Grey Gargoyle (June 2, 1940) This Day In Comics
Grey Gargoyle (June 2, 1964) This Day In Comics Paul Pierre Duval first appears in the title Journey into Mystery #107 (June 2, 1964). He is a French chemist who spilled an unknown organic chemical compound on his right hand, causing a mutagenic reaction that permanently transformed the hand into living stone. As a result, […]
Doop (May 23, 2001) This Day In Comics
Doop (May 23, 2001) This Day In Comics Doop was said to be the product of a Cold War era U.S. military experiment, becoming instrumental in the fall of the Soviet Union. First appearing in X-Force #116 (May 23, 2001), he later served as the cameraman for the celebrity mutant superhero team X-Statix. He films […]
Dominic Fortune (April 29, 1975) – This Day In Comics
Dominic Fortune (April 29, 1975) – This Day In Comics Born in New York, Duvid Jerome Fortunov spent the 1920s until just after the Wall Street Crash in 1929 on New York City’s Lower East Side “lying, cheating and stealing my way through life”. He debuted in Marvel Preview #2 (April 29, 1975). During this […]
Acts of Vengeance – Marvel (1989)
Marvel’s ‘Acts of Vengeance’ is nearly the publisher’s first linewide crossover event (different from crossovers like Atlantis Attacks or Evolutionary War that stuck to Annual issues), applying a never before seen super villain team-up to all Marvel Comics from late 1989 into early 1990. Unlike later Marvel events, there isn’t much to the core story […]
X-Factor (1986) #8 – Marvel Comics
X-Factor #8 – Lost and Found! released by Marvel on September 1, 1986 While the wave of anti-mutant hysteria continues to grow, tensions within the team are growing as well. They better find a way to face these problems and quick, because they’ve also got to face off against a large group of mutants and […]
Avengers #40 (Marvel)
The Avengers #40 – Suddenly… The Sub-Mariner released by Marvel on May 1, 1967. Writer(s)Roy Thomas Penciler(s)Don Heck Inker(s)George Bell Colorist(s)Uncredited Letterer(s)Sam Rosen Editor(s)Stan Lee PublisherMarvel Comics
Avengers (1998) #502 – Marvel Comics
Avengers #502 – Chaos (Part 3) released by Marvel on November 1, 2004 The reserve Avengers have gathered in response to the Avengers emergency call. However, Nick Fury is opposed to their presence, justifying that they are contaminating the crime scene and demands that they disperse. Then suddenly, he receives a call from the United […]
Avengers West Coast #65 (Marvel) Cover
Avengers West Coast #65 – Whatsoever A Man Soweth… released by Marvel on December 1990 The Grim Reaper awakens, now in ZOMBIE form! The Reaper and The Robot: Part One The Grim Reaper is revived from the dead as a zombie thanks to Nekra, who learned the zombification process by watching Black Talon. Nekra informs […]
Batroc (December 9, 1966) This Day In Comics
Georges Batroc was born in Marseille, France, and served in the French Foreign Legion. He is a French costumed mercenary who specializes in savate, a form of kickboxing, with acrobatic skills and articulate unusual flexibility. In the character’s first appearance in Tales of Suspense #75 (December 9, 1966). Tales of Suspense #75 Writer: Stan Lee/Jack […]
Mister Fear (Zoltan Drago) (December 3, 1964) – This Day In Comics
Zoltan Drago was the proprietor of a financially ailing wax museum who attempted to use his knowledge of chemistry to create an elixir which would turn his wax statues into living creatures, with which he would create a private army. The chemical failed to create life in wax, but Drago discovered the brew he had […]