Year overall

• DC suffers the DC Implosion
  DC Implosion
  The DC Implosion is the popular label for the sudden cancellation of more than two dozen ongoing and planned series by the American comics publisher DC Comics in 1978.-History:...
  
  , the abrupt cancellation of more than two dozen ongoing and planned titles, with the vast majority of the books leaving uncompleted storylines (which were later wrapped up in other titles).
• Archie Goodwin
  Archie Goodwin (comics)
  Archie Goodwin was an American comic book writer, editor, and artist. He worked on a number of comic strips in addition to comic books, and is best known for his Warren and Marvel Comics work...
  
   resigns as Marvel Comics
  Marvel Comics
  Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
  
   editor-in-chief, replaced by Jim Shooter
  Jim Shooter
  James Shooter is an American writer, occasional fill-in artist, editor, and publisher for various comic books. Although he started professionally in the medium at the extraordinarily young age of 14, he is most notable for his successful and controversial run as Marvel Comics' ninth...
  
   (who will hold the post until mid-1987
  1987 in comics
  - Year overall :* Independent publishers continue to enter the comics arena, including Amazing, CFW Enterprises, Imperial Comics, Matrix Graphic Series, New Comics Group, and Rebel Studios...
  
  ).
• Underground publisher the Print Mint
  Print Mint
  The Print Mint was a major publisher of underground comics during the genre's heydey. Starting as retailer of psychedelic posters, it soon evolved into a publisher, printer, and distributor. It was "ground zero" for the psychedelic poster...
  
   stops publishing comics.
• "The Korvac Saga" story arc, written by Jim Shooter
  Jim Shooter
  James Shooter is an American writer, occasional fill-in artist, editor, and publisher for various comic books. Although he started professionally in the medium at the extraordinarily young age of 14, he is most notable for his successful and controversial run as Marvel Comics' ninth...
  
   and David Michelinie
  David Michelinie
  -Biography:Some of his earliest work is for DC Comics's House of Secrets and a run on Swamp Thing , following Len Wein and preceding Gerry Conway, illustrated by Nestor Redondo. Michelinie did a run on Aquaman in Adventure Comics which led to the revival of the Sea King's own title in 1977...
  
  , with art by George Pérez
  George Pérez
  George Pérez is a Puerto Rican-American writer and illustrator of comic books, known for his work on various titles, including Avengers, Teen Titans and Wonder Woman.-Biography:...
  
   and David Wenzel
  David Wenzel
  David T. Wenzel is an illustrator and children's book artist. He is best known for his graphic novel adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.-Biography:...
  
  , runs through The Avengers
  Avengers (comics)
  The Avengers is a fictional team of superheroes, appearing in magazines published by Marvel Comics. The team made its debut in The Avengers #1 The Avengers is a fictional team of superheroes, appearing in magazines published by Marvel Comics. The team made its debut in The Avengers #1 The Avengers...
  
  , beginning in issue #167 (Feb.) and running through issue #177 (Nov.)
• "The Cursed Earth" Judge Dredd
  Judge Dredd
  Judge Joseph Dredd is a comics character whose strip in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD is the magazine's longest running . Dredd is an American law enforcement officer in a violent city of the future where uniformed Judges combine the powers of police, judge, jury and executioner...
  
   storyline runs in 2000 AD (May – October)

January

• Green Lantern
  Green Lantern (comic book)
  Green Lantern is an ongoing comic book series featuring the DC Comics heroes of the same name. The character's first incarnation, Alan Scott, appeared in All-American Comics #16, and was later spun off into the first volume of Green Lantern in 1941. That series was canceled in 1949 after 39 issues...
  
  #100: Double-size special featuring Green Lantern
  Hal Jordan
  Harold "Hal" Jordan is a DC Comics superhero known as Green Lantern, the first human shown to join the Green Lantern Corps and a founding member of the Justice League of America. Jordan is the second DC Comics character to adopt the Green Lantern moniker...
  
  , Green Arrow
  Green Arrow
  Green Arrow is a fictional superhero that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, he first appeared in More Fun Comics #73 in November 1941. His secret identity is Oliver Queen, billionaire and former mayor of fictional Star City...
  
  , Black Canary
  Black Canary
  Black Canary is the name of two fictional characters, DC Comics superheroines created by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Carmine Infantino. The first Black Canary debuted appeared in Flash Comics #86 . The first Black Canary was the alter-ego of Dinah Drake, who took part in Golden Age adventures...
  
  , and Air Wave
  Air Wave
  Air Wave is the name of three fictional superheroes in the DC Comics universe. The first two were active in the Golden Age of Comic Books...
  
  . (DC Comics)
• DC Super Stars
  DC Super Stars
  DC Super Stars was a comic book anthology series published by DC Comics from March 1976 to February 1978. Starting off as a reprint title, it finished its run with original stories...
  
  , with issue #18 (Jan./Feb. cover date), is cancelled by DC.
• The Eternals, with issue #19, cancelled by Marvel.
• The Champions
  Champions (comics)
  The Champions are a team of superheroes that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team first appears in The Champions #1 The Champions are a team of superheroes that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team first appears in The Champions #1 The Champions are a...
  
  , with issue #17, is cancelled by Marvel.

February

• Detective Comics
  Detective Comics
  Detective Comics is an American comic book series published monthly by DC Comics since 1937, best known for introducing the iconic superhero Batman in Detective Comics #27 . It is, along with Action Comics, the book that launched with the debut of Superman, one of the medium's signature series, and...
  
  , with issue #475, begins publishing on a bimonthly schedule. (DC Comics)
• Metal Men
  Metal Men
  The Metal Men are fictional characters that appear in comic books published by DC Comics. The characters first appeared in Showcase #37 and were created by writer Robert Kanigher and penciller Ross Andru...
  
  , with issue #56 (Feb./Mar. cover date), is cancelled by DC.
• Teen Titans, with issue #53, is cancelled by DC.

March

• Super-Team Family
  Super-Team Family
  Super-Team Family is an comic book anthology series published by DC Comics in the 1970s that lasted for fifteen issues. The series published a mix of original and reprinted stories.- Publication history :...
  
  , with issue #15 (March/April cover date), is cancelled by DC (the basic concept is reborn a few months later with the July debut of DC Comics Presents
  DC Comics Presents
  DC Comics Presents was a comic book published by DC Comics from 1978 to 1986 featuring team-ups between Superman and a wide variety of other characters of the DC Universe...
  
  ).
• Welcome Back, Kotter, with issue #10 (March/April cover date), is cancelled by DC.

April

• Claw the Unconquered
  Claw the Unconquered
  Claw is a fictional character, a sword and sorcery hero published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Claw the Unconquered #1 , and was created by David Michelinie and Ernie Chan.Similar in many ways to Robert E...
  
  , with issue #10 (Apr./May), is revived by DC after an 18-month hiatus.
• Power Man
  Luke Cage
  Luke Cage is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Archie Goodwin and artist John Romita, Sr., he first appeared in Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1...
  
