| STEEL IV (Natasha Irons) | CHRONOLOGY |
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Steel (Natasha Irons)
CHRONOLOGY
Steel first appeared in Steel Vol. 1 #1 (February 1994).
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Steel 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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Steel Chronology
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As Natasha Irons |
| Steel Annual #2 (December 2009): "Spilled Blood" |
| Action Comics Vol. 2 #7/2 (May 2012): "Meanwhile" [Post-Flashpoint; No longer in continuity] |
| Steel #1 (February 1994): "Wrought Iron" |
| Steel #2 (March 1994): "Turf War" |
| Steel #4 (May 1994): "Bad Times" |
| Steel #5 (June 1994): "Retaliation" |
| Steel #8 (September 1994): "The Challenge!" |
| Steel #9 (November 1994): "Bad News" |
| Steel #11 (January 1995): "Fire Power" |
| Steel #14 (April 1995): "Spirits and Flame" |
| Steel #15 (May 1995): "Double Trouble" |
| Steel #16 (June 1995): "Rabbit Run!" |
| Steel #17 (July 1995): "The Seeking Spirit" |
| Steel #23 (January 1996): "Wired" |
| Steel #24 (February 1996): "Countdown to Destiny" |
| Steel #25 (March 1996): "Family Feud - Part 1: Deadly Weapons" |
| Steel #26 (May 1996): "Buried Treasures" |
| Steel #27 (June 1996): "Family Feud - Part 3: Fire Fight" |
| Steel #28 (July 1996): "The Drowning Room" |
| Steel #29 (August 1996): "The Price" |
| Steel #30 (September 1996): "Split Personality" |
| Steel #31 (October 1996): "Possession" |
| Steel #32 (November 1996): "Herculean Labors" |
| Steel #33 (December 1996): "Withdrawal Symptoms" |
| Steel #34 (January 1997): "Bang" |
| Steel #35 (February 1997): "The Thing" |
| Steel #36 (March 1997): "Home" |
| Steel #37 (April 1997): "It's French" |
| Steel #39 (June 1997): "Crash" |
| Team Superman Secret Files #1/2 (May 1998): "Lost Pages" |
| Steel #40 (July 1997): "The Never Ending Story" |
| Steel #41 (August 1997): "Rage" |
| Steel #42 (September 1997): "Trauma" |
| Steel #43 (October 1997): "Vertigo" |
| Steel #44 (November 1997): "Metropolis" |
| Steel #45 (December 1997): "Fire" |
| Steel #46 (January 1998): "Bori" |
| Steel #47 (February 1998): "The Message" |
| Steel #49 (April 1998): "Heart" |
| JLA Secret Files #2 (August 1998): "Heroes" |
| Steel #50 (May 1998): "Among Giants" |
| Superboy Vol. 3 #49 (March 1998): "Searching" |
| Steel #51 (June 1998): "Quest" |
| Steel #52 (July 1998): "Requiem" |
| DC One Million #4 (November 1998): "Death Star" |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #95 (December 1999): [48] "Krypton Lives" |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #96 (January 2000): [3] "Home" |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #97 (February 2000): [8] "Bridge the Past and Future" |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #98 (March 2000): [12] "Thirty Minutes To Oblivion..." |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #99/2 (April 2000): [16] "In the Belly of the Beast" |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #100 (May 2000): [20] "Creation Story" |
| Superman Metropolis Secret Files #1/2 (July 2000): "Municipal Bonds" |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #101 (June 2000): [24] "All Fall Down" |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #102 (July 2000): [28] "Critical Condition, Part Three: Inside Superman" |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #103 (August 2000): [32] "What He Didn't Do" |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #106 (November 2000): [45] "Under The Waterfront" |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #108 (January 2001): [4] "Metropolis is Burning" |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #110 (March 2001): [12] "Saints" |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #112 (May 2001): [20] "The Adventures of Krypto! Superman's Alien Super-Hound" |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #114 (July 2001): [28] "Poor Elijah" |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #115 (August 2001): [32] "Metropolitan Rapture" [Behind the scenes] |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #118 (November 2001): [44] "Time and Punishment" |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #120 (January 2002): [3] "What Lies Beneath" |
