Time Travel in Comic Books through 1969

This is a work in progress, currently adding one item per day with a goal of 400 by the end of 2012. If you know of any other escapades, please let me know. Many of the Golden Age comics can be downloaded from the Digital Comic Museum.
—Michael (main@colorado.edu)

1942
  Whiz Comics 26 Jan 23, 1942   Father Time takes Capt. Marvel through time

1943
  Whiz Comics 41 Apr 7, 1943   Prof. Dragg’s time chair takes Capt. Marvel to 2043
Whiz Comics 42 May 7, 1943   Still in 2043, Capt. Marvel meets a streamlined Capmarv

1944
  Archie 7 Mar 1944 Archie is in “Time Trouble”
Batman 24 Aug/Sep 1944   Batman and Robin travel to Cleopatra

1945
  Classic Comics 24 Sep 1945   A Connecticut Yankee...

1946
  Frankenstein 3 Jul/Aug 1946   Funnybook Frankenstein to 2046 and 1646 (sort of)

1947
  Superman 48 Sep/Oct 1947   Collecting autographs from throughout time
Alley Oop 11 Dec 1947   Alley Oop and Hercules (strips: 3 Nov 1939 to 26 Apr 1940)

1948
  Alley Oop 12 Mar 1948   Alley Oop/Cleopatra/Hercules (30 Jul 40 - 24 Oct 40)
Alley Oop 13 Jun 1948   Probable travel to pirates (12 Apr 41 - 2 Aug 41)
Alley Oop 14 Sep 1948   Probable travel to knights (4 Aug 41 -24 Nov 41)
Alley Oop 15 Dec 1948   Probable travel with Hercules (25 Nov 40 - 21 Mar 41)

1949
  Brick Bradford 7 Feb 1949   To the old west
Alley Oop 16 Mar 1949   Probable travel with Hercules (29 Apr 40 - 22 Nov 40)
Alley Oop 17 Jun 1949   Probable travel (16 Aug 44 - 24 Nov 44)
Mighty Mouse 11 Jun 1949   “The Time Machine” (2-pg. text, nonfiction?)
Alley Oop 18 Sep 1949   Probable travel to knights (29 Jul 46 - 2 Dec 46)

1950
  Weird Fantasy 13 (1st) May/Jun 1950 “Only Time Will Tell”
Weird Fantasy 14 (2nd) Jul/Aug 1950 “The Trap of Time!”
Weird Fantasy 15 (3rd) Sep/Oct 1950 “I Died Tomorrow!”

1951
  Action Comics 152 Jan 1951 “The Sleep That Lasted 1000 Years”
Weird Fantasy 17 (5th) Jan/Feb 1951 “The Time Machine and the Schmoe”
Weird Fantasy 6 Mar/Apr 1951 “Space-Warp”
Weird Fantasy 9 Sep/Oct 1951 “The Connection”
Weird Fantasy 10 Nov/Dec 1951 “A Timely Shock!”
Strange Tales 4 Dec 1951 “The Man on the Beach”

1952
  Strange Tales 5 Jan 1952 “The Room without a Door” and “The Trap”
Weird Fantasy 11 Jan/Feb 1952   “The 10th at Noon”
Strange Tales 7 Mar 1952 “Who Stands in the Shadows?”

1953
  Weird Fantasy 17 Jan/Feb 1953 “In the Beginning”
Weird Fantasy 19 May/Jun 1953 “Hot-Rod!”
Strange Tales 21 Aug 1953 “The Man from Tomorrow”
Black Magic 27 Nov 1953 “A Hole in His Head”

1954
  Weird Science Fantasy 25 Sep 1954   Bradbury’s “A Sound of Thunder”

1955
  Batman 93 Aug 1955 To caveman times
Strange Tales 38 Sep 1955 “Time Crime”
Strange Tales 40 Nov 1955 “No Place to Hide”

