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===March, 1970=== | ===March, 1970=== | ||
* During Spring Break, Clark Kent and his friend Ted O'Hara travel by Jeep through the Southwest. Donning a buffalo skin and headdress, Ted is possessed by the spirit of an American Indian medicine man with magical powers and helps Dr. John Navarro (the great-great grandson of the medicine man) in Cedarville to complete an operation. //Note: Ted O'Hara is originally from Smallville and was a friend of Clark' | * During Spring Break, Clark Kent and his friend Ted O'Hara travel by Jeep through the Southwest. Donning a buffalo skin and headdress, Ted is possessed by the spirit of an American Indian medicine man with magical powers and helps Dr. John Navarro (the great-great grandson of the medicine man) in Cedarville to complete an operation. //Note: Ted O'Hara is originally from Smallville and was a friend of Clark' | ||
- | * March 22: Princess Diana, now 19 years old, is invited by her mother Queen Hippolyta to drink from the Fountain of Eternal Youth in a secret grove on Paradise Island, which grants her immortality as long as she remains on Paradise Island. ["The Golden Age Secret Origin of Wonder Woman," | ||
===May, 1970=== | ===May, 1970=== | ||
* Lorna Martin learns that Clark Kent is Superboy using her ESP powers, but keeps the secret to herself. Returning to Dimension 7 at the end of the semester, she asks the Council of Mentors to allow her to bring Superboy back with her, but her request is denied, and she remains there for years. ["The Girl Who Worshipped Clark Kent," Action Comics #411] | * Lorna Martin learns that Clark Kent is Superboy using her ESP powers, but keeps the secret to herself. Returning to Dimension 7 at the end of the semester, she asks the Council of Mentors to allow her to bring Superboy back with her, but her request is denied, and she remains there for years. ["The Girl Who Worshipped Clark Kent," Action Comics #411] | ||
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* August 7: Superman builds a fortress in space disguised as a spherical meteor to use as his headquarters, | * August 7: Superman builds a fortress in space disguised as a spherical meteor to use as his headquarters, | ||
* August 8-9: Superman, Batman and Robin team up for the first time against a smuggling ring using liquid kryptonite against Superman. Batman impersonates Superman for the first time. ["The Origin of the Superman-Batman Team," World' | * August 8-9: Superman, Batman and Robin team up for the first time against a smuggling ring using liquid kryptonite against Superman. Batman impersonates Superman for the first time. ["The Origin of the Superman-Batman Team," World' | ||
- | * August 13: Steve Trevor' | + | * August 13-17: While tracking down a nest of spies, Capt. Steve Trevor |
* August 14-15: Selina Kyle, furious over a newspaper story about how Batman triumphed over Catwoman, returns to crime as Catwoman. At the conclusion of this case, Catwoman goes missing for five years, and her absence has never been explained. ["The Crimes of the Catwoman," | * August 14-15: Selina Kyle, furious over a newspaper story about how Batman triumphed over Catwoman, returns to crime as Catwoman. At the conclusion of this case, Catwoman goes missing for five years, and her absence has never been explained. ["The Crimes of the Catwoman," | ||
* August 25-26: When Clark Kent and Lois Lane are sent to Vietnam as medics in order to cover the Vietnam War, Superman protects the remaining U.S. troops from a giant, dull-witted, | * August 25-26: When Clark Kent and Lois Lane are sent to Vietnam as medics in order to cover the Vietnam War, Superman protects the remaining U.S. troops from a giant, dull-witted, | ||
* August 27-31: When Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne each go on vacations on the cruise-ship Varania, they accidentally learn each other' | * August 27-31: When Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne each go on vacations on the cruise-ship Varania, they accidentally learn each other' | ||
+ | * August 30-31: The goddess Aphrodite appears to Queen Hippolyta to tell her that she must send the greatest of the Amazons to bring Capt. Steve Trevor back to America, where she will remain to fight evil and injustice everywhere. Queen Hippolyta then holds a tournament to choose the greatest Amazon fairly, but she forbids her daughter Princess Diana from participating. On the day of the tournament, all contestants except Mala and a masked Amazon are left, and the contest between the two finalists is decided in favor of the masked Amazon in the bullets and bracelets competition. The masked Amazon unmasks to reveal that the champion is Princess Diana. Feeling a mixture of pride and sadness, Queen Hippolyta presents her daughter with a costume to wear in America and the magic lasso, which enables her to control anyone bound by it, and the Amazons proclaim Diana as **Wonder Woman**. ["The Golden Age Secret Origin of Wonder Woman," | ||
