I have done my best to avoid including issues in which Joey simply cameos. Therefore, this list is not exhaustive.
For non-comics appearances, click here.
Classic Joey era. Wolfman writes almost all of this, and his writing is consistently strong up until we transition to New Titans era in the late 80s/early 90s. He is mute for nearly this entire run and is intended to be straight, per Word of God.
| Comic Name & Issue Number | Notes |
|---|---|
| Tales of the Teen Titans #42-44 | Joey's first appearances. He only cameos in issue 42, but it is the first time he's ever on panel, so I made an exception and included it. This storyline is the infamous Judas Contract, so be prepared for much drama with Slade, Terra, and the Titans. First appearance of Joey as Jericho in #44! |
| Tales of the Teen Titans Annual #3 | Concludes the Judas Contract. |
| Tales of the Teen Titans #45-50 | Joey's first adventures with the team and the leadup to Raven's villain arc. Also Donna gets married! |
| Tales of the Teen Titans #51-52 | Short arc examining the Titans' doubts about Joey given Tara's betrayal. This also shows what Adeline is up to and has Joey work to help save her! |
| The New Teen Titans (1984) #1-6 | Joey helps the Titans face off with Raven, who falls victim to her father's influence and her supposed destiny. |
| Tales of the Teen Titans #53 | Begins the arc with Lilith's new backstory! |
| The New Teen Titans (1984) #7-9 | This arc has the development of Lilith's backstory and Kole's introduction |
| The New Teen Titans (1984) #10-11 | These issues have the development of Kole's circumstances and her relationship with Joey. We see some key information about his childhood in issue #11 specifically. If you see someone arguing that Joey is gay or straight or asexual and they specify "Original Joey," they're likely talking about issue #10. |
| The New Teen Titans (1984) #12 | The Titans investigate some ghosts... Joey uses an assistive device to use the phone in this issue! |
| The New Teen Titans (1984) #13-14 | These introduce the Crisis on Infinite Earths. Joey goes with Dick and Koriand'r to Tamaran, largely ignoring the Crisis. He wants to see space and aliens! |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths goes here | This doesn't have very much Joey, but the impact on the universe is big. Important to know that Kole dies during this event in order to understand following comics. |
| The New Teen Titans (1984) #15 | Joey explores Tamaran and provides emotional support to Dick while Koriand'r gets married. We learn that Tamaran gets Sesame Street and so some people can understand ASL. |
| The Omega Men (1983) #34 | Building up wedding and Komand'r drama. Also, the Omega Men are here (for some reason). |
| The New Teen Titans (1984) #16 | We learn that Tamaran gets Sesame Street and so some people can understand ASL. |
| Secret Origins (1986) #13 | This seems to take place during issue #16. Dick explains his history to Joey, who listens attentively and makes some excellent conversational contributions. |
| The New Teen Titans (1984) #17-18 | Joey wonders whether the team will survive Koriand'r's marriage and Dick's reaction to it. Koriand'r gets married and fights her sister (this is an excellent Koriand'r arc but that is neither here nor there). Dick and Joey return home to a changed world. |
| Teen Titans: Spotlight #3-6 | Joey finds out that his fiancée, who he thought was dead, is alive! He works to help her and uncover the mystery around her. Very good issues for seeing Joey in solo action! |
| The New Teen Titans (1984) #22 | Joey hangs out with his mom, Adeline, and misses the Titans so much he decides to go quest to get them back. |
| The New Teen Titans (1984) #24-27 | Joey rejoins the Titans, and they face off with Garfield's deranged adoptive father, Steve Dayton. Donna and Joey seem particularly close in these issues. |
| Action Comics (1938) #584 | This is a disability PSA comic and a crossover between Superman and the Teen Titans. It seems to be set sometime in issue #24 and is fairly ableist. However, the art is cute! Joey can canonically possess Superman, as well. |
| The New Teen Titans (1984) #28-31 | The Titans embark on a quest to save Dick and Raven, who are entrenched in the Church of Blood. |
| Blue Beetle (1987) #12-13 | Crossover issue where the Titans team up with the Blue Beetle (Ted Kord). |
| The New Teen Titans (1984) #33-37 | Shorter one-two issue stories showing the Titans' adventures. |
| The New Teen Titans (1984) Annual #3 | Very cute annual where the Titans fight Lady Godiva, an early version of a livestreamer. We see Joey and Slade interacting in a very positive & friendly way in this issue, perhaps indicating no hard feelings. |
