1971 (production)


Events

January 
 2 January –
 Renee E. Goldsberry is born.
 The Eighteenth UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #67 with the third of nine installments.
 7 January – Kevin Rahm is born.
 9 January – The Eighteenth UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #68 with the fourth of nine installments.
 13 January – Brandi Sherwood is born.
 16 January – The Eighteenth UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #69 with the fifth of nine installments.
 22 January – Stephen Wozniak is born.
 23 January –
 Claire Rankin is born.
 The Eighteenth UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #70 with the sixth of nine installments.
 27 January – Trampas Thompson is born,
 29 January – Boris Sobelman dies.
 30 January – The Eighteenth UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #71 with the seventh of nine installments.

February 
 6 February – The Eighteenth UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #72 with the eighth of nine installments.
 8 February – Gretchen J. Berg is born.
 9 February – Jennifer Caputo and Lauren Moore are born.
 12 February – Scott Menville is born.
 13 February – The Eighteenth UK Story Arc concludes in TV21 & Joe 90 #73 with the ninth of nine installments.
 18 February – Ken Niederbaumer is born.
 20 February – The Nineteenth UK Story Arc begins in TV21 & Joe 90 #74 with the first of four installments.
 27 February – The Nineteenth UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #75 with the second of four installments.

March 
 1 March – Gold Key TOS comic #10: "Sceptre of the Sun" is published.
 6 March – The Nineteenth UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #76 with the third of four installments.
 13 March – The Nineteenth UK Story Arc concludes in TV21 & Joe 90 #77 with the fourth of four installments.
 16 March – Tamara Hambly is born.
 20 March –
 Jonathan Goad is born.
 The Twentieth UK Story Arc begins in TV21 & Joe 90 #78 with the first of four installments.
 24 March – Tig Notaro is born.
 27 March – The Twentieth UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #79 with the second of four installments.

April 
 1 April – Jessica Collins is born.
 2 April – Joshua Feinman is born.
 3 April – The Twentieth UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #80 with the third of four installments.
 6 April – Mona Grudt is born.
 10 April –
 Brad William Henke is born.
 The Twentieth UK Story Arc concludes in TV21 & Joe 90 #81 with the fourth of four installments.
 14 April – David Reddick and Faith C. Salie are born.
 16 April – Patricia Skeriotis is born.
 17 April – The Twenty-First UK Story Arc begins in TV21 & Joe 90 #82 with the first of nine installments.
 24 April –
 Rahvaunia is born.
 The Twenty-First UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #83 with the second of nine installments.
 29 April – Mark Casimir Dyniewicz is born.

May 
 1 May –
 Diesel Pfingsten and Boni Yanagisawa are born.
 The Twenty-First UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #84 with the third of nine installments.
 6 May – Ondar Tarlow is born.
 8 May – The Twenty-First UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #85 with the fourth of nine installments.
 13 May – Tim Harrison is born.
 15 May –
 Jeff Wolfe is born.
 The Twenty-First UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #86 with the fifth of nine installments.
 22 May – The Twenty-First UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #87 with the sixth of nine installments.
 28 May – Andrea Di Vito and David Dozoretz are born.
 29 May – The Twenty-First UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #88 with the seventh of nine installments.
 31 May – Eli Golub is born.

June 
 1 June – Gold Key TOS comic #11: "The Brain Shockers" is published.
 2 June – Anthony Montgomery and Caprice Crawford are born.
 4 June – Kevin Blank and James Callis are born.
 5 June – The Twenty-First UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #89 with the eighth of nine installments.
 8 June – Matt Kaminsky is born.
 9 June – Daniel Montlouis is born.
 10 June – Leanza Cornett is born.
 12 June – The Twenty-First UK Story Arc concludes in TV21 & Joe 90 #90 with the ninth of nine installments.
 13 June – Shannon Fill is born.
 16 June – Michael McKee is born.
 19 June –
 Alan van Sprang is born.
 The Twenty-Second UK Story Arc begins in TV21 & Joe 90 #91 with the first of four installments.
 26 June – The Twenty-Second UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #92 with the second of four installments.
 28 June – Benito Martinez is born.