1956
 

Strange Tales 42 Jan 1956 “The Vanishing Brain”
Strange Tales 43 Feb 1956 “The Unbelievable Man”
Batman 98 Mar 1956   To Jules Verne in 1900
Superboy 47 Mar 1956   Dream of Superboy vs Superman
Strange Tales 45 Apr 1956 “Land of Vanishing Men” and “The Man Who Went Back”
Strange Tales 46 May 1956 “The Sands Are Running Out”
Classics Illustrated 133 Jul 1956 Adaptation of The Time Machine
Superman 107 Aug 1956   To 30th century
Batman 102 Sep 1956   3000 years ago to Babylon
Showcase 4 Oct 1956 The Flash vs criminal from the future
Strange Tales 53 Dec 1956 “I Died Tomorrow”

1957
  Batman 105 Feb 1957   Batman of the future
Strange Suspense Stories 32 May 1957 “The Last Laugh”
World’s Finest 91 Nov 1957 To 2957 AD
Batman 112 Dec 1957   To Rome to rescue Prof. Nichols
Blackhawk 119 Dec 1957   To 18th century

1958
 

Strange Tales 61 Feb 1958 “The Eyes That Never Close”
Batman 115 Apr 1958 To prehistoric times
Jimmy Olsen 28 Apr 1958 To 60th century
Superman 121 May 1958 From the 30th century
This Magazine Is Haunted May 1958 “The Man from Time”
Showcase 14 Jun 1958 The Flash vs giant aliens in the 4th dimension
Detective Comics 257 Jul 1958 Karko from the 26th Century
Adventure Comics 251 Aug 1958 Aquaman via explosion to 6958 AD
Adventure Comics 253 Oct 1958 Aquaman to 1M BC; Robin visits Superboy
Blackhawk 129 Oct 1958   To 30,000 BC
Challengers of the Unknown 4 Nov 1958 The Wizard of Time goes to 12,000,000 AD
Strange Suspense Stories 39 Nov 1958 “Doorway Into Tomorrow”
Strange Tales 66 Dec 1958 “He Wore a Black Beard”

1959
 

Out of This World 11 Jan 1959 “The Time Chamber”
Strange Suspense Stories 40 Feb 1959 “The Strange Machine”
Tales of Suspense 3 May 1959 “The Terrible Time Machine”
Tales to Astonish 3 May 1959 “I Journeyed Back to the 20th Century!”
DC Showcase 20 Jun 1959 First Rip Hunter—to 100,000,000 BC
Strange Worlds 4 Jun 1959 “A Magician Walks Among Us”
Challengers of the Unknown 8 Jul 1959 Thief steals inventions from the future
Batman 125 Aug 1958 To 14th century Venice and three days forward
DC Showcase 21 Aug 1959 Rip Hunter visits Alexander the Great and looks for Atlantis
Challengers of the Unknown 10 Nov 1959 Through time to save an underwater kingdom
Out of This World 16 Dec 1959 “The Little Things”

1960
 

Strange Tales 73 Feb 1960 “I Saw the End of the World”
Dell Four-Color 1085 Mar 1960 Adaptation of The Time Machine movie
Blackhawk 147 Mar/Apr 1960 To the 21st century
DC Showcase 25 Apr 1960 Rip plays with monsters in the year 960
DC Showcase 26 Jun 1960 Rip saves ancient Egypt (2000 BC) from aliens
Adventure Comics 275 Aug 1960 Young Kent and Wayne view the future
Adventures of the Fly 8 Sep 1960 To 3rd century Persia
Tales to Astonish 11 Sep 1960 “I Dared to Look into the Beyond!”
The Flash 116 Nov 1960 Flash fan club and a villian from the future
Mystery in Space 62 Dec 1960 Adam Strange vs monsters from the past
Mystery in Space 64 Dec 1960 Adam Strange vs ancient Rann dictator
Tales to Astonish 14 Dec 1960 “Behold! I Am the Master of Time!”

