Editing 1989 0 You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reasons: The action you have requested is limited to users in one of the groups: Users, FANDOM Staff, FANDOM Helpers, Wiki Managers, Content Team Members. Please log in to edit this wiki.Joining DC Database is free, and it only takes a minute.We hope that you sign in, and become a member of the community!Click here to log in or create an account more + You can view and copy the source of this page: {{Year Header | LogoImage = Dc-bullet.png | Summary = }} ==Character deaths== The following characters died in stories publishing year 1989. * [[Forager I]] * [[Roderick Burgess]] <small>(presumably died shortly after being cursed with Eternal Waking in September of [[1988]])</small> ==Chronology== ''The following events were published by DC Comics in the year 1989. This does not necessarily indicate that these storylines took place in the year 1989. 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.'' ===January=== * '''[[Cosmic Odyssey]]''': Heroes of Earth battle the [[Anti-Life Entity]].<ref><small>''[[Cosmic Odyssey Vol 1|Cosmic Odyssey #1-4]]''</small></ref> ===February=== * Dream seeks shelter with [[Cain]] and [[Abel]] at the [[House of Mystery]] so that he can recoup his strength. Once he regains enough vitality to return to his Kingdom, he discovers that the Dreaming has suffered in the seventy years that he's been held prisoner. He consults with the [[Hecatae]] as to the whereabouts of his tools of office.<ref><small>''[[Sandman Vol 2 2|Sandman (Volume 2) #2]]''</small></ref> * Dream visits [[John Constantine]] and inquires about his missing [[Dream's Sand Pouch|sand pouch]]. Constantine and Dream recover the pouch from a withered drug addict named Rachel. In appreciation of Constantine's help, Dream promises him that he will have no more nightmares of the [[Newcastle]] incident.<ref><small>''[[Sandman Vol 2 3|Sandman (Volume 2) #3]]''</small></ref> ===March=== ===April=== ===May=== ===June=== * A race of sentient [[giant jellyfish]] invades [[Atlantis]] and takes control of the city. [[Orin (New Earth)|Aquaman]] returns to the city and is captured and imprisoned inside the [[Aquarium]].<ref><small>''[[Aquaman Vol 3 1|Aquaman (Volume 3) #1]]''</small></ref> * '''June 12 (Tuesday):''' [[Gorilla Grodd (New Earth)|Gorilla Grodd]] attempts to force his grandson, [[Sam Simeon (New Earth)|Sam Simeon]], to use his mental powers to manipulate a [[Green Glob]] into transforming all humans into apes. Sam, instead, uses the machine to temporarily upgrade his own mental powers to defeat Grodd. [[Athena Tremor (New Earth)|Dumb Bunny]] and [[Myron Victor (New Earth)|Merryman]] finally admit their love for each other.<ref><small>''[[Angel and the Ape Vol 2 1|Angel and the Ape #1]] through [[Angel and the Ape Vol 2 4|#4]]''</small></ref> ===July=== * Members of the [[Atlantean]] resistance detonate a bomb near the Royal Palace where the invading jellyfish are stationed. In retaliation, the jellyfish rig a prison transport ship to explode and send it into the [[Aquarium Prison]], killing hundreds.<ref><small>''[[Aquaman Vol 3 2|Aquaman (Volume 3) #2]]''</small></ref> ===August=== * The [[Atlantean]] resistance uses poison gas to kill the [[Giant Jellyfish]] that have taken control of the [[Atlantean Royal Palace]].<ref><small>''[[Aquaman Vol 3 3|Aquaman (Volume 3) #3]]''</small></ref> * Dream reunites with his sister [[Death]] and tells her about his seventy years of imprisonment. He then accompanies her as Death ferries the souls of the recently departed to the afterlife.<ref><small>''[[Sandman Vol 2 8|Sandman (Volume 2) #8]]''</small></ref> * An insane [[Mera]] blames Aquaman for the death of her son. While fighting, Aquaman accidentally impales Mera, but she survives and leaves this realm for her home in [[Dimension Aqua]].<ref><small>''[[Aquaman Vol 3 3|Aquaman (Volume 3) #3]]-[[Aquaman Vol 3 4|4]]''</small></ref> ===September=== * Having been ousted from the capital city, the [[Giant Jellyfish]] establish a blockade around [[Poseidonis]], cutting off food supplies to the [[Atlantean]] loyalists.<ref><small>''[[Aquaman Vol 3 4|Aquaman (Volume 3) #4]]''</small></ref> ===October=== * Aquaman strains his [[telepathy]] to its absolute limits and summons a fleet of marine animals to repel the jellyfish invaders. Atlantis is finally liberated.<ref><small>''[[Aquaman Vol 3 5|Aquaman (Volume 3) #5]]''</small></ref> * Aquaman turns down the offer to resume his mantle as king of Atlantis.<ref><small>''[[Aquaman Vol 3 5|Aquaman (Volume 3) #5]]''</small></ref> ===November=== ===December=== <references/> ---- <center>[[:Category:1989|1989]]</center> <center>[[1988|Previous]] | [[1990|Next]]</center> ---- Templates used on the current version of this page: Template:Extension DPL (view source) Template:MessageBox (view source) (protected)Template:Theme.Default.BG (view source) Template:Theme.Default.Border (view source) Template:Year Header (view source) Return to 1989. Edit summary Preview Mobile Desktop Show changes