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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?] |
| * 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, 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 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=== |
| * November 3: | * November 3: |
| * 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).] |
| * 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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