| The New Teen Titans (1984) #39-40 | Slice of life/shorter plots. Joey plays guitar and looks very cool! His mom tries to recruit him away from the Titans and back into her mercenary organization. Teases a sparkling moment of Joey and Koriand'r romance before the concept vanishes. |
| The New Teen Titans (1984) #41-49 | Wildebeest begins appearing more and more. This will be important later. Also, lots of fun Titans adventures! |
| The New Titans (1988) #50-55 | Reveals Donna's backstory and develops her new identity as Troia! |
| The New Titans (1988) Annual #5 | The Titans fight the Children of the Sun. Victor focused storyline. |
| Hawk and Dove (1989) #11-12 | The Titans team up with Hawk and Dove. Joey learns that he can't possess divine beings. |
| The New Titans (1988) #57-69 | Joey gets a mullet (unfortunate). Shorter stories including the introduction of Tim Drake and an excellent Joey & Raven story in issues 66 & 67. |
| The New Titans (1988) #71, 74, 76, 78-79, 82-83 | Joey betrays the Titans, having been driven mad by the spirits of Azarath. He dies. (You can read #71-83 for the whole story, which will make it make... a little more sense? Not much more, to be honest.) |
Joey is dead. There is a not insignficant amount of fallout from this. I am not going to make a list here because Joey is mostly not in these. You could check out Deathstroke, the Terminator (1992), which is significantly about how Slade handles Joey's death. The issues of The New Titans immediately following Joey's death also have some fallout.
Caveat that Deathstroke The Terminator Annual #4 does show some more of the leadup to the incident where Joey's vocal chords were severed & may factor into your thoughts on him. It is, however, an extremely goofy retcon in an attempt to exonerate Slade of wrongdoing there.
Joey is revived as an occassional villain and even more occassional hero. He has various poorly-researched mental illnesses and can usually talk (unfortunate). His sexuality does not come up.
| Comic Name & Issue Number | Notes |
|---|---|
| Teen Titans (2003) #1-5 | Joey is back from the dead (sort of)! He is also mad about teen vigilantism. In this arc, he is possessing Slade and attacking the Teen Titans to teach them that vigilantism is unsafe for teenagers. |
| Teen Titans (2003) #12 | The Titans face off with Joey inside of Raven's astral self. This is the first time Joey & Rose meet. |
| Teen Titans (2003) #40-41 | Joey is back from the dead (for real this time). He and Rose do some sibling bonding. |
| Teen Titans (2003) #43-46 | Slade shows up to try and get his kids back. Joey, Rose, and the Teen Titans fight him together. (Warning for Evil!Cassandra Cain.) |
| Teen Titans (2003) #47 | In order to stop Match (Superboy Bizarro clone) from fighting the Teen Titans, Joey possesses him on a long-term basis. He struggles to control him. |
| DC Universe: Decisions 1-4 (Can be skipped) | Someone is trying to kill all four of the candidates in the 2008 presidential election. You'll never guess who! ;) I put this here because it's mentioned in Titans (2008) #9 as having already happened, but I'm not sure what he did with Match during all of this. |
| Titans (2008) #6-10 | Match shows up, possessed by Joey. He claims he needs help, because he's trapped inside! He then proceeds to mess with the Titans for several issues. Issue 11 has a Joey cameo on the last page to set up the next arc. |
| Vigilante (2009) #4 | Vigilante is trying to hunt down Joey. Joey finds him instead. |
| Teen Titans (2003) Annual 2009 #1 | The beginning of the Deathtrap arc, in which the Teen Titans, the Titans, and Vigilante face off with a maddened Joey. |
| Titans (2008) #12 | |
| Vigilante (2009) #5 | |
| Teen Titans (2003) #70 | |
| Titans (2008) #13 | |
| Vigilante (2009) #6 | Concludes the Deathrap arc. |
| Teen Titans (2003) #77-78 | Slade and Rose are fighting when the Black Lantern versions of their family attack (Adeline, Wintergreen, Grant, and Wade). Joey appears during the fight, revealing his eyes have grown back. |
| Titans (2008) Annual #1 | Joey reappears on the last page of this issue, having been missing for some time. |
| Titans (2008) #37-38 | Slade reveals that he has been working with the Titans only to cure Joey's cancer. Joey ends up rejoining the team to fight Slade, and he and Roy decide to work together as the Titans. Then, Flashpoint happens. |
An extremely rocky era for Joey. He is not really the same character as before (he never is), but this version is a manchild obsessed with revenging himself upon his father and uniting his family via possession. He is not disabled here.
