Usually the cover credits will only include pencils, and inks, or art (latter description used only when the cover is either painted, a photography or a combination of the two). If the penciller(s), and inker(s), or artist(s) have signed their work it will be noted in the Index. Credits other than pencils, inks, or art will appear where known. However, whenever the logo-designer is known, he/she will only be creditted in the cover credits of the first issue that the new logo appears.

      Story titles are given as they appear on the title page, and not as on the covers or in coming attractions. When a story lacks a title or title page the title of the story will either be listed as [No title] or as [Title]. The latter means that the story was given a title on the cover or that the stories were originally untitled and that we are providing one. If an issue contains more than one story every reference to either story will be noted in an abbreviated form elsewhere in the index series (e.g. #25/2 means the second story in #25). Story credits are taken from the credits as published. Whenever additional information is available, it appears in the Index. If the published credits are incorrect, the Index corrects them wherever possible.

      Characters are grouped as Feature Character(s) (the character(s) to whom the title of the feature refers), Guest Stars (characters regulary featured in other DC comics, who appear in a major role in the story), Supporting Characters (characters who appear frequently in stories with the Feature Character(s) or Guest Star(s)), Villains (the heroes' antagonists), Guest Appearances (characters from other of the publishers comics, but only in minor roles. A Guest Appearance may be very brief; even a one-panel or an off-panel appearance, such as in a telephone conversation counts, as long as the character is physically present in the story), and Other Characters (everybody else of note). To save space I haven't noted characters who either aren't given full names or who never appear in another story after their first appearance unless I deem their appearance somehow noteworthy. "Behind the scenes" describes characters who don't appear in the story, but whose influence is felt, as, for example, when a Villain works through agents.

      If a character's name is highlighted by a hyperlink this means that a biography of the character in question is available.

      Please Note: Cameo appearances, e.g. characters that do not actually appear in the story, but whose images are seen for example as statues, or in flashbacks to stories previously published will not be included in the indexes.

      It is my intention to try to include chronological information for all of the characters, included in these indexes. However, as there is no official timeline for all of DC's comics, and due to the many revamps of DC's characters, even I am at a loss sometimes.

      The parenthetical comments after each character's name represents his/her chronology, that is, his/her next appearances in chronological order after the story in question. If a character in e.g. The Flash crosses over into say, Green Lantern, or any other comic, before appearing again in The Flash, you'll find it noted here; likewise, any appearances of characters in stories told out of chronological order (such as flashbacks and origin revelations) are also noted. The only "next" appearances that aren't mentioned are those occurring in the next issue of the title itself.

      In the actual indexes hyperlinks are used so that you can follow the various characters appearances according to chronology (e.g. if you are in the Superboy Index and Superboy makes an appearance in JLA before appearing in Superboy again, a hyperlink will take you directly to that issue of JLA in the JLA Index). However as the DC Indexes are constantly being expanded sometimes you will run across a link to an issue that hasn't been indexed yet. In most cases this means that the issue you have requested is about to be indexed and will be available very soon. The same can be the case for some of the Who's Who profiles.