  , with issue #50, changes its name to Power Man and Iron Fist
  Power Man and Iron Fist
  Power Man and Iron Fist was a Marvel comic book featuring the superheroes Power Man and Iron Fist.-Hero For Hire/Power Man:...
  
  .
• Ghostly Haunts
  Ghostly Haunts
  Ghostly Haunts was a horror-suspense anthology comic book series published by Charlton Comics from 1971 to 1978. The book was "hosted" by Winnie the Witch, a "moddish" blue-skinned witch....
  
  , with issue #58, cancelled by Charlton.
• April 15: Krazy, with issue #79, is cancelled by IPC and merged with Whizzer and Chips
  Whizzer and Chips
  Whizzer and Chips was a British comic magazine that ran from 18 October 1969 to 27 October 1990, when it merged with the comic Buster. As with most comics of the time, Whizzer and Chips was dated one week ahead....
  
  .

May

• Showcase
  Showcase (comics)
  Showcase has been the title of several comic anthology series published by DC Comics. The general theme of these series has been to feature new and minor characters as a way to gauge reader interest in them, without the difficulty and risk of featuring "untested" characters in their own ongoing...
  
  #100: "Awesome Anniversary Edition! 60 Sensational Super-Stars" — featuring almost every character who ever appeared in Showcase — by Paul Kupperberg
  Paul Kupperberg
  Paul Kupperberg is a former editor for DC Comics, and a prolific writer of comic books and newspaper strips.-Biography:Kupperberg entered the comics field from comics fandom, as had his brother, writer/artist Alan Kupperberg...
  
  , Paul Levitz
  Paul Levitz
  Paul Levitz is an American comic book writer, editor and executive. The president of DC Comics from 2002–2009, he has worked for the company for over 35 years in a wide variety of roles...
  
  , and Joe Staton
  Joe Staton
  Joe Staton is an American illustrator and writer of comic books.-Career:Staton started his work with Charlton Comics in 1971 and gained notability as the artist of the super-hero book E-Man...
  
  .
• Shazam!
  Captain Marvel (DC Comics)
  Captain Marvel is a fictional comic book superhero, originally published by Fawcett Comics and later by DC Comics. Created in 1939 by artist C. C. Beck and writer Bill Parker, the character first appeared in Whiz Comics #2...
  
  , with issue #35 (May/June cover date), is cancelled by DC (and folded into the DC Dollar Comic
  Dollar Comics
  Dollar Comics was a line of DC Comics comic book publications issued from 1977 to 1983. They included the titles Superman Family, House of Mystery, G.I. Combat, World's Finest Comics, Batman Family, and Adventure Comics; as well as the series of specials with the umbrella title of DC Special Series...
  
   World's Finest
  World's Finest Comics
  World's Finest Comics was an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1941 to 1986. The series was initially titled World's Best Comics for its first issue; issue #2 switched to the more familiar name...
  
  )
• The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves
  The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves
  The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves was an American supernatural-anthology comic book published by Charlton Comics and best known as a showcase for the popular writer-artist Steve Ditko, the co-creator of Marvel Comics' Spider-Man. The eponymous Dr. M. T...
  
  , with issue #65, is cancelled by Charlton. (The title picks up again with issue #66 in May 1981.
• May 17: Mort Weisinger
  Mort Weisinger
  Mortimer Weisinger was an American magazine and comic book editor best known for editing DC Comics' Superman during the mid-1950s to 1960s, in the Silver Age of comic books...
  
  , Silver Age
  Silver Age of Comic Books
  The Silver Age of Comic Books was a period of artistic advancement and commercial success in mainstream American comic books, predominantly those in the superhero genre. Following the Golden Age of Comic Books and an interregnum in the early to mid-1950s, the Silver Age is considered to cover the...
  
   editor of DC's Superman
  Superman
  Superman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective...
  
   line, dies at age 63.

June

• Continuing the "DC Explosion," the company increases its titles' page counts to 25 story pages and increases the price of a typical comic from 35 cents to 50 cents.
• Batman
  Batman (comic book)
  Batman is an ongoing comic book series featuring the DC Comics hero of the same name. The character first appeared in Detective Comics #27, published in May 1939. Batman proved to be so popular that a self-titled ongoing comic book series began publication in the spring of 1940...
  
  #300: "The Last Batman Story—?", by David V. Reed
  David Vern Reed
  David Vern Reed born David Levine, was an American writer, best known for his work on the Batman comic book during the 1950s, in a run that included a revamp of the Batplane in Batman #61 and the introduction of Deadshot in Batman #59.-Biography:Born David Levine, David Vern Reed grew up to become...
  
  , Walt Simonson
  Walt Simonson
  Walter "Walt" Simonson is an American comic book writer and artist. After studying geology at Amherst College, he transferred to the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating in 1972. His thesis project there was The Star Slammers, which was published as a black and white promotional comic book...
  
  , and Dick Giordano
  Dick Giordano
  Richard Joseph "Dick" Giordano was an American comic book artist and editor best known for introducing Charlton Comics' "Action Heroes" stable of superheroes, and serving as executive editor of then–industry leader DC Comics...
  
  .
• Challengers of the Unknown
  Challengers of the Unknown
  The Challengers of the Unknown is a group of fictional characters in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Jack Kirby, or co-created with Dave Wood , this quartet of adventurers explored science fictional and apparent paranormal occurrences and faced fantastic menaces.Scripts for the first...
  
  , with issue #87 (June/July cover date), is cancelled by DC.
• Secret Society of Super Villains
  Secret Society of Super Villains
  The Secret Society of Super Villains is a group of comic book supervillains that exist in the DC Universe...
  
  , with issue #15 (June/July cover date), is cancelled by DC.
• Garfield
  Garfield
  Garfield is a comic strip created by Jim Davis. Published since June 19, 1978, it chronicles the life of the title character, the cat Garfield ; his owner, Jon Arbuckle; and Arbuckle's dog, Odie...
  
  , by Jim Davis
  Jim Davis (cartoonist)
  James Robert Davis is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the comic strip Garfield, which he signs as Jim Davis. He has also worked on other strips: Tumbleweeds, Gnorm Gnat, U.S. Acres and a strip about Mr...
  
   is launched on June 19 in 41 newspapers.

Summer

• DC Special Series
  DC Special Series
  DC Special Series was an umbrella title for one-shots and special issues published by DC Comics between 1977 and 1981. Each issue featured a different character and was often in a different format than the issue before it. DC Special Series was published in four different formats: Dollar Comics, 48...
  
  #15 — "I Now Pronounce You Batman and Wife!", marriage of Batman and Talia al Ghul
  Talia al Ghul
  Talia al Ghul is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe, the now-estranged daughter of the supervillain Ra's al Ghul, a love interest of Batman, and the mother of his son Damian Wayne, the fifth Robin...
  
