| GUARDIAN (Jim Harper) | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Jack Kirby |
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CHRONOLOGY
Guardian first appeared in Star Spangled Comics #7 (April 1942).
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Guardian 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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Guardian Chronology
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| All-Star Squadron Annual #1 (1982): "The Three Faces of Evil" [Flashback] |
| Star Spangled Comics #7 (April 1942): [The Story of the Newsboy Legion] |
| All-Star Squadron Annual #1 (1982): "The Three Faces of Evil" [Retells Star Spangled Comics #7 with new details] |
| Secret Origins Vol. 2 #19/2 (October 1987): "The Secret Origin of The Guardian and The Newsboy Legion" [Retells Star Spangled Comics #7 and All-Star Squadron Annual #1 with new details] |
| Star Spangled Comics #8 (May 1942): "Last Mile Alley" |
| Star Spangled Comics #9 (June 1942): "The Rookie Takes the Rap" |
| Star Spangled Comics #10 (July 1942): "Kings for a Day" |
| 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" |
| All-Star Squadron #27 (November 1983): "A Spectre Is Haunting the Multiverse" |
| Star Spangled Comics #11 (August 1942): "Paradise Prison" |
| All-Star Squadron #31 (March 1984): "Uncle Sam Wants You" |
| All-Star Squadron #32 (April 1984): "Crisis on Earth-X! The Prequel" |
| All-Star Squadron #42 (February 1985): "Oh, Say, Can't You See...?" |
| All-Star Squadron #43 (March 1985): "Ultimate Victory" |
| All-Star Squadron #44 (April 1985): "Night and Fog" [as Jim Harper] |
| Star Spangled Comics #12 (September 1942): "Prevue of Peril" |
| All-Star Squadron #50 (October 1985): "Crisis Point" |
| All-Star Squadron #54 (February 1986): "The Crisis Comes to 1942 (and Vice Versa)" |
| All-Star Squadron #59 (July 1986): "Out of the Ashes... Mekanique" |
| All-Star Squadron #60 (August 1986): "The End of the Beginning!" |
| Young All-Stars #3 (August 1987): "A Call to Arms" |
| Young All-Stars #9 (February 1988): "You Have Nothing to Lose But Your Souls" |
| Young All-Stars Annual #1 (1988): "The Mekanique Paradox" |
| Young All-Stars #25 (May 1989): "Atom and Evil Part V: Armageddon '42" |
| Star Spangled Comics #13 (October 1942): "The Scoop of Suicide Slums" |
| Young All-Stars #27 (July 1989): "Meanwhile..." [Flashback to events taking place during Star Spangled Comics #13] |
| Young All-Stars #30 (October 1989): "The Sons of Dawn Part III: When Titans Make War..." |
| Young All-Stars #31 (November 1989): "The Sons of Dawn Part IV: Men... and Super-Men" |
| Star Spangled Comics #14 (November 1942): "The Meanest Man on Earth" |
| Star Spangled Comics #15 (December 1942): "Playmates of Peril" |
| Star Spangled Comics #16 (January 1943): "The Playboy of Suicide Slum" |
| Star Spangled Comics #17 (February 1943): "The Rafferty Mob" |
| Star Spangled Comics #18 (March 1943): "The Education of Iron-Fist Gookin" |
| Star Spangled Comics #19 (April 1943): "The Fuehrer of Suicide Slum" |
| Star Spangled Comics #20 (May 1943): "The Newsboys and the Champ" |
| Detective Comics #76 (June 1943): "The Invasion of America" |
| Star Spangled Comics #21 (June 1943): "The House Where Time Stood Still" |
| Star Spangled Comics #22 (July 1943): "Brains for Sale" |
