis #2 (August 2008): "Ticket to Blüdhaven" |
| Final Crisis: Revelations #2 (November 2008): "Final Crisis: Revelation, Part Two" |
| Final Crisis: Revelations #3 (December 2008): "Final Crisis: Revelation, Part Three" |
| Final Crisis: Revelations #4 (January 2009): "Final Crisis: Revelation, Part Four" |
| Final Crisis: Revelations #5 (February 2009): "Final Crisis: Revelation, Part Five" |
| Outsiders Vol. 4 #20 (September 2009): "The Deep Conclusion" |
| Detective Comics #863/2 (May 2010): "Pipeline, Chapter Two / Part Four" |
| Detective Comics #864/2 (June 2010): "Pipeline: Chapter Two / Part Five" |
| Detective Comics #865/2 (July 2010): "Pipeline: Chapter Two / Part Six" |
| Action Comics #895 (January 2011): "The Black Ring, Part Six" |
| Action Comics #896 (February 2011): "The Black Ring, Part Seven" |
| Secret Six Vol. 3 #29 (March 2011): "What Luthor Has Wrought" |
| Resurrection Man #1,000,000 (November 1998): "A Handful of Dust" |
Chronology UncertainIt is currently uncertain where these stories fit into the character's internal chronology. |
| Trinity #30/2 (February 2009 [December 24, 2008]): "This is What We Need to Know" |
| Trinity #34/2 (March 2009 [January 21]): "Not Much of a Soldier" |
| Trinity #35 (March 2009 [January 28]): "The Gods Themselves" |
| Trinity #39 (April 2009 [February 25]): "Metropolis" |
| Trinity #40 (May 2009 [March 4]): "Returned" |
| Trinity #41 (May 2009 [March 11]): "Our Rightful Realm" |