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Batman Character Guide [INTERACTIVE]
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1978 is the year of the DC Explosion and more notoriously, the DC Implosion. The page number is increased to 50 and the price to 50 cents, but later that year, DC drastically cuts down. Twenty-four marginal titles end, and close to 40% of staff is let go.
Creators
The following creative talent are known to have been born in 1978:
- Adrian A. Cruz
- Alessandro Vitti
- Arina Tanemura
- Carlo Pagulayan
- Chris Gugliotti
- Colin Heck
- Corey Breen
- Daniel Dos Santos
- Daniel H. Wilson
- David Nakayama
- Fabian Wagner
- Gabe Eltaeb
- Ilias Kyriazis
- Jesse Warren
- John Reppion
- Juan Ferreyra
- Juan Meza-Leon
- Kaoru Mori
- Kevin Colden
- Leah Moore
The following creative talent passed away in the year 1978:
- Basil Wolverton
- Geoffrey Unsworth
- Henry Weston Taylor
- Leigh Brackett
- Mort Weisinger
- Oscar Novelle
- Woody Gelman
Titles
The following comic titles debuted with a 1978 cover date:
- Army At War (Volume 1)
- Battle Classics (Volume 1)
- Cancelled Comic Cavalcade (Volume 1)
- DC Comics Presents (Volume 1)
- Doorway to Nightmare (Volume 1)
- Dynamic Classics (Volume 1)
- Firestorm (Volume 1)
- Steel (Volume 1)
- The World's Greatest Superheroes (Volume )
The following Comic titles were last published with a 1978 cover date:
- All-Star Comics (Volume 1)
- Amazing World of DC Comics (Volume 1)
- Aquaman (Volume 1)
- Army At War (Volume 1)
- Batman Family (Volume 1)
- Battle Classics (Volume 1)
- Black Lightning (Volume 1)
- Cancelled Comic Cavalcade (Volume 1)
- Challengers of the Unknown (Volume 1)
- DC Super-Stars (Volume 1)
- Doorway to Nightmare (Volume 1)
- Dynamic Classics (Volume 1)
- Firestorm (Volume 1)
- Freedom Fighters (Volume 1)
- House of Secrets (Volume 1)
- Isis (Volume 1)
- Kamandi (Volume 1)
- Karate Kid (Volume 1)
- Limited Collectors' Edition (Volume 1)
- Metal Men (Volume 1)
- Mister Miracle (Volume 1)
- New Gods (Volume 1)
- Our Fighting Forces (Volume 1)
- Secret Society of Super-Villains (Volume 1)
- Shade, the Changing Man (Volume 1)
- Shazam! (Volume 1)
- Showcase (Volume 1)
- Star Hunters (Volume 1)
- Steel (Volume 1)
- Super-Team Family (Volume 1)
- Teen Titans (Volume 1)
- The Witching Hour (Volume 1)
- Welcome Back, Kotter (Volume 1)
Characters
Selected 1978 character debuts. See all.
- Ronald Raymond (New Earth)
- Nimue Inwudu (New Earth)
- Preston Payne (New Earth)
- Werner Vertigo (New Earth)
- Crystal Frost (New Earth)
- Clay Stoner (New Earth)
- Henry Heywood, Sr. (New Earth)
- Summer Day (New Earth)
- Martin Stein (New Earth)
- Katherine Manser (New Earth)
- Danton Black (New Earth)
- Edward Earhart (New Earth)
- Alianna Hubbard (New Earth)
- Xum (New Earth)
- Arthur Pemberton (New Earth)
- Muhammad Ali (New Earth)
- Edward Rockwell (New Earth)
- Wallace Hapgood (New Earth)
- Harold Jordan (New Earth)
- Madame Zodiac (New Earth)
- Rebecca Langstrom (New Earth)
- Sumo (New Earth)
- Solomon Grundy (Earth-One)
- Lor-Van (Earth-One)
- Adam (clone) (New Earth)
- Clifford Carmichael (New Earth)
- Alexi Kronsky (New Earth)
- Desmond Mallard (Earth-One)
- Tall Bird (New Earth)
- Orana (Earth-One)
- Milt Cohen (New Earth)
- Syntho-Rob One (Earth-One)
- Philip Russell (Earth-One)
- Michael Wheeler (New Earth)
- Joshua Morgan (New Earth)
- Charlotte West (New Earth)
- David Corby (Earth-One)
- Douglas Dundee (Earth-One)
- Helen Jordan (New Earth)
- Richard Drake (New Earth)
- Karmang (Earth-One)
- Gerhard Mencke (Earth-One)
- Doreen Day (New Earth)
- Anton Lamont (New Earth)
- Five-In-One Foe (Earth-One)
- Gork (Earth-One)
- Antithesis (New Earth)
- Sophia Santos (Earth-One)
- Beauregard Baer (Earth-One)
- Karen Peterson (New Earth)
Teams
Selected 1978 team debuts. See all.
