See Also: DC Implosion
Contents
Creators
The following creative talent are known to have been born in 1978:
- Chris Gugliotti
- Leah Moore
- Nicole Dubuc
- John Reppion
- Philip Tan
- Gabe Eltaeb
- Mitch Breitweiser
- Tomeu Morey
- Alessandro Vitti
- Erica Durance
- Ian Somerhalder
- Tom Taylor
- Stefani Rennee
- Jensen Ackles
- Katie Holmes
- Keri Lynn Pratt
- Juan Ferreyra
- Nicholle Tom
- Mike Erwin
- Daniel H. Wilson
- Corey Breen
- Lindsay Hartley
- Carlo Pagulayan
- Malin Akerman
- Matthew Goode
The following creative talent passed away in the year 1978:
- Basil Wolverton
- Mort Weisinger
- Kelly Thordsen
- Leigh Brackett
- Geoffrey Unsworth
- Woody Gelman
- Henry Weston Taylor
Titles
The following comic titles debuted with a 1978 cover date:
- Army At War Vol 1
- Battle Classics Vol 1
- Cancelled Comic Cavalcade Vol 1
- Dynamic Classics Vol 1
- Firestorm Vol 1
- Steel Vol 1
- The World's Greatest Superheroes
- Doorway to Nightmare Vol 1
- DC Comics Presents 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
- Army At War Vol 1
- Batman Family Vol 1
- Battle Classics Vol 1
- Cancelled Comic Cavalcade Vol 1
- Dynamic Classics Vol 1
- Firestorm Vol 1
- Isis Vol 1
- Metal Men Vol 1
- Mister Miracle Vol 1
- New Gods Vol 1
- Secret Society of Super-Villains Vol 1
- Showcase Vol 1
- Star Hunters Vol 1
- Steel Vol 1
- Super-Team Family Vol 1
- Welcome Back, Kotter Vol 1
- Our Fighting Forces Vol 1
- House of Secrets Vol 1
- The Witching Hour Vol 1
- Freedom Fighters Vol 1
- Black Lightning Vol 1
- Challengers of the Unknown Vol 1
- Teen Titans Vol 1
- DC Super-Stars Vol 1
- Doorway to Nightmare Vol 1
- Kamandi Vol 1
- Karate Kid Vol 1
- Limited Collectors' Edition Vol 1
- Shazam! Vol 1
- Shade, the Changing Man Vol 1
The following One Shots were published with a 1978 cover date:
- No One Shots were published in 1978.
Characters
The following characters debuted with a 1978 cover date:
- James Olsen (Donnerverse)
- Alexi Kronsky (New Earth)
- Antithesis (New Earth)
- Anton Lamont (New Earth)
- Aton (New Earth)
- Martha Clark (Donnerverse)
- Otis (Donnerverse)
- Baron Death (Earth-Two)
- Jed Rikane (Pre-Zero Hour)
- Bizarro (Super Friends)
- Black Manta (Super Friends)
- Captain Cold (Super Friends)
- Giganta (Super Friends)
- Gorilla Grodd (Super Friends)
- Lex Luthor (Super Friends)
- Mister Mxyzptlk (Super Friends)
- Solomon Grundy (Super Friends)
- Toyman (Super Friends)
- Ursa (Donnerverse)
- Charlotte West (New Earth)
- Edgar Rhodes (New Earth)
- Nimda An-Dor (Earth-One)
- Kal-El (Donnerverse)
- Eve Teschmacher (Donnerverse)
- Jonathan Kent (Donnerverse)
- Jor-El (Donnerverse)
- Lana Lang (Donnerverse)
- Lara (Donnerverse)
- Lex Luthor (Donnerverse)
- Lois Lane (Donnerverse)
- Non (Donnerverse)
- Perry White (Donnerverse)
- Zod (Donnerverse)
- Joshua Morgan (New Earth)
- Jonathan Crane (Super Friends)
- Desmond Mallard (Earth-One)
- Mark Ronsom (Earth-One)
- Pharaoh (Earth-One)
- David Corby (Earth-One)
- Bouncer (Earth-Two)
- Nyla (Earth-One)
- Arma Getten (Pre-Zero Hour)
- Shvaughn Erin (Pre-Zero Hour)
- Traya Sutton (New Earth)
- Malachi Yandro (Earth-One)
- Victor Christianson (New Earth)
- Alianna Hubbard (New Earth)
- Edward Earhart (New Earth)
- Shaggy Man (Super Friends)
- Brainiac (Super Friends)
- Amadonna (Wonder Woman TV Series)
- Simon Penrose (Wonder Woman TV Series)
- Bleaker (Wonder Woman TV Series)
- Harlow Gault (Wonder Woman TV Series)
- Annihilist (Earth-One)
- Martin Tain (Earth-One)
- Shrinking Man (Earth-One)
- Arthur Cranston (Earth-Two)
- Antagonist (Earth-One)
- Arthur Arthurson (Earth-One)
- Leona Pierce (New Earth)
- Agent Axis II (Earth-Two)
- Bane of Apokolips (New Earth)
- Emil Sledgsky (Earth-Two)
- Blackrock III (Earth-One)
- Wayne Clifford (New Earth)
- Worldsmith (Pre-Zero Hour)
- George Barrow (New Earth)
- Berelda (New Earth)
- Ontiir (Pre-Zero Hour)
- Zor-L (Earth-Two)
- Michael Wheeler (New Earth)
- Acrobat (Earth-One)
- Five-In-One Foe (Earth-One)
