Conventions
- Comicon '70 (British Comic Art Convention) (Rutland Hotel, Sheffield, England) — organized by Sam Plumb
- Phoenixcon (Phoenix, Arizona) — produced by Bruce Hamilton
- Disneyland Hotel Comicon (Anaheim, California) — one and only event of its kind
- March 21: Golden State Comic-Minicon (U.S. Grant Hotel, San Diego, California) — Shel Dorf organizes a one-day convention "as a kind of 'dry run' for the larger convention he hope to stage." Official guests: Forrest J. Ackerman, Mike Royer
- June: Multicon 70 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
- July 3–5: Comic Art Convention (Statler Hilton Hotel, New York City)
- August 1–3: Golden State Comic-Con (U.S. Grant Hotel, San Diego) — Dorf's first three-day San Diego comics convention, it draws 300 people. Official guests: Forrest J. Ackerman, Ray Bradbury, Jack Kirby, Bob Stevens, A. E. van Vogt
- September 5–7: Triple Fan Fair (Howard Johnson New Center Motor Lodge, Detroit, Michigan) — Program dedicated to Jack Kirby. Western-themed cover by Jim Steranko and interior art pages by Neal Adams and Bernie Wrightson.
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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