| Superman Vol. 2 #179 (April 2002): "What Can One Icon Do?" |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #122 (March 2002): "Superman V Steel" |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #123 (April 2002): "Gangs of Metropolis, Part One: Everyone Wants the Aegis" |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #124 (May 2002): "Gangs of Metropolis, Part Two: Turf War" |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #125 (June 2002): "Gangs of Metropolis, Part Three: The Big Compromise" |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #126 (July 2002): "Pantheon, Part One: The Call Up" |
| Superman Vol. 2 #183 (August 2002): "The Secret, Part Two" |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #130 (November 2002): "Ending Battle, Part Three: In the Dark of the Noon Day Sun" |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #131 (December 2002): "Ending Battle, Part Seven: Nightfall" |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #134 (March 2003): "Every Little Thing" |
| Superman Versus Darkseid: Apokolips Now! (March 2003): "Apokolips, Now!" |
| JLA: Welcome to the Working Week (2003): "Welcome to the Working Week" |
As Steel |
| Action Comics #806 (October 2003): "Hungry Ghost, Part One: Blood, Broads and Bushidos" |
| Action Comics #807 (November 2003): "Hungry Ghost, Part Two: Blood Sisters" |
| Action Comics #808 (December 2003): "Hungry Ghost, Part Three: Blood Demands..." |
| Superman/Batman #5 (February 2004): "The World's Finest Part Five: State of Siege" |
| Action Comics #811 (March 2004): "Strange New Visitor, Part 1" |
| Adventures of Superman #624 (March 2004): "Strange New Visitor Part 2" |
| Superman Vol. 2 #201 (March 2004): "Strange New Visitor Part 3" |
| Action Comics #817 (September 2004): "Weapons of Revelation" |
| Action Comics #818 (October 2004): "Enemies as Numerous as Grains of Sand" |
| Adventures of Superman #640 (July 2005): "The Road to Ruin, Conclusion" |
| Adventures of Superman #648 (March 2006): "Look... Up in the Sky" |
| Infinite Crisis #5 (April 2006): "Faith" [Behind the scenes] |
| Villains United: Infinite Crisis Special #1 (June 2006): "A Hero Dies But One" |
| Infinite Crisis #7 (June 2006): "Finale" |
| 52 #1 (July 2006): "Golden Lads & Lasses Must..." |
As Natasha Irons |
| 52 #3 (July 2006): "New World Order" |
| 52 #8 (August 2006): "Thief" |
| 52 #9 (September 2006): "Dream of America" |
| 52 #17 (October 2006): "Last of the Czarnians" |
As Starlight |
| 52 #21 (November 2006): "Teambuilding Exercises" |
| 52 #25 (December 2006): "Liminal Times" |
| 52 #26 (January 2007): "Halfway House" |
| 52 #29 (January 2007): "Name Calling" |
| 52 #31 (February 2007): "Human Resources" |
| 52 #33 (February 2007): "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" |
| 52 #34 (February 2007): "Suicidal Tendencies" |
| 52 #35 (March 2007): "Rain of the Supermen" |
| 52 #38 (March 2007): "Breathless" |
| 52 #39 (March 2007): "Powers & Abilities" |
| 52 #40 (April 2007): "Man Ain't Nothing But a Man" |
As Steel |
| 52 #46 (May 2007): "Mad Science" |
| 52 #47 (May 2007): "Revelations" |
| World War III #4 (June 2007): "United We Stand" |
| 52 #50 (June 2007): "World War III" [Appearance same as World War III #4] |
As Natasha Irons |
| 52 #52 (July 2007): "A Year in the Life" |
| Infinity, Inc. Vol. 2 #1 (November 2007): "Luthor's Monsters Part 1" |
| Infinity, Inc. Vol. 2 #3 (January 2008): "Luthor's Monsters Part 3" [Pages 1-8] |
| Infinity, Inc. Vol. 2 #3/2 (January 2008): "Persona, Part 1" |
| Infinity, Inc. Vol. 2 #3 (January 2008): "Luthor's Monsters Part 3" [Pages 9-17] |
| Infinity, Inc. Vol. 2 #4 (February 2008): "Luthor's Monsters Part 4" |
