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Blockbuster

Roland Desmond, DC

97 appearancesSince 1989

Blockbuster first appeared in Starman #9 (1989-04), published by DC. 97 appearances are indexed across 45 series.

Also known as Roland Desmond

Brother of Mark Desmond (the original Blockbuster).

Character history

Key issues

2 issues

Starman
#9
first appearance
1989-04-00
Nightwing
#93
death
2004-07-00

Across the catalog

Appears in

45 series

Nightwing
2016–
23 issues →
Nightwing
1996–2009
13 issues →
Nightwing
2021–2025
5 issues →

Nightwing cover

Nightwing

2023–2025

5 issues →

Blackest Night: Batman cover

Blackest Night: Batman

2009–2009

3 issues →

Batman cover

Batman

1940–2011

2 issues →

Starman cover

Starman

1988–1992

2 issues →

Nightwing cover

Nightwing

1998–2005

2 issues →

Nightwing cover

Nightwing

2014–2018

2 issues →

Detective Comics cover

Detective Comics

1937–2011

1 issue →

Batman Annual cover

Batman Annual

1961–2011

1 issue →

Steel cover

Steel

1994–1998

1 issue →

UUCape Archive 1995

Underworld Unleashed

1995–1995

1 issue →

Impulse cover

Impulse

1995–2002

1 issue →

WPNCape Archive 1997

Wizard Presents: Nightwing

1997–1997

1 issue →

Underworld Unleashed cover

Underworld Unleashed

1998–1998

1 issue →

Young Justice cover

Young Justice

1998–2003

1 issue →

Superman cover

Superman

2006–2011

1 issue →

Nightwing: Renegade cover

Nightwing: Renegade

2006–2006

1 issue →

Nightwing: Mobbed Up cover

Nightwing: Mobbed Up

2006–2006

1 issue →

DC / WS DreamWar cover

DC / WS DreamWar

2008–2008

1 issue →

DC / WS DreamWar cover

DC / WS DreamWar

2009–2009

1 issue →

Batman: The Strange Deaths of Batman cover

Batman: The Strange Deaths of Batman

2009–2009

1 issue →

Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps cover

Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps

2010–2010

1 issue →

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Batman: No Man's Land
2011–2012
1 issue →
Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps
2011–2011
1 issue →
Tales of the Batman: Carmine Infantino
2014–2014
1 issue →
Birds of Prey
2015–2017
1 issue →
Batman: War Games
2015–2016
1 issue →
Nightwing: Rebirth Deluxe Edition
2017–2017
1 issue →
Nightwing
2017–2018
1 issue →
Young Justice
2017–2022
1 issue →
Nightwing Annual
2018–2020
1 issue →
Underworld Unleashed: The 25th Anniversary Edition
2020–2020
1 issue →
Superman: Son of Kal-El 2021 Annual
2021–2021
1 issue →
Nightwing: The Joker War
2021–2021
1 issue →
F/ICape Archive 2021
Flash / Impulse: Runs in the Family
2021–2021
1 issue →
Nightwing: Fear State
2022–2022
1 issue →
SSOCape Archive 2022
Superman: Son of Kal-El
2022–2023
1 issue →
Superman: Camelot Falls: The Deluxe Edition
2023–2023
1 issue →
NFSCape Archive 2023
Nightwing: Fear State
2023–2023
1 issue →
Nightwing: The Joker War
2023–2023
1 issue →
SSOCape Archive 2023
Superman: Son of Kal-El
2023–2024
1 issue →
SBKCape Archive 2024
Superman by Kurt Busiek
2024–2025
1 issue →
JTCCape Archive 2024
JLApe: The Complete Collection
2024–2024
1 issue →