Elektra (October 7, 1980) This Day In Comics

Elektra (October 7, 1980) This Day In Comics Elektra was born on a Greek island near the Aegean Sea. She first appeared in Daredevil #168 (October 7, 1980). Her mother gives premature birth to Elektra just before dying. When a nine-year-old Elektra was assaulted by kidnappers, the men were all killed by Orestez, who had […]

Faith Herbert (October 4, 1991) This Day In Comics

Faith Herbert (October 4, 1991) This Day In Comics After losing her parents in a car crash at a young age, Faith Herbert was raised by her loving grandmother. The young Faith found solace in the fantasy worlds her parents had once shared with her – comic books, science-fiction movies, the T.V. shows of Joss […]

Irredeemable Ant-Man (October 4, 2006) This Day In Comics

Irredeemable Ant-Man (October 4, 1950) This Day In Comics Eric O’Grady is a low-level agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. who stumbles upon Dr. Henry “Hank” Pym’s latest incarnation of the Ant-Man suit in the S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters. A man of very few morals and willingness to lie, cheat, steal and manipulate in order to get ahead in life, […]

Dontrell “Cockroach” Hamilton (September 16, 1975) This Day In Comics

Dontrell “Cockroach” Hamilton (September 16, 1975) This Day In Comics  First appearing in Power Man #28 (September 16, 1975), Dontrell “Cockroach” Hamilton Dontrell Hamilton grew up in Harlem. As a child, Dontrell was frightened by the night’s noise and would gradually become accustomed to them and the cockroaches that infested his home. Since then, he […]

The Maxx (September 15, 1983) This Day In Comics

The Maxx follows the adventures of the titular hero in the real world and in an alternate reality, referred to as the Outback. In the real world, the Maxx is a vagrant, a “homeless man living in a box”, while in the Outback, he is the powerful protector of the Jungle Queen. The Jungle Queen […]

Deborah Fields (September 14, 2005) This Day In Comics

Deborah Fields (September 14, 2005) This Day In Comics Debrii was introduced by the New Warriors’ TV producer, Ashley, and so was the only member of Night Thrasher’s revised team to have not been hand-picked by him. The TV company’s board of directors felt that there was no “friction” in the current team – they […]

Doctor Occult (September 13, 1935) This Day In Comics

Doctor Occult first appeared in New Fun Comics #6 (September 13, 1935). He was a supernatural detective, whose detecting style was very much in the style of Sam Spade, only with supernatural abilities. He was assisted by his butler Jenkins in one adventure. His girlfriend/partner called Rose Psychic appeared in his first adventure and then […]

King Shark (September 13, 1994) This Day In Comics

King Shark (September 13, 1994) This Day In Comics King Shark showed up for the first time in Superboy #9 in 1994. His origins were left ambiguous, implying that he had ties to a legendary Shark-God figure. He became a recurring character in the pages of Superboy, where he was used as a quintessential bruiser […]

Hunter Zolomon (September 12, 2001) This Day In Comics

Hunter Zolomon (September 12, 2001) This Day In Comics. , He first appeared in The Flash: Secret Files & Origins #3 Hunter Zolomon had a troubled relationship with his parents, who rarely spoke to each other or to him. On the day Hunter was to leave for college, he came home to find the police […]

Howard the Duck (September 11, 1973) This Day In Comics

Howard the Duck first appeared in Adventure into Fear #19 (September 11, 1973) and several subsequent series have chronicled the misadventures of the ill-tempered, anthropomorphic, “funny animal” trapped on human-dominated Earth. Howard is abducted from his home planet and is dropped into the Florida Everglades by the demonic Thog the Overmaster of the realm Sominus. […]