===September, | ===September, | ||
* Animal Man has an adventure. [When Trouble Comes A Calling] | * Animal Man has an adventure. [When Trouble Comes A Calling] | ||
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* September 15-16: Batman and Robin battle the Human Firefly, alias lighting-effects genius Garfield Lynns. ["The Human Firefly," | * September 15-16: Batman and Robin battle the Human Firefly, alias lighting-effects genius Garfield Lynns. ["The Human Firefly," | ||
* September 4-19: Batman and Robin battle the Joker, who embarks on a series of crimes after a four-month-long absence. ["The Crimes of Batman," | * September 4-19: Batman and Robin battle the Joker, who embarks on a series of crimes after a four-month-long absence. ["The Crimes of Batman," | ||
- | * Wonder Woman meets the criminal called the Angle Man. [Wonder Woman #164] | ||
===October, 1972=== | ===October, 1972=== | ||
* Capturing a gang of pirates using Starfish Island as a base, Oliver Queen returns to Star City after being stranded on Starfish Island for nine months. The incident inspires him to call himself the Green Arrow when questioned by police, though he doesn' | * Capturing a gang of pirates using Starfish Island as a base, Oliver Queen returns to Star City after being stranded on Starfish Island for nine months. The incident inspires him to call himself the Green Arrow when questioned by police, though he doesn' | ||
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===April, 1973=== | ===April, 1973=== | ||
* The mysterious Black Orchid makes her public debut. [Adventure Comics #428] | * The mysterious Black Orchid makes her public debut. [Adventure Comics #428] | ||
- | * April 7-10: Superman battles | + | * April 7-10: Superman battles |
* April 30: President Nixon accepts responsibility but not blame for the Watergate Scandal, accepting the resignations of H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman as well as firing John W. Dean III as counsel. | * April 30: President Nixon accepts responsibility but not blame for the Watergate Scandal, accepting the resignations of H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman as well as firing John W. Dean III as counsel. | ||
===May, 1973=== | ===May, 1973=== | ||
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* September 28-29: Superman builds Superman Island to house a vault full of kryptonite meteors for a scientist' | * September 28-29: Superman builds Superman Island to house a vault full of kryptonite meteors for a scientist' | ||
===October, 1973=== | ===October, 1973=== | ||
- | * October 6: The Yom Kippur War begins as Egyptian and Syrian forces attack Israeli forces in the Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights on Yom Kippur. | + | * October 6: The Yom Kippur War begins as Egyptian and Syrian forces attack Israeli forces in the Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights on Yom Kippur. |
* October 10: Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns. | * October 10: Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns. | ||
* October 17: Superman temporarily becomes Superbaby once again. [" | * October 17: Superman temporarily becomes Superbaby once again. [" | ||
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* From a computer, Travis Morgan and Tara learn the origins of Skartaris. [Warlord #5] | * From a computer, Travis Morgan and Tara learn the origins of Skartaris. [Warlord #5] | ||
* February 5 | * February 5 | ||
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- | * Patty Hearst, granddaughter of publishing mogul William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army. | + | * Patty Hearst, granddaughter of publishing mogul William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army. |
* February 7: Batwoman briefly gains super-powers after ingesting a super-power pill invented by Jor-El and stolen by Elton Craig. ["The Super-Batwoman," | * February 7: Batwoman briefly gains super-powers after ingesting a super-power pill invented by Jor-El and stolen by Elton Craig. ["The Super-Batwoman," | ||
* February 8: Lois Lane briefly gains super-powers from a flying cape, power gloves, and super-goggles sent to Earth by Jor-El. ["The Forbidden Box from Krypton," | * February 8: Lois Lane briefly gains super-powers from a flying cape, power gloves, and super-goggles sent to Earth by Jor-El. ["The Forbidden Box from Krypton," | ||
