”Nick Carraway: They say you killed a man.
Jay Gatsby: Only one?”
Jay Gatsby: Only one?”
- Robert Redford & Sam Waterston in ”The Great Gatsby”
It’s time to tear open a new capsule and head back to March of 1974, a month that saw Robert Redford & Mia Farrow on the big screen, James Taylor & Carly Simon topping the charts, Columbo and Johnny Cash matching wits, and George Foreman and Ken Norton duking it out in Venezuela… while on the spinner racks, Wonder Woman began a new era and Superman battled Captain Marvel, (or at least a reasonable facsimile)!
News of the Month:
1st - Watergate grand jury indicts 7 presidential aides
2nd - 16th Grammy Awards: Roberta Flack Best Record - "Killing Me Softly", Stevie Wonder Best Album - "Innervisions"
4th - Harold Wilson replaces resigning Edward Heath as British prime minister
8th – Last original episode of The Brady Bunch airs
11th - Imperial Japanese Army second lieutenant Hiroo Onoda formally surrenders after having continued to carry out his orders in World War II to fight in the Philippines for 29 years, the last Japanese soldier to surrender
19th - U.S. Senator James L. Buckley became the first conservative Republican in Congress to call for the resignation of U.S. President Richard Nixon
20th - In London, an attempt is made to kidnap Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II, Ian Ball, later found by a court to be insane, drives his Ford Escort into the path of an automobile bringing Anne and her husband Mark Phillips back to Buckingham Palace after a charity event. Ball begins firing a pistol and shoots Anne's bodyguard Jim Beaton; chauffeur Alex Callender; and tabloid reporter Brian McConnell and police constable Michael Hills. A passing pedestrian, former boxer Ron Russell, punches Ball and leads Anne to safety.
23rd - "The Wall of Sound", the largest concert sound system up to that time, makes its debut at the Grateful Dead's concert at the Cow Palace, near San Francisco. Designed by the band's sound engineer, Owsley Stanley, the Wall of Sound is composed of 604 total speakers with a combined 26,400 watts of power.
29th - Chinese farmers discover the Terracotta Army near Xi'an, 8,000 clay warrior statues buried to guard the tomb of China's 1st emperor, Qin Shi Huang
Newsreel of the Month: “3 Musketeers” premieres in London (March 25, 1974)
Magazine Cover of the Month: Mia Farrow (People Magazine first issue, 3/4/1974)
Music of the Month: Carly Simon & James Taylor combined forces on a remake of a 60s R&B tune
US Top Singles:
1. Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks
2. Boogie Down - Eddie Kendricks
3. Dark Lady - Cher
4. Sunshine On My Shoulders - John Denver
5. Mockingbird - Carly Simon & James Taylor
UK Top Singles:
1. The Air That I Breathe - Hollies
2. Billy Don’t Be A Hero - Paper Lace
3. Jealous Mind - Alvin Stardust
4. You’re Sixteen - Ringo Starr
5. The Most Beautiful Girl - Charlie Rich
Further Down the Charts:
Rick Derringer had a huge solo hit with “Rock & Roll, Hoochie Koo”, which topped out at #23
Paul McCartney & Wings soared up the charts with “Jet”, climbing up to #7
Movie of the Month: “The Great Gatsby” starring Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, and Bruce Dern (premiered March 27, 1974)
TV Clips of the Month: In a superb episode of Columbo entitled “Swan Song”, Johnny Cash guest stars as a country singer with a checkered past that’s suspected of murdering his wife (first aired March 3, 1974)
Sports Moment of the Month: After George Foreman TKOs Ken Norton in 2nd round in defense of his heavyweight boxing title in Caracas, Venezuela, Muhammad Ali provides post-fight commentary and previews his own upcoming fight with Foreman (March 26, 1974)
Top 10 DC Comics of the Month (as selected by Osgood Peabody, listed in order of their publication):
Our Army At War #269: A collection of premium DC war stories, including the new tale “A Man Called Rock”! (Cover by Joe Kubert)
Limited Collector’s Edition #C-27: An oversized collection of vintage Marvel Family tales including “The Fantastic Freezing Furies”, “The Original Captain Marvel Meets Uncle Marvel’s Rival” and “The Trio of Terror”, plus a Shazam Family portrait and a feature called “Shazam on the Screen”! (Cover by Bob Oksner)
Wonder Woman #212: Editor Julie Schwartz takes the reins as the Amazing Amazon embarks on a Herculean task in “The Man Who Mastered Women” guest-starring the JLA! (Cover by Bob Oksner)
House of Mystery #225: A giant collection of macabre madness including the chilling “Fireman, Burn My Child”! (Cover by Alfredo Alcala, Murphy Anderson & Luis Dominguez)
Kamandi #18: Kamandi concludes his adventure with the Gophers of Ohio as they confront “The Eater”! (Cover by Jack Kirby & D. Bruce Berry)
Brave & The Bold #113: A new mayor takes office in Gotham City and the Masked Manhunter finds himself replaced as the city’s guardian by the Metal Men in the wild “50-Story Killer”! (Cover by Jim Aparo)
Superman #276: The Man of Steel finds himself battling the Big Red Cheese (sort of) in “Make Way for Captain Thunder”! (Cover by Nick Cardy)
Superman Family #165: The Maid of Might begins a new phase of her life in “Princess of the Golden Sun”, plus various vintage tales of the Superman Family incognito round out this giant collection! (Cover by Nick Cardy)
Detective Comics #441: The Darknight Detective faces a mysterious new villain out for vengeance in “Judgement Day”, Manhunter tracks the Council to a Turkish mosque in “Cathedral Perilous”, plus vintage Golden Age treats starring Plastic Man, Alias the Spider, and Ibis the Invincible! (Cover by Jim Aparo)
Tarzan #231: Joe Kubert begins his adaptation of “Tarzan and the Lion-Man”, plus Korak stars in “The Ancient Awakes”, and other jungle features including a stunning Russ Manning Tarzan comic strip sequence! (Cover by Joe Kubert)
You can find all DC comics published this month right here courtesy of Mike Voiles’ Time Machine!
You can also find a lot of other publishers’ output this month courtesy of Mike’s site right here.
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