Contents 1 Creators 2 Titles 3 Characters 4 Teams 5 Chronology 5.1 January 5.2 February 5.3 March 5.4 April 5.5 May 5.6 June 5.7 July 5.8 August 5.9 September 5.10 October 5.11 November 5.12 December 6 Alternate Realities

Creators Edit

The following creative talent are known to have been born in 1979:

David Baron · Francis Manapul · Mateus Santolouco · Steve Uy · Vicente Cifuentes

Titles Edit

The following comic titles debuted with a 1979 cover date:

Best of DC Vol 1 · Jonah Hex and Other Western Tales Vol 1 · Superman Movie Special Vol 1 · Time Warp Vol 1 · World of Krypton Vol 1

The following Comic titles were last published with a 1979 cover date:

Famous First Edition Vol 1 · Isis Vol 1 · Space Adventures Vol 2 · Superboy Vol 1 · Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes Vol 1 · World of Krypton Vol 1

The following One Shots were published with a 1979 cover date:

America at War: The Best of DC War Comics Vol 1 1 · Famous First Edition Vol 1 C-61

Characters Edit

The following characters debuted with a 1979 cover date:

Alexander Tuttle (New Earth) · Anton Allegro (New Earth) · Aram Al Ashir (New Earth) · Arbee Stoneham (New Earth) · Astarte (New Earth) · Barnabus Boulton (Earth-One) · Beatriz da Costa (Super Friends) · Blok (Pre-Zero Hour) · Bushmaster (Earth-One) · Carl Draper (New Earth) · Cassius Bannister (Earth-One) · Chakal (New Earth) · Chey-Nu (Pre-Zero Hour) · Chief (Plastic Man TV Series) · Clive Yorkin (New Earth) · Conrad Cabel (New Earth) · Dagger Lady (Earth-One) · Dreamdancer (Earth-S) · Edward Cantwell (New Earth) · Frederic Vaux (Earth-Two) · Gamester (Earth-S) · Grant Haskill (Earth-One) · Gyronaut (Earth-One) · Hula-Hula (Plastic Man TV Series) · Jack of Spades II (Earth-One) · Jaime Sanchez (New Earth) · Joseph Rigger (New Earth) · Kari Limbo (New Earth) · Ki-Lan (Pre-Zero Hour) · King Inferno (Earth-One) · Lar-On (Earth-One) · Lawrence Lance (Earth-One) · Lois Lane (Super Friends) · Long Round (New Earth) · Lucius Fox (New Earth) · Lyle Corley (New Earth) · Mala (Earth-One) · Maximillian Zeus (New Earth) · Mechanical Master (Earth-One) · Mei Ling (New Earth) · Michael Bailey (Earth-One) · Mister Wrinkles (Earth-One) · Mongo Ironhand (New Earth) · Penny (Plastic Man TV Series) · Plastic Man (Plastic Man TV Series) · Rejis Thomak (Pre-Zero Hour) · Robert Lee (New Earth) · Roger Romaine (New Earth) · Short Round (New Earth) · Sindella Zatara (New Earth) · Stacy Macklin (Earth-One) · Stavros Markos (New Earth) · Thomas Kipling Burland (Earth-MLJ) · Tiffany Fox (New Earth) · Timothy Fox (New Earth) · Titania (Pre-Zero Hour) · Valoric (New Earth) · Warhead (Earth-One) · Weldon Ambrose (Earth-S) · Wi Kan Muur (Pre-Zero Hour) · William Jensen (Earth-Two) · Xavier Simon (Earth-One) · Yer Sti-Tuan (Pre-Zero Hour)

Teams

The following teams debuted with a 1979 cover date:

Force 3 · League of Super-Assassins (Pre-Zero Hour) · Super Enemies (Super Friends)

ChronologyEdit

The following events were published by DC Comics in the year 1979. This does not necessarily indicate that these storylines took place in the year 1979. 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
Phantom Zoner Lar-On is infected with a Kryptonian disease that turns him into a werewolf.	World's Finest #256	5.79

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Event	Source	Date
Batman is infected with a Kryptonian virus that turns him into a were-bat. Superman takes him to S.T.A.R. Labs where he is cured.	World's Finest #258	9.79
Black Lightning is forced to team-up with the Whale in order to fight The 100 at the Superman Museum.	World's Finest #258	9.79
Green Arrow stops a ring of mailbox thieves in Star City.	World's Finest #258	9.79
Oliver Queen begins working as a columnist at the Daily Star.	World's Finest #258	9.79
Hawkman prevents an alien dreadnought ship from colliding with the Earth.	World's Finest #258	9.79

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Alternate Realities Edit

Earth-S

Event	Source	Date
Captain Nazi kidnaps Beautia Sivana with the intent of making her his bride. Beautia tricks Nazi into retrieving various wedding gifts for her, knowing that it will bring him into conflict with Captain Marvel, Jr..	World's Finest #258	9.79

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