1984 sees several big changes. The Judas Contract comes to New Teen Titans (Volume 1). Alan Moore starts his acclaimed run on Swamp Thing (Volume 2). Gerry Conway takes the Justice League in a new direction: Detroit.
Creators
The following creative talent are known to have been born in 1984:
- Aaron Waltke
- Alec Siegel
- Andrew MacLean
- Anthony Burch
- Anthony Marques
- Ben Templesmith
- CAFU
- Caitlin Kittredge
- FCO Plascencia
- Frank Barbiere
- Gina Rodriguez
- Jorge Molina
- Keto Shimizu
- Kevin Tancharoen
- Magdalene Visaggio
- Matías Bergara
- Miguel Mendonça
- Ming Doyle
- Oscar Celestini
- Roland Pilcz
The following creative talent passed away in the year 1984:
- Ben Oda
- Bruno Premiani
- Charles Sultan
- Don Newton
- George Waggner
- Harris Levy
- Harry Lucey
- Pete Costanza
- Phil Seuling
- Robert Leffingwell
- Ruben Moreira
- Sol Brodsky
- Stan Randall
- Tom Hickey
Titles
The following comic titles debuted with a 1984 cover date:
- Atari Force (Volume 2)
- Blue Devil (Volume 1)
- Infinity Inc. (Volume 1)
- Jemm, Son of Saturn (Volume 1)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 3)
- Nathaniel Dusk (Volume 1)
- New Gods (Volume 2)
- New Talent Showcase (Volume 1)
- New Teen Titans (Volume 2)
- Spanner's Galaxy (Volume 1)
- Star Trek (Volume 1)
- Sun Devils (Volume 1)
- Super Powers (Volume 1)
- Supergirl (American Honda) (Volume 1)
- Sword of the Atom Special (Volume 1)
- Tales of the Teen Titans (Volume 1)
The following Comic titles were last published with a 1984 cover date:
- Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld (Volume 1)
- Blackhawk (Volume 1)
- DC Sampler (Volume 1)
- Ghost Manor (Volume 1)
- Green Lantern/Green Arrow (Volume 1)
- Nathaniel Dusk (Volume 1)
- New Gods (Volume 2)
- New Teen Titans (Volume 1)
- Power Lords (Volume 1)
- Ronin (Volume 1)
- Super Powers Collection (Volume 1)
- Super Powers (Volume 1)
- Superboy (Volume 2)
- Supergirl (Volume 2)
- Thriller (Volume 1)
The following One Shots were published with a 1984 cover date:
- Batman Special #1
- Man-Bat vs. Batman #1
- Manhunter Special #1
- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock #1
- Supergirl (American Honda) #1
Characters
Selected 1984 character debuts. See all.
- Daniel Cassidy (New Earth)
- Joseph Wilson (New Earth)
- Edward Bloomberg (New Earth)
- Joan Dale (New Earth)
- Cynthia Reynolds (New Earth)
- Jemm (New Earth)
- Louise Lincoln (New Earth)
- Predator (New Earth)
- Frederick Delmar (New Earth)
- James Lockhart (New Earth)
- Marshal (Earth-One)
- Charles Lane (New Earth)
- Paco Ramone (New Earth)
- Miya Shimada (New Earth)
- Lawrence Bolatinsky (New Earth)
- Bekka (New Earth)
- Kent Thurston (New Earth)
- Henry Heywood III (New Earth)
- Leah Wasserman (New Earth)
- Kryptonite Man III (Earth-One)
- Alsind (Earth-One)
- Thomas Corbett (New Earth)
- Javelin (New Earth)
- Haifisch (New Earth)
- Wendy Jones (New Earth)
- Blackbriar Thorn (New Earth)
- Dufus P. Ratchet (New Earth)
- Rebecca Jones (New Earth)
- H.I.V.E. Mistress (New Earth)
- Felicity Smoak (New Earth)
- X'ult (Earth-One)
- Abigail Kent (Earth-One)
- Oswald Mandias (Earth-One)
- J'en (Earth-One)
- Swordfish (Earth-One)
- Theodore Gaynor (New Earth)
- Carlton Cerebrus (Earth-One)
- Thalas (New Earth)
- Doctor Fang (Earth-One)
- Dwight Wicker (New Earth)
- Yron (New Earth)
- Arnold Pruett (New Earth)
- Henry Cannon (New Earth)
- Maseo Yamashiro (New Earth)
- Alan Welles (New Earth)
- Donald Richards (New Earth)
- David Clark (New Earth)
- Marschall Saber (New Earth)
- Clay Kendall (New Earth)
- Bizarro Amazo (Earth-One)
Teams
Selected 1984 team debuts. See all.