  , by Dennis O'Neil, Michael Golden, and Dick Giordano
  Dick Giordano
  Richard Joseph "Dick" Giordano was an American comic book artist and editor best known for introducing Charlton Comics' "Action Heroes" stable of superheroes, and serving as executive editor of then–industry leader DC Comics...
  
  . See also Batman: Son of the Demon
  Batman: Son of the Demon
  Batman: Son of the Demon is a graphic novel by Mike W. Barr and Jerry Bingham, published in 1987 by DC Comics. It was released in both hardcover and softcover formats....
  
  

July

• Karate Kid
  Karate Kid (comics)
  Karate Kid is a fictional character, a superhero in the future of the DC Comics universe, and a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes. He is a master of every form of martial arts to have been developed by the 31st century...
  
  , with issue #15 (July/August cover date), is cancelled by DC.
• Freedom Fighters
  Freedom Fighters (comics)
  Freedom Fighters is a DC Comics comic book superhero team made up of characters acquired from the defunct company Quality Comics. Although the characters were created by Quality, they never were gathered in a group before acquired by DC...
  
  , with issue #15 (July/August cover date), is cancelled by DC.
• Return of The New Gods, with issue #19 (July/August cover date), is cancelled by DC. (The numbering had continued from the New Gods
  New Gods
  The New Gods are a fictional race appearing in publications by DC Comics, as well as the title for four series of comic books about those characters. They first appeared in New Gods #1 , and were created and designed by Jack Kirby....
  
  1971 series, which itself had been cancelled in 1972
  1972 in comics
  -Events:* Marvel Comics forms their British publishing arm, Marvel UK .* Phil Seuling founds East Coast Seagate Distribution, developing the concept of the direct market distribution system for getting comics directly into comic book specialty shops, bypassing the established newspaper/magazine...
  
  .)

August

• Fledgling publisher Eclipse Comics
  Eclipse Comics
  Eclipse Comics was an American comic book publisher, one of several independent publishers during the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1978, it published the first graphic novel intended for the newly created comic book specialty store market...
  
   releases Sabre: Slow Fade of an Endangered Species, by Don McGregor
  Don McGregor
  Donald Francis McGregor is an American comic book writer best known for his work for Marvel Comics, and the author of one of the first graphic novels.-Early life and career:...
  
   and Paul Gulacy
  Paul Gulacy
  Paul Gulacy is an American comic book illustrator best known for his work for DC Comics and Marvel Comics, and for drawing one of the first graphic novels, Eclipse Enterprises' 1978 Sabre: Slow Fade of an Endangered Species, with writer Don McGregor.-Early life and career:Paul Gulacy began...
  
  , considered one of the industry's first "graphic novel
  Graphic novel
  A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
  
  s".
• With issue #10 The Rampaging Hulk changes its title to The Hulk!, and goes from black-and-white to color (Curtis Magazines
  Curtis Magazines
  Curtis Magazines was an imprint of Marvel Comics that existed from 1971 to 1980. The imprint published black-and-white magazines that did not carry the Comics Code Authority seal. Initially, page counts varied between 68,76, and 84 pages....
  
  ).
• Aquaman
  Aquaman
  Aquaman is a fictional superhero who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger, the character debuted in More Fun Comics #73 . Initially a backup feature in DC's anthology titles, Aquaman later starred in several volumes of a solo title...
  
  , with issue #63 (August/September cover date), is cancelled by DC.
• Claw the Unconquered
  Claw the Unconquered
  Claw is a fictional character, a sword and sorcery hero published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Claw the Unconquered #1 , and was created by David Michelinie and Ernie Chan.Similar in many ways to Robert E...
  
  , with issue #12 (August/September cover date), is cancelled by DC.
• Shade, the Changing Man
  Shade, the Changing Man
  Shade, the Changing Man is a fictional comic book character created by Steve Ditko for DC Comics in 1977. The character was later adapted by Peter Milligan and became one of the first Vertigo titles....
  
  , with issue #9 (August/September cover date), is cancelled by DC.

September

• Suffering from the DC Implosion
  DC Implosion
  The DC Implosion is the popular label for the sudden cancellation of more than two dozen ongoing and planned series by the American comics publisher DC Comics in 1978.-History:...
  
  , the company cuts back story pages to 17 and the typical cover price to 40 cents.
• Gold Key Comics
  Gold Key Comics
  Gold Key Comics was an imprint of Western Publishing created for comic books distributed to newsstands. Also known as Whitman Comics, Gold Key operated from 1962 to 1984.-History:...
  
  , with issue #19, picks up Flash Gordon (1966 series) from Charlton Comics
  Charlton Comics
  Charlton Comics was an American comic book publishing company that existed from 1946 to 1985, having begun under a different name in 1944. It was based in Derby, Connecticut...
  
  , which had stopped publishing the title in 1970.
• Mister Miracle
  Mister Miracle
  Mister Miracle is a fictional superhero published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Mister Miracle #1 and was created by Jack Kirby.-Publication history:...
  
  , with issue #25, is cancelled by DC.
• Showcase
  Showcase (comics)
  Showcase has been the title of several comic anthology series published by DC Comics. The general theme of these series has been to feature new and minor characters as a way to gauge reader interest in them, without the difficulty and risk of featuring "untested" characters in their own ongoing...
  
  , with issue #104, is cancelled by DC. (The numbering had continued from the first volume of Showcase, which itself had been cancelled in 1970
  1970 in comics
  This is a list of comics-related events in 1970.- Events and publications :* Denis Kitchen founds Kitchen Sink Press in Princeton, Wisconsin-January:...
  
  .)
• All Star Comics
  All Star Comics
  All Star Comics is a 1940s comic book series from All-American Publications, one of the early companies that merged with National Periodical Publications to form the modern-day DC Comics. With the exception of the first two issues, All Star Comics primarily told stories about the adventures of the...
  
  , with issue #74 (September/October cover date), is cancelled by DC.
• Battle Classics, with issue #1 (September/October cover date), is cancelled by DC.
• Black Lightning
  Black Lightning
  Black Lightning was one of the first major African American superheroes to appear in DC Comics. He debuted in Black Lightning #1 , and was created by Tony Isabella and Trevor Von Eeden.- Publication history :...
  
  , with issue #11 (September/October cover date), is cancelled by DC.
• Doorway to Nightmare, with issue #5 (September/October cover date), is cancelled by DC (and folded into the DC Dollar Comic
  Dollar Comics
  Dollar Comics was a line of DC Comics comic book publications issued from 1977 to 1983. They included the titles Superman Family, House of Mystery, G.I. Combat, World's Finest Comics, Batman Family, and Adventure Comics; as well as the series of specials with the umbrella title of DC Special Series...
  
   The Unexpected
  The Unexpected
  The Unexpected was a DC Comics horror comic book, a continuation of Tales of the Unexpected. It ran 117 issues, #105-222, from 1968 to 1982.-Publication history:...
  
