Welcome to This Week in DC History. In this thread, I will be posting an event every week which occurred on this week in the past, in 10 year intervals.
February 27th-March 5th, 2022
10 YEARS AGO
The New 52 Justice League unites to defeat Darkseid for the first time in Justice League #6.
20 YEARS AGO
Axel Walker, the second Trickster, debuts as a new enemy for Wally West in The Flash #183.
30 YEARS AGO
Peter Milligan and Jim Aparo’s collaborative run comes to an end with Detective Comics #643.
40 YEARS AGO
A 100 issue run on Firestorm begins with The Fury of Firestom, The Nuclear Man #1.
50 YEARS AGO
Batgirl reveals her identity to her father, Commissioner Gordon, for the first time in Detective Comics #422.
60 YEARS AGO
Bizarro Titano is born from Bizarro’s Duplicator Ray in Adventure Comics #411.
70 YEARS AGO
Superman defends Metropolis from mechanical, insect-powered, penny-stealing crime spheres in Action Comics #167.
80 YEARS AGO
Jack Kirby and Joe Simon reinvent DC’s “Manhunter” as a superhero character, in Adventure Comics #73.
