1978
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See Also: DC Implosion
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Creators
The following creative talent are known to have been born in 1978:
Chris Gugliotti · Leah Moore · Wesley Gunn
Titles
The following comic titles debuted with a 1978 cover date:
Cancelled Comic Cavalcade Vol 1 · DC Comics Presents Vol 1 · Doorway to Nightmare Vol 1 · Firestorm Vol 1 · Peacemaker (Modern) Vol 1
The following Comic titles were last published with a 1978 cover date:
All-Star Comics Vol 1 · Amazing World of DC Comics Vol 1 · Aquaman Vol 1 · Black Lightning Vol 1 · Cancelled Comic Cavalcade Vol 1 · DC Super-Stars Vol 1 · Doorway to Nightmare Vol 1 · Firestorm Vol 1 · Freedom Fighters Vol 1 · House of Secrets Vol 1 · Kamandi Vol 1 · Karate Kid Vol 1 · Metal Men Vol 1 · Mister Miracle Vol 1 · New Gods Vol 1 · Our Fighting Forces Vol 1 · Peacemaker (Modern) Vol 1 · Shade the Changing Man Vol 1 · Showcase Vol 1 · Star Hunters Vol 1 · Super-Team Family Vol 1 · Teen Titans Vol 1 · Witching Hour Vol 1
The following One Shots were published with a 1978 cover date:
Characters
The following characters debuted with a 1978 cover date:
Alvin Bundy (New Earth) · Antithesis (New Earth) · Anton Lamont (New Earth) · Arthur Arthurson (Earth-One) · Aton (New Earth) · Clay Stoner (New Earth) · Clifford Carmichael (New Earth) · Cyrus Gold (Earth-One) · Danton Black (New Earth) · David Corby (Earth-One) · Desmond Mallard (Earth-One) · Doreen Day (New Earth) · Edmond Hamilton Future (Earth-Two) · Edward Earhart (New Earth) · Edward Raymond (New Earth) · Harold Jordan (New Earth) · Henry Heywood, Sr. (New Earth) · Hildy Park (New Earth) · Joshua Morgan (New Earth) · Jur-Li (Earth-One) · Katherine Manser (New Earth) · Lewis Padgett (Earth-One) · Madame Xanadu (New Earth) · Martin Stein (New Earth) · Martin Tain (Earth-One) · Maximillian Zeus (New Earth) · Preston Payne (New Earth) · Rebecca Langstrom (New Earth) · Rita Ross (Earth-One) · Ronald Raymond (New Earth) · Rudolph Clement (Earth-One) · Shvaughn Erin (Pre-Zero Hour) · Sophia Santos (New Earth) · Summer Day (New Earth) · Traya Sutton (New Earth) · Ultraa (Earth-Prime) · Wallace Hapgood (New Earth) · Xavier Simon (Earth-One)
Chronology
The following events were published by DC Comics in the year 1978. This does not necessarily indicate that these storylines took place in the year 1978. 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.
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| Event | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Deformed scientist Preston Payne meets Matt Hagen and uses an extract of his blood in the hopes of curing his condition. The solution transforms Payne into another Clayface. Note: Takes place several months prior to his first appearance. | Detective Comics #478 | 8.78 |
| Alexander Burgess once again tries to communicate with the imprisoned Dream. Burgess blames Dream for the fact that he has not had a decent night's sleep in over sixty years. As before, Dream remains unresponsive. | Sandman (Volume 2) #1 | 1.89 |
January
| Event | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Aquaman has a rematch with the Fisherman. During the fight, the Scavenger mysteriously appears and steals the sunken vessel that the Fisherman had been hired to purloin. | Aquaman #59 | 1.78 |
| Mera returns to Dimension Aqua and fights against the tyrannical ruler Leron. She defeats him in hard-water combat. Leron is left mindless. | Aquaman #59 | 1.78 |
February
| Event | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| The Joker poisons Gotham's rivers with his Joker Venom, creating mutated Joker Fish. He attempts to force the copyright commissioner to trademark the Joker Fish for him, but when the clerk fails to do so, the Joker murders him. | Detective Comics #475 | 2.78 |
March
| Event | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Aquaman fights the Scavenger. Kobra intervenes and the Scavenger's Scorpion-Ship is destroyed. | Aquaman #60 | 3.78 |
| Mera returns from Dimension Aqua with a cure for Aquababy. She discovers to her horror however, that she is too late and that her son has already died. | Aquaman #60 | 3.78 |
| An explosion at the Hudson Nuclear Power Plant fuses high school student Ronnie Raymond and physicist Martin Stein into one body, creating the composite hero Firestorm. | Firestorm #1 | 3.78 |
April
| Event | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Batman fails to prevent the Joker from murdering Thomas Jackson with his Joker Fish. The two finally come to blows atop a construction crane and the Joker falls seemingly to his doom. | Detective Comics #476 | 4.78 |
| Silver St. Cloud, unwilling to share Bruce Wayne's dual identity as Batman, decides to break up with him. | Detective Comics #476 | 4.78 |
| Firestorm battles Multiplex and meets Superman for the first time. | Firestorm #2 | 4.78 |
May
| Event | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Kobra acquires a dangerous WMD from a naval ship and threatens to destroy the city of Lisbon. Aquaman, Batman and Green Lantern fight his terrorist cult and foil his plan, but Kobra escapes with the weapon. | Aquaman #61 | 5.78 |
June
July
August
| Event | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Preston Payne becomes Clayface for the first time. He runs afoul of Batman while attempting to steal a device from S.T.A.R. Labs that could return him to normal. | Detective Comics #478 | 8.78 |
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| Event | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| At age 21, Helena Wayne graduates as class valedictorian from Harvard University. | Batman Family #18 | 7.78 |
