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   * June 24: The Senate repeals the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.   * June 24: The Senate repeals the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
 ===July, 1970=== ===July, 1970===
-  * Selina Kyle, a young flight attendant for Speed Airlines, sustains a head injury that causes her to have amnesia. She soon turns to crime, eventually establishing a reputation for herself as a master thief called the Cat, later known as the Catwoman. ["The Secret Life of the Catwoman," Batman #62 (December, 1950-January, 1951)]+  * Selina Kyle, a young flight attendant for Speed Airlines, sustains a head injury that causes her to have amnesia. She soon turns to crime, establishing a reputation for herself as a master thief called the Cat. //Note: The Cat eventually comes to be known as Catwoman after the debut of Batman.// ["The Secret Life of the Catwoman," Batman #62 (December, 1950-January, 1951)]
 ===September, 1970=== ===September, 1970===
   * Jim Rook finally gets a record deal. [Whatever Happened to Nightmaster?]   * Jim Rook finally gets a record deal. [Whatever Happened to Nightmaster?]
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   * Superman gives Billy Cramer a special ultrasonic whistle to summon his help whenever he needs it. Over the next few months, Superman and Billy make a great team. ["Terminus," Superman: The Secret Years #3]   * Superman gives Billy Cramer a special ultrasonic whistle to summon his help whenever he needs it. Over the next few months, Superman and Billy make a great team. ["Terminus," Superman: The Secret Years #3]
 ===October, 1970=== ===October, 1970===
-  * October 14: The Batman, wearing a crude-looking original costume with longer ears and a bigger utility belt, makes his first public appearance. In his very first case, the Batman is tricked by a thief named "Slugsy" Kyle and is knocked out and briefly captured after he trails him to the Gotham Glass Works factory. Finally, the Batman manages to outwit Kyle and capture him. Soon after, the Batman stops two bank robbers on a rooftop after they robbed the First Federal Bank. Capturing them and tying them up, the Batman leaves them for Police Commissioner James W. Gordon and his men to find, along with a hastily scrawled note identifying himself only with a bat-symbol, which gives him the name of the Bat. Officer Collins, spotting the Batman fleeing the scene, fires off two shots until Gordon stops him. //Note: The Batman's first case supposedly takes place on December 4, according to 1976 Super DC Calendar, but this date is not a full moon in 1970, and it seems to be nearly two months too late to be Batman's “first case,” so it's possible this date refers to another event. The Batman's public debut takes place exactly 15 years before the events of Batman #400. After getting out of jail in 1974, Kyle becomes the villain known as the Clock. Although the scene of Batman fighting two crooks on a rooftop is based on "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate" from Detective Comics #27, it cannot be that case, which actually occurs on Earth-1 in a different way in 1978, as depicted in Detective Comics #387. The appearance of a full moon places this story on October 14, 1970. Originally using a crude bat-costume with large bat-ears as an initial test, Batman creates over the next couple of months a sleeker-looking costume with smaller bat-ears that becomes his defined look. He also begins building his crime-fighting tools, such as the Batcave, the Batmobile, and the Batplane, keeping him busy until he has his first official case in December. However, Batman's exploits are largely unknown by the general public until mid-1971, and the Batman is believed to be an urban myth until then. Since there is no clear demarcation between the Golden Age and Silver Age Batman, and since the Silver Age Batman is generally accepted to have had many of the same early adventures as the Golden Age Batman, it's likely that his career begins earlier than previously believed. It is worthwhile to note that Dennis O'Neil once stated that Bruce Wayne became Batman before he turned 21 years old, which would happen on February 19, 1971, just four months after this event.// ["The Legend of the Batman: Who He is and How He Came to Be," Batman #1 (Spring, 1940); "Batman's First Case," Detective Comics #265 (March, 1959); "Earth: Without a Justice League," Justice League of America #37 (August, 1965); "The Man Behind the Mask," The Untold Legend of the Batman #3 (September, 1980); "Resurrection Night," Batman #400 (October, 1986)]+  * October 14-17: The Batman, wearing a crude-looking original costume with longer ears and a bigger utility belt, makes his first public appearance. In his very first case, the Batman is tricked by a thief named "Slugsy" Kyle and is knocked out and briefly captured after he trails him to the Gotham Glass Works factory. Finally, the Batman manages to outwit Kyle and capture him. Soon after, the Batman stops two bank robbers on a rooftop after they robbed the First Federal Bank. Capturing them and tying them up, the Batman leaves them for