1961




Adventures of the Fly 10 Jan 1961 To a time when apes rule the planet!
Challengers of the Unknown 18 Mar 1961 To future Earth
Adventures of the Fly 11 Mar 1961 To time of King Arthur
My Greatest Adventure 53 Mar 1961 Some time travel, but I don’t know plot
Rip Hunter, Time Master 1 Mar 1961 Investigating a 1000-year-old curse
The Flash 120 May 1961 Flash and the Kid to caveman times
Rip Hunter, Time Master 2 May 1961 To 500 BC Greece
Strange Adventures 129 Jun 1961 The Atomic Knights vs ancient Atlantis
Tales to Astonish 20 Jun 1961 “One-Way Journey”
Adventures of the Fly 13 Jul 1961 A murderer from the future
Rip Hunter, Time Master 3 Jul 1961 Corky poses as king on a Danish island circa 800 AD
Amazing Adventures 3 Aug 1961 “We Were Trapped in the Twilight World!”
Detective Comics 295 Sep 1961 Batman and Robin to ancient Egypt
Rip Hunter, Time Master 4 Sep 1961 Fighting bird-men in 1986 BC Babylonia
Tales of Suspense 21 Sep 1961 “The Man from Tomorrow!”
Challengers of the Unknown 22 Nov 1961 Alien specimen collector from another time
The Flash 124 Nov 1961 The Flash and Elongated Man vs time-traveling boomerang
Rip Hunter, Time Master 5 Nov 1961 To 5th century Britain to encounter Hengest and aliens
Superman Annual 4 Nov 1961 Reprints Superboy 47, Jimmy 28, Superman 121
Adventure Comics 291 Dec 1961 Cleopatra visits Superboy in present-day Smallville
Amazing Adult Fantasy 7 Dec 1961 “Journey’s End”
The Flash 125 Dec 1961 To 2287 AD and 100,842,246 BC
Mystery in Space 72 Dec 1961 Adam Strange to 100,000 AD

1962




Amazing Adult Fantasy 8 Jan 1962 “The Yo-Yo”
Strange Tales 92 Jan 1962 “The Man Who Shrunk the World”
Rip Hunter, Time Master 6 Jan 1962 To ancient Rome with a man from 2025
Amazing Adult Fantasy 10 Mar 1962 “Those Who Change”
Tales to Astonish 29 Mar 1962 “What Happened to Harry?”
Rip Hunter, Time Master 7 Mar 1962 Searching for an antidote in ancient times
Lois Lane 33 May 1962 Lois is a slave in ancient Rome
Rip Hunter, Time Master 8 May 1962 Back to ancient Baghdad for Aladdin’s lamp
The Flash 128 May 1962 Abra Kadabra from 63rd to 20th century
Aquaman 3 Jun 1962 Sent to ancient Persia by Pomoxis
Strange Tales 97 Jun 1962 “The Madness”
Fantastic Four 5 Jul 1962 F.F. to time of Blackbeard
Tales of Suspense 32 Jul 1962 “The Missing Link!”
Tales to Astonish 33 Jul 1962 “The Frightened Man”
Rip Hunter, Time Master 9 Jul 1962 Encounter with an alien in ancient Greece
Batman 149 Aug 1962 Invaders from the past (maybe a fake?)
Strange Tales 99 Aug 1962 “A Switch in Time”
Rip Hunter, Time Master 10 Sep 1962 Rip finds Bonnie’s double in ancient Syria
Adventures of the Fly 22 Oct 1962 A villian and a beauty from the future
Journey into Mystery 86 Oct 1962 Thor vs Zarkko, the Tomorrow Man
The Atom 3 Nov 1962 First Chronos—back to 850 BC Arabia
Challengers of the Unknown 28 Nov 1962 To ancient Egypt
Rip Hunter, Time Master 11 Nov 1962 Ancient Greece again

