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 DOCTOR FATE IV (Hector Hall)CHRONOLOGY 
Created by Roy Thomas and Jerry Ordway

The Original Universe

CHRONOLOGY

Doctor Fate first appeared in All-Star Squadron #25 (September 1983) (as the Silver Scarab); Infinity, Inc. #49 (April 1988) (as Sandman III); JSA #3 (October 1999) (as Doctor Fate IV).

Below is the definitive list of appearances of Doctor Fate 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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Doctor Fate Chronology

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ZZAs Hector Hall

Infinity, Inc. #37 (April 1987): "The Heritage" [Flashback]
Infinity, Inc. #27 (June 1986): "Memories" [Flashback; No longer in continuity]
Infinity, Inc. #48 (March 1988): "The Making of a Man" [Flashback, pages 5 through 6; Replaces flashback in Infinity, Inc #27 in current continuity]
Infinity, Inc. #48 (March 1988): "The Making of a Man" [Flashback, pages 11 through 20]

ZZAs Silver Scarab

Infinity, Inc. #1 (March 1984): "Generations"
Infinity, Inc. #2 (May 1984): "A Gauntlet Hurled"
All-Star Squadron #26 (October 1983): "Talons Across Time" [Flashback]
All-Star Squadron #25 (September 1983): "The Infinity Syndrome"
All-Star Squadron #26 (October 1983): "Talons Across Time"
All-Star Squadron Annual #2 (1983): "The Ultra War"
Infinity, Inc. #3 (June 1984): "Solomon Grundy Goes Hollywood"
Infinity, Inc. #4 (July 1984): "Origins and Outcasts"
Infinity, Inc. #5 (August 1984): "Dead Men's Bluff"
Infinity, Inc. #6 (September 1984): "Divide -- and Be Conquered"
Infinity, Inc. #7 (October 1984): "Past Glories, Future Tears"
Infinity, Inc. #8 (November 1984): "Atomic Dreams, Nuclear Nightmares"
Infinity, Inc. #9 (December 1984): "How Green Was My Victory"
Infinity, Inc. #10 (January 1985): "A Dark and Deadly Place"
Infinity, Inc. #11 (February 1985): "Aftermath and Prologue"
Infinity, Inc. #12 (March 1985): "Press Conference"
America vs. the Justice Society #1 (January 1985): "I Accuse" [Note: no longer in continuity]
America vs. the Justice Society #2 (February 1985): "Trial By Congress" [Note: no longer in continuity]
America vs. the Justice Society #4 (April 1985): "D-Day For Degaton" [Note: no longer in continuity]
Infinity, Inc. #13 (April 1985): "A Thorn Grows in Paradise"
Infinity, Inc. #14 (May 1985): "Concert in the Key of... Chroma"
Infinity, Inc. #15 (June 1985): "Song Without End -- Amen!"
Infinity, Inc. #16 (July 1985): "They Call Him... Mr. Bones"
Infinity, Inc. #17 (August 1985): "Home, Sweet Helix!"
Infinity, Inc. #18 (September 1985): "Helix Goes to Hollywood (More or Less)"
Infinity, Inc. #19 (October 1985): "Last Crisis on Earth-Two!"
Justice League of America #244 (November 1985): "The Final Crisis"
Infinity, Inc. #20 (November 1985): "Crisis on Infinitors' Earth"
Infinity, Inc. Annual #1 (1985): "Green Dreams and Precious Illusions"
Infinity, Inc. #21 (December 1985): "Shadows at Midnight"
Infinity, Inc. #22 (January 1986): "Uncivil Wars"
Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 (August 1985): "Worlds in Limbo" [Appearance same as Infinity, Inc. #22 pages 1-11]
Infinity, Inc. #24 (March 1986): "Back From the Future"
Crisis on Infinite Earths #9 (December 1985): "War Zone"
Crisis on Infinite Earths #10 (January 1986): "Death at the Dawn of Time!"
Infinity, Inc. #25 (April 1986): "Business as Usual"
Infinity, Inc. #26 (May 1986): "Come Helix and High Water"
Infinity, Inc. #28 (July 1986): "Mr. Bones Gonna Rise Again"
Infinity, Inc. #29 (August 1986): "Situation Terminal"
Last Days of the Justice Society Special #1 (1986): "Last Days of the Justice Society of America"
Infinity, Inc. #30 (September 1986): "What Private Griefs"
Infinity, Inc. #31 (October 1986): "Shock Treatment"
Infinity, Inc. #34 (January 1987): "Injustice for All!"
Infinity, Inc. #42 (September 1987): "Farewell to Fury!"
Infinity, Inc. #43 (October 1987): "Eye!"
Infinity, Inc. #44 (November 1987): "In the Midst of Death..."