| Infinity, Inc. Vol. 2 #5 (March 2008): "Luthor's Monsters Part 5" |
| Infinity, Inc. Vol. 2 #6 (April 2008): "The Influencing Machines of Metropolis Part 1" |
| Infinity, Inc. Vol. 2 #7 (May 2008): "The Influencing Machines of Metropolis Part 2" |
As Vaporlock |
| Infinity, Inc. Vol. 2 #8 (June 2008): "The Bogeyman, Part One: The Dark Twin" |
| Infinity, Inc. Vol. 2 #9 (July 2008): "The Bogeyman, Part Two: Real Women, Imaginary Men" |
| Infinity, Inc. Vol. 2 #10 (August 2008): "The Bogeyman, Part Three: Metempsychosis" |
| Infinity, Inc. Vol. 2 #11 (September 2008): "Schizomania, Part One: The Dark One Who Lives Inside Me" |
| Infinity, Inc. Vol. 2 #12 (October 2008): "Schizomania, Part Two: Dangerous" |
| Terror Titans #3 (February 2009): "Daddy Issues" |
| Terror Titans #5 (April 2009): "The Great Destroyer" |
| Terror Titans #6 (May 2009): "One Second To Midnight" |
As Natasha Irons |
| Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen Special #2 (October 2009): [5] "The Death of Jimmy Olsen" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #693 (December 2009): [13] "7734" [Undercover as Jenny Blake] |
| Action Comics #881/2 (November 2009): "Captain Atom, Chapter Three" [Undercover as Jenny Blake] |
| Action Comics #882/2 (December 2009): "Captain Atom, Chapter Four" [Undercover as Jenny Blake] |
| Action Comics #883/2 (January 2010): "Captain Atom, Chapter Five" [Undercover as Jenny Blake] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #695 (February 2010): [21] "Man of Valor, Part Two" |
| Superman: War of the Supermen #3 (July 2010): "Superman: War of the Supermen, Part 3: The Battle for Earth" |
| Superman: War of the Supermen #4 (July 2010): "Superman: War of the Supermen, Part 4: The Battle for Survival" |
| Jimmy Olsen #1/6 (May 2011): "Jimmy Olsen's Big Week, Day Six" |
| Steel Vol. 2 #1 (March 2011): "Reign of Doomsday, Part 1: Full Circle" |
| Action Comics #901 (July 2011): "Reign of the Doomsdays, Part 1" |
Post-Flashpoint |
As Natasha Irons |
| Superman: Doomed #1 (July 2014): "Superman Doomed, Part 1" |
| Superwoman #2 (November 2016): "Who Killed Superwoman?, Part 2: What Comes Next?" |
| Superwoman #3 (December 2016): "Who Killed Superwoman?, Part Three" |
| Superwoman #4 (January 2017): "Who Killed Superwoman?, Part Four: Together Again (for the Very First Time)" |
| Superwoman #5 (February 2017): "Impressive Instant" |
| Superwoman #6 (March 2017): "Who Killed Superwoman, Part 6: Come Dancing" |
| Superwoman #7 (April 2017): "Who Killed Superwoman, Part 7: Never be Satisfied" |
| Superwoman #8 (May 2017): "By a Thread: Superwoman Reborn?" |
| Superwoman #9 (June 2017): "Steel Resolve" |
| Superwoman #10 (July 2017): "Rediscovery, Part One" |
| Superwoman #11 (August 2017): "Rediscovery, Part Two" |
| Superwoman #12 (September 2017): "Rediscovery, Part Three" |
| Superwoman #15 (December 2017): "The Midnight Hour, Part 1" |
| Superwoman #16 (January 2018): "The Midnight Hour, Part 2" |
| Superwoman #17 (February 2018): "The Midnight Hour, Part 3" |
| Superwoman #18 (March 2018): "The Midnight Hour, Finale" |
As Steel |
| Titans Special Vol. 3 #1 (July 2018): "Emergent" |
| Titans Vol. 3 #23 (September 2018): "The Spark, Part One" |
| Titans Vol. 3 #24 (October 2018): "The Spark, Part Two" |
| Titans Vol. 3 #25 (November 2018): "The Spark, Part Three" |
| Titans Vol. 3 #26 (November 2018): "Blood Will Flow" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #9 (December 2018): "Good Morning, Moon" |
| Titans Vol. 3 #27 (December 2018): "One Life" |
| Titans Vol. 3 #28 (December 2018): "The Road to Drowned Earth: Just Another Day on the Brink of Extinction" |
| Titans Vol. 3 #29 (January 2019): "Marooned, Part One" |
| Titans Vol. 3 #30 (January 2019): "Marooned, Part Two" |
| Titans Vol. 3 #31 (February 2019): "The Other Side" |
| Titans Vol. 3 #32 (March 2019): "Last Rites" [Appearance same as Titans Vol. 3 #31] |
| Titans Vol. 3 #33 (March 2019): "Into the Bleed, Part One" |
| Titans Vol. 3 #34 (April 2019): "Into the Bleed, Part Two" |