1963


Rip Hunter, Time Master 12 Jan 1963 Ancient Stonehenge, 1,000,000 BC and the 2200s
Journey into Mystery 101 Feb 1963 Thor travels to future to be slave to Zarkko
Journey into Mystery 102 Mar 1963 Thor returns to present after defeating Zarkko
Mystery in Space 82 Mar 1963 Adam Strange vs weapons from the future
Rip Hunter, Time Master 13 Mar 1963 Kublai Khan and Marco Polo in 1280 AD
Brain Boy 4 Mar-May 1963 Brain Boy vs a time machine
Tales of Suspense 40 Apr 1963 “Prophet of Doom”
The Atom 6 May 1963 1739 London
Rip Hunter, Time Master 14 May 1963 16th century Italy
Tales of Suspense 43 Jul 1963 “You Can’t Change the Past”
Brave and the Bold 48 Jun 1963 “The Man Who Drove Through Time”
Rip Hunter, Time Master 15 Jul 1963 3,000,000 BC
Tales of Suspense 44 Aug 1963 Iron Man to time of Cleopatra
The Flash 139 Sep 1963 To 25th century
Rip Hunter, Time Master 16 Sep 1963 Gang of evil crimials from all eras
Fantastic Four 19 Oct 1963 F.F. to ancient egypt (see also Doc Strange #53)
Superboy 108 Oct 1963 To 1680
The Atom 9 Nov 1963 1609 Holland
Rip Hunter, Time Master 17 Nov 1963 Another ancient curse investigati9on

1964




Superboy 110 Jan 1964 Lana summons Washington, Helen of Troy via devil mask
Rip Hunter, Time Master 18 Jan 1964 Rip on trial in 2250
Aquaman 13 Feb 1964 Dinosaurs and criminals from 2098 to present
Rip Hunter, Time Master 19 Mar 1964 Syria in the time of Julius Caesar
Herbie 1 Apr 1964 To medieval England
The Atom 12 May 1964 The Atom visits 1849 Baltimore and Edgar Allan Poe
Challengers of the Unknown 37 May 1964 Challengers vs a timeship captain
Rip Hunter, Time Master 20 May 1964 Hitler sends Rip to retrieve Napolean
Herbie 2 Jun 1964 To get a pet dinosaur for his girlfriend
Superboy 113 Jun 1964 To 1900 and young Pa Kent
Rip Hunter, Time Master 21 Jul 1964 Cleopatra/Helen/etc. beauty pagent
Green Lantern 30 Jul 1964 Prehistoric monsters to the present
The Flash 146 Aug 1964 To the far future
Strange Tales 123 Aug 1964 Doc Strange sends Thor’s hammer back in time
Avengers 8 Sep 1964 Kang the Conqueror comes from the future
Blue Beetle 2 Sep 1964 Monsters from yesterday (via time travel?)
Fantastic Four Annual 2    Sep 1964 F.F. vs Rama-Tut
The Flash 147 Sep 1964 Prof. Zoom from the future
Herbie 4 Sep 1964 To the Battle of the OK Corral
Rip Hunter, Time Master 22 Sep 1964 Robin Hood and Casanova
Strange Tales 124 Sep 1964 Doc Strange to time of Cleopatra
Aquaman 17 Oct 1964 Aquaman chases Poseidon through time
Avengers 10 Nov 1964 Immortus (a Kang alias) from the future
Rip Hunter, Time Master 23 Nov 1964 Back to see George Washington
Avengers 11 Dec 1964 Kang (again) and Spider-Man (sort of)
Herbie 6 Dec 1964 Prehistoric Miss Ticklepuss (female Herbie)