ZZAs Sandman III

Infinity, Inc. #50 (May 1988): "It's a Grimmworld, After All!" [Flashback]
Infinity, Inc. #49 (April 1988): "The Sandman Cometh..."
Infinity, Inc. #50 (May 1988): "It's a Grimmworld, After All!"
Infinity, Inc. #51 (June 1988): "A Death in the Family"
Sandman Vol. 2 #11 (December 1989): "Moving In"
Sandman Vol. 2 #12 (January 1990): "Playing House"

ZZAs Unnamed baby

JSA #2 (September 1999): "The Wheel of Life"

ZZAs Doctor Fate IV

JSA #3 (October 1999): "Old Souls"
JSA #4 (November 1999): "Ouroboros"
Day of Judgment #3 (November 1999): "Choosing Sides"
Day of Judgment #4 (November 1999): "The End of the World as We Know It"
Day of Judgment #5 (November 1999): "Soul Search"
Day of Judgment Secret Files #1 (November 1999): "The Destiny Dilemma"
JSA #6 (January 2000): "Justice, Like Lightning..."
JSA #7 (February 2000): "Darkness Falls"
JSA #8 (March 2000): "Shadowland"
JSA #9 (April 2000): "Black Planet"
JSA #10 (May 2000): "Wild Hunt"
Sins of Youth: JLA Jr. #1 (May 2000): "You Gotta Be Kidding!"
Superboy Vol. 3 #74 (May 2000): "The Evil Factory, Conclusion: Game, Set & Match"
Sins of Youth: Starwoman and the JSA Jr. #1 (May 2000): "Stars and Tykes"
Young Justice #20 (June 2000): "Time Out"
Martian Manhunter Vol. 2 #18 (May 2000): "One For All"
Martian Manhunter Vol. 2 #19 (June 2000): "All For One, Conclusion"
Hourman #18 (September 2000): "High Society"
JSA #13 (August 2000): "Time's Assassin"
JSA #14 (September 2000): "Chaos Theory"
JSA #15 (October 2000): "Crime and Punishment"
Orion #5 (October 2000): "Day of Wrath"
Action Comics #770 (October 2000): [42] "The Reign of Emperor Joker, Part Five: He Who Laughs Last!"
JLA/JSA Secret Files #1 (January 2003): "The Day Before"
JLA/JSA: Virtue & Vice (2003): [Virtue & Vice]
JSA #19 (February 2001): "Injustice Be Done, Part 4: Into the Labyrinth"
Martian Manhunter Vol. 2 #28 (March 2001): "Torn Asunder"
Justice Leagues: Justice League of Atlantis #1 (March 2001): "Justice Leagues, Part III: Sea Change"
Supergirl Vol. 4 #58 (July 2001): "A Rose Among Thorns"
JLA #58 (November 2001): "Dying Breath"
JSA #23 (June 2001): "Ascension"
JSA #24 (July 2001): "Icarus Fell"
JSA #25 (August 2001): "Seven Devils"
JLA #58 (November 2001): "Dying Breath"
JSA Secret Files #2/1 (September 2001): "Breaking Storms"
Supergirl Vol. 4 #58 (July 2001): "A Rose Among Thorns"
JSA: Our Worlds at War #1 (September 2001): "The All-Stars"
JSA #26 (September 2001): "Who Do You Trust?"
JLA: Incarnations #7 (February 2002): "Inspiration"
JSA #31 (February 2002): "Making Waves"
JSA #32 (March 2002): "Stealing Thunder. Prologue"
JSA #34 (May 2002): "Stealing Thunder Part 2: Troublestruck"
JSA #35 (June 2002): "Stealing Thunder Part 3: Lightning Storm"
JSA #36 (July 2002): "Stealing Thunder Part 4: Time-Bound"
JSA #37 (August 2002): "Stealing Thunder Part 5: Crossing Over"
JLA #68 (September 2002): "Stillborn Atlantis"
Hawkman Vol. 4 #8 (December 2002): "Small Talk"
Hawkman Vol. 4 #9 (January 2003): "In the Hands of Fate"
JSA #41 (December 2002): "The Unborn Hour"
JSA #42 (January 2003): "Paradox Play"
JSA #43 (February 2003): "Yesterday's War"
JSA #44 (March 2003): "The Tears of Ra"
JSA: All Stars #1 (July 2003): "Legacy"
JSA: All Stars #3 (September 2003): "Challenging Fate"
JSA: All Stars #8 (February 2004): "And Justice For All"