| Comic Name & Issue Number | Notes |
|---|---|
| Deathstroke (2011) #0 | Shows Slade's new backstory as well as Joey's "death" with Adeline in an explosion. (Spoiler: they're not dead.) We also see Joey beginning to plan on revenge on his father for endangering them. (I told you he wasn't dead.) |
| Deathstroke (2011) #13 | Has three pages at the end showing Joey training and planning on how to defeat Slade. |
| Deathstroke (2011) #19-20 | Joey possesses Adeline and Slade and brings them to fight Slade and Rose. This goes poorly. |
What, did you think characters only got total retcons when the universe rebooted? You fool! New Joey!!!!! (His name is Jericho now and he can make people's heads explode.) He is not disabled here. In a flashback comic, he was written as gay during the NTT era.
| Comic Name & Issue Number | Notes |
|---|---|
| Deathstroke (2014) #2-6 | Jericho is rescued by Slade from where he was being experimented on. He then teams up with Rose to try to find a way to control his powers. |
| Deahthstroke (2014) #17-20 | Jericho returns with Ra's Al Ghul. He, Rose, and Slade work with the League of Assassins to fight a common enemy. |
| Convergence: New Teen Titans #1-2 | Not related to Deathstroke (2014).Flashback story set in the New Teen Titans Era. Joey is largely here for a plotline about him being gay and thus not romantically interested in Kole. If someone cites Joey being canonically gay, this is where they got it from. |
This Joey has no friends outside of his family and struggles with a plethora of mental health issues... but they are things like addiction and depression rather than poorly written DID. This is all very much a soap opera style, but it is a fun soap opera. This Joey is still not very similar to the original version, but he is interesting (and he is mute again, which is a win in my book). He is written as having "no labels" in this run and has two male partners and one female partner at different points.
| Comic Name & Issue Number | Notes |
|---|---|
| Deathstroke (2016) #1-3 | Includes some flashbacks to Joey's childhood, specifically growing up with Slade as a father. This has a different dynamic than prior iterations, with Slade being more of an authoritarian. |
| Deathstroke (2016) #7-10 | Introduces Joey's current life situation as a nepo baby as well as the family & romantic drama that is ruining his life! He identifies here as not having a label and has relationships with men and women, so if you see someone citing Joey being canonically pan/bi/no-labels, this is where they got it from. |
| Deathstroke (2016) #13-18 | Joey's conflict with his family comes to a head as his wedding approaches. |
| Deathstroke (2016) #19 | Starts a short arc about Slade trying to bring Grant back. |
| Teen Titans: The Lazarus Contract Special | Concludes the Grant resurrection arc and sets the stage for Slade & Adeline establishing a mercenary superhero team, "Defiance." |
| Deathstroke (2016) #20-28 | The Defiance era. Joey leads the team, consisting of Rose Wilson, Tara Markov, Ace West, and Tanya Spears. Slade is the team's mentor, and Adeline provides the funding. |
| Deathstroke (2016) Annual 1 | This issue shows Defiance disintegrating and the fallout from that. |
| Deathstroke (2016) #29 | Joey finds out who killed Etienne before his wedding. Also he helps send Slade to Arkham, kicking off a lengthy Batman/Gotham crossover arc. |
| Deathstroke (2016) #30-40 (Fairly Optional) | You can read the Batman crossover if you'd like, but Joey's appearances are minor & mostly focused on (indirectly) arguing that Bruce and Slade are the same. He does also do some stuff with Rose to try and resolve her possession plotline. |
| Deathstroke (2016) #44-50 | Slade dies in a fight with the Teen Titans, and Joey attempts to stop Rose from killing his killer. This leads to the most recent "Villain" Joey arc, in which he turns blue (and gets a serious powerup)! |