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* April 2: Superman and Lois Lane are nearly wed after a whirlwind romance when Jimmy Olsen uses the power of subliminal suggestion to make Superman want nothing more than to wed Lois, but Jimmy tricks Lois into calling off the ceremony just as the effect wears off Superman. [" | * April 2: Superman and Lois Lane are nearly wed after a whirlwind romance when Jimmy Olsen uses the power of subliminal suggestion to make Superman want nothing more than to wed Lois, but Jimmy tricks Lois into calling off the ceremony just as the effect wears off Superman. [" | ||
* April 11 | * April 11 | ||
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- | * The rocket-ship containing Kara Zor-El of Argo City passes by the asteroid where Biron the horse (formerly a centaur) has been exiled for 3000 years, freeing him. He follows the rocket to Earth and watches as she becomes Supergirl, hoping to meet her someday. Until then, he poses as an ordinary horse on Earth. ["The Secret Origin of Supergirl' | + | * The rocket-ship containing Kara Zor-El of Argo City passes by the asteroid where Biron the horse (formerly a centaur) has been exiled for 3000 years, freeing him. He follows the rocket to Earth and watches as she becomes Supergirl, hoping to meet her someday. Until then, he poses as an ordinary horse on Earth. ["The Secret Origin of Supergirl' |
* April 19-20: Superman meets King Krypton, a Kryptonian scientist (whose name is never revealed) who changed himself into a gorilla and also escaped Krypton' | * April 19-20: Superman meets King Krypton, a Kryptonian scientist (whose name is never revealed) who changed himself into a gorilla and also escaped Krypton' | ||
* April 22-24: Jimmy Olsen briefly becomes a giant after ingesting a formula invented by Prof. Phineas Potter. ["The Human Skyscraper," | * April 22-24: Jimmy Olsen briefly becomes a giant after ingesting a formula invented by Prof. Phineas Potter. ["The Human Skyscraper," | ||
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===May, 1974=== | ===May, 1974=== | ||
* May 1-4: A magic totem grants Jimmy Olsen three wishes. The first is to create a female counterpart of Superman called Super-Girl, who becomes Superman' | * May 1-4: A magic totem grants Jimmy Olsen three wishes. The first is to create a female counterpart of Superman called Super-Girl, who becomes Superman' | ||
- | * May 6: | + | * May 6: Adam Strange' |
- | Adam Strange' | + | |
* May 6-7: Futureman (XL-49) from the 30th century travels back in time to woo Lois Lane and propose to her (although his real plan is to make Superman fall in love with her and marry her). She accepts after realizing Superman will never propose (again), but just as they are about to travel to the 30th century in a time bubble, Superman kisses her passionately, | * May 6-7: Futureman (XL-49) from the 30th century travels back in time to woo Lois Lane and propose to her (although his real plan is to make Superman fall in love with her and marry her). She accepts after realizing Superman will never propose (again), but just as they are about to travel to the 30th century in a time bubble, Superman kisses her passionately, | ||
* May 15: A magical beam causes Lois Lane and Lana Lang to merge into one person named Lana Lane, to whom Superman is briefly engaged until he safely splits them apart again, and they lose all memory of the event. [" | * May 15: A magical beam causes Lois Lane and Lana Lang to merge into one person named Lana Lane, to whom Superman is briefly engaged until he safely splits them apart again, and they lose all memory of the event. [" | ||
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* June 6-7: Batman is briefly given super-powers by aliens who wanted to see who would win in a fight between Batman and Superman. ["The Battle of the Super-Heroes," | * June 6-7: Batman is briefly given super-powers by aliens who wanted to see who would win in a fight between Batman and Superman. ["The Battle of the Super-Heroes," | ||
* June 11 | * June 11 | ||
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- | * Superman temporarily switches places in time with Superbaby. ["Lois Lane and the Babe of Steel," | + | * Superman temporarily switches places in time with Superbaby. ["Lois Lane and the Babe of Steel," |
* June 17: Superman' | * June 17: Superman' | ||
* June 22: After suffering writer' | * June 22: After suffering writer' | ||
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* July 19-20: Drinking liquid kryptonite, Lex Luthor creates a Kryptonite Monkey and briefly becomes the Kryptonite Man. Superman creates a lead suit of armor to battle him. ["The Kryptonite Man," Action Comics #249 (February, 1959).] | * July 19-20: Drinking liquid kryptonite, Lex Luthor creates a Kryptonite Monkey and briefly becomes the Kryptonite Man. Superman creates a lead suit of armor to battle him. ["The Kryptonite Man," Action Comics #249 (February, 1959).] | ||