| Titans Vol. 3 #35 (May 2019): "Into the Bleed, Part Three" |
| Titans Vol. 3 #36 (June 2019): "Into the Bleed, Finale" |
| Justice League Annual Vol. 4 #1 (March 2019): "Multiversal Meltdown!" [Flashback] |
| Flash Vol. 5 #76 (October 2019): "Death and the Speed Force, Part One" |
| Wonder Woman Vol. 5 #82 (January 2020): "The Wild Hunt, Part 1" |
| Infected: Deathbringer #1 (February 2020): "Death By A Thousand Cuts" [Flashback] |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #30 (October 2019): "Justice/Doom War, Part 1" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #35 (January 2020): "Justice/Doom War, Part 6" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #36 (January 2020): "Justice/Doom War, Part 7" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #37 (February 2020): "Justice/Doom War, Part 8" |
| Batman/Superman Vol. 2 #3 (December 2019): "Who Are the Secret Six?, Part Three" |
| Infected: Deathbringer #1 (February 2020): "Death By A Thousand Cuts" |
| Batman/Superman Vol. 2 #5 (February 2020): "Who Are the Secret Six?, Conclusion" |
| Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen #2 (March 2020): "Hell Arisen, Part Two" |
| Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last Stories of the DC Universe #1 (February 2021): "Together" |
| Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 (February 2021): "Death Metal - An Anti-Crisis, Part VI: The Truth Machine" |
| Dark Nights: Death Metal #7 (March 2021): "Death Metal - An Anti-Crisis, Part VII: A Slap in the Face" |
| DC Pride #1/9 (August 2021): "Love Life" |
| Superman and the Authority #2 (October 2021): "One Soul at a Time" |
| Superman and the Authority #3 (November 2021): "Grimdark!" |
| Superman and the Authority #4 (December 2021): "Widescreen" |
| Batman/Superman Authority Special #1 (January 2022): "Empire of Shadows" |
| Action Comics #1035 (November 2021): "Warworld Rising, Part Six" |
| Action Comics #1036 (January 2022): "Warworld Saga, Part 1" |
| Action Comics #1037 (January 2022): "The Warworld Saga, Part 2" |
| Action Comics #1038 (February 2022): "The Warworld Saga, Part 3" |
| Action Comics #1039 (March 2022): "The Warworld Saga, Part 4" |
| Action Comics #1040 (April 2022): "The Warworld Saga, Part 5" |
| Action Comics #1041 (May 2022): "Midnighter's Tale" |
| Action Comics #1042 (June 2022): "The Warworld Saga, Part 7" |
| Action Comics #1043 (July 2022): "Warworld Revolution, Part One" |
| Action Comics #1044 (August 2022): "Warworld Revolution, Part Two" |
| Action Comics #1044/2 (August 2022): "A World Without Clark Kent, Part One" |
| Action Comics #1045/2 (September 2022): "A World Without Clark Kent, Part Two" |
| Action Comics #1045 (September 2022): "Warworld Revolution, Part Three" |
| Superman: Warworld Apocalypse #1 (October 2022): "Superman: Warworld Apocalypse" |
| Action Comics #1047/2 (November 2022): "Red Moon, Part One" |
| Action Comics #1048/2 (December 2022): "Red Moon, Part Two" |
| Action Comics #1047 (November 2022): "Kal-El Returns, Chapter One: Double Sun" |
| Superboy: The Man of Tomorrow #6 (December 2023): "The Man of Tomorrow Chapter 6" |
| Action Comics #1054/3 (June 2023): "Engineer of Tomorrow, Part One" |
| Action Comics #1055/3 (July 2023): "Engineer of Tomorrow" |
| Action Comics #1056/3 (August 2023): "Steel: Engineer of Tomorrow, Part Three" |
| Action Comics #1051 (March 2023): "Speeding Bullets, Part 1" |
| Action Comics #1052 (April 2023): "House of Metallo" |
| Superman Vol. 6 #2 (May 2023): "Chapter Two: Night of the Parasite" |
| Action Comics #1055 (July 2023): "Tech Alive" |
| Action Comics #1056 (August 2023): "Ex Machina" [Pages 1-13] |
| Steelworks #1 (August 2023): "Steelworks, Chapter One: City of Tomorrow" |
| Steelworks #2 (September 2023): "Steelworks, Chapter Two: Collateral Damage!" |
| Steelworks #3 (October 2023): "Steelworks, Chapter Three: Overload" |
| Steelworks #4 (November 2023): "Steelworks, Chapter Four: Lockdown" |
| Steelworks #5 (December 2023): "Chapter Five: Power Trip" |
