Chronology
From Stephanie Brown Wiki
The following is a rough chronology of Stephanie Brown's complete appearances. 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
Teen Titans (second series) # 17
Robin # 50
A. Cataclysm
B. Aftershock
- Robin # 54
JLA: World Without Grownups # 1
Robin #s 56-62
Robin #s 64, 65
C. No Man's Land
- Robin #s 69, 71, 72
Robin # 74
Robin # 80
Batman Chronicles # 22
Young Justice # 30
Robin #s 82-84, 87, 88
Green Arrow (2001) (vol. 2) #s 5, 6
Robin #s 92-94
Batgirl (first series) # 20
D. Joker: Last Laugh
- Joker: Last Laugh #s 3, 6
- Gotham Knights # 22
- Robin # 95
- Batgirl # 21
E. Bruce Wayne: Murderer?
- Robin #s 98, 99
- Birds of Prey #s 39, 40
Robin #s 100-105
Batgirl # 26
F. Bruce Wayne: Fugitive
- Birds of Prey # 43
- 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.
- Robin #s 126-128
- Detective Comics # 796
- Teen Titans (third series) # 13
- 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 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:
- Batman: The 12 Cent Adventure
- Batgirl # 55
- Catwoman (vol. 2) #s 34-36
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight # 183
- Nightwing # 97
- Robin #s 130, 131
- 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
Robin's being haunted by Stephanie in his own series while at the same time running into somebody in a Spoiler costume in the Gotham Underground mini-series. In Robin 174, this Spoiler was INDEED revealed to be Stephanie!
Gotham Underground #s 2-6
Robin #s 170-174
V. Back in the Fold
Stephanie is back and ready for action, but is Gotham ready for her?
A. Batman RIP
- 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"
VI. Stephanie as Batgirl
For the first time ever, Stephanie has her own solo series as the newest Batgirl! Will this last? We shall see!
Batgirl (third series) #s 1-3 (and counting...)