* July 20-22 | * July 20-22 | ||
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- | * 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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* April 23: Lois Lane travels back in time to 12th century England, where she competes for the affections of Robin Hood with a redheaded woman named Laura. Lois then discovers Laura is really a disguised Maid Marian, who asks Lois to be her bridesmaid for their wedding, but at that moment Lois returns to her own time. [" | * April 23: Lois Lane travels back in time to 12th century England, where she competes for the affections of Robin Hood with a redheaded woman named Laura. Lois then discovers Laura is really a disguised Maid Marian, who asks Lois to be her bridesmaid for their wedding, but at that moment Lois returns to her own time. [" | ||
* April 23-26: As the last descendant of Lord Olsen, Jimmy Olsen inherits the ancient Olsen estate of Olsen Castle and lordship in Sweden after he passes a series of supposedly impossible tests with the secret help of Superman, Supergirl, Krypto, and even Bizarro #1. But Jimmy decides to give up his title and donate his estate to make it a museum, since he is allergic to the local flora. ["The Lord of Olsen Castle," | * April 23-26: As the last descendant of Lord Olsen, Jimmy Olsen inherits the ancient Olsen estate of Olsen Castle and lordship in Sweden after he passes a series of supposedly impossible tests with the secret help of Superman, Supergirl, Krypto, and even Bizarro #1. But Jimmy decides to give up his title and donate his estate to make it a museum, since he is allergic to the local flora. ["The Lord of Olsen Castle," | ||
+ | * April 26: On her 12th birthday, Donna (Donna Hinckley Stacey) and nearly two-year-old Dot (Dorothea) are granted the abilities of full Amazons when Paula Von Gunta modifies the purple ray to siphon a fraction of all the Amazons' | ||
* April 27-30: Traveling to Cardiff in New England, Lois Lane meets Lena Thorul and discovers that not only does Lena possess psychic abilities but she is also the sister of Lex Luthor but does not remember that fact. Lex Luthor makes Superman vow to keep that secret. ["The Curse of Lena Thorul," | * April 27-30: Traveling to Cardiff in New England, Lois Lane meets Lena Thorul and discovers that not only does Lena possess psychic abilities but she is also the sister of Lex Luthor but does not remember that fact. Lex Luthor makes Superman vow to keep that secret. ["The Curse of Lena Thorul," | ||
===May, 1975=== | ===May, 1975=== | ||
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* The Flashes of two Earths meet for the first time. [The Flash #123] | * The Flashes of two Earths meet for the first time. [The Flash #123] | ||
* Green Lantern first battles Sinestro, the rogue former member of the Green Lantern Corps. Green Lantern also uses his power ring to temporarily turn all the citizens of Coast City completely invisible in order to keep them from becoming victims of Sinestro' | * Green Lantern first battles Sinestro, the rogue former member of the Green Lantern Corps. Green Lantern also uses his power ring to temporarily turn all the citizens of Coast City completely invisible in order to keep them from becoming victims of Sinestro' | ||
- | * The Metal Men are created by Dr. Will Magnus. [Showcase #37] | + | * [[Metal Men|The Metal Men]] are created by Dr. Will Magnus, who completes Platinum first by outfitting her with a responsometer that provides her artificial intelligence. When the world is threatened by a prehistoric menace, Col. Henry Casper of National Defense visits Magnus' |
* The Black Orchid rounds up the rest of the Black Orchid Legion. [The Phantom Stranger v2 #41] | * The Black Orchid rounds up the rest of the Black Orchid Legion. [The Phantom Stranger v2 #41] | ||
* February 19-March 19: Superman is believed to have been exposed to Virus X and will die in a month, so he sets out to accomplish several mighty deeds with the aid of Supergirl, Krypto, Lori Lemaris, the Superman Emergency Squad, and the Legion of Super-Heroes: | * February 19-March 19: Superman is believed to have been exposed to Virus X and will die in a month, so he sets out to accomplish several mighty deeds with the aid of Supergirl, Krypto, Lori Lemaris, the Superman Emergency Squad, and the Legion of Super-Heroes: | ||
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* July 13: The Legion of Super-Pets is formed, consisting of Krypto the Superdog, Streaky the Supercat, Comet the Super-Horse, | * July 13: The Legion of Super-Pets is formed, consisting of Krypto the Superdog, Streaky the Supercat, Comet the Super-Horse, | ||