July 
 3 July – The Twenty-Second UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #93 with the third of four installments.
 8 July – Amy O'Neill is born.
 9 July – Scott Grimes is born.
 10 July –
 Matthew Paul Cushman is born.
 The Twenty-Second UK Story Arc concludes in TV21 & Joe 90 #94 with the fourth of four installments.
 15 July – Victor Martinez and S. John Ross are born.
 16 July – Jill Lover is born.
 17 July – The Twenty-Third UK Story Arc begins in TV21 & Joe 90 #95 with the first of six installments.
 18 July – Ryan Church is born.
 19 July – Andrew Kavovit is born.
 23 July – Sean Freeland is born.
 24 July – The Twenty-Third UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #96 with the second of six installments.
 28 July – Chad Zimmerman is born.
 31 July – The Twenty-Third UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #97 with the third of six installments.
 Unknown day – Star Trek 4, by James Blish, is published by Bantam Books.

August 
 3 August – Chris O'Hara is born.
 6 August – Merrin Dungey is born.
 7 August – The Twenty-Third UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #98 with the fourth of six installments.
 8 August – Dan Jolley is born.
 11 August – Ken Lally is born.
 13 August – Craig Cady is born.
 14 August – The Twenty-Third UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #99 with the fifth of six installments.
 17 August – Dominic Rambaran is born.
 19 August – 
 Jonathan Cook is born.
 Billy Vernon dies.
 21 August – The Twenty-Third UK Story Arc concludes in TV21 & Joe 90 #100 with the sixth of six installments.
 23 August – Oliver McGowan dies.
 28 August –
 Stephanie Belding and Laura Putney are born.
 The Twenty-Fourth UK Story Arc begins in TV21 & Joe 90 #101 with the first of five installments.

September 
 1 September 
 Maury Sterling is born.
 Gold Key TOS comic #12: "The Flight of the Buccaneer" is published.
 4 September – The Twenty-Fourth UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #102 with the second of five installments.
 11 September – The Twenty-Fourth UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #103 with the third of five installments.
 13 September – Diane and Elaine Klimaszewski are born.
 14 September – Pat Healy is born.
 16 September – Joel Heyman is born.
 18 September – The Twenty-Fourth UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #104 with the fourth of five installments.
 25 September – The Twenty-Fourth UK Story Arc concludes in TV21 & Joe 90 #105 with the fifth of five installments.
 Jason Martin is born.

October 
 2 October – The Twenty-Fifth UK Story Arc begins in Valiant & TV21 #1 with the first of two installments.
 7 October – Arlo Hemphill is born.
 8 October – Mike Dalager is born.
 9 October – The Twenty-Fifth UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #2 with the second of two installments.
 11 October – Justin Lin is born.
 16 October – The Twenty-Sixth UK Story Arc begins in Valiant & TV21 #3 with the first of nine installments.
 17 October – Blues Saraceno is born.
 19 October – Lili Malkin is born.
 23 October – The Twenty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #4 with the second of nine installments.
 26 October – Anthony Rapp is born.
 28 October – Bruce Sears is born.
 29 October – Winona Ryder is born.
 30 October – The Twenty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #5 with the third of nine installments.

November 
 6 November – The Twenty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #6 with the fourth of nine installments.
 10 November – Athena Massey is born.
 11 November – Kathy Ahart dies.
 12 November – Rebecca Wisocky is born.
 13 November – The Twenty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #7 with the fifth of nine installments.
 15 November – Jay Harrington and Scott Allen Rinker are born.
 20 November – Christopher Leps is born. The Twenty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #8 with the sixth of nine installments.
 24 November – 
 Brandon Molale is born.
 Gold Key TOS comic #13: "Dark Traveler" is published.
 27 November – The Twenty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #9 with the seventh of nine installments.
 29 November – Marc Bernardin is born.

December 
 1 December – Elena-Melanie Fabri is born.
 3 December – Erica Samuel is born.
 4 December – The Twenty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #10 with the eighth of nine installments.
 11 December – The Twenty-Sixth UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #11 with the ninth of nine installments.
 18 December – The Twenty-Seventh UK Story Arc begins in Valiant & TV21 #12 with the first of six installments.
 20 December – Son of Lee is born.
 23 December – Jon Donahue is born.
 25 December – The Twenty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #13 with the second of six installments.
 30 December – Chris Fisher is born.

Unknown month 
 The 1971 TV21 Annual is published, featuring two comic stories, "Captives in Space" and "Planet of Rejects", as well as one prose story, "Gateway to the Future".

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