1974 sees two new Jack Kirby creations: OMAC and Sandman. Three Golden Age legends pass away: Quality founder Busy Arnold, Captain Marvel co-creator Otto Binder, and unsung Batman co-creator Bill Finger.
Creators
The following creative talent are known to have been born in 1974:
- Andrea Berloff
- Andrew Crossley
- Andrew Wilder
- Brandon Vietti
- Brandt Peters
- Cedric Nocon
- Charles Soule
- Chris Dingess
- Ciro Nieli
- Daniel Acuña
- Daniel HDR
- David Messina
- Derec Donovan
- Ed McGuinness
- Eric Kripke
- Eric Wight
- Ethan Van Sciver
- Fiona Kai Avery
- Jason Craig
- Jaume Collet-Serra
The following creative talent passed away in the year 1974:
Titles
The following comic titles debuted with a 1974 cover date:
- Amazing World of DC Comics (Volume 1)
- Charlton Portfolio (Volume 1)
- Famous First Edition (Volume 1)
- OMAC (Volume 1)
- Rima (Volume 1)
- Sandman (Volume 1)
- Superman Family (Volume 1)
The following Comic titles were last published with a 1974 cover date:
- Champion Sports (Volume 1)
- Charlton Portfolio (Volume 1)
- Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion (Volume 1)
- Prez (Volume 1)
- Secret Origins (Volume 1)
- Secrets of Sinister House (Volume 1)
- Strange Sports Stories (Volume 1)
- Supergirl (Volume 1)
- Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (Volume 1)
- Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (Volume 1)
- The Demon (Volume 1)
- Weird Worlds (Volume 1)
The following One Shots were published with a 1974 cover date:
Characters
Selected 1974 character debuts. See all.
- Harvey Bullock (New Earth)
- Justin Ballantine (New Earth)
- Nam-Ek (Earth-One)
- M'nagalah (New Earth)
- Michael J. Coram (Earth-One)
- Vartox (Earth-One)
- Garrett Sanford (New Earth)
- Anakronus (Earth-One)
- Quentin Turnbull (New Earth)
- Erwin Rommel (New Earth)
- Thomas Wayne, Jr. (Earth-One)
- Jack Nimball (New Earth)
- Anthony Lupus (New Earth)
- Superlad III (Earth-One)
- Brute of the Dreaming (New Earth)
- Jed Paulsen (New Earth)
- Lola Barnett (Earth-One)
- Judge (Earth-One)
- Glob of the Dreaming (New Earth)
- Rima (Earth-One)
- Jasper Pepperwinkle (Earth-One)
- Blackjack Jorgis (New Earth)
- Atomia (Earth-One)
- Jefferson Bolt (New Earth)
- Earl Crawford (Earth-One)
- General Abrizzi (Earth-One)
- Weisbogg (New Earth)
- Dracula (New Earth)
- Daniel Kingdom (New Earth)
- King Cobra II (Earth-One)
- William Henderson (Earth-One)
- Anatol Mykros (New Earth)
- Solo (Earth-One)
- Ezra Paulsen (New Earth)
- General Electric (New Earth)
- Jeb Turnbull (New Earth)
- Marcia Roche (Earth-One)
- Herschel Dockles (Earth-S)
- Asano Nitobe (New Earth)
- Supreema (Earth-One)
- Jonathan Zero (Earth-One)
- Olivia Tallow (Earth-One)
Teams
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