| Steelworks #6 (January 2024): "Chapter Six: Multitudes" |
| Action Comics #1056 (August 2023): "Ex Machina" [Page 15] |
| Knight Terrors: Action Comics #1/2 (September 2023): "The Stuff of Nightmares, Part One" |
| Knight Terrors: Action Comics #2/2 (October 2023): "The Stuff of Nightmares, Part Two" |
| Action Comics #1058 (December 2023): "New Worlds, Part Two" |
| Action Comics #1059 (January 2024): "New Worlds, Part Three" |
| Action Comics #1060 (February 2024): "New Worlds, Part Four" |
| Action Comics 2023 Annual #1 (February 2024): "New Worlds, Part Five: The Conclusion" |
| Supergirl Special #1 (December 2023): "Two Steps" |
| Superman Vol. 6 #7 [850] (December 2023): "Chapter Seven: The Chained, Part Two" |
| Superman Vol. 6 #8 [851] (January 2024): "Chapter Eight: The Chained, Part Three" |
| Titans: Beast World #1 (January 2024): "Beast World, Part 1" |
| Green Lantern: War Journal #4 (February 2024): "Rebuild" |
| Green Lantern: War Journal #5 (March 2024): "Shining Light" |
| Green Lantern: War Journal #7 (May 2024): "No Escape" |
| Action Comics #1064 (June 2024): "House of Brainiac Part One: Brainiac Attacks!" |
| Power Girl Vol. 3 #8 (June 2024): "Paige Has A Crush" |
| Green Lantern: War Journal #10 (August 2024): "Of Dreams and Nightmares" |
| Green Lantern: War Journal #11 (September 2024): "Knights and Dragons" |
| Superman Vol. 6 #15 [858] (August 2024): "House of Brainiac, Part 6: Finale" |
| Absolute Power #1 (September 2024): "Absolute Power, Chapter One: Powerless" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 7 #15/2 (November 2024): "Green Lantern War Journal Epilogue: The Family Business" |
| Power Girl Vol. 3 #11 (September 2024): "Fun! Fish! Facts!" |
| Power Girl Vol. 3 #13 (November 2024): "Omen's Bad Omen" |
| Action Comics #1070 (December 2024): "Phantoms, Part One" |
| Action Comics #1078 (February 2025): "Phantoms, Part Nine" |
| Action Comics #1070/2 (December 2024): "Where Are You Going?" |
| Power Girl Vol. 3 #14 (December 2024): "Veni Vidi Luigi or Whatever the Romans Said" |
| Power Girl Vol. 3 #15 (January 2025): "What the Storm Tossed Out" |
| Power Girl Vol. 3 #16 (February 2025): "Lovely Ejecta's Unlovely Coda" |
| DC All In Special #1 (December 2024): "Alpha" |
| Superwoman Special #1 (February 2025): "Secret Origin" [Flashback] |
| Superman Vol. 6 #20 (January 2025): "Immortal" |
| Black Lightning Vol. 3 #2 (February 2025): "The Standard, Chapter 2" |
| Black Lightning Vol. 3 #3 (March 2025): "The Standard, Chapter 3" |
| Black Lightning Vol. 3 #4 (April 2025): "The Standard, Chapter 4" |
| Black Lightning Vol. 3 #5 (May 2025): "The Standard, Final Chapter" |
| Power Girl Vol. 3 #17 (March 2025): "Home Sweet Home" [Pages 1-11] |
| Power Girl Vol. 3 #18 (April 2025): "Does Anyone Want To Play Tixit With Mariposa?" [Flashback] |
| Power Girl Vol. 3 #17 (March 2025): "Home Sweet Home" [Pages 15-20] |
| Power Girl Vol. 3 #18 (April 2025): "Does Anyone Want To Play Tixit With Mariposa?" |
| Power Girl Vol. 3 #19 (May 2025): "The Gang Meets the Void Three" |
| Power Girl Vol. 3 #20 (June 2025): "Time To Fly" |
| Summer of Superman Special #1 (June 2025): "The Past, The Present, The Future: Chapter One" |
| Justice League Unlimited Vol. 2 #10 (October 2025): [To Save... Doomsday?!] |
| Justice League Unlimited Vol. 2 #11 (November 2025): [All Hell Breaks Loose] |
| Titans Vol. 4 #28 (December 2025): "The World We Knew" |
Chronology UncertainIt is currently uncertain where these stories fit into the character's internal chronology. |
| DC Power 2024 #1 (March 2024): "The Spice of Life" |
| DC Pride 2023 #1/7 (2023): "Teamwork Makes the Dream Work" |
| DC Pride 2024 #1/4 (July 2024): "Steeling Time" |
| DC's Kal-El-fornia Love #1/6 (September 2025): "Across the Room" |
| DC's I Saw Ma Hunkel Kissing Santa Claus #1/6 (January 2026): "I'll Be Home for Hannukah" |
| Hawkgirl Vol. 2 #4 (December 2023): "Dragonslayer!" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 4 #6 (November 2023): "Young Justice Society, Chapter One: A New Dawn" |