Snoopy (October 4, 1950) This Day In Comics

Snoopy (October 4, 1950) This Day In Comics Snoopy is Charlie Brown’s pet beagle in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz. Snoopy has become one of the most recognizable and iconic characters in the comic strip. The original drawings of Snoopy were inspired by Spike, one of Schulz’s childhood dogs. He debuted in […]

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. […]

William Randolph Wintergreen (September 11, 1980) This Day In Comics

William Randolph Wintergreen (September 11, 1980) This Day In Comics William Randolph Wintergreen grew up in Oxford, England. At university, he avoided sports and squirreled himself away in the library, which was open to him due to his father’s title. He possessed strong research skills, and knowing the conduits through which information flowed later aided […]

The Wonder Twins (September 10, 1977) This Day In Comics

The Wonder Twins (September 10, 1977) This Day In Comics The Wonder Twins, Zan and Jayna, are an extraterrestrial twin brother and sister superhero duo who made their debut in The All-New Super Friends Hour in the episode “Joy Ride” which first aired September 10, 1977. The Wonder Twins were prominently featured in the first […]