Police Commissioner James W. Gordon and his men to find, along with a hastily scrawled note identifying himself only with a bat-symbol, which gives him the name of the Bat. Officer Collins, spotting the Batman fleeing the scene, fires off two shots until Gordon stops him. The Batman then foils a blackmail/murder plot at a chemical plant, and the first photograph of the Batman is taken. //Note: The Batman's first case supposedly takes place on December 4, according to 1976 Super DC Calendar, but this date is not a full moon in 1970, and it seems to be nearly two months too late to be Batman's “first case,” so it's possible this date refers to another event. The Batman's public debut takes place exactly 15 years before the events of Batman #400, which shows Batman celebrating a major anniversary of his debut. After getting out of jail in 1974, Kyle becomes the villain known as the Clock. Although the scene of Batman fighting two crooks on a rooftop is based on "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate" from Detective Comics #27, it cannot be that same case, which actually occurs on Earth-1 in a different way in 1978, as depicted in Detective Comics #387, but some of the details of the case may still have occurred at this time. The appearance of a full moon places this story on October 14, 1970. Originally using a crude bat-costume with large bat-ears as an initial test, Batman creates over the next couple of months a sleeker-looking costume with smaller bat-ears that becomes his defined look. He also begins building his crime-fighting tools, such as the Batcave, the Batmobile, and the Batplane, keeping him busy until he has his first official case in December. However, Batman's exploits are largely unknown by the general public until mid-1971, and the Batman is believed to be an urban myth until then. Since there is no clear demarcation between the Golden Age and Silver Age Batman, and since the Silver Age Batman is generally accepted to have had many of the same early adventures as the Golden Age Batman, it's likely that his career begins earlier than previously believed. It is worthwhile to note that Dennis O'Neil once stated that Bruce Wayne became Batman before he turned 21 years old, which would happen on February 19, 1971, just four months after this event.// ["The Legend of the Batman: Who He is and How He Came to Be," Batman #1 (Spring, 1940); "Batman's First Case," Detective Comics #265 (March, 1959); "Earth: Without a Justice League," Justice League of America #37 (August, 1965); "The Man Behind the Mask," The Untold Legend of the Batman #3 (September, 1980); Batman: Future Tales, 2045: And in the End...; "Resurrection Night," Batman #400 (October, 1986)]
 ===November, 1970=== ===November, 1970===
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   * August 13-17: While tracking down a nest of spies, Capt. Steve Trevor of U.S. Army Intelligence is shot down over the Atlantic Ocean. His plane crash-lands in the ocean near Paradise Island, and he is rescued by two Amazons: Princess Diana and her best friend Mala. Without telling her mother Queen Hippolyta, Diana brings the unconscious pilot to her laboratory outside the city, where she and Dr. Althea work day and night to save his life. Diana perfects her purple healing ray just in time to revive Steve back to life and brief consciousness even after he is pronounced clinically dead. Queen Hippolyta is alarmed when she finally learns that a man is on Paradise Island, but she's even more worried when she realizes her daughter may have fallen in love with the man. ["The Golden Age Secret Origin of Wonder Woman," Wonder Woman #159 (January, 1966); "The Secret Origin of Wonder Woman," DC Special Series #19 (Fall, 1979)]   * August 13-17: While tracking down a nest of spies, Capt. Steve Trevor of U.S. Army Intelligence is shot down over the Atlantic Ocean. His plane crash-lands in the ocean near Paradise Island, and he is rescued by two Amazons: Princess Diana and her best friend Mala. Without telling her mother Queen Hippolyta, Diana brings the unconscious pilot to her laboratory outside the city, where she and Dr. Althea work day and night to save his life. Diana perfects her purple healing ray just in time to revive Steve back to life and brief consciousness even after he is pronounced clinically dead. Queen Hippolyta is alarmed when she finally learns that a man is on Paradise Island, but she's even more worried when she realizes her daughter may have fallen in love with the man. ["The Golden Age Secret Origin of Wonder Woman," Wonder Woman #159 (January, 1966); "The Secret Origin of Wonder Woman," DC Special Series #19 (Fall, 1979)]
   * 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," Detective Comics #203 (January, 1954)]   * 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," Detective Comics #203 (January, 1954)]
 +  * August 17: Jason Todd, son of circus aerialists Joseph and Trina Todd (the Flying Todds), is born. ["Confrontation," Detective Comics #525 (April, 1983)]
