In 1973, two publishers from yesteryear are brought to the forefront: Fawcett and Quality. The former, acquired a year before, is reintroduced with Shazam! (Volume 1), as a separate continuity that's been suspended in time for two years, while the latter is explained with Earth-X and the Freedom Fighters; the Quality heroes were previously part of Earth-Two and moved to continue the war on Earth-X.
Starting on September 8, ABC adds Super Friends to the Saturday morning line-up.
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Creators
The following creative talent are known to have been born in 1973:
- Alex Kurtzman
- Andersen Gabrych
- Ben Caldwell
- Brian Chippendale
- C. Kim Miles
- Carmine Di Giandomenico
- Cavan Scott
- Chris Sotomayor
- Christopher Yost
- Colm McCarthy
- Damon Lindelof
- Dylan Teague
- Erik Oleson
- Felix Serrano
- Fernando Dagnino
- Gabriele Dell'Otto
- Gene Luen Yang
- Geoff Johns
- Gus Vazquez
- Guy Major
The following creative talent passed away in the year 1973:
Titles
The following comic titles debuted with a 1973 cover date:
- Black Magic (Volume 1)
- Boy Commandos (Volume 2)
- Champion Sports (Volume 1)
- Four-Star Battle Tales (Volume 1)
- G.I. War Tales (Volume 1)
- Johnny Thunder (Volume 1)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 1)
- Plop (Volume 1)
- Prez (Volume 1)
- Secret Origins (Volume 1)
- Shazam! (Volume 1)
- Strange Sports Stories (Volume 1)
- Sword of Sorcery (Volume 1)
- The Shadow (Volume 1)
- Trigger Twins (Volume 1)
The following Comic titles were last published with a 1973 cover date:
- Boy Commandos (Volume 2)
- DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (Volume 1)
- Falling in Love (Volume 1)
- Four-Star Battle Tales (Volume 1)
- From Beyond the Unknown (Volume 1)
- G.I. War Tales (Volume 1)
- Girls' Love Stories (Volume 1)
- Johnny Thunder (Volume 1)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 1)
- Love Stories (Volume 1)
- Strange Adventures (Volume 1)
- Sword of Sorcery (Volume 1)
- Trigger Twins (Volume 1)
- Wanted (Volume 1)
The following One Shots were published with a 1973 cover date:
Characters
Selected 1973 character debuts. See all.
- Klarion Bleak (New Earth)
- Uncle Sam (New Earth)
- Val Kaliban (New Earth)
- Shilo Norman (New Earth)
- Doctor Phoenix (Earth-One)
- Teekl (New Earth)
- Primal Entity (New Earth)
- Farley Fairfax (Earth-One)
- Abigail Arcane (New Earth)
- Kent Allard (Earth-One)
- Baron von Rakenstein (Earth-One)
- Calixto (Earth-One)
- Katherine Sutton (New Earth)
- Darrel Dane (Earth-Two)
- Sandra Knight (Earth-Two)
- Susan Linden (New Earth)
- Gregori Arcane (New Earth)
- Richard Grey, Jr. (Earth-Two)
- Nubia (Earth-One)
- Roy Lincoln (Earth-Two)
- Blackhawk (Earth-Two)
- Chop-Chop (Earth-Two)
- Arnold Nadakowski (Earth-One)
- Horatio Strong (New Earth)
- Eel O'Brian (Earth-Two)
- Fero (New Earth)
- Steven Lombard (Earth-One)
- Spawn of Frankenstein (New Earth)
- Dancer (New Earth)
- Langford Terrill (Earth-Two)
- David Grahm (Earth-One)
- Ironwolf (Earth-One)
- Charles Melvin (New Earth)
- Rik-Ar (Earth-One)
- Philip Chance (New Earth)
- Commandant Frübe (Earth-One)
- Amos Sharkey (New Earth)
- Kil-Gor (Earth-One)
- Taka-Ne (Earth-One)
- Joseph Stalin (New Earth)
- Jani (Earth-One)
- Nim-Ed (Earth-One)
- Cranius (New Earth)
- Bur-El (Earth-One)
- Morgan Tracy (Earth-One)
- Colonel Nakadai (Earth-One)
- Henry Kissinger (New Earth)
- William McKinley (New Earth)
- James Garfield (New Earth)
- William Henry Harrison (New Earth)
Teams
Selected 1973 team debuts. See all.