Action Comics #804 (August 2003): "The Harvest, Part Three"
JSA #45 (April 2003): "Princes of Darkness Prologue: Peacemakers"
JSA #47 (June 2003): "Princes of Darkness Part 2: Eclipse"
JSA #48 (July 2003): "Princes of Darkness Part 3: Enlightenment"
JSA #49 (August 2003): "Princes of Darkness Part 4: Army of Darkness"
JSA #50 (September 2003): "Princes of Darkness Part 5: The Last Light"
JSA #51 (October 2003): "Princes of Darkness Coda: Justice Eternity"
JSA #52 (November 2003): "Brand New Day"
Power Company #18 (September 2003): "Hostile Takeover Part Three: Poison Pill"
JSA #54 (January 2004): "Virtue, Vice & Pumpkin Pie"
Hawkman Vol. 4 #23 (early March 2004): "Black Reign"
JSA #57 (late March 2004): "Black Reign"
Hawkman Vol. 4 #24 (late March 2004): "Black Reign"
JSA #58 (April 2004): "Black Reign"
Hawkman Vol. 4 #25 (April 2004): "Black Reign"
JSA #59 (May 2004): "Time and Time and Time Again"
Flash Vol. 2 #209 (June 2004): "Fast Friends"
JSA #63 (September 2004): "Waking the Sandman Part 1: Insomnia"
JSA #64 (October 2004): "Waking the Sandman Part Two: Night Terrors"
Identity Crisis #1 (August 2004): "Coffin"
Aquaman Vol. 6 #23 (December 2004): "Loot"
Hawkman Vol. 4 #40 (July 2005): "Farewell My Enemy Part 4"
Hawkman Vol. 4 #41 (August 2005): "Farewell My Enemy Part 5"
Hawkman Vol. 4 #45 (December 2005): "My Enemy Revealed"
JLA: Classified #34 (Early April 2007): "The 4th Parallel Part 2B: Worlds Apart"
JLA: Classified #35 (Late April 2007): "The 4th Parallel Part 2C: Torrential Reign"
Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #210 (January 2005): "Stoned Conclusion"
Green Lantern: Rebirth #4 (March 2005): "Force of Will"
Green Lantern: Rebirth #6 (May 2005): "Brightest Day"
Countdown to Infinite Crisis #1 (2005): "Countdown to Infinite Crisis"
JSA #74 (August 2005): "Black Vengeance, Part 2" [Flashback]
Day of Vengeance #2 (July 2005): "Some Enchantress Evening" [Flashback between panels of JSA #74]
JSA #77 (November 2005): "Mixed Signals"
JSA #78 (December 2005): "Lost and Found Part One"
JSA #79 (January 2006): "Lost and Found Part Two"
JSA #80 (February 2006): "Lost and Found Part Three"
Justice Society of America 80-Page Giant #1/1 (January 2010): [No Title]

ZZChronology Uncertain

It is currently uncertain where these stories fit into the character's internal chronology.

Avengers/JLA #4 (January 2004): "Book Four: The Brave and the Bold"
DCU: Brave New World #1/7 (August 2005): [No Title]
Doctor Fate Vol. 3 #1 (October 2003): "The Curse, Part 1"
Doctor Fate Vol. 3 #2 (November 2003): "The Curse, Part 2"
Doctor Fate Vol. 3 #3 (December 2003): "The Curse, Part 3"
Doctor Fate Vol. 3 #4 (January 2004): "The Curse, Part 4"
Doctor Fate Vol. 3 #5 (February 2004): "The Curse, Part 5"
JLA: Gatekeeper #1 (December 2001): [No Title]
JLA: Gatekeeper #3 (February 2002): [No Title]
Justice League Wedding Special #1 (November 2007): "Unlimited, Chapter 1: Injustice League"
Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #8 (March 2000): "Crisis in Blue Valley"
Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day #3 (August 2003): "Part Three: Recessional"
Martian Manhunter Vol. 2 #28 (March 2001): "Torn Asunder"
Booster Gold Vol. 2 #26 (January 2010): "Dead Ted, Part I" [Ted Kord's funeral]