   * 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, super-strong man known as King Cong. Later, Superman discovers that King Cong is really an American G.I. named Johnny Morely who has been transformed through the use of a super-drug created by a Vietnamese scientist named Dr. Han, and the effects of the super-drug wear off. //Note: This story is placed years out of sequence because it can only take place during the direct U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, which ends not long after in 1973. // ["The Soldier of Steel," Superman #216 (May, 1969)]   * 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, super-strong man known as King Cong. Later, Superman discovers that King Cong is really an American G.I. named Johnny Morely who has been transformed through the use of a super-drug created by a Vietnamese scientist named Dr. Han, and the effects of the super-drug wear off. //Note: This story is placed years out of sequence because it can only take place during the direct U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, which ends not long after in 1973. // ["The Soldier of Steel," Superman #216 (May, 1969)]
   * August 27-31: When Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne each go on vacations on the cruise-ship Varania, they accidentally learn each other's secret identities of Superman and Batman when forced to share a room. Vowing to keep each other's identities a secret, Superman and Batman team up to capture John Smilter, an asbestos-suited bandit who stole the Fabian diamonds. ["The Mightiest Team in the World," Superman #76 (May-June, 1952)]   * August 27-31: When Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne each go on vacations on the cruise-ship Varania, they accidentally learn each other's secret identities of Superman and Batman when forced to share a room. Vowing to keep each other's identities a secret, Superman and Batman team up to capture John Smilter, an asbestos-suited bandit who stole the Fabian diamonds. ["The Mightiest Team in the World," Superman #76 (May-June, 1952)]
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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. ["Batman -- Double for Superman," World's Finest Comics #71]   * Superman and Batman and Robin are reunited for the first time since August; they begin teaming up regularly from this point on. ["Batman -- Double for Superman," World's Finest Comics #71]
   * 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's Last Hour," Superman #92 (September, 1954)]   * 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's Last Hour," Superman #92 (September, 1954)]
-  * 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, decides to continue fighting crime in the modified Robin Hood costume under the name of the Green Arrow. Inspired by the Batman's Bat-Cave and //Batmobile//, Green Arrow begins building his own Arrowcave beneath his mansion and begins developing his //Arrowcar//, as well as his many trick arrows. Green Arrow starts regularly patrolling Star City around this time, though most of his cases in these early months merely involve petty crimes. //Note: Although there are very few accounts of this time period, Green Arrow originally operated solo for a few months before taking on Speedy as his crime-fighting partner.// ["[[http://www.5earths.com/earth-1/greenarrow-e1-1986-03-1/|Green Arrow: Unfinished Business, Chapter 1: At the Beginning]]"]+  * 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, decides to continue fighting crime in the modified Robin Hood costume under the name of the Green Arrow. Inspired by the Batman's Bat-Cave and //Batmobile//, Green Arrow begins building his own Arrowcave beneath his mansion and begins developing his //Arrowcar//, as well as his many trick arrows. Green Arrow starts regularly patrolling Star City around this time, though most of his cases in these early months merely involve petty crimes. //Note: Although there are very few accounts of this time period, Green Arrow originally operated solo for a few months before taking on Speedy as his crime-fighting partner.// ["[[https://5earths.com/earth-1/greenarrow-e1-1986-03-1/|Green Arrow: Unfinished Business, Chapter 1: At the Beginning]]"]
 ===November, 1972=== ===November, 1972===
   * 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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   * September 28-29: Superman builds Superman Island to house a vault full of kryptonite meteors for a scientist's ill-fated attempt to use kryptonite as an energy source. ["The Secret of Superman Island," Action Comics #224 (January, 1957)]   * September 28-29: Superman builds Superman Island to house a vault full of kryptonite meteors for a scientist's ill-fated attempt to use kryptonite as an energy source. ["The Secret of Superman Island," Action Comics #224 (January, 1957)]
 ===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. Vicki Vale covers the war for Picture News. ["Cat Tale," Detective Comics #521 (December, 1982)]+  * 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. Vicki Vale covers the war for Picture News Magazine. ["Cat Tale," Detective Comics #521 (December, 1982)]
   * October 10: Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns.   * October 10: Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns.
