Doctor Double X (DC Comics) Villains
Doctor Double X (DC Comics) Villains Doctor Double X is a super-villain mad scientist who fights Batman. During experimental research on human auras, he discovered that he could make an energy duplicate of himself and use it to commit crimes. His mental illness has seen him committed to Arkham Asylum. Doctor Double X was created […]
Atomic Skull (June 8, 1976) This Day In Comics
Atomic Skull (June 8, 1976) This Day In Comics The Albert Michaels version of Atomic Skull first appeared in Superman #303 (June 8, 1976). The Atomic Skull was a super-criminal with the power to release bioelectric blasts through seizures. As the leader of SKULL, he was an enemy of Superman. Michaels was a brilliant but […]
Justice League #1 (1987) Classic Comics
Justice League #1 – Born Again released by DC Comics on May 1987 Guy Gardner is the first member of the latest incarnation of the Justice League to arrive for work. As each of the new members file in to their headquarters, Guy snaps off offensive and smart remarks to each of them. A brawl […]
Brainiac (May 29, 1958) This Day In Comics
Brainiac (May 29, 1958) This Day In Comics Brainiac is a bald, green-skinned humanoid who arrived on Earthand shrank various cities, including Metropolis, storing them in bottles with the intent of using them to restore the then-unnamed planet he ruled. He is originally notable only for his having shrunk the bottle city of Kandor, for […]
Guardians of the Universe (May 24, 1960) This Day In Comics
The Guardians of the Universe are the founders and leaders of the interstellar law enforcement agency known as the Green Lantern Corps, which they administer from their home world Oa at the center of the Universe. The Guardians evolved on the planet Maltus, and were among the first intelligent life forms in the universe. They […]
Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying (DC Comics)
Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying (1989) A Lonely Place of Dying is a Batman storyline written by Marv Wolfman with illustrations by George Perez and Jim Aparo. Published in 1989 as a crossover between Batman and New Titans, the story introduces Tim Drake, who becomes the third Robin following the death of Jason Todd […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]