“After you stop screaming you’ll start talking about it.”
-Trailer for “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”
Time to travel back 50 years to October 1974, where we’ll find “Whip Inflation Now!”, “Chico and the Man”, “Sweet Home Alabama”, “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and “The Rumble in the Jungle”, while on the spinner racks, DC offered up the return of the Martian Manhunter and a star-studded Action giant!
News of the Month:
1st - Computer scientist Gary Kildall presents the prototype of his CP/M operating system in his backyard toolshed - first commercially successful personal computer operating system
1st - Houston reporter Anita Martini became the first female journalist admitted to the locker room of a major league sports team when she is admitted to the LA Dodger locker room after a baseball game
3rd - 39-year old Frank Robinson becomes MLB’s first African-American manager when he signs as player-manager for Cleveland Indians
8th - President Gerald Ford launches his "Whip Inflation Now" (WIN) campaign in conjunction with a speech to Congress to reduce the federal deficit by reducing federal spending and raising the income tax for corporations and wealthy individuals by five percent.
10th - Labour Party led by Harold Wilson wins UK general election
13th - American singer Frank Sinatra performs 11 songs at a Madison Square Garden concert, televised (live or on tape delay) throughout the Western Hemisphere as Sinatra: The Main Event
13th - American newspaper columnist and television host Ed Sullivan dies at age 73
17th - Baseball World Series: Oakland A's 3-peat; beat LA Dodgers, 3-2 in Oakland for 4-1 series win; MVP: A's pitcher Rollie Fingers
22nd - New York Yankees trade outfielder Bobby Murcer to San Francisco Giants for outfielder Bobby Bonds
Newsreel of the Month: The Hold Button (October 1974)
Magazine Cover of the Month: “Chico and the Man” (TV Guide, October 19, 1974)
Music of the Month: Stevie Wonder’s ode to Tricky Dick topped the charts, while a new “supergroup” from England shuffled to their first big hit
US Top Singles:
1. Then Came You - Dionne Warwick
2. You Haven't Done Nothing - Stevie Wonder
3. Nothing For Nothing - Billy Preston
4. I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton John
5. Can't Get Enough - Bad Company
UK Top Singles:
1. Sad Sweet Dreamer - Sweet Sensation
2. Annie’s Song - John Denver
3. Gee Baby - Peter Shelly
4. Rock Me Gently - Andy Kim
5. Everything I Own - Ken Boothe
Further Down the Charts:
Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama” soared to #8
Movie of the Month: “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (premiered October 1, 1974)
TV Clip of the Month: In “Negative Reaction”, Dick Van Dyke plays a nefarious photographer who matches wits with Columbo, only to come out on the short end of the stick (first aired October 15, 1974)
Sports Moment of the Month: In the “Rumble in the Jungle” in Zaire watched by approximately 1 billion worldwide, Muhammad Ali stuns the world and reclaims the heavyweight boxing title by knocking out George Foreman in the 8th round (October 30, 1974)
Top 10 DC Comics of the Month (as selected by Osgood Peabody, listed in order of their publication):
Justice League of America #115: The Martian Manhunter returns to seek the help of his old comrades in “The Last Angry God”! (Cover by Nick Cardy)
Kamandi #25: Kamandi continues his adventures in the Great Lakes A.D. in “Freak Show”! (Cover by Jack Kirby & D. Bruce Berry)
Swamp Thing #14: The Swamp Thing comes to the defense of a group of mutants in “The Tomorrow Children”! (Cover by Nestor Redondo)
Weird Western Tales #26: Jonah Hex pursues a trio of deadly train robbers in “Face-Off with the Gallagher Boys”! (Cover by Luis Dominguez)
Omac #3: Omac is sent on a new mission to take down a European strongman and his army in “A Hundred-Thousand Foes”! (Cover by Jack Kirby & D. Bruce Berry)
Shazam #16: The Marvel Family is pitted against the Seven Deadly Enemies of Man in this giant collection of tales both new and old! (Cover by Bob Oksner)
Superboy #206: What is the bizarre secret behind “The Legionnaires Who Haunted Superboy”, plus Princess Projectra and Karate Kid star in “Welcome Home Daughter… Now Die!” (Cover by Nick Cardy)
Batman #260: The Joker escapes from prison with a deadly new laughing drug in “This One’ll Kill You Batman”! (Cover by Nick Cardy)
Action Comics #443: The JLA guest stars in “At Last! Clark Kent – Super-Hero”, plus an assortment of the World’s Greatest Action Heroes! (Cover by Nick Cardy)
Adventure Comics #437: The Ghostly Guardian battles an evil scientist who hypnotizes people into doing his bidding in “The Human Bombs and the Spectre”, then Aquaman is treated to “A Quiet Day in Atlantis”! (Cover by Jim Aparo)
You can find all DC comics published this month right here courtesy of Mike Voiles’ Time Machine!
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