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 […]
Lucifer Morningstar (February 28, 1989) – This Day In Comics
Lucifer Morningstar, the Biblical fallen angel and Devil of the Abrahamic religions, first appeared in The Sandman #4 (February 28, 1989). While Lucifer had previously appeared in various stereotypical guises in earlier DC books, Gaiman’s version was premised on English poet and prose writer John Milton’s Paradise Lost. Lucifer had ruled as Lord of Hell […]
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 […]
Creepshow Holiday Special 2023 (@ImageComics) – New Comics
Creepshow Holiday Special 2023 (Image Comics) – New Comics CREEPSHOW HOLIDAY SPECIAL 2023 #1, by Image Comics on 12/6/23, presents two tales of Holiday terror to warm your black heart on a chilly night. A group of bullying cousins trying to spoil a little girl’s Christmas cheer make up a monster that runs out to […]
Firestorm, The Nuclear Man #1 (December 6, 1977) This Day In Comics
Firestorm, The Nuclear Man #1 (December 6, 1977) This Day In Comics High school student Ronnie Raymond and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Martin Stein were caught in a nuclear accident that allowed them to fuse into the “nuclear man” Firestorm. Firestorm debuted in Firestorm, The Nuclear Man #1 (December 6, 1977). Due to Stein’s being unconscious […]
Golden Eagle (December 5, 1974) – This Day In Comics
Charley Parker lived in the Midway City orphanage and idolized Hawkman. At one point he sent a letter to Hawkman describing his home-made “Hawkman” costume. Hawkman had been ordered back to Thanagar, thus resigning from the JLA. Golden Eagle then debuted in Justice League of America #116 (December 5, 1974). Parker himself explained that one […]
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 […]
Wally West (November 28, 1985) This Day In Comics
During Crisis on Infinite Earths, Barry Allen gave his life to save the Earth when destroying an antimatter cannon that was aimed at Earth. In the aftermath of the conflict, Wally took on his fallen mentor’s costume and identity. He became the Flash in Crisis on Infinite Earths #12 (November 28, 1985). Wally West was […]
Booster Gold #1 (November 21, 1985) This Day In Comics
Booster Gold #1 (November 21, 1985) Michael Jon Carter was born poor in 25th century Gotham City. He was a gifted athlete, attending Gotham University on a football scholarship. Michael was a star quarterback until his lecherous father reentered his life and convinced him to deliberately lose games for gambling purposes. He was exposed, disgraced […]