   * October 17: Superman temporarily becomes Superbaby once again. ["Superbaby, Jimmy Olsen's Pal," Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #18 (February, 1957)]   * October 17: Superman temporarily becomes Superbaby once again. ["Superbaby, Jimmy Olsen's Pal," Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #18 (February, 1957)]
   * October 20: President Nixon fires special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox and Deputy Attorney General William D. Ruckelshaus, while Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson resigns.   * October 20: President Nixon fires special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox and Deputy Attorney General William D. Ruckelshaus, while Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson resigns.
   * October 23   * October 23
-  * Barry Allen becomes the Flash. [Showcase #4] +    * Barry Allen becomes the Flash. [Showcase #4] 
-  * The world briefly believes that Superman actually died two years earlier while saving the Earth and was replaced by a robot, until Superman reappears to clear up the deception. ["The Death of Superman," Action Comics #225]+    * The world briefly believes that Superman actually died two years earlier while saving the Earth and was replaced by a robot, until Superman reappears to clear up the deception. ["The Death of Superman," Action Comics #225]
   * October 30-31: Lois Lane briefly gains super-strength for a second time and assists Superman. ["The Three Men of Steel," Superman #112]   * October 30-31: Lois Lane briefly gains super-strength for a second time and assists Superman. ["The Three Men of Steel," Superman #112]
 ===November, 1973=== ===November, 1973===
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 ===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's engine. While building a new engine, Rip and his allies learn that history never records them returning to their native time. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/dc-e2-spacetimegambit-tp1943-02-2/|DC Universe: 1943: The Space-Time Gambit, Book 2, Chapter 2: To Save the Past]]"]+  * 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's engine. While building a new engine, Rip and his allies learn that history never records them returning to their native time. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/dc-e2-spacetimegambit-tp1943-02-2/|DC Universe: 1943: The Space-Time Gambit, Book 2, Chapter 2: To Save the Past]]"]
   * 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.
 +  * Police Commissioner James W. Gordon kicks Sgt. Harvey Bullock off the Gotham City Police Department for corruption charges.
 ===January, 1974=== ===January, 1974===
   * January 2-7: Superman gains the new super-power to create a smaller version of himself that has all his powers, and he spends days trying to figure out how to get rid of it. Finally, the smaller Superman sacrifices itself to save Superman from green kryptonite, and the power disappears. ["Superman's New Power," Superman #125 (November, 1958).]   * January 2-7: Superman gains the new super-power to create a smaller version of himself that has all his powers, and he spends days trying to figure out how to get rid of it. Finally, the smaller Superman sacrifices itself to save Superman from green kryptonite, and the power disappears. ["Superman's New Power," Superman #125 (November, 1958).]
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     * Kara Zor-El is sent in a rocket-ship from Argo City to Earth by her parents, Zor-El and Allura. After Kara's departure, Zor-El and Allura manage to escape into the Survival Zone. //Note: The date of April 11 is given in the 1976 Super DC Calendar as when Supergirl arrived on Earth, but since we know that actually happened on May 18, the April 11 date is likely when she left Argo City.//     * Kara Zor-El is sent in a rocket-ship from Argo City to Earth by her parents, Zor-El and Allura. After Kara's departure, Zor-El and Allura manage to escape into the Survival Zone. //Note: The date of April 11 is given in the 1976 Super DC Calendar as when Supergirl arrived on Earth, but since we know that actually happened on May 18, the April 11 date is likely when she left Argo City.//
     * 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's Super-Horse," Action Comics #293 (October, 1962).]     * 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's Super-Horse," Action Comics #293 (October, 1962).]