* July 17 | * July 17 | ||
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- | * Supergirl splits into a good half and a bad half, who becomes Satan Girl and plagues the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th century until she is defeated by the Legion of Super-Pets. ["The Condemned Legionnaires," | + | * Supergirl splits into a good half and a bad half, who becomes Satan Girl and plagues the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th century until she is defeated by the Legion of Super-Pets. ["The Condemned Legionnaires," |
* July 5-19: Lois Lane becomes America' | * July 5-19: Lois Lane becomes America' | ||
* July 24: Lena Thorul marries FBI agent Jeff Colby, with Linda Danvers (Supergirl) acting as maid of honor. ["The Great Supergirl Double-Cross," | * July 24: Lena Thorul marries FBI agent Jeff Colby, with Linda Danvers (Supergirl) acting as maid of honor. ["The Great Supergirl Double-Cross," | ||
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* July 29-30: Jefferson Pierce (the future Black Lightning) wins his second gold medal for the Decathlon race at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Quebec. | * July 29-30: Jefferson Pierce (the future Black Lightning) wins his second gold medal for the Decathlon race at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Quebec. | ||
===August, 1976=== | ===August, 1976=== | ||
- | * The Teen Titans are formed. [The Brave and the Bold #60] | + | * The Teen Titans are formed, with charter members Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad, and Wonder Girl. [The Brave and the Bold #60] |
* The Martian Manhunter' | * The Martian Manhunter' | ||
* July 31-August 8: Superman uses an experimental red kryptonite antidote that unexpectedly splits him into two -- an evil Superman and a good but unpowered Clark Kent. The evil Superman demands that the United Nations makes him king of Earth. Clark Kent is shot and then transformed by Atlantean scientists into a cyborg Metallo powered by green kryptonite. Just as Clark attempts to kill King Superman, King Superman reveals he isn't really evil but needed to scare off alien robot invaders from the planet Bxpa. King Superman and Clark Kent, Metallo, merge back into a single Superman, who puts a final end to the invasion and reveals the truth to the U.N. [" | * July 31-August 8: Superman uses an experimental red kryptonite antidote that unexpectedly splits him into two -- an evil Superman and a good but unpowered Clark Kent. The evil Superman demands that the United Nations makes him king of Earth. Clark Kent is shot and then transformed by Atlantean scientists into a cyborg Metallo powered by green kryptonite. Just as Clark attempts to kill King Superman, King Superman reveals he isn't really evil but needed to scare off alien robot invaders from the planet Bxpa. King Superman and Clark Kent, Metallo, merge back into a single Superman, who puts a final end to the invasion and reveals the truth to the U.N. [" | ||
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* September 26-27: Jimmy Olsen and Robin the Boy Wonder team up for the first time while secretly helping Superman and Batman. Jimmy and Robin use an abandoned mountain observatory as their headquarters, | * September 26-27: Jimmy Olsen and Robin the Boy Wonder team up for the first time while secretly helping Superman and Batman. Jimmy and Robin use an abandoned mountain observatory as their headquarters, | ||
===October, 1976=== | ===October, 1976=== | ||
- | * Batman begins wearing a modified version of his costume with a yellow oval around the bat insignia. Batman and Robin also begin driving a new sports car version of the // | + | * Batman begins wearing a modified version of his costume with a yellow oval around the bat insignia. Batman and Robin also begin driving a new sports car version of the // |
+ | * Vicki Vale leaves Gotham City to become editor of the Paris branch of Picture News Magazine. During the years she lives in Paris, Vicki is married and divorced before returning to Gotham City. During this time she also covers the Lebanese Civil War. ["The Double Life of Hugo Strange," | ||
* The Doom Patrol battles the Brotherhood of Evil for the first time. [Doom Patrol #86] | * The Doom Patrol battles the Brotherhood of Evil for the first time. [Doom Patrol #86] | ||
* Mr. Zero is approached by a television producer about using his likeness in a program about fictional exploits of Batman. Zero agrees and signs the rights to Mr. Reizod. | * Mr. Zero is approached by a television producer about using his likeness in a program about fictional exploits of Batman. Zero agrees and signs the rights to Mr. Reizod. |