1976
From DC Database
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Creators
The following creative talent are known to have been born in 1976:
Brian K. Vaughan · Carlos Magno · Rodolfo Migliari
Titles
The following comic titles debuted with a 1976 cover date:
All-Star Comics Vol 1 · DC Super-Stars Vol 1 · Freedom Fighters Vol 1 · Isis Vol 1 · Karate Kid Vol 1 · Kobra Vol 1 · Ragman Vol 1 · Secret Society of Super-Villains Vol 1 · Starfire Vol 1 · Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes Vol 1 · Warlord Vol 1
The following Comic titles were last published with a 1976 cover date:
1st Issue Special Vol 1 · Kong the Untamed Vol 1 · Man-Bat Vol 1 · Phantom Stranger Vol 2 · Plop Vol 1 · Stalker Vol 1 · Swamp Thing Vol 1 · Tarzan Family Vol 1 · Tor Vol 1
The following One Shots were published with a 1976 cover date:
- No One Shots were published in 1976.
Characters
The following characters debuted with a 1976 cover date:
Amba Kadiri (Earth-One) · Arna (Earth-AD) · Blish Rrab (New Earth) · Charma (Pre-Zero Hour) · Clement Tyme (New Earth) · Dagan (Earth-One) · Elizabeth Berg (New Earth) · Emilo Storn (Earth-One) · Eric Needham (New Earth) · Frederik Sanguine (Earth-One) · Fredrik Schlaus (Earth-One) · Grimbor (Pre-Zero Hour) · Gustav Decobra (Earth-One) · Jason Burr (New Earth) · Jeffrey Franklin Burr (New Earth) · Jonathan Drew (New Earth) · Jonathan Zero (Earth-One) · Kara Zor-L (Earth-Two) · Karen Beecher (New Earth) · Karin Grace (New Earth) · Karl Courtney (New Earth) · King Sampson (Earth-One) · Kirt Niedrigh (Pre-Zero Hour) · Leslie Thompkins (New Earth) · Machiste (New Earth) · Mikaal Tomas (New Earth) · Nekron (Earth-One) · Noah Kuttler (New Earth) · Norman Grimes (Earth-One) · Peter Silverstone (Earth-One) · Raphael Van Zandt (Earth-One) · Raul Von Zall (Earth-One) · Remoni-Notra (New Earth) · Rory Regan (New Earth) · Ruth Monroe (New Earth) · Saarek (New Earth) · Sandra Wu-San (New Earth) · Scarab (Earth-S) · Sookaroth (Earth-One) · Starfire (Earth-One) · Thrudvang (New Earth) · Troy Stewart (Pre-Zero Hour) · Wonder Dog (Super Friends)
Teams
The following teams debuted with a 1976 cover date:
Outsiders I · SKULL · Secret Society of Super-Villains I · Thousand (Earth-One)
Ongoing
The following DC Comics titles were in publication in 1976.
1st Issue Special; Action Comics; All-Star Comics; Batman; Batman Family; Blackhawk; Blitzkrieg; Claw the Unconquered; Detective Comics; Flash; Four-Star Spectacular; Freedom Fighters; Ghosts; G.I. Combat; Isis; Joker; Justice League of America; Kamandi; Karate Kid; Kobra; Kong the Untamed; Limited Collectors' Edition; Our Fighting Forces; Phantom Stranger (Volume 2); Ragman; Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter; Sandman; Secret Society of Super-Villains; Shazam; Stalker; Starfire; Super Friends; Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes; Superman; Tarzan Family; Teen Titans; Tor; Unexpected; Warlord; Weird Western Tales
Premieres
The following DC Comics titles premiered in 1976.
Cancellations
The following DC Comics titles were discontinued in 1976.
Characters
Introductions
The following characters were introduced in 1976.
Chronology
The following events were published by DC Comics in the year 1976. This does not necessarily indicate that these storylines took place in the year 1976. The passage of time in the DC Universe is nebulous and subject to change and interpretation. Events from historical time periods are indexed under their corresponding years.
Earth-One
Earth-One
|
January
February
March
April
May
June
| Event | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Darkseid secretly forms the Secret Society of Super-Villains. He places the Manhunter within their ranks and tests them by having them fight robot duplicates of the Justice League of America. | Secret Society of Super-Villains #1 | 6.76 |
July
August
| Event | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Captain Comet returns to Earth after having spent many years in outer space. | Secret Society of Super-Villains #2 | 8.76 |
| Captain Comet is duped into joining the Secret Society of Super-Villains. Manhunter secretly informs him what the Society is truly about. | Secret Society of Super-Villains #2 | 8.76 |
September
October
| Event | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Darkseid sends Mantis to Earth to discipline his pawns in the Secret Society of Super-Villains. Half of the team is captured, but the remaining members succeed in rescuing them. | Secret Society of Super-Villains #3 | 10.76 |
November
December
| Event | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Green Lantern battles Mantis. While trying to defeat him, he unwittingly recharges Mantis' energy reserves. | Secret Society of Super-Villains #4 | 12.76 |
| The Wizard and Sinestro temporarily quite the Secret Society of Super-Villains. | Secret Society of Super-Villains #4 | 12.76 |
| Funky Flashman becomes the new publicity agent for the Secret Society of Super-Villains. | Secret Society of Super-Villains #4 | 12.76 |
Earth-Two
Earth-Two
|
| Event | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Summer: Former Catwoman henchman, Silky Cernak, blackmails Selina Wayne into resuming her criminal career. Batman comes out of semi-retirement to combat him. He kicks Cernak's gun from his hand, but the shot goes wild, killing Catwoman. | DC Super-Stars #17 | 12.77 |
| Helena Wayne adopts the guise of the Huntress for the first time. She tracks down and arrests Silky Cernak, the man who murdered her mother. | DC Super-Stars #17 | 12.77 |