-  * 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's destruction, gaining super-powers by the time he reached Earth. King Krypton dies from green kryptonite radiation. ["The Super-Gorilla from Krypton," Action Comics #238 (March, 1958).]+  * 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's destruction, gaining super-powers by the time he reached Earth. King Krypton dies from green kryptonite radiation. //Note: Although King Krypton's true name is not known, it is possible that he has appeared in a previous story. A strong candidate is scientist Zol-Zu, the father of Zar-Al, alias the Krypton Kid, who once met Superboy via time travelling from Krypton to Earth several years in the future, only to return to Krypton to be with his father; see Adventure Comics #242's "The Kid from Krypton."// ["The Super-Gorilla from Krypton," Action Comics #238 (March, 1958).]
   * April 22-24: Jimmy Olsen briefly becomes a giant after ingesting a formula invented by Prof. Phineas Potter. ["The Human Skyscraper," Jimmy Olsen #28 (April, 1958).]   * April 22-24: Jimmy Olsen briefly becomes a giant after ingesting a formula invented by Prof. Phineas Potter. ["The Human Skyscraper," Jimmy Olsen #28 (April, 1958).]
   * April 29: Jimmy Olsen meets and falls in love with Lois Lane's younger, airline stewardess sister, Lucy Lane. ["Lois Lane's Sister," Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #36 (April, 1959).]   * April 29: Jimmy Olsen meets and falls in love with Lois Lane's younger, airline stewardess sister, Lucy Lane. ["Lois Lane's Sister," Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #36 (April, 1959).]
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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're enemies. After this incident, the Time Masters leave this time for a short trip to the Civil War, then travel to the year 12 million A.D., where they are enslaved by the Sunset Lords, who use their time travel knowledge to attempt to take over the 20th century. After the Challengers of the Unknown, Swamp Thing, and Deadman rescue them, they choose to live in the Challengers' time of 1982 instead of returning to either 1974 or their native time of 1965. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/dc-e2-spacetimegambit-tp1943-02-2/|DC Universe: 1943: The Space-Time Gambit, Book 2, Chapter 2: To Save the Past]]"; "The War at Time's End," Challengers of the Unknown #86 (April-May, 1978); "Twelve Million Years to Twilight," Challengers of the Unknown #87 (June-July, 1978)]+    * 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're enemies. After this incident, the Time Masters leave this time for a short trip to the Civil War, then travel to the year 12 million A.D., where they are enslaved by the Sunset Lords, who use their time travel knowledge to attempt to take over the 20th century. After the Challengers of the Unknown, Swamp Thing, and Deadman rescue them, they choose to live in the Challengers' time of 1982 instead of returning to either 1974 or their native time of 1965. ["[[https://5earths.info/earth-2/dc-e2-spacetimegambit-tp1943-02-2/|DC Universe: 1943: The Space-Time Gambit, Book 2, Chapter 2: To Save the Past]]"; "The War at Time's End," Challengers of the Unknown #86 (April-May, 1978); "Twelve Million Years to Twilight," Challengers of the Unknown #87 (June-July, 1978)]
   * July 25: The Jimmy Olsen Fan Club is officially founded by Tommy Todd. ["The Jimmy Olsen Signal-Watch," Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #37 (June, 1959).]   * July 25: The Jimmy Olsen Fan Club is officially founded by Tommy Todd. ["The Jimmy Olsen Signal-Watch," Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #37 (June, 1959).]
   * 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," Action Comics #254 (July, 1959); "The Bride of Bizarro," Action Comics #255 (August, 1959).]   * 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," Action Comics #254 (July, 1959); "The Bride of Bizarro," Action Comics #255 (August, 1959).]
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   * August 22: Supergirl meets Jerro, a teenaged merman from Atlantis, who becomes her first real romance when they kiss. ["Supergirl's First Romance," Action Comics #269 (October, 1960).]   * August 22: Supergirl meets Jerro, a teenaged merman from Atlantis, who becomes her first real romance when they kiss. ["Supergirl's First Romance," Action Comics #269 (October, 1960).]
 ===September, 1974=== ===September, 1974===
-  * 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. ["Superman's Pal of Steel," Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #34 (January, 1959).]   * September 19: Jimmy Olsen briefly gains invulnerability after bathing in an underground stream rumored to be a branch of the fabled river Styx. ["Superman's Pal of Steel," Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #34 (January, 1959).]
