Who is.... Ralph Dibny | The Elongated Man? - A Reading Guide
Ralph Dibny is a powered superhero from DC Comics first introduced in 1960. Ralph gains his ability to stretch his body to comic proportions as a result of his chronic ingestion of what is basically an essential oil. Ralph's hero work is largely based out of Opal City (which is kind of a stand-in for Baltimore, MD). Ralph is best known for his membership with the Justice League of America, Justice League Europe, and the Croatoans. Ralph is a devoted husband to his wife Sue, has his own exhibit at the Flash Museum, and is one of, if not the best detective in detective comics!
A selection of my favorite Ralph Dibny comics can be found in chronological order under the cut If you're interested in a full list of Ralph's appearances, please dm me and I'm happy to send you scans of a of my handwritten list!
The Flash (1959) #112, 115, 119, 124, 130, 134, 138
Detective Comics (1937) #328-345
Justice League of America (1960) #51
The Flash (1959) #206, 208, 210, 212
Justice League of America (1960) #100, 102, 105-106, 109-114, 116-121, 128-129, 131-134
Detective Comics (1937) #465-466, 468
Justice League of America (1960) #142-143
The Flash (1959) #252-253
Justice League of America (1960) #159-160, 210-212 (flashbacks), 161-168, 179, 181-183, 186-188
Detective Comics (1937) #500D
The Flash (1959) #296
Justice League of America (1960) #189-191
The Brave and the Bold (1955) #177
Justice League of America (1960) #197-200
The Flash (1959) #323-325, 327-329
Justice League of America (1960) #226-227, Annual 2 (1984), 233-239
The Flash (1959) #341, 349
DC Retroactive: JLA - The 80's (2011) #1 <- chronologically this is where the story goes even if the issue is from 2011
Secret Origins (1986) #30
From here we really enter into Ralph's Justice League Europe era, so I'm separating the out a little bit
Justice League International (1987) #24
Justice League Europe (1989) #1-9
The Flash (1987) #35
Justice League Europe (1989) #10, 13-19, Annual 1, 20-21
The Flash (1987) #48-49
Justice League Europe (1989) #25-29
Justice League America (1989) #54
Justice League Europe (1989) #30
Justice League America (1989) #55
Justice League Europe (1989) # Annual 2, 31-33
Justice League America (1989) #58
Justice League Europe (1989) #34-35
Justice League Quarterly (1990) #6
Justice League America (1989) #60
Justice League Europe (1989) #36
Elongated Man (1992) #1-4
Justice League Europe (1989) #37-40
Green Lantern (1990) #25 (set during JLE #40)
Justice League Europe (1989) #41-42, Annual 3, 43-503
Justice League Quarterly (1990) #9
Justice League International Take 2 through to Zero Hour
Justice League Task Force (1993) #1
Justice League International (1993) #51, Annual 4, 53-57
Justice League Task Force (1993) #10-12
Justice League America (1989) #89
Justice League Task Force (1993) #13
Justice League International (1993) #65
Justice League Task Force (1993) #14
Justice League International (1993) #66-67
Justice League America (1989) #92
Justice League Task Force (1993) #16
Justice League International (1993) #68
Zero Hour: Crisis in Time (1994) #1, 3
Post Zero Hour through to 52. This period of comics contains the highly controversial Identity Crisis, which centers around the death of Ralph's wife, Sue.
Starman (1994) #56, 61-63, 65, 67-68, 70-73, 75, 80
Doom Patrol (2001) #4-6
Formerly Known as the Justice League (2003) #1-6
Identity Crisis (2004) #1-7
52 (2006) #1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 11-13, 18, 21, 24-25, 27, 31-33, 39, 41-42, 52
After 52, Ralph comes back as a ghost for a few issues and later as a black lantern during Blackest Night but tbh I didn't enjoy those much at all so they're not included
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