  )
• Dynamic Classics, with issue #1 (September/October cover date), is cancelled by DC.
• Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth, with issue #59 (September/October cover date), is cancelled by DC.
• Our Fighting Forces
  Our Fighting Forces
  Our Fighting Forces is a DC Comics war-anthology comic book series that ran for 181 issues from 1954-1978.Writer-editor Robert Kanigher and writer-artist Jack Kirby were among the comics creators whose work appeared in the title...
  
  , with issue #181 (September/October cover date), is cancelled by DC.
• After many delays, DC releases All-New Collectors' Edition vol. 7, no. C-56, a.k.a., Superman vs. Muhammad Ali
  Superman vs. Muhammad Ali
  Superman vs. Muhammad Ali is an oversize comic book published by DC Comics in 1978. The 72-page book features Superman teaming up with the heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali to defeat an alien invasion of Earth...
  
  .

Fall

• DC Special Series
  DC Special Series
  DC Special Series was an umbrella title for one-shots and special issues published by DC Comics between 1977 and 1981. Each issue featured a different character and was often in a different format than the issue before it. DC Special Series was published in four different formats: Dollar Comics, 48...
  
  #16 — "The Last Bounty Hunter!", death of Jonah Hex, by Michael Fleisher
  Michael Fleisher
  Michael L. "Mike" Fleisher is an American writer known for his DC Comics of the 1970s and 1980s, particularly for the characters the Spectre and Jonah Hex.-Early life and career:...
  
   and Russ Heath
  Russ Heath
  Russell Heath, Jr. is an American artist best known for his comic book work — particularly his DC Comics war stories for several decades and his 1960s art for Playboy magazine's Little Annie Fanny featurettes — and for his commercial art, two pieces of which, depicting Roman and...
  
  . DC Special Series goes on hiatus after this issue and is revived in Summer 1979
  1979 in comics
  -Year overall:* The "Demon in a Bottle" storyline, by David Michelinie, Bob Layton, and John Romita, Jr., runs through Iron Man ....
  
  .

October

• Will Eisner
  Will Eisner
  William Erwin "Will" Eisner was an American comics writer, artist and entrepreneur. He is considered one of the most important contributors to the development of the medium and is known for the cartooning studio he founded; for his highly influential series The Spirit; for his use of comics as an...
  
  's graphic novel A Contract with God
  A Contract with God
  A Contract with God, and Other Tenement Stories is a graphic novel by Will Eisner that takes the form of several stories on a theme. Published by Baronet Books in October 1978 in simultaneous hardcover and trade paperback editions — the former limited to a signed-and-numbered print-run of 1,500 —...
  
  is published by Baronet Books. An early landmark of the graphic novel
  Graphic novel
  A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
  
   form.
• Will Eisner
  Will Eisner
  William Erwin "Will" Eisner was an American comics writer, artist and entrepreneur. He is considered one of the most important contributors to the development of the medium and is known for the cartooning studio he founded; for his highly influential series The Spirit; for his use of comics as an...
  
  's "Signal From Space" storyline begins in Spirit Magazine #19 (continuing through issue #26, October 1980
  1980 in comics
  -Year overall:* Big Rapids Distribution, a major Midwestern comics distributor, goes under, and two former employees , form Capital City Distribution, headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin....
  
  ).
• The Witching Hour
  The Witching Hour (DC Comics)
  The Witching Hour was a DC comic book horror anthology that ran from 1969 to 1978. Its tagline was "It's 12 o'clock... The Witching Hour!"...
  
  , with issue #85, is cancelled by DC (and folded into the DC Dollar Comic
  Dollar Comics
  Dollar Comics was a line of DC Comics comic book publications issued from 1977 to 1983. They included the titles Superman Family, House of Mystery, G.I. Combat, World's Finest Comics, Batman Family, and Adventure Comics; as well as the series of specials with the umbrella title of DC Special Series...
  
   The Unexpected
  The Unexpected
  The Unexpected was a DC Comics horror comic book, a continuation of Tales of the Unexpected. It ran 117 issues, #105-222, from 1968 to 1982.-Publication history:...
  
  ).
• Firestorm, the Nuclear Man, with issue #5 (October/November cover date), is cancelled by DC.
• House of Secrets, with issue #154 (October/November cover date), is cancelled by DC.
• Secrets of Haunted House
  Secrets of Haunted House
  Secrets of Haunted House was a horror-suspense anthology comic book series published by DC Comics from 1975 to 1982.-Publication history:...
  
  , with issue #14 (October/November cover date), is cancelled by DC. (It is revived a year later, however, with issue #15; the title continues until issue #46 in March 1982
  1982 in comics
  -Year overall:* San Diego-based independent publisher Pacific Comics makes a strong push in the marketplace, following Jack Kirby's Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers with four new ongoing titles, Starslayer, Ms...
  
  .)
• Star Hunters, with issue #7 (October/November cover date), is cancelled by DC.
• Steel: The Indestructible Man
  Commander Steel
  Commander Steel is the name of three fictional characters, superheroes published by DC Comics, all members of the same family. The first Steel appeared in Steel, The Indestructible Man #1 published by DC Comics, and was created by Gerry Conway and Don Heck. His stories were set in World War II...
  
  , with issue #5 (October/November cover date), is cancelled by DC.
• Kull the Destroyer, with issue #29, is cancelled by Marvel.
• October 7: Starlord
  Starlord
  Starlord was a short-lived weekly British science fiction comic published by IPC in 1978 as a sister title to 2000 AD, which had been launched the previous year in anticipation of a science fiction boom surrounding Star Wars....
  
  , with issue #22, is cancelled by IPC Media
  IPC Media
  IPC Media , a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Inc., is a consumer magazine and digital publisher in the United Kingdom, with a large portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year.- Origins :...
  
  .

November

• Fantastic Four
  Fantastic Four
  The Fantastic Four is a fictional superhero team appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The group debuted in The Fantastic Four #1 , which helped to usher in a new level of realism in the medium...
  
  #200: Double-sized anniversary issue, "When Titans Clash!" by Marv Wolfman
  Marv Wolfman
  Marvin A. "Marv" Wolfman is an award-winning American comic book writer. He is best known for lengthy runs on The Tomb of Dracula, creating Blade for Marvel Comics, and The New Teen Titans for DC Comics.-1960s:...
  
  , Keith Pollard
  Keith Pollard
  Keith Pollard is an American comic book artist. Originally from the Detroit area, Pollard is best known for his simultaneous work on the Marvel Comics titles Fantastic Four, Thor, and The Amazing Spider-Man in the late 1970s-early 1980s.Pollard made his professional comics debut in 1974 with...
  
  , and Joe Sinnott
  Joe Sinnott
  Joe Sinnott is an American comic book artist. Working primarily as an inker, Sinnott is best-known for his long stint on Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four, from 1965 to 1981 , initially over the pencils of industry legend Jack Kirby...
  
