Events & eras On screen Lore Members Activity

Negative Man (DC) — First appearance, key issues & comics · Cape Zone

Negative Man portrait

Character/DC

Negative Man

Larry Trainor

471 appearancesSince 1963

Negative Man first appeared in My Greatest Adventure #80 (1963-06), published by DC. 471 appearances are indexed across 60 series.

Also known as Larry Trainor

Character history

Key issues

6 issues

My Greatest Adventure#80Cape Archive1963
My Greatest Adventure
#80
first appearance
1963-06-00
The Doom Patrol#121Cape Archive1968
The Doom Patrol
#121
death
1968-09-00
Super-Team Family
#8
origin retold
1976-12-00
Doom Patrol#2Cape Archive2004
Doom Patrol
#2
origin retold
2004-09-00
Doom Patrol
#6
origin retold
2010-03-00
My Greatest Adventure 80 (Facsimile Edition)#NNCape Archive2023
My Greatest Adventure 80 (Facsimile Edition)
#[nn]
origin retold
2023-09-00

Across the catalog

Appears in

60 series

TDPCape Archive 1964
The Doom Patrol
1964–1973
39 issues →
DPCape Archive 1987
Doom Patrol
1987–1995
34 issues →

Doom Patrol cover

Doom Patrol

2009–2011

22 issues →

DPCape Archive 2004

Doom Patrol

2004–2006

18 issues →

DPCape Archive 2016

Doom Patrol

2016–2018

10 issues →

Batman / Superman: World's Finest cover

Batman / Superman: World's Finest

2022–

10 issues →

Unstoppable Doom Patrol cover

Unstoppable Doom Patrol

2023–2023

7 issues →

MGACape Archive 1955

My Greatest Adventure

1955–1964

6 issues →

JLA cover

JLA

1997–2006

6 issues →

TDPCape Archive 2002

The Doom Patrol Archives

2002–2008

5 issues →

Teen Titans Go! cover

Teen Titans Go!

2004–2008

5 issues →

FCMCape Archive 1961

Five-Score Comic Monthly

1961–1965

4 issues →

Super-Team Family cover

Super-Team Family

1975–1978

4 issues →

The New Teen Titans cover

The New Teen Titans

1984–1988

4 issues →

Teen Titans cover

Teen Titans

2003–2011

4 issues →

Justice cover

Justice

2005–2007

4 issues →

The Brave and the Bold cover

The Brave and the Bold

2007–2010

4 issues →

Absolute Power cover

Absolute Power

2024–2024

4 issues →

The New Teen Titans cover

The New Teen Titans

1980–1984

3 issues →

JLA: Year One cover

JLA: Year One

1998–1998

3 issues →

Teen Titans cover

Teen Titans

2004–2011

3 issues →

52 cover

52

2006–2007

3 issues →

52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen cover

52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen

2007–2008

3 issues →

The New Teen Titans cover

The New Teen Titans

2014–2022

3 issues →

Show all 60 series ↓Show less ↑

Doom Patrol
2016–2017
3 issues →
Batman / Superman: World's Finest
2023–
3 issues →
Batman / Superman: World's Finest
2024–
3 issues →
The Brave and the Bold
1955–1983
2 issues →
Teen Titans Spotlight
1986–1988
2 issues →
The New Titans
1988–1996
2 issues →
DPCape Archive 1992
Doom Patrol
1992–2008
2 issues →
JLA: The Nail
1998–1998
2 issues →
New Teen Titans Archives
1999–2008
2 issues →
Beast Boy
2000–2000
2 issues →
Justice League of America: Another Nail
2004–2004
2 issues →
Justice
2006–2007
2 issues →
Trinity
2008–2009
2 issues →
Justice
2008–2009
2 issues →
SPTCape Archive 2009
Showcase Presents the Doom Patrol
2009–2010
2 issues →
Trinity
2009–2009
2 issues →
DPCape Archive 2010
Doom Patrol
2010–2011
2 issues →
DCU: Legacies
2010–2011
2 issues →
Justice League
2011–2016
2 issues →
Secret Six
2015–2016
2 issues →
52
2016–2017
2 issues →
The New Teen Titans Omnibus
2017–2022
2 issues →
DPCape Archive 2017
Doom Patrol
2017–2019
2 issues →
DPTCape Archive 2018
Doom Patrol: The Silver Age
2018–2020
2 issues →
DPWCape Archive 2019
Doom Patrol: Weight of the Worlds
2019–2020
2 issues →
Titans
2023–2026
2 issues →
New History of the DC Universe
2025–2025
2 issues →
Action Comics
1938–2011
1 issue →
Batman
1940–2011
1 issue →
Showcase
1956–1978
1 issue →
COTCape Archive 1958
Challengers of the Unknown
1958–1978
1 issue →
Batman Annual
1961–2011
1 issue →
Teen Titans
1966–1978
1 issue →
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest
1980–1982
1 issue →
Tales of the New Teen Titans
1982–1982
1 issue →
Tales of the Teen Titans
1984–1988
1 issue →