The Creeping Below #1 (BOOM! Studios) First Look
‘Swamp Thing’ meets ‘The Crow’ in a brand new series, THE CREEPING BELOW, from Brian Azzarello and Vanesa Del Rey. Harvey and Eisner-Award winning, New York Times bestselling author Brian Azzarello, along with acclaimed artist Vanesa Del Rey (The Empty Man, Redlands), and colorist Hilary Jenkins (Black Badge, Grass Kings) bring a revenge story about […]
Karl Lykos (July 15, 1969) This Day In Comics
Karl Lykos (July 15, 1969) This Day In Comics Karl Lykos was the son of an explorer’s guide. As a teenager, he accompanied his father to Tierra del Fuego as the elder Lykos guided a wealthy client named Mr. Anderssen and Anderssen’s young daughter, Tanya. While defending Tanya from mutant pterodactyls, Karl was bitten by […]
Sheena (July 12, 1938) This Day In Comics
Sheena, Queen of the Jungle (July 12, 1938) This Day In Comics Sheena, Queen of the Jungle was the first female comic book character with her own title. She was created by Will Eisner and S. M. “Jerry” Iger. Eisner said an inspiration for the character’s name was H. Rider Haggard’s 1886 jungle-goddess novel She. […]
Artemis (July 12, 1994) This Day In Comics
Artemis (July 12, 1994) This Day In Comics Artemis was born an Amazon as a member of the Egyptian tribe of Bana-Mighdall, who migrated from Greece to various European and Middle Eastern countries before finally settling in Egypt. As a child, Artemis was raised in poverty among her tribe, running naked through barren hills and […]
Enigma (July 12, 2006) This Day In Comics
Enigma (July 12, 2006) This Day In Comics Not much is known about Enigma. She first appeared in Teen Titans #38 (July 12, 2006). She briefly joined the Teen Titans after Infinite Crisis, but like most of the members during that time she left. During this period, she was known as the Riddler’s Daughter, and […]
Iris West (July 5, 1956) This Day In Comics
Iris West (July 5, 1956) This Day In Comics – Showcase #4 Iris West is a reporter for the Picture News, based in Central City, and the fiancée of Barry Allen, who is secretly the Flash. Prior to Barry becoming the Flash, Iris often chides Barry for his frequently being late due to his repeating […]
Deathmate (June 29, 1993) This Day In Comics
Deathmate was a six-part comic book crossover between Valiant Comics and Image Comics. Designated by color rather than issue numbers plus two book-end issues, beginning with Deathmate Prologue (June 29, 1993) and Deathmate Epilogue, as well as Preview issues collected with comic products, the four main issues were written so they could be read in […]
Magma (June 28, 1983) – This Day In Comics
Magma (June 28, 1983) – This Day In Comics – New Mutants #8 Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla hails from Nova Roma (New Rome), a colony of the Roman Republic reportedly founded shortly after the death of Julius Caesar in 44 BC. The colony is hidden in the Amazon Rainforests of modern Brazil and was ruled […]
ORCS!: THE GIFT #4 – First Look (@boomstudios)
The Fate of the Entire Realm at Stake in ORCS!: THE GIFT #4 ORCS!: THE GIFT #4, the FINAL issue of the third and final chapter of the critically acclaimed comic book series by cartoonist Christine Larsen (Adventure Time, By Night), in the world of the beloved misfit ORCS! Available in July 2024. In the […]
Phantom Stranger (June 27, 1952) – This Day In Comics
Phantom Stranger (June 27, 1952) – This Day In Comics Unusual for a comic book character of such longevity, nothing in the way of personal data about the Phantom Stranger—his real name, his true nature, or his origins—has ever been revealed. He debuted in Phantom Stranger #1 (June 27, 1952). In his earliest appearances, the […]