| Star Spangled Comics #23 (August 1943): "Art for Scrapper's Sake" |
| Star Spangled Comics #24 (September 1943): "Death Strikes a Bargain" |
| Star Spangled Comics #25 (October 1943): "Victuals for Victory" |
| Star Spangled Comics #26 (November 1943): "Louie the Lug Goes Literary" |
| Star Spangled Comics #27 (December 1943): "Turn on the Heat" |
| Star Spangled Comics #28 (January 1944): "Poor Man's Rich Man" |
| Star Spangled Comics #29 (February 1944): "Cabbages and Comics" |
| Star Spangled Comics #30 (March 1944): "The Lady of Linden Lane" |
| Star Spangled Comics #31 (April 1944): "Questions, Please" |
| Star Spangled Comics #32 (May 1944): "The Good Samaritans" |
| Star Spangled Comics #33 (June 1944): "The Case of the Baleful Bride" |
| Star Spangled Comics #34 (July 1944): "From Rags to Ruin" |
| Star Spangled Comics #35/3 (August 1944): "The Proud Poppas" |
| Guardians of Metropolis #3 (January 1995): "All This and World War II!" [Flashback] |
| Newsboy Legion and the Boy Commandos Special #1 (October 2017): "A Separate Peace in Pieces!" |
| Star Spangled Comics #36/3 (September 1944): "The Cowboy of Suicide Slum" |
| Star Spangled Comics #37 (October 1944): "Diamonds in the Rough" |
| Star Spangled Comics #38 (November 1944): "Roll Out the Barrels" |
| Star Spangled Comics #39 (December 1944): "Two Guardians Are a Crowd" |
| Golden Age Secret Files #1/1 (February 2001): "The Dawn of the Golden Age" [Flashback] |
| DC Universe Holiday Bash #2/6 (1998): "I Left My Heart at the Justice Society Canteen" |
| Star Spangled Comics #40 (January 1945): "Farewell to Crime" |
| Star Spangled Comics #41 (February 1945): "Time Out for the Guardian" |
| Star Spangled Comics #42 (March 1945): "The Power of the Press" |
| Star Spangled Comics #43 (April 1945): "Trials of a Tenor" |
| Star Spangled Comics #44 (May 1945): "Etiquette Comes to Suicide Slum" |
| Star Spangled Comics #45 (June 1945): "Crime Gets Clipped" |
| Star Spangled Comics #46 (July 1945): "Clothes Make the Criminal" |
| Star Spangled Comics #47 (August 1945): "The Triumph of Tommy" |
| Star Spangled Comics #48 (September 1945): "Booty and the Blizzard" |
| Star Spangled Comics #49 (October 1945): "One Ounce to Victory" |
| Star Spangled Comics #50 (November 1945): "The Leopard Man Changes His Spots" |
| Star Spangled Comics #51 (December 1945): "The Style Show of Suicide Slum" |
| Star Spangled Comics #52 (January 1946): "Rehearsal for a Crime" |
| Star Spangled Comics #53 (February 1946): "The Poet of Suicide Slum" |
| Star Spangled Comics #54 (March 1946): "Dead-Shot Dade's Revenge" |
| Star Spangled Comics #55 (April 1946): "Gabby Strikes a Gusher" |
| Star Spangled Comics #56 (May 1946): "Treasure of Araby" |
| Star Spangled Comics #57 (June 1946): "A Recruit for the Legion" |
| Star Spangled Comics #59 (August 1946): "Answers, Inc." |
| Star Spangled Comics #60 (September 1946): "Steve Brodie Da Second" |
| Star Spangled Comics #61 (October 1946): "The Great Balloon Race" |
| Star Spangled Comics #62 (November 1946): "Prevue of Tomorrow" |
| Star Spangled Comics #63 (December 1946): "Code of the Newsstand" |
| DC Universe: Legacies #2 (August 2010): "The Golden Age!" |
| Superman 80-Page Giant 2011 (April 2011): "Old Men Talking in Bars" [Flashback] |
| Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen Special #1 (December 2008): "From a Cub to a Wolf" [Flashback] |