What is the DC Chronology Project?
The DC Chronology Project is an important part of the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe, that works both as an integrated part of that site as well as a working site all of its own. The DC Chronology Project (DCP) is an ongoing attempt at chronicling every actual appearance by every character and team in the DC Universe, and place them in their proper chronological order. In the mid-eighties Independent Comics Group (ICG) published a number of official DC Comics Indexes edited by Murray Ward. These indexes included before and “before and after” appearances of each character in each of the indexed issues. The DCP can be seen as a sort of companion piece to these indexes and an attempt to pick up where they left off. While the main purpose of the DCP is “only” to list the appearances of the characters themselves in chronological order, these lists will be crossreferenced with the Unofficial DC Indexes that are also part of the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe and bear a closer resem