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   * June 11: Supergirl is given a second chance to join the Legion of Super-Heroes. She joins the team along with Brainiac Five, whom she learns is the descendant of Brainiac, and who becomes her boyfriend in the future. Brainiac Five gives Supergirl a force-shield belt, but it is accidentally destroyed after Supergirl returns to the present. ["Supergirl's Three Super Girl-Friends," Action Comics #276 (May, 1961).]   * June 11: Supergirl is given a second chance to join the Legion of Super-Heroes. She joins the team along with Brainiac Five, whom she learns is the descendant of Brainiac, and who becomes her boyfriend in the future. Brainiac Five gives Supergirl a force-shield belt, but it is accidentally destroyed after Supergirl returns to the present. ["Supergirl's Three Super Girl-Friends," Action Comics #276 (May, 1961).]
   * June 12: Jimmy Olsen wins a prize from Perry White for writing his 1,000th story for the Daily Planet, an honor both Lois Lane and Clark Kent have already received. ["Jimmy Olsen's 1,000th Scoop," Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #51 (March, 1961).]   * June 12: Jimmy Olsen wins a prize from Perry White for writing his 1,000th story for the Daily Planet, an honor both Lois Lane and Clark Kent have already received. ["Jimmy Olsen's 1,000th Scoop," Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #51 (March, 1961).]
-  * June 16: On the anniversary of Krypton's destruction, its survivors -- Superman, Supergirl, Krypto, the citizens of Kandor, and the Phantom Zone villains -- observe one minute of silence in honor of the lost world, while the citizens of Bizarro World honor it with cheering. Superman, Supergirl, and Krypto then turn a dead world into a replica of Krypton, populating it with android duplicates of Kryptonians. ["The One Minute of Doom," Superman #150 (January, 1962).]+  * June 16: On the anniversary of Krypton's destruction, its survivors -- Superman, Supergirl, Krypto, the citizens of Kandor, and the Phantom Zone villains -- observe one minute of silence in honor of the lost world, while the citizens of Bizarro World honor it with cheering. Superman, Supergirl, and Krypto then turn a dead world into a replica of Krypton, populating it with android duplicates of Kryptonians. They call this museum planet New Krypton. ["The One Minute of Doom," Superman #150 (January, 1962).]
   * June 16-19: Lois Lane attends a screening of a TV show called People Are Whacky, which sets up people using a computer, and she is called up to meet her perfect match, a man named Roger Warner who is identical to Clark Kent, but who is wealthy and flew over 100 missions as a bomber pilot and collected over a dozen medals for bravery during the Vietnam War. Lois thinks Roger is almost perfect, and the two hit it off, so Roger introduces her to his family. But after Superman accidentally creates a gust of wind that blows Roger's toupee off, revealing him to be bald in front of Lois, an ashamed Roger breaks off the relationship and leaves on a three-year trip around the world. ["The Perfect Husband," Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #24 (April, 1961).]   * June 16-19: Lois Lane attends a screening of a TV show called People Are Whacky, which sets up people using a computer, and she is called up to meet her perfect match, a man named Roger Warner who is identical to Clark Kent, but who is wealthy and flew over 100 missions as a bomber pilot and collected over a dozen medals for bravery during the Vietnam War. Lois thinks Roger is almost perfect, and the two hit it off, so Roger introduces her to his family. But after Superman accidentally creates a gust of wind that blows Roger's toupee off, revealing him to be bald in front of Lois, an ashamed Roger breaks off the relationship and leaves on a three-year trip around the world. ["The Perfect Husband," Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #24 (April, 1961).]
   * June 19: Green Arrow joins the JLA. [Justice League of America #4]   * June 19: Green Arrow joins the JLA. [Justice League of America #4]
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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. ["Supergirl's Super Boy-Friends," Action Comics #290 (July, 1962).]   * 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. ["Supergirl's Super Boy-Friends," Action Comics #290 (July, 1962).]
