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| Timeline_of_Earth-1_1970s [2023/03/13 05:22] – [1978] docquantum | Timeline_of_Earth-1_1970s [2024/03/14 00:00] (current) – docquantum | ||
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| * Superman and Batman and Robin are reunited for the first time since August; they begin teaming up regularly from this point on. [" | * Superman and Batman and Robin are reunited for the first time since August; they begin teaming up regularly from this point on. [" | ||
| * Superman meets Dan Delta, the toughest private detective in Metropolis, who also bears a striking resemblance to Superman. //Note: Dan Delta is actually Slam Bradley using a pseudonym for an unknown reason. At some point after this story, Slam Bradley resumes his private investigation practice in Gotham City under his original name, as seen in Detective Comics #500.// [" | * Superman meets Dan Delta, the toughest private detective in Metropolis, who also bears a striking resemblance to Superman. //Note: Dan Delta is actually Slam Bradley using a pseudonym for an unknown reason. At some point after this story, Slam Bradley resumes his private investigation practice in Gotham City under his original name, as seen in Detective Comics #500.// [" | ||
| - | * October 31: Dressing up as Robin Hood for a Halloween costume ball, Oliver Queen stops a gang of robbers and, finding it more thrilling than the dull life as a businessman, | + | * October 31: Dressing up as Robin Hood for a Halloween costume ball, Oliver Queen stops a gang of robbers and, finding it more thrilling than the dull life as a businessman, |
| ===November, | ===November, | ||
| * Giganta, a female gorilla evolved into a huge, powerful blonde woman, battles Wonder Woman. [Wonder Woman #163] | * Giganta, a female gorilla evolved into a huge, powerful blonde woman, battles Wonder Woman. [Wonder Woman #163] | ||
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| ====1974==== | ====1974==== | ||
| ===Unspecified month in 1974=== | ===Unspecified month in 1974=== | ||
| - | * Rip Hunter and his crew (Jeff Smith, Bonnie Baxter, and Corky Baxter), after a time travel trip from 1965, are stranded in the year 1974 when Dr. Wilfred Doome of Earth-2 steals his Time Sphere' | + | * Rip Hunter and his crew (Jeff Smith, Bonnie Baxter, and Corky Baxter), after a time travel trip from 1965, are stranded in the year 1974 when Dr. Wilfred Doome of Earth-2 steals his Time Sphere' |
| * Jefferson Pierce (the future Black Lightning) and his wife Lynn Stewart are divorced. | * Jefferson Pierce (the future Black Lightning) and his wife Lynn Stewart are divorced. | ||
| * Maxine Baker is born to Buddy Baker (Animal Man) and his wife Ellen Baker. Maxine is their second child, as their son Cliff was born in 1970. | * Maxine Baker is born to Buddy Baker (Animal Man) and his wife Ellen Baker. Maxine is their second child, as their son Cliff was born in 1970. | ||
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| * July 20-22 | * July 20-22 | ||
| * Several heroes -- the Martian Manhunter, the Flash, Superman, Batman, Robin, Roy Raymond, the Blackhawks, the Challengers of the Unknown, the Vigilante, Robotman, Congo Bill, Congorilla, Plastic Man, Rex the Wonder Dog, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Aquaman, and Wonder Woman, as well as test pilot Hal Jordan -- unite against Commander Blanx and his white Martian invaders; they agree to form a team at some point in the future. ["The Origin of the Justice League, Minus One," Justice League of America #144 (July, 1977).] | * Several heroes -- the Martian Manhunter, the Flash, Superman, Batman, Robin, Roy Raymond, the Blackhawks, the Challengers of the Unknown, the Vigilante, Robotman, Congo Bill, Congorilla, Plastic Man, Rex the Wonder Dog, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Aquaman, and Wonder Woman, as well as test pilot Hal Jordan -- unite against Commander Blanx and his white Martian invaders; they agree to form a team at some point in the future. ["The Origin of the Justice League, Minus One," Justice League of America #144 (July, 1977).] | ||
| - | * Rip Hunter and his crew (Jeff Smith, Bonnie Baxter, and Corky Baxter), having built a new engine for the Time Sphere, fight off the Blackhawks, Plastic Man, and Jimmy Olsen, each group mistakenly thinking they' | + | * Rip Hunter and his crew (Jeff Smith, Bonnie Baxter, and Corky Baxter), having built a new engine for the Time Sphere, fight off the Blackhawks, Plastic Man, and Jimmy Olsen, each group mistakenly thinking they' |
| * July 25: The Jimmy Olsen Fan Club is officially founded by Tommy Todd. ["The Jimmy Olsen Signal-Watch," | * July 25: The Jimmy Olsen Fan Club is officially founded by Tommy Todd. ["The Jimmy Olsen Signal-Watch," | ||
| * July 27: Luthor recreates Bizarro #1, who creates for himself a Bizarro-Lois Lane and battles Superman before leaving for outer space in search of a new home. ["The Battle with Bizarro," | * July 27: Luthor recreates Bizarro #1, who creates for himself a Bizarro-Lois Lane and battles Superman before leaving for outer space in search of a new home. ["The Battle with Bizarro," | ||
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| * August 22: Supergirl meets Jerro, a teenaged merman from Atlantis, who becomes her first real romance when they kiss. [" | * August 22: Supergirl meets Jerro, a teenaged merman from Atlantis, who becomes her first real romance when they kiss. [" | ||
| ===September, | ===September, | ||
| - | * The Sandman (Dr. Garrett Sanford) meets and befriends a young boy named Jed Walker. [The Sandman #1] | ||
| * September 8: President Ford grants former President Nixon a pardon. | * September 8: President Ford grants former President Nixon a pardon. | ||
| * September 19: Jimmy Olsen briefly gains invulnerability after bathing in an underground stream rumored to be a branch of the fabled river Styx. [" | * September 19: Jimmy Olsen briefly gains invulnerability after bathing in an underground stream rumored to be a branch of the fabled river Styx. [" | ||
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| * December 10: The Supergirl Emergency Squad, made up of several young women in the bottle city of Kandor (members of the Supergirl Fan Club there), is formed. [" | * December 10: The Supergirl Emergency Squad, made up of several young women in the bottle city of Kandor (members of the Supergirl Fan Club there), is formed. [" | ||
| * December 21: Mr. Mxyzptlk sets his sights on Supergirl during Superman' | * December 21: Mr. Mxyzptlk sets his sights on Supergirl during Superman' | ||
| - | * December 25: The Sandman and Jed Walker rescue Santa Claus from the Seal Men. [The Best of DC #22] | ||
| ====1976==== | ====1976==== | ||