“I have wrestled with an alligator. I done tussled with a whale. I done handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail. That's bad! Only last week I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalized a brick! I'm so mean I make medicine sick!”
-Muhammad Ali, 9/17/1974
Time to journey back to September of 1974, as we revisit images of Evel Knievel, Richard Harris and Billie Jean King, and stories like “Battlefield Graveyard”, “A Small Place in Hell”, and “Bat-Murderer”!
News of the Month:
2nd - President Gerald Ford signs Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), which sets minimum standards for pension plans
8th - Motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel attempts to jump the Snake River Canyon in a steam-powered rocket but fails, escaping with minor injuries
8th - President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon of all federal crimes
14th - Charles Kowal discovers Leda, 13th satellite of Jupiter
16th - Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) begins regular rail service crossing under the San Francisco Bay, through the Transbay Tube
16th - President Gerald Ford announces conditional amnesty for US Vietnam War deserters and draft evaders
24th - Al Kaline of the Detroit Tigers becomes the 12th player in MLB history to get 3,000 hits
25th - The first modern triathlon, an endurance multisport race, took place in the U.S. at Mission Bay in San Diego, California.
25th - Scientists first report that freon gases from aerosol sprays are destroying the ozone layer
28th – Nolan Ryan of the Angels pitches this 3rd career no-hitter
Newsreel of the Month: Evel Knievel Snake River Jump (September 8, 1974)
Magazine Cover of the Month: Gloria Steinem (September 23, 1974)
Music of the Month: Billy Preston scored his second mega-hit, while Eric Clapton had a huge single with a cover of a Bob Marley reggae classic
US Top Singles:
1. Rock Me Gently - Andy Kim
2. Nothing From Nothing - Billy Preston
3. I Shot The Sheriff - Eric Clapton
4. (Your) Having My Baby - Paul Anka & Odia Coates
5. Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe - Barry White
UK Top Singles:
1. Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas
2. Love Me For A Reason -Osmonds
3. Annies Song - John Denver
4. Y Viva Espana - Sylvia
5. I'm Leaving It (All) Up To You - Donnie & Marie Osmond
Further Down the Charts: Joni Mitchell sent the jaunty “Free Man in Paris” up to #22:
Movie of the Month: “Juggernaut” starring Richard Harris, Omar Sharif and David Hemmings (premiered September 25, 1974)
TV Clips of the Month:
Intros for 25 new shows that debuted in the fall of ’74 including “Rhoda”, “Chico and the Man”, “Little House on the Prairie”, “The Rockford Files”, “Harry O”, “Police Woman” and“Paper Moon”
Sports Moment of the Month: At the US Open, Billie Jean King wins her 4th and final US singles title; beating Evonne Goolagong of Australia 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
Top 10 DC Comics of the Month (as selected by Osgood Peabody, listed in order of their publication):
Our Army at War #275: Rock goes mano-e-mano with a German soldier in “Battlefield Graveyard” then the U.S.S. Stevens recounts a horrific event in “Lucky… Save Me!” (Cover by Joe Kubert)
Kamandi #24: Kamandi encounters a strange group protected by a mutant in “The Exorcism”! (Cover by Jack Kirby & D. Bruce Berry)
Wonder Woman #215: It’s Aquaman’s turn to monitor the Amazing Amazon as he relates the “Amazon Attack Against Atlantis!” (Cover by Bob Oksner)
House of Mystery #228: A giant collection of macabre tales highlighted by Doug Moench & Frank Robbins’ “The Wisdom of Many, the Wit of One” and Alan Kupperberg & Neal Adams’ “The Rebel”! (Cover by Frank Robbins & Luis Dominguez)
Rima the Jungle Girl #5: Rima and Abel encounter a madman deep in the jungle in “Jungle Vengeance”! (Cover by Joe Kubert)
Brave & the Bold #116: The Batman and the Spectre team up to battle the “Grasp of the Killer Cult”! (Cover by Jim Aparo)
Superman #282: Luthor employs a new strategy against his arch-foe in “Lex Luthor – Super Scalp-Hunter”! (Cover by Nick Cardy)
Our Fighting Forces #152: A Kirby tour-de-force as the Losers find themselves isolated in an enemy-held village in “A Small Place in Hell”! (Cover by Jack Kirby & D. Bruce Berry)
Detective Comics #444: The Masked Manhunter is accused of gunning down Talia in cold blood in “Bat-Murderer”, the beginning of a multi-part storyline, plus writer Mike W. Barr makes his debut as the Elongated Man returns to Detective in “The Magical Mystery Mirror”! (Cover by Jim Aparo)
Tarzan #234: Joe Kubert concludes his adaptation of “Tarzan and the Lion Man”! (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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