   * December 21: Mr. Mxyzptlk sets his sights on Supergirl during Superman's absence, first transforming the entire population of New York City temporarily into Bizarros, then proposing to Supergirl and bringing her supposedly dead parents Zor-El and Allura back to her for the ceremony (though they were not dead but merely stuck in the Survival Zone). Zor-El outwits Mxy, causing him to say his name backwards, and the imp vanishes back to the fifth dimension, sending Zor-El and Allura back to the Survival Zone (though Supergirl does not learn this) and restoring the New Yorkers to normal. ["The Bride of Mr. Mxyzptlk," Action Comics #291 (August, 1962).]   * December 21: Mr. Mxyzptlk sets his sights on Supergirl during Superman's absence, first transforming the entire population of New York City temporarily into Bizarros, then proposing to Supergirl and bringing her supposedly dead parents Zor-El and Allura back to her for the ceremony (though they were not dead but merely stuck in the Survival Zone). Zor-El outwits Mxy, causing him to say his name backwards, and the imp vanishes back to the fifth dimension, sending Zor-El and Allura back to the Survival Zone (though Supergirl does not learn this) and restoring the New Yorkers to normal. ["The Bride of Mr. Mxyzptlk," Action Comics #291 (August, 1962).]
-  * December 25: The Sandman and Jed Walker rescue Santa Claus from the Seal Men. [The Best of DC #22] 
  
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   * May 31-June 3: The JLA and the JSA of Earth-2 team up for the first time to stop the Crime Champions of both Earths. ["Crisis on Earth-One," Justice League of America #21 (August, 1963); "Crisis on Earth-Two," Justice League of America #22 (September, 1963)]   * May 31-June 3: The JLA and the JSA of Earth-2 team up for the first time to stop the Crime Champions of both Earths. ["Crisis on Earth-One," Justice League of America #21 (August, 1963); "Crisis on Earth-Two," Justice League of America #22 (September, 1963)]
   * June 3-6: Superman and Lex Luthor fight hand-to-hand on a planet under the red sun later named Lexor, since Lex is considered a hero there and Superman a villain. ["The Showdown Between Luthor and Superman," Superman #164 (October, 1963)]   * June 3-6: Superman and Lex Luthor fight hand-to-hand on a planet under the red sun later named Lexor, since Lex is considered a hero there and Superman a villain. ["The Showdown Between Luthor and Superman," Superman #164 (October, 1963)]
-  * June 9 +  * June 9: The Atom battles Doctor Light on his own. [The Atom #8]
-  * The Atom battles Doctor Light on his own. [The Atom #8]+
   * The JLA first battles the Queen Bee. ["Drones of the Queen Bee," Justice League of America #23 (November, 1963)]   * The JLA first battles the Queen Bee. ["Drones of the Queen Bee," Justice League of America #23 (November, 1963)]
   * June 15: Jimmy Olsen as Elastic Lad is given honorary membership in the Legion of Super-Heroes. [Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen 72]   * June 15: Jimmy Olsen as Elastic Lad is given honorary membership in the Legion of Super-Heroes. [Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen 72]
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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, calling it the Eyrie, which they later make into a trophy hall for Superman's and Batman's shared cases. ["The Olsen-Robin Team Versus the Superman-Batman Team," World's Finest Comics #141 (May, 1964)]   * 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, calling it the Eyrie, which they later make into a trophy hall for Superman's and Batman's shared cases. ["The Olsen-Robin Team Versus the Superman-Batman Team," World's Finest Comics #141 (May, 1964)]
 ===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 //Batmobile//. Two new entrances to the Batcave are created, one through a grandfather clock in Wayne Manor, and the other a tunnel leading to a country road. ["The Mystery of the Menacing Mask," Detective Comics #327 (May, 1964); ""Two-Way Gem Caper," Batman #164 (June, 1964)]+  * 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 //Batmobile//. Two new entrances to the Batcave are created, one through a grandfather clock in Wayne Manor, and the other a tunnel leading to a country road. ["The Mystery of the Menacing Mask," Detective Comics #327 (May, 1964); "Two-Way Gem Caper," Batman #164 (June, 1964)] 
 +  * 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," Batman #356 (February, 1983); "Cat Tale," Detective Comics #521 (December, 1982)]
   * 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.
