DC Comics

MANTIS (DC)

APPEARANCES

SERIES

FIRST APPEARANCE

1ST APPEARANCE

The Forever People #2

May 1971

Earliest catalogued appearances of Desaad and Mantis (DC).

KEY APPEARANCES

All 36 appearances.

1st APP

The Forever People #2

Earliest catalogued appearances of Desaad and Mantis (DC).

May 1971

No listings

APPEARS

The New Gods #2

Earliest catalogued appearances of Slig, Gole, Jaffar, and 3 more.

May 1971

No listings

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The New Gods #9

Earliest catalogued appearance of Forager.

Jul 1972

No listings

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The New Gods #10

Aug 1972

No listings

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The Avengers #115"Below Us The Battle!"

Sep 1973

No listings

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Secret Society of Super-Villains #2

Aug 1976

No listings

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Secret Society of Super-Villains #3

Oct 1976

No listings

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Secret Society of Super-Villains #4

Dec 1976

No listings

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Secret Society of Super-Villains #5

Feb 1977

No listings

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New Gods #1

Jun 1984

No listings

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New Gods #5

Oct 1984

No listings

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Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #14

Apr 1986

No listings

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Warlord Annual #6

Jan 1987

No listings

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New Gods #2

Mar 1989

No listings

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New Gods #3

Apr 1989

No listings

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New Gods #4

May 1989

No listings

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New Gods #5

Jun 1989

No listings

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Legion of Super-Heroes #97"Dwarfing the Infinite"

Oct 1997

No listings

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Superboy and the Ravers #14

Oct 1997

No listings

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Genesis #2

Oct 1997

No listings

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Orion #8

Jan 2001

No listings

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Orion #9

Feb 2001

No listings

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Justice League Unlimited #32

Jun 2007

No listings

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Death of the New Gods #3"Armageddon Tarantella"

Jan 2008

No listings

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Death of the New Gods #4"Bearing Witness"

Feb 2008

No listings

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Death of the New Gods #5"Mistakes"

Mar 2008

No listings

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Infinity Man and the Forever People #1 cover

Infinity Man and the Forever People #1"Planet of the Humans"

Aug 2014

No listings

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Infinity Man and the Forever People #2 cover

Infinity Man and the Forever People #2"Wake Unto Me"

Sep 2014

No listings

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Infinity Man and the Forever People #3 cover

Infinity Man and the Forever People #3"The Man, The Myth, The Legend"

Oct 2014

No listings

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Convergence #6

Jul 2015

No listings

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Bug! The Adventures of Forager #1

Jul 2017

No listings

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New Challengers #3

Sep 2018

No listings

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Danger Street #7

Sep 2023

No listings

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The New Gods #2

Mar 2025

No listings

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The New Gods #3

Apr 2025

No listings

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DC x Sonic the Hedgehog #2"Chaos Crisis Part Two"

Jun 2025

No listings

CREATORS

Writers and artists on Mantis (DC)'s earliest appearances.

Jim Starlin Jack Kirby Bob Lewis Pablo Marcos Paris Cullins David Anthony Kraft Ernie Chan Art Thibert

SERIES

Bug! The Adventures of Forager

6 issues

Convergence

10 issues

Danger Street

12 issues

DC x Sonic the Hedgehog

6 issues

Death of the New Gods

8 issues

Genesis

4 issues

Infinity Man and the Forever People

9 issues

Justice League Unlimited

46 issues

Legion of Super-Heroes

127 issues

New Challengers

7 issues

New Gods

6 issues

New Gods

28 issues