In 1979, DC still suffers from the crash of the comics market the year before. Marvel also sees a slump in sales and cancels many of its titles. Vince Colletta resigns as art director for DC and returns to regular inker. His biggest accomplishment as art director was hiring Frank Miller, which launched his career into comics.
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Creators
The following creative talent are known to have been born in 1979:
- Andrew Kasch
- Chris Daughtry
- Christopher D. Lozinski
- Dan Harris
- David Baron
- Denis Medri
- Deron Bennett
- Francesco Mattina
- Francis Manapul
- Guillem March
- Henry Gayden
- Khary Randolph
- Mateus Santolouco
- Rob Sheridan
- Sami Basri
- Steph Green
- Steve Uy
- Vanessa Satone
- Vicente Cifuentes
The following creative talent passed away in the year 1979:
Titles
The following comic titles debuted with a 1979 cover date:
- All-Out War (Volume 1)
- Jonah Hex and Other Western Tales (Volume 1)
- Superman Movie Special (Volume 1)
- The Best of DC (Volume 1)
- Time Warp (Volume 1)
- World of Krypton (Volume 1)
The following Comic titles were last published with a 1979 cover date:
- All-New Collectors' Edition (Volume 1)
- Space Adventures (Volume 3)
- Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 1)
- World of Krypton (Volume 1)
The following One Shots were published with a 1979 cover date:
Characters
Selected 1979 character debuts. See all.
- Lucius Fox (New Earth)
- Carl Draper (Earth-One)
- Maximillian Zeus (New Earth)
- Grant Haskill (Earth-One)
- Cronus (New Earth)
- Frank Rayles (Earth-One)
- Joseph Rigger (New Earth)
- Barnabus Boulton (Earth-One)
- Paul Dekker (New Earth)
- Roger Romaine (New Earth)
- William Jensen (Earth-Two)
- Valoric (New Earth)
- Sindella (New Earth)
- Warhead (Earth-One)
- Trina Shelton (New Earth)
- Carolyn Dole (Earth-One)
- Stacy Macklin (Earth-One)
- Judge Grlprzr (Earth-One)
- Miss Bgbznz (Earth-One)
- Gregorian Falstaff (Earth-One)
- Astarte (Earth-One)
- Kurt Steiner (Earth-One)
- Mei Ling (New Earth)
- Xavier Simon (Earth-One)
- Clive Yorkin (New Earth)
- Chakal (New Earth)
- Timothy Fox (New Earth)
- Karlyle Krugerrand (Earth-One)
- Lar-On (Earth-One)
- Peter Barton (Earth-One)
- Diana Prince (Earth-One)
- Alexander Tuttle (Earth-One)
- Lyle Corley (New Earth)
- Anton Allegro (New Earth)
- Rosa, Master Spy (Earth-One)
- Frederic Vaux (Earth-Two)
- Senator O'Fallon (Earth-Two)
- Edward Cantwell (New Earth)
- Stavros Markos (Earth-One)
- Arbee Stoneham (New Earth)
- Jaime Sanchez (Earth-One)
- Count of Conquest (Earth-One)
- Merrill Batson (Earth-S)
- Michael Bailey (Earth-One)
- Gamester (Earth-S)
- Jocelyn Batson (Earth-S)
- J. Wilbur Wolfingham (Earth-One)
- Earl of Greed (Earth-One)
- Samuel Lane (Earth-Two)
- Tiffany Fox (New Earth)
Teams
Selected 1979 team debuts. See all.
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