- Power Sower (Earth-One)
- Ryan Chase (Earth-One)
- Inversion (Earth-One)
- Roger Romaine (Earth-Two)
- Rudolph Clement (Earth-One)
- Mineral Master (Earth-Two)
- Titan (New Earth)
- Dodo Man (Earth-One)
- Tall Bird (New Earth)
- Loar Vndaar (Pre-Zero Hour)
- Master-Tek (Earth-One)
- Stasis (Earth-One)
- Gala De (New Earth)
- Ashiya (New Earth)
- Kryptonoid (Earth-One)
- Marko Chang (Pre-Zero Hour)
- Lewis Farnham (New Earth)
- Henry Crawford (New Earth)
- Alvin Pierce (New Earth)
- Marvelous Marno (New Earth)
- Ultraa (Earth-Prime)
- Doreen Day (New Earth)
- Wallace Hapgood (New Earth)
- Katherine Manser (New Earth)
- Junior Jumbo (New Earth)
- Bradley Wilson (Donnerverse)
- Allura In-Z (Earth-Two)
- Ella Lane (Donnerverse)
- Samuel Lane (Donnerverse)
- Jur-Ll (Earth-Three)
- Epo (Earth-One)
- Irene Janus (Wonder Woman TV Series)
- Werner Vertigo (New Earth)
- Clifford Carmichael (New Earth)
- Henry Heywood, Sr. (New Earth)
- Andrew Vinson (Earth-Two)
- Harold Jordan (New Earth)
- Overlord (Super Friends)
- An Ryd (Pre-Zero Hour)
- Sophia Santos (Earth-One)
- Danton Black (New Earth)
- Nimue Inwudu (New Earth)
- Vond-Ah (Donnerverse)
- Eve Welch (Wonder Woman TV Series)
- Porfirio Díaz (New Earth)
- Lois Lane (Earth-Three)
- Crystal Frost (New Earth)
- Gloria Giles (Earth-Two)
- Dracula (Super Friends)
- Rebecca Langstrom (New Earth)
- Hildy Park (Earth-One)
- Ronald Raymond (New Earth)
- Gregory Trevor (Earth-One)
- James Daniels (Earth-One)
- Seaquake (Earth-One)
- Beauregard Baer (Earth-One)
- Philip Russell (Earth-One)
- Kingslayer (Super Friends)
- Cossack (New Earth)
- Cagliostro (Wonder Woman TV Series)
- Morgana La Fay (Wonder Woman TV Series)
- Harold Farnum (Wonder Woman TV Series)
- Dina (New Earth)
- Solomon Grundy (Earth-One)
- Douglas Dundee (Earth-One)
- Milt Cohen (New Earth)
- Richard Drake (New Earth)
- Von Schleicher (Earth-One)
- Gerhard Mencke (Earth-One)
- Joseph Goebbels (New Earth)
- Conrad Cabel (Earth-One)
- Edward Rockwell (New Earth)
- Doctor Mist (Super Friends)
- Aphrodite (Super Friends)
- Zeus (Super Friends)
- Hera (Super Friends)
- Medusa (Super Friends)
- Butcher (Earth-One)
- Exterminator (Earth-One)
- Summer Day (New Earth)
- Sinestro (Super Friends)
- Steven Trevor (Super Friends)
- King Cougar (Earth-One)
- Syntho-Rob One (Earth-One)
- Madame Zodiac (New Earth)
- Stuff, Jr. (Earth-One)
- Carter Nichols (Super Friends)
- Fiend with Five Faces (Earth-One)
- Gork (Earth-One)
- Doctor Z.Z. (New Earth)
- Lor-Van (Earth-One)
- Clay Stoner (New Earth)
- Adam (clone) (New Earth)
- Abin Sur (Super Friends)
- Albert Einstein (New Earth)
- Casey Jones (Earth-One)
- Edmond Future (Earth-Two)
- Ella Lane (Earth-Two)
- Gilbert Giles (Earth-Two)
- Helen Jordan (New Earth)
- Helen Jordan II (New Earth)
- Janice Jordan (New Earth)
- Jason Jordan (New Earth)
- Karen Peterson (New Earth)
- Karmang (Earth-One)
- Lewis Padgett (Earth-One)
- Lucille Lane (Earth-Two)
- Master Summoner (Earth-Two)
- Muhammad Ali (New Earth)
- Sumo (New Earth)
- Xum (New Earth)
- Zwerg (New Earth)
- Hun'ya (Earth-One)
- Preston Payne (New Earth)
- Orana (Earth-One)
- Crier (Earth-One)
- Cyclone (Earth-One)
- Water King (Earth-One)
- Strongman (Earth-One)
- Martin Stein (New Earth)
- Arthur Pemberton (New Earth)
Teams
The following teams debuted with a 1978 cover date:
- Five Warriors from Forever
- Luck League
- Photon Patrol
- Legion of Doom (Super Friends)
- Lords of Chaos
- Strike Force
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.
Date Unknown
Event | Source | Date |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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Event | Source | Date |
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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 |
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At age 21, Helena Wayne graduates as class valedictorian from Harvard University. | Batman Family #18 | 7.78 |