  . (Marvel Comics)
• Batman Family
  Batman Family
  The Batman Family was a DC Comics comic book series which ran from 1975 to 1978, primarily featuring stories starring supporting characters in the Batman comics...
  
  , with issue #20, is cancelled (and folded into the newly reformatted DC Dollar Comic
  Dollar Comics
  Dollar Comics was a line of DC Comics comic book publications issued from 1977 to 1983. They included the titles Superman Family, House of Mystery, G.I. Combat, World's Finest Comics, Batman Family, and Adventure Comics; as well as the series of specials with the umbrella title of DC Special Series...
  
   Detective Comics
  Detective Comics
  Detective Comics is an American comic book series published monthly by DC Comics since 1937, best known for introducing the iconic superhero Batman in Detective Comics #27 . It is, along with Action Comics, the book that launched with the debut of Superman, one of the medium's signature series, and...
  
  ).
• Army at War, with issue #1, is cancelled by DC.

December

• Devil Dinosaur
  Devil Dinosaur
  Devil Dinosaur is a Marvel Comics character who resembles a red Tyrannosaurus rex. He first appeared in Devil Dinosaur #1...
  
  , with issue #9, is cancelled by Marvel.
• Bullet, with issue #147, is merged with Warlord (D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd
  D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd
  D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, is a publishing company based in Dundee, Scotland, best known for producing The Dundee Courier, The Evening Telegraph, The Sunday Post, Oor Wullie, The Broons, The Beano, The Dandy and Commando comics...
  
  ).
• December 31: Basil Wolverton
  Basil Wolverton
  Basil Wolverton was an American cartoonist, illustrator, comic book writer-artist and professed "Producer of Preposterous Pictures of Peculiar People who Prowl this Perplexing Planet", whose many publishers included Marvel Comics and Mad.His unique, humorously grotesque drawings have elicited a...
  
  , "Producer of Preposterous Pictures of Peculiar People who Prowl this Perplexing Planet," dies at age 69.

Conventions

• British Comic Art Convention, Great Britain — presentation of the Eagle Awards
• July 2–5: Comic Art Convention
  Comic Art Convention
  The Comic Art Convention was an American comic-book fan convention held annually New York City, New York, over Independence Day weekend from 1968 through 1983, except for 1977, when it was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and 1978 to 1979, when it was held concurrently in New York and Philadelphia...
  
   I, Americana Hotel, New York City
• July 8–9: Comic Art Convention
  Comic Art Convention
  The Comic Art Convention was an American comic-book fan convention held annually New York City, New York, over Independence Day weekend from 1968 through 1983, except for 1977, when it was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and 1978 to 1979, when it was held concurrently in New York and Philadelphia...
  
   II, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• July 26–30: San Diego Comic-Con, El Cortez Hotel, San Diego, California — Show reaches attendance mark of 5,000 for the first time. Official guests: John Buscema
  John Buscema
  John Buscema, born Giovanni Natale Buscema , was an American comic-book artist and one of the mainstays of Marvel Comics during its 1960s and 1970s ascendancy into an industry leader and its subsequent expansion to a major pop culture conglomerate...
  
  , Howard Chaykin
  Howard Chaykin
  Howard Victor Chaykin is an American comic book writer and artist famous for his innovative storytelling and sometimes controversial material...
  
  , Shary Flenniken
  Shary Flenniken
  Shary Flenniken is an American editor-writer-illustrator and underground cartoonist. After joining the burgeoning underground comics movement in the early 1970s, she became a prominent contributor to National Lampoon and was one of the editors of the magazine for two years...
  
  , Alan Dean Foster
  Alan Dean Foster
  Alan Dean Foster is an American author of fantasy and science fiction. He currently resides in Prescott, Arizona, with his wife, and is also known for his novelizations of film scripts...
  
  , Gardner Fox
  Gardner Fox
  Gardner Francis Cooper Fox was an American writer best known for creating numerous comic book characters for DC Comics. Comic-book historians estimate that he wrote over 4,000 comics stories....
  
  , Steve Gerber
  Steve Gerber
  Stephen Ross "Steve" Gerber was an American comic book writer best known as co-creator of the satiric Marvel Comics character Howard the Duck....
  
  , Burne Hogarth
  Burne Hogarth
  Burne Hogarth was an American cartoonist, illustrator, educator, author and theoretician, best known for his pioneering work on the Tarzan newspaper comic strip and his series of anatomy books.-Biography:...
  
  , Greg Jein
  Greg Jein
  Greg Jein is a model designer who creates miniatures for use in the special effects portions of many films and TV shows. He has been doing so since the 1970s.-References:...
  
  , Bob Kane
  Bob Kane
  Bob Kane was an American comic book artist and writer, credited as the creator of the DC Comics superhero Batman...
  
  , Gray Morrow
  Gray Morrow
  Dwight Graydon "Gray" Morrow was an American illustrator of paperback books and comics.-Biography:Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Morrow is best known as art director of Spider-Man between 1967 and 1970 and as illustrator of the syndicated Tarzan, Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon and Prince Valiant comic...
  
  , Clarence "Ducky" Nash
  Clarence Nash
  Clarence Charles "Ducky" Nash was an American voice actor, best known for providing the voice of Donald Duck for the Walt Disney Studios...
  
  , Grim Natwick
  Grim Natwick
  Myron "Grim" Natwick was an American artist, animator and film director. Natwick is best known for drawing the Fleischer Studio's most popular character, Betty Boop.-Background:...
  
  , Wendy Pini, Frank Thorne
  Frank Thorne
  Frank Thorne is an American comic book artist-writer, best known for popularizing the Marvel Comics character Red Sonja.-Biography:...
  
  , Boris Vallejo
  Boris Vallejo
  Boris Vallejo is a Peruvian-born American painter. He immigrated to the United States in 1964, and he currently resides in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He frequently works with Julie Bell, his wife, painter, and model....
  
  

Eagle Awards

Eagle Awards

The Eagle Award is a series of awards for comic book titles and creators. They are awarded by UK fan voting for work produced during the previous year. Named after the UK's Eagle comic, the awards were set up by Mike Conroy, Nick Landau, Colin Campbell, Phil Clarke and Richard Burton, and launched...

 

• Roll of Honour: Steve Englehart
  Steve Englehart
  Steve Englehart is an American novelist. In his earlier career he was a comic book writer best known for his work at Marvel Comics and DC Comics, particularly in the 1970s...
  
  

American section

• Favourite Writer: Chris Claremont
  Chris Claremont
  Chris Claremont is an award-winning American comic book writer and novelist, known for his 17-year stint on Uncanny X-Men, far longer than any other writer, during which he is credited with developing strong female characters, and with introducing complex literary themes into superhero...
  
  
• Favourite Artist: John Byrne
• Favourite Inker: Terry Austin
  Terry Austin (comics)
  Terry Austin is an American comic book artist, working primarily as an inker. He is best known for his work embellishing John Byrne's pencils on The Uncanny X-Men from 1977–1981.-Early life and career:...
  
