The following is a rough chronology of Stephanie Brown's complete appearances (in main DCU continuity). All major Bat crossovers she was a part of are named in boldface and are followed by a list of issues in that crossover Steph appeared in.

I. Debut

Detective Comics #s 647-649

The three-part story that started it all. Loser Bat villain Cluemaster decides to become a winner Bat villain by dumping the clues schtick, but a certain someone keeps Spoiling his plans...

II. A Regular in Robin

After several tryout mini-series, Tim Drake was given his own regular solo series where Steph began to show up, sporadically at first, roughly one story per year. Her first two stories in this series involved her bad Dad, but by her third tale (and third year into the series), she began to be less defined by her rotten relationship to her father and more as a hero in her own right. By the series' fourth year, her appearances began to be more frequent and she began appearing in other series outside of Robin. During the Cataclysm/Aftershock/No Man's Land storylines, she blossomed as Tim's steady girl and a full blown regular. By the end of Chuck Dixon's initial run, and throughout the entirety of John Lewis' run, she'd become the series' co-star in all but name. She had also been appearing in other titles with far more frequency (most notably in Batgirl).

Robin (vol. 2) #s 3-5, 15, 16

Showcase '95 # 5

Robin #s 25, 26, 35, 40, 41, 43-45

DCU Holiday Bash # 3

Robin/Argent Double Shot # 1

Teen Titans (second series) # 17

Robin # 50

A. Cataclysm

1. Batman: Huntress/Spoiler: Blunt Trauma # 1

B. Aftershock

1. Robin # 54

JLA: World Without Grownups # 1

Robin #s 56-62

Secret Origins 80 Page Giant

Robin #s 64, 65

C. No Man's Land

1. Robin #s 68, 69, 71, 72

Batman Chronicles # 22

Robin # 74

Robin # 75

Robin 80 Page Giant

Robin # 80

Young Justice # 30

Robin #s 82-84, 87, 88

Green Arrow (2001) (vol. 2) # 5-6

Robin #s 92-94

Batgirl (first series) # 20

D. Joker: Last Laugh

1. Joker: Last Laugh #s 3, 6
2. Gotham Knights # 22
3. Robin # 95
4. Batgirl # 21
5. Wonder Woman (second series) # 175

E. Bruce Wayne: Murderer?

1. Robin #s 98, 99
2. Birds of Prey #s 39, 40

Robin #s 100-105

Batgirl # 26

F. Bruce Wayne: Fugitive

1. Birds of Prey # 43
2. Batgirl # 27

Young Justice #s 49-51

Batgirl # 28

Robin #s 107-113

JLA: Welcome to the Working Week

Batgirl #s 31, 32

Batman Family (vol. 2) #s 2, 8

Gotham Knights # 37

Batgirl # 38

Young Justice # 54

Robin #s 116, 119, 120

III. Her Decline and Fall

A. A New Writer Takes Over

The following issues were written by Robin's newest writer, Bill "being-hated-is-almost-as-good" Willingham. He will be the writer assigned with the dirty work of finishing off Steph.

Robin #s 122-125

B. Stephanie as Robin

Stephanie becomes the first canonical female Robin, which looked like the start of something wonderful. Instead, it would be the start of something awful.

1. Robin #s 126-128
2. Detective Comics # 796
3. Teen Titans (third series) # 13
4. Batgirl # 53

Batgirl # 54 (note: this issue took place after Batman fired Steph as Robin, but before the War Games abomination)

C. War Games

The bad Bat crossover (almost universally reviled and agreed to be low quality by fans) where Steph was humiliated, blamed, tortured, and murdered. Consumer Alert: If you ever liked Steph, you DON'T want to collect any of the following:

1. Batman: The 12 Cent Adventure
2. Batgirl # 55
3. Catwoman (vol. 2) #s 34-36
4. Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight # 183
5. Nightwing # 97
6. Robin #s 130, 131
7. Batman # 633 (her death)

D. Spirited Steph

After the following bad Bat crossover, War Crimes, Batgirl became the only character allowed to miss Steph. Thus, Steph made a handfull of ghostly apparitions in the following Batgirl issues:

Batgirl #s 61, 62, 72, 73

IV. Return

In the Gotham Underground mini-series, Robin ran into someone in a Spoiler costume in a story that made no sense whatsoever. At the same time, in his own series, Robin ran into someone in a Spoiler costume in a five issue storyarc that made perfect sense (mostly). At the end of this storyarc (written by original Robin writer and Steph creator Chuck Dixon), this Spoiler was definitely revealed to be Stephanie back from the dead!

Gotham Underground #s 2-6

Robin #s 170-174

Robin/Spoiler Special

V. Spolier Back in the Fold...Briefly

Unfortunatly, no sooner had Dixon brought back Stephanie (and written a good special for her), then he was promptly fired by DC as all the Batfamily titles were set up for a major overhaul during Grant Morrison's Batman RIP/Final Crisis/Battle for the Cowl storylines. As part of this shakeup, the long running Robin series was set up to be cancelled in nine issues. Steph was in all nine of Robin's last issues, but much ugliness rose up between her and Tim (although none of it was anywhere near as ugly as War Games). Who could've guessed during this detour through mostly bad road, that Steph would wind up with her own awesome series?

A. Batman RIP

1. Robin #s 175, 176

Teen Titans (third series) #66

Batman and the Outsiders (second series) #13

Robin #s 177-183

NOTE: Robin # 183 was the last issue of this series

B. "Battle for the Cowl"

1. GOTHAM GAZETTE: BATMAN DEAD? #1
2. GOTHAM GAZETTE: BATMAN ALIVE?

Red Robin # 2

VI. Stephanie as Batgirl

In 2009, for the first time ever, Stephanie Brown was awarded her own series, as the third Batgirl. It lasted for 2 whole years with decent sales, great art, and considerable critical acclaim. USA Today listed the Batgirl Rising tpb, which collected the first 7 issues of Batgirl, among the Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2010, one of only 2 DC titles to make the list and the ONLY one set in the current DCU. Unfortunately, none of that mattered to the people running DC, as they're rebooting the entire DCU in September 2011. Among other things, they're regressing Barbara Gordon back into the Batgirl mantle and shaving her age down as well, affectly shaving down the still in canon tenures of Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown as Batgirl. Why Stephanie gives up the mantle is still unseen.

Batgirl (third series) #s 1-7

The Web (second series) # 3

World's Finest (second series) #s 3,4

A. Collision

1. Red Robin #s 9-12
2. Batgirl # 8

Batman # 697

Batgirl #s 9-14

Justice Society of America # 39

Wonder Woman # 600

Red Robin # 15

B. Bruce Wayne: The Road Home

1. Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Batgirl # 1
2. Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Oracle # 1

Batgirl #s 15-24

Batgirl # 24 was the last issue of this excellent series.

Batman: The Return # 1

Red Robin #20

Supergirl (fifth series) #s 60, 61

Birds of Prey (second series) #10

Batman, Incorporated: Leviathan Strikes #1 - Steph as Batgirl features in the first part of this oneshot, in the 'missing' Batman, Inc story that Batgirl v3 #22 leads into.