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   * June 24-July 4: In Kandor, Lois Lane becomes a detective, while Lana Lang becomes an archeologist. After spending a week in the Isolation Zone for being AWOL from the Superman Emergency Squad, Vitar romances Lois and Lana, but find a rival in Vitar's ex-girlfriend, Serena-Vol. Finding life in Kandor too complicated, since they get mistaken for their exact doubles in the Kandorian Look-Alike Squad, Lois and Lana return to the outside world. Vitar and Serena make up and plan to get married. ["Courtship, Kryptonian Style," Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #78 (October, 1967)]   * June 24-July 4: In Kandor, Lois Lane becomes a detective, while Lana Lang becomes an archeologist. After spending a week in the Isolation Zone for being AWOL from the Superman Emergency Squad, Vitar romances Lois and Lana, but find a rival in Vitar's ex-girlfriend, Serena-Vol. Finding life in Kandor too complicated, since they get mistaken for their exact doubles in the Kandorian Look-Alike Squad, Lois and Lana return to the outside world. Vitar and Serena make up and plan to get married. ["Courtship, Kryptonian Style," Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #78 (October, 1967)]
   * July 5-6: Lois Lane meets "Bronco" Bill Starr, the transformed Comet the Super-Horse, and falls for him. Later, after Bill becomes the Super-Horse once more, Lois is transformed by the evil sorcerer Malador into a super-horse, and she and Comet the Super-Horse become an item, though Malador's spell prevents Comet from speaking with her telepathically, so he's unaware that the super-filly is really Lois. After Comet and Lois save Superman from a green kryptonite meteor, Superman realizes that Lois has transformed into a horse. Circe contacts Superman from the past, telling him how to break Malador's spell, and Lois becomes first a centaur and then a human again after being exposed to Circe's cure, but remembers nothing about her time as a super-horse. //Note: "Bronco" Bill Starr is mistakenly called "Bronco" Bill Biron in this story. Malador is mistakenly called Maldor.// ["The Unbreakable Spell," Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #92 (May, 1969)]   * July 5-6: Lois Lane meets "Bronco" Bill Starr, the transformed Comet the Super-Horse, and falls for him. Later, after Bill becomes the Super-Horse once more, Lois is transformed by the evil sorcerer Malador into a super-horse, and she and Comet the Super-Horse become an item, though Malador's spell prevents Comet from speaking with her telepathically, so he's unaware that the super-filly is really Lois. After Comet and Lois save Superman from a green kryptonite meteor, Superman realizes that Lois has transformed into a horse. Circe contacts Superman from the past, telling him how to break Malador's spell, and Lois becomes first a centaur and then a human again after being exposed to Circe's cure, but remembers nothing about her time as a super-horse. //Note: "Bronco" Bill Starr is mistakenly called "Bronco" Bill Biron in this story. Malador is mistakenly called Maldor.// ["The Unbreakable Spell," Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #92 (May, 1969)]
 +  * A relaxing beach trip is anything but for the robot Metal Men when the Ocean Master strikes. //Note: This story, which was originally placed in 1980, must be set before Dr. Will Magnus had his mental breakdown.// [The Metal Men: Times Past, 1978: Big Beach Brouhaha]
   * July 20-25: When Superman's lifeless body falls to earth, he is once more thought to be dead by the world, having been killed by a space pirate named Motan the Ruthless. Some of Superman's body parts -- his eyes, ears, hands, lungs, and heart -- are removed from his corpse so they can be transferred to a worthy person. Batman is chosen, but he declines. Lex Luthor steals the body parts and auctions them off to the underworld. Four high-level underworld figures known as the Big Four Syndicate win the bid, and Luthor performs organ transplant surgery on them, but keeps the heart for himself. ["The Man With Superman's Heart," World's Finest Comics #189 (November, 1969)]   * July 20-25: When Superman's lifeless body falls to earth, he is once more thought to be dead by the world, having been killed by a space pirate named Motan the Ruthless. Some of Superman's body parts -- his eyes, ears, hands, lungs, and heart -- are removed from his corpse so they can be transferred to a worthy person. Batman is chosen, but he declines. Lex Luthor steals the body parts and auctions them off to the underworld. Four high-level underworld figures known as the Big Four Syndicate win the bid, and Luthor performs organ transplant surgery on them, but keeps the heart for himself. ["The Man With Superman's Heart," World's Finest Comics #189 (November, 1969)]
 ===August, 1978=== ===August, 1978===
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