  
• Favourite Comic Book (Drama): Uncanny X-Men
  Uncanny X-Men
  Uncanny X-Men, first published as The X-Men, is the flagship Marvel Comics comic book series for the X-Men franchise. It is the mainstream continuity featuring the adventures of the eponymous group of mutant superheroes...
  
  (Marvel Comics
  Marvel Comics
  Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
  
  )
• Favourite New Comics Title: Micronauts
• Favourite Single Story: "Mindgames", Uncanny X-Men
  Uncanny X-Men
  Uncanny X-Men, first published as The X-Men, is the flagship Marvel Comics comic book series for the X-Men franchise. It is the mainstream continuity featuring the adventures of the eponymous group of mutant superheroes...
  
  #111, by Chris Claremont
  Chris Claremont
  Chris Claremont is an award-winning American comic book writer and novelist, known for his 17-year stint on Uncanny X-Men, far longer than any other writer, during which he is credited with developing strong female characters, and with introducing complex literary themes into superhero...
  
   and John Byrne
• Best Continuing Story: "The Korvac Saga
  Korvac
  Michael Korvac is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appears in Giant-Size Defenders #3 Michael Korvac (often called Korvac or The Enemy) is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character...
  
  ", in The Avengers
  Avengers (comics)
  The Avengers is a fictional team of superheroes, appearing in magazines published by Marvel Comics. The team made its debut in The Avengers #1 The Avengers is a fictional team of superheroes, appearing in magazines published by Marvel Comics. The team made its debut in The Avengers #1 The Avengers...
  
  #167, 168, 170-177, written by Jim Shooter
  Jim Shooter
  James Shooter is an American writer, occasional fill-in artist, editor, and publisher for various comic books. Although he started professionally in the medium at the extraordinarily young age of 14, he is most notable for his successful and controversial run as Marvel Comics' ninth...
  
   and David Michelinie
  David Michelinie
  -Biography:Some of his earliest work is for DC Comics's House of Secrets and a run on Swamp Thing , following Len Wein and preceding Gerry Conway, illustrated by Nestor Redondo. Michelinie did a run on Aquaman in Adventure Comics which led to the revival of the Sea King's own title in 1977...
  
  , with art by George Pérez
  George Pérez
  George Pérez is a Puerto Rican-American writer and illustrator of comic books, known for his work on various titles, including Avengers, Teen Titans and Wonder Woman.-Biography:...
  
   and David Wenzel
  David Wenzel
  David T. Wenzel is an illustrator and children's book artist. He is best known for his graphic novel adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.-Biography:...
  
  
• Favourite Cover: Master of Kung Fu #67, by Paul Gulacy
  Paul Gulacy
  Paul Gulacy is an American comic book illustrator best known for his work for DC Comics and Marvel Comics, and for drawing one of the first graphic novels, Eclipse Enterprises' 1978 Sabre: Slow Fade of an Endangered Species, with writer Don McGregor.-Early life and career:Paul Gulacy began...
  
  
• Favourite Team: X-Men
  X-Men
  The X-Men are a superhero team in the . They were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in The X-Men #1...
  
  
• Favorite Supporting Character: Wolverine
  Wolverine (comics)
  Wolverine is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Born as James Howlett and commonly known as Logan, Wolverine is a mutant, possessing animal-keen senses, enhanced physical capabilities, three retracting bone claws on each hand and a healing...
  
  
• Favourite Villain: Magneto
  Magneto (comics)
  Magneto is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the central villain of the X-Men comic, as well as the TV show and the films. The character first appears in X-Men #1 , and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby...
  
  
• Character Most Worthy of His Own Title: Silver Surfer
  Silver Surfer
  The Silver Surfer is a Marvel Comics superhero created by Jack Kirby. The character first appears in Fantastic Four #48 , the first of a three-issue arc that fans call "The Galactus Trilogy"....
  
  
• Favourite Specialist Comics Publication: Comic Media News

U.K. section

• Favourite Writer: T.B. Grover
• Favourite Artist: John Bolton
• Favourite Comic: 2000 AD (Fleetway)
• Favourite Character: Judge Dredd
  Judge Dredd
  Judge Joseph Dredd is a comics character whose strip in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD is the magazine's longest running . Dredd is an American law enforcement officer in a violent city of the future where uniformed Judges combine the powers of police, judge, jury and executioner...
  
  

DC Comics

Release: November. Editor: Paul Levitz

Paul Levitz

Paul Levitz is an American comic book writer, editor and executive. The president of DC Comics from 2002–2009, he has worked for the company for over 35 years in a wide variety of roles...

. (Immediately cancelled as a victim of the DC Implosion

DC Implosion

The DC Implosion is the popular label for the sudden cancellation of more than two dozen ongoing and planned series by the American comics publisher DC Comics in 1978.-History:...

.)

Release: September/October. Writer: Robert Kanigher

Robert Kanigher

Robert Kanigher was a prolific comic book writer and editor whose career spanned five decades. He was involved with the Wonder Woman franchise for over twenty years, taking over the scripting from creator William Moulton Marston. In addition, Kanigher spent many years in charge of DC Comics' war...

. Artist: Joe Kubert

Joe Kubert

Joe Kubert is an American comic book artist who went on to found The Kubert School. He is best known for his work on the DC Comics characters Sgt. Rock and Hawkman...

. (Immediately cancelled as a victim of the DC Implosion

DC Implosion

The DC Implosion is the popular label for the sudden cancellation of more than two dozen ongoing and planned series by the American comics publisher DC Comics in 1978.-History:...

.)

Release: July. Writer: Martin Pasko

Martin Pasko

Martin Pasko is a writer and editor in a diverse array of media, including comic books and television.Pasko has worked for many comics publishers, but is best known for his work with DC Comics over three decades. He has written Superman in many media, including television animation, webisodes, and...

. Artists: José Luis García-López

José Luis García-López

José Luis García-López is a Spanish comic book artist who works in the United States of America, mostly for DC Comics. He has most recently penciled an arc in Batman Confidential, the Metal Men storyline in the 2009 Wednesday Comics weekly anthology, and, in 2011, one of the stories in The Spirit...

 and Dan Adkins

Dan Adkins

Dan Adkins is an American illustrator who worked mainly for comic books and science-fiction magazines.-Early life and career:...

.

Release: January/February. Writer: David Michelinie

David Michelinie

-Biography:Some of his earliest work is for DC Comics's House of Secrets and a run on Swamp Thing , following Len Wein and preceding Gerry Conway, illustrated by Nestor Redondo. Michelinie did a run on Aquaman in Adventure Comics which led to the revival of the Sea King's own title in 1977...

. Artist: Val Mayerik

Val Mayerik

Val Mayerik is an American comic-book and commercial artist, best known as co-creator of Marvel Comics' satiric character Howard the Duck.-Early life and career:...

.

