The DC Comics Time Capsule: July 1974

 

Time to journey back to July of 1974… images of John Denver, Charles Bronson, Rodney Dangerfield and Jimmy Connors flash before our eyes as DC gives us final glimpses of Manhunter and Iron Wolf!
 

News of the Month:
 
1^st - General Augusto Pinochet becomes president and dictator of Chile
 
1^st - Isabel Perón becomes the first woman to be designated the president of a nation, being sworn in as President of Argentina after the death of her husband, Juan Perón, at the age of 78
 
5^th - Chris Evert wins her first Wimbledon title beating Russian Olga Morzova 6-0, 6-4
 
7^th - Striker Gerd Müller scores 43rd minute winner as West Germany beats the Netherlands, 2-1 in FIFA World Cup Final
 
17^th - Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals becomes the first player in National League history, and only the second in Major League Baseball, to strike out 3,000 batters in his career
 
20^th - Five days after Greek Cypriot activists overthrew the government of Cyprus, armed forces from Turkey carry out a massive invasion and occupation by land, sea and air of the northern portion of the island republic
 
21^st - House Judiciary approves two Articles of Impeachment against President Richard Nixon
 
24^th - Supreme Court unanimously rules Nixon must turn over Watergate tapes
 
29^th – Cass Elliot of the Mamas & the Papas dies of a heart attack in London at age 32
 
 
Newsreel of the Month: News reports about the on-air suicide of Christine Chubbuck (July 15, 1974)
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Magazine Cover of the Month: “Good Times” (TV Guide, July 5, 1974)

 
Music of the Month: John Denver scored his second big hit, an ode to his wife
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US Top Singles:
1. Rock Your Baby - George McCrae
2. Annie’s Song - John Denver
3. Rock The Boat - Hues Corporation
4. Rock And Roll Heaven - Righteous Brothers
5. On And On - Gladys Knight & The Pips
 
UK Top Singles:
1. She - Charles Aznavour
2. Kissing In The Back Row Of The Movies - Drifters
3. Bangin' Man - Slade
4. Rock Your Baby - George McCrae
5. I'd Love You To Love Me - Lobo
 
Further Down the Charts:
A Dutch band known as Golden Earring had their biggest hit “Radar Love”, which reached #13 on the US charts
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Movie of the Month: “Death Wish” starring Charles Bronson, Hope Lange and Vincent Gardenia (premiered July 24, 1974)
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TV Clip of the Month: Rodney Dangerfield in prime form on the Tonight Show (first aired July 3, 1974)
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Sports Moment of the Month: Jimmy Connors wins the first of 2 Wimbledon singles titles beating Ken Rosewall of Australia 6-1, 6-1, 6-4 (July 6, 1974)
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Top 10 DC Comics of the Month (as selected by Osgood Peabody, listed in order of their publication):
 
Limited Collectors’ Edition C-31: 6 Spectacular Stories, including a newly recolored Swanderson origin tale, plus other bonus features!  (Cover by Hugh J. Ward)

 
Our Army at War #273: Sgt. Rock finds himself inside the Colosseum battling a Nazi giant in “The Arena”!  (Cover by Joe Kubert)

 
Kamandi #22: Kamandi and his friends battle a bizarre menace under the sea in “The Red Baron”!  (Cover by Jack Kirby & D. Bruce Berry)

 
Wonder Woman #214: Green Lantern observes the Amazing Amazon in the third of her trials as she battles to save the world from Armageddon in “Wish Upon A Star”!  (Cover by Bob Oksner)

 
Rima the Jungle Girl #4: The origin tale of Rima concludes in “The Flaming Forest”!  (Cover by Joe Kubert)


 
Brave & The Bold #115: The Atom enters a brain-dead Batman to help him solve one last case in the surreal Haney-fest entitled “The Corpse That Wouldn’t Die”!  (Cover by Jim Aparo)

 
Our Fighting Forces #151: Jack Kirby takes over the Losers and takes them for a wild ride in “Kill Me with Wagner”! (Cover by Joe Kubert)

 
Detective Comics #443: The Manhunter’s quest to take down the Council comes to its climax with Batman along for the finish in “Gotterdammerung”!  (Cover by Jim Aparo)

 
Tarzan #233: Another collection of jungle tales, highlighted by part 3 of Joe Kubert’s adaptation of “Tarzan and the Lion Man, Part 3”!  (Cover by Joe Kubert)

 
Weird Worlds #10: The final installment of Iron Wolf is presented in “Home World”!  (Cover by Mike Kaluta)

 
 
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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