1965




Rip Hunter, Time Master 24 Jan 1965 Back to Sir Walter Raleigh
Strange Tales 129 Feb 1965 Doc Strange travels back an hour or so
The Atom 17 Mar 1965 The Atom visits Jules Verne in 1888
Herbie 8 Mar 1965 To the American Revolution
Rip Hunter, Time Master 25 Mar 1965 Prehistoric times to find missing link
Herbie 9 Apr 1965 To Robin Hood’s day
The Atom 18 May 1965 Back in time to relive a single day
The Brave and the Bold 59 May 1965 Batman to yesterday, Green Lantern to tomorrow
Challengers of the Unknown 43 May 1965 Men and monsters from 2265
Rip Hunter, Time Master 26 May 1965 Galileo to the present
The Flash 153 Jun 1965 Flash knocks Prof. Zoom into 25th century
Strange Tales 134 Jul 1965 F.F. vs Kang
DC 80-Page Giant #12 Jul 1965 Reprints Batman 93 and 112 / World’s Finest 91
Rip Hunter, Time Master 27 Jul 1965 100 years ahead to robot-ruled future
Herbie 11 Aug 1965 To visit Columbus
Mystery in Space 102 Sep 1965 Adam Strange fights robots in the past
Rip Hunter, Time Master 28 Sep 1965 18th century Poland
The Atom 21 Oct 1965 London in 1752
Herbie 13 Oct 1965 To get pirate gold
Rip Hunter, Time Master 29 Nov 1965 Back to past for alchemist antidote
Avengers 23 Dec 1965 Avengers defeated by Kang in the future

1966


Avengers 24 Jan 1966 Avengers defeat Kang in the future!
Herbie 15 Jan 1966 To Napoleon
Aquaman 25 Feb 1966 Warriors from the time of Genghis Khan
Archie’s Madhouse 44 Feb 1966 [uncertain time travel]
Fantasy Masterpieces 1 Feb 1966 “Those Who Change” (reprint)
Herbie 17 Apr 1966 To the Mayflower
The Flash 161 May 1966 A mirror displays 20 seconds into the future
Fantasy Masterpieces 3 Jun 1966 “I Saw the End of the World” (reprint)
Herbie 19 Aug 1966 Cleopatra to the present
House of Secrets 79 Aug 1966 Prince Ra-Man battles Eclipso and menaces from other times
Strange Tales 148 Sep 1966 Doc Strange sends Vishanti book to ancient times
The Atom 27 Oct 1966 Hot air balloons in 1783 Paris
Herbie 21 Nov 1966 To Viking time
Strange Tales 150 Nov 1966 Doc Strange to ancient Babylonia

1967
Archie 170 Feb 1967 Time travel cover [and story?]
Herbie 23 Feb 1967 To St. George vs the Dragon
The Flash 168 Mar 1967 Weapons from the future
The Atom 30 May 1967 London in 1671
The Flash 170 May 1967 Abra Kadabra again from 63rd to 20th
Thor 140 May 1967 Thor vs the Growing Man (Kang’s minion)
Charlton Premiere 1 Sep 1967 Pat Boyette’s Spookman
Detective Comics 368 Oct 1967 Chronos vs The Elongated Man
Mandrake the Magician 10 Nov 1967 Brick Bradford vs Vortax in the future [read]

1968
The Atom 35 Feb 1968 The Crown Jewels in London, circa 1671
Charlton Premiere 4 Mar 1968 Ditko’s “The Time Machine” (not Wells)
Detective Comics 376 Jun 1968 Batman descendant to the present
Avengers 56 Sep 1968 To World War II
Avengers Annual 2 Sep 1968 The Scarlet Centurion (another Kang identity)

1969
Marvel Super-Heroes 18 Jan 1969 The Guardians of the Galaxy from the future
The Flash 186 Mar 1969 Evil Sargon travels to 25th century
Silver Surfer 6 Jun 1969 To the future and back by traveling fast
World's Finest 186/187 Aug/Sep 1969 Batman and Superman to Revolutionary War
 

Thanks for visiting my time travel comic book page. More is on the way! You might also enjoy my general time travel page. —Michael (main@colorado.edu)