In 1979, DC still suffers from the crash of the comics market the year before. Marvel also sees a slump in sales and cancels many of its titles. Vince Colletta resigns as art director for DC and returns to regular inker. His biggest accomplishment as art director was hiring Frank Miller, which launched his career into comics.
Creators[]
The following creative talent are known to have been born in 1979:
- Andrew Kasch
- Chris Daughtry
- Christina Z
- Christopher D. Lozinski
- Dan Harris
- David Baron
- Denis Medri
- Deron Bennett
- Francesco Mattina
- Francis Manapul
- Guillem March
- Henry Gayden
- Jennifer Morrison
- Khary Randolph
- Mateus Santolouco
- Nyambi Nyambi
- Omid Abtahi
- Rob Sheridan
- Sami Basri
- Shiori Teshirogi
The following creative talent passed away in the year 1979:
Titles
The following comic titles debuted with a 1979 cover date:
- All-Out War (Volume 1)
- Jonah Hex and Other Western Tales (Volume 1)
- Superman Movie Special (Volume 1)
- The Best of DC (Volume 1)
- Time Warp (Volume 1)
- World of Krypton (Volume 1)
The following Comic titles were last published with a 1979 cover date:
- All-New Collectors' Edition (Volume 1)
- Space Adventures (Volume 3)
- Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 1)
- World of Krypton (Volume 1)
The following One Shots were published with a 1979 cover date:
Characters
Selected 1979 character debuts. See all.
- Carl Draper (Earth-One)
- Lucius Fox (New Earth)
- Maximillian Zeus (New Earth)
- Grant Haskill (Earth-One)
- Frank Rayles (Earth-One)
- Valoric (New Earth)
- Barnabus Boulton (Earth-One)
- Joseph Rigger (New Earth)
- William Jensen (Earth-Two)
- Paul Dekker (New Earth)
- Roger Romaine (New Earth)
- Kari Limbo (New Earth)
- Mongo Ironhand (New Earth)
- Sindella (New Earth)
- Astarte (Earth-One)
- Alexander Tuttle (Earth-One)
- Warhead (Earth-One)
- Trina Shelton (New Earth)
- Carolyn Dole (Earth-One)
- Stacy Macklin (Earth-One)
- Judge Grlprzr (Earth-One)
- Miss Bgbznz (Earth-One)
- Gregorian Falstaff (Earth-One)
- Clive Yorkin (New Earth)
- Kurt Steiner (Earth-One)
- J. Wilbur Wolfingham (Earth-One)
- Mei Ling (New Earth)
- Xavier Simon (Earth-One)
- Chakal (New Earth)
- Timothy Fox (New Earth)
- Karlyle Krugerrand (Earth-One)
- She-Demon (Earth-One)
- Peter Barton (Earth-One)
- Lyle Corley (New Earth)
- Lar-On (Earth-One)
- Frederic Vaux (Earth-Two)
- Rosa, Master Spy (Earth-One)
- Anton Allegro (New Earth)
- Senator O'Fallon (Earth-Two)
- Edward Cantwell (New Earth)
- Urtumi (Earth-One)
- M'la (New Earth)
- Jaime Sanchez (Earth-One)
- Michael Bailey (Earth-One)
- Samuel Lane (Earth-Two)
- Arbee Stoneham (New Earth)
- Stavros Markos (Earth-One)
- Count of Conquest (Earth-One)
- Merrill Batson (Earth-S)
- Gamester (Earth-S)
Teams
Selected 1979 team debuts. See all.