Release: September/October. Editor: Cary Burkett. (Reprint title immediately cancelled as a victim of the DC Implosion

DC Implosion

The DC Implosion is the popular label for the sudden cancellation of more than two dozen ongoing and planned series by the American comics publisher DC Comics in 1978.-History:...

.)

Release: March. Writer: Gerry Conway

Gerry Conway

Gerard F. "Gerry" Conway is an American writer of comic books and television shows. He is known for co-creating the Marvel Comics vigilante The Punisher and scripting the death of the character Gwen Stacy during his long run on The Amazing Spider-Man...

. Artist: Al Milgrom

Al Milgrom

Allen "Al" Milgrom is an American comic book writer, penciller, inker and editor, primarily for Marvel Comics. He is known for his 10-year run as editor of Marvel Fanfare; his long involvement as writer, penciler, and inker on Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man; his four-year tenure as West...

.

Release: March. Writer: Gerry Conway

Gerry Conway

Gerard F. "Gerry" Conway is an American writer of comic books and television shows. He is known for co-creating the Marvel Comics vigilante The Punisher and scripting the death of the character Gwen Stacy during his long run on The Amazing Spider-Man...

. Artists: Don Heck

Don Heck

Don Heck was an American comic book artist best known for co-creating the Marvel Comics character Iron Man, and for his long run penciling the Marvel superhero-team series The Avengers during the 1960s Silver Age of comic books.-Early life and career:Born in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, New...

 and Joe Giella

Joe Giella

Joe Giella is an American comic book artist best known as a DC Comics inker during the late 1950s and 1960s period historians and fans call the Silver Age of comic books.-Early life and career:...

.

Marvel Comics

Release: April. Writer/Artist: Jack Kirby

Jack Kirby

Jack Kirby , born Jacob Kurtzberg, was an American comic book artist, writer and editor regarded by historians and fans as one of the major innovators and most influential creators in the comic book medium....

.

Release: April. Writer/Artist: Jack Kirby

Jack Kirby

Jack Kirby , born Jacob Kurtzberg, was an American comic book artist, writer and editor regarded by historians and fans as one of the major innovators and most influential creators in the comic book medium....

.

Release: February. Writer: Bill Mantlo

Bill Mantlo

Bill Mantlo is an American comic-book writer, primarily at Marvel Comics, best known for his work on two licensed toy properties whose adventures occurred in the Marvel Universe: the Eagle Award-winning Micronauts and the long-running Rom. An attorney, he also worked as a public defender...

. Artists: Tom Sutton

Tom Sutton

Tom Sutton was an American comic book artist who sometimes used the pseudonyms Sean Todd and Dementia...

 and Sonny Trinidad.

Release: April. Writer: Marv Wolfman

Marv Wolfman

Marvin A. "Marv" Wolfman is an award-winning American comic book writer. He is best known for lengthy runs on The Tomb of Dracula, creating Blade for Marvel Comics, and The New Teen Titans for DC Comics.-1960s:...

. Artists: Carmine Infantino

Carmine Infantino

Carmine Infantino Carmine Infantino Carmine Infantino (born May 24, 1925, in Brooklyn, New York is an American comic book artist and editor who was a major force in the Silver Age of Comic Books...

 and Tony DeZuniga

Tony DeZuniga

Tony DeZuniga is a Filipino comic-book artist best known for his work for DC Comics, where he co-created the characters Jonah Hex and Black Orchid.-Early life and career:...

.

Independent titles

Release: June by Warren Publishing

Warren Publishing

Warren Publishing was an American magazine company founded by James Warren, who published his first magazines in 1957 and continued in the business for decades...

. Editor: Bill DuBay.

Release: February by Casterman

Casterman

Casterman is a publisher of Franco-Belgian comics, specializing in comic books and children's literature. The company is based in Tournai, Belgium.Founded in 1780, Casterman was originally a printing company and publishing house...

.

Release: August by WaRP Graphics

WaRP Graphics

WaRP Graphics, later Warp Graphics, is an alternative comics publisher best known for creating and being the original publisher of the Elfquest comic book series. It was created and incorporated in 1977 by Wendy and Richard Pini. The company title is an acronym formed from the founding couple's...

. Writers: Wendy Pini and Richard Pini. Artist: Wendy Pini.

Release: February 4 by Fleetway

Fleetway

Fleetway, also known as Fleetway Publications and Fleetway Editions, was a UK publishing company which mainly produced comic magazines. For a time owned by IPC Media, they are now a division of Egmont Publishing....

.

Release: May 13 by IPC Media

IPC Media

IPC Media , a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Inc., is a consumer magazine and digital publisher in the United Kingdom, with a large portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year.- Origins :...

.

DC Comics

• Air Wave (Harold Jordan)
  Air Wave
  Air Wave is the name of three fictional superheroes in the DC Comics universe. The first two were active in the Golden Age of Comic Books...
  
  , in Green Lantern
  Green Lantern (comic book)
  Green Lantern is an ongoing comic book series featuring the DC Comics heroes of the same name. The character's first incarnation, Alan Scott, appeared in All-American Comics #16, and was later spun off into the first volume of Green Lantern in 1941. That series was canceled in 1949 after 39 issues...
  
  #48 (January)
• Commander Steel
  Commander Steel
  Commander Steel is the name of three fictional characters, superheroes published by DC Comics, all members of the same family. The first Steel appeared in Steel, The Indestructible Man #1 published by DC Comics, and was created by Gerry Conway and Don Heck. His stories were set in World War II...
  
  , in Steel, the Indestructible Man #1
• Count Vertigo
  Count Vertigo
  Count Werner Vertigo is a DC Comics supervillain. First appearing in World's Finest Comics #251 , Count Vertigo is the last descendant of the royal family that ruled the small eastern European country of Vlatava that was taken over by the Soviets and later became devastated by the Spectre.-Starting...
  
  , World's Finest Comics
  World's Finest Comics
  World's Finest Comics was an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1941 to 1986. The series was initially titled World's Best Comics for its first issue; issue #2 switched to the more familiar name...
  
  #251
• Doctor Mist
  Doctor Mist
  Doctor Mist is a fictional character, a comic book superhero published by DC Comics. He was created by E. Nelson Bridwell and Ramona Fradon, first appearing in a cameo in Super Friends #12 . Doctor Mist is based on both the Guardian of the Gate and the character of King Noot introduced in Chapter...
  
  , in Super Friends #12
• The Elementals
  Elementals (DC Comics)
  The Elementals are a fictional team of superheroes published by DC Comics. They first appeared in Super Friends #14 , and were created by E...
  
  , in Super Friends #14 (October)
• Fadeaway Man
  Fadeaway Man
  The Fadeaway Man is a DC Comics supervillain and a recurring foe to Hawkman. He first appeared in Detective Comics #479, and was created by Len Wein and Rich Buckler.-Fictional character biography:...
  
  , in Detective Comics
  Detective Comics
  Detective Comics is an American comic book series published monthly by DC Comics since 1937, best known for introducing the iconic superhero Batman in Detective Comics #27 . It is, along with Action Comics, the book that launched with the debut of Superman, one of the medium's signature series, and...
  
  #479
• Firestorm, in Firestorm, the Nuclear Man #1
• Killer Frost
  Killer Frost
  Killer Frost is the name of two fictional characters in the DC Comics universe. They are both supervillains that appear mainly as foes of the superhero Firestorm.-Crystal Frost:...
  
  , in Firestorm, the Nuclear Man #3
• Madame Xanadu
  Madame Xanadu
  Madame Xanadu is a fictional character, a comic book mystic published by DC Comics. The character is identified with Nimue, the sorceress from Arthurian mythology made popular by Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur.-Publication history:...
  
  , in Doorway to Nightmare #1 (February)
• Madame Zodiac
  Madame Zodiac
  Madame Zodiac is a fictional character, a comic book witch published by DC Comics. She debuted in Batman Family #17, , and was created by Bob Rozakis and Don Heck.-Publication history:...
  
  , in Batman Family
  Batman Family
  The Batman Family was a DC Comics comic book series which ran from 1975 to 1978, primarily featuring stories starring supporting characters in the Batman comics...
  
  #17
• Multiplex, in Firestorm, the Nuclear Man #2
• Ultraa
  Ultraa
  Ultraa is a DC Comics character, originally the first superhuman on Earth Prime. The original first appeared in Justice League of America #153 , he was created by Gerry Conway and George Tuska...
  
  , in Justice League of America #153

Marvel Comics

• Arcade
  Arcade (comics)
  Arcade is a fictional character, a supervillain in the Marvel Comics Universe created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne. Arcade first appeared in Marvel Team-Up, vol...
  
  , in Marvel Team-Up
  Marvel Team-Up
  Marvel Team-Up is the name of several American comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The series featured two or more Marvel characters in one story...
  
  #65 (January)
• Big Wheel
  Big Wheel (comics)
  Big Wheel is a Marvel Comics supervillain created by Marv Wolfman, Ross Andru, and Mike Esposito. The character first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #182 .-Fictional character biography:...
  
  , in The Amazing Spider-Man
  The Amazing Spider-Man
  The Amazing Spider-Man is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics, featuring the adventures of the fictional superhero Spider-Man. Being the mainstream continuity of the franchise, it began publication in 1963 as a monthly periodical and was published continuously until it was...
  
  #182
• Bethany Cabe
  Bethany Cabe
  Bethany Cabe is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. She is a supporting character from the pages of Iron Man.-Publication history:Bethany Cabe first appeared in Iron Man Vol...
  
  , in Iron Man
  Iron Man
  Iron Man is a fictional character, a superhero in the . The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, first appearing in Tales of Suspense #39 .A billionaire playboy, industrialist and ingenious engineer,...
  
  #117
• Carrion
  Carrion (comics)
  Carrion is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in the Marvel Comics universe, in which he is an enemy of Spider-Man. He first appeared in The Spectacular Spider-Man #25....
  
  , in Spectacular Spider-Man #25
• Devil Dinosaur
  Devil Dinosaur
  Devil Dinosaur is a Marvel Comics character who resembles a red Tyrannosaurus rex. He first appeared in Devil Dinosaur #1...
  
  , in Devil Dinosaur
  Devil Dinosaur
  Devil Dinosaur is a Marvel Comics character who resembles a red Tyrannosaurus rex. He first appeared in Devil Dinosaur #1...
  
  #1 (April)
• Vindicator
  Guardian (Marvel Comics)
  Guardian , also known as Weapon Alpha and Vindicator, is a fictional character, a Canadian superhero in the who was the leader of Alpha Flight. He was created by John Byrne, and first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #109 which was co-plotted by Byrne and his long-time collaborator Chris Claremont...
  
  (later Guardian), in Uncanny X-Men
  Uncanny X-Men
  Uncanny X-Men, first published as The X-Men, is the flagship Marvel Comics comic book series for the X-Men franchise. It is the mainstream continuity featuring the adventures of the eponymous group of mutant superheroes...
  
  #109
• Hoder, in Thor
  Thor (Marvel Comics)
  Thor is a fictional superhero who appears in publications published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Journey into Mystery #83 and was created by editor-plotter Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber, and penciller Jack Kirby....
  
  #274
• Hypno-Hustler
  Hypno-Hustler
  The Hypno-Hustler is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. Created by Bill Mantlo and Frank Springer, the character first appeared in The Spectacular Spider-Man #24.-Fictional character biography:...
  
  , in Spectacular Spider-Man #24
• Kiber the Cruel
  Kiber the Cruel
  Kiber the Cruel is a fictional supervillain published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in Black Panther #11 , and was created by Jack Kirby.-Publication history:...
  
  , in Black Panther
  Black Panther (comics)
  The Black Panther is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and penciller-co-plotter Jack Kirby, he first appeared in Fantastic Four #52...
  
  #11 (September)
• Moon-Boy, in Devil Dinosaur
  Devil Dinosaur
  Devil Dinosaur is a Marvel Comics character who resembles a red Tyrannosaurus rex. He first appeared in Devil Dinosaur #1...
  
  #1 (April)
• Moonstone
  Moonstone (comics)
  Moonstone is a fictional character, both a supervillain and superheroine in Marvel Comics' Marvel Universe.-Publication history:...
  
  , in Incredible Hulk #228
• Mystique
  Mystique (comics)
  Mystique is a fictional character associated with the Marvel Comics' franchise X-Men. Originally created by artist David Cockrum and writer Chris Claremont, she first appeared in Ms...
  
  , in Ms. Marvel
  Ms. Marvel
  Ms. Marvel is the name of a fictional character appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Roy Thomas and designed by artist Gene Colan, the non-powered Carol Danvers debuted as a member of the United States Air Force in Marvel Super-Heroes #13 and as Ms. Marvel—a...
  
  #16
• Ben Urich
  Ben Urich
  Ben Urich is a Marvel Comics character, usually appearing in comic books featuring Daredevil and Spider-Man. Created by Roger McKenzie and Gene Colan, he first appeared in Daredevil #153 ....
  
  , Daredevil
  Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
  Daredevil is a fictional character, a superhero in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett, with an unspecified amount of input from Jack Kirby, and first appeared in Daredevil #1 .Living in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood...
  
  #153
• Virako
  Virako
  Virako is a fictional character appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. He is a member of the Eternals.-Publication history:Virako first appeared in Thor Annual #7 , and was created by Roy Thomas and Walt Simonson...
  
  , in Thor
  Thor (Marvel Comics)
  Thor is a fictional superhero who appears in publications published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Journey into Mystery #83 and was created by editor-plotter Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber, and penciller Jack Kirby....
  
   Annual #7
• Wendell Vaughn (Marvel Man), in Captain America
  Captain America
  Captain America is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 , from Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, and was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby...
  
  #217 (January)