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 […]
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 […]
Humbug (June 24, 1986) This Day In Comics

Humbug (June 24, 1986) This Day In Comics – Marvel Comics Buck Mitty was the senior entomology professor at Empire State University until his funding was cut off. Desperate to prove the value of the insect world, as well as to gain enough wealth to continue his research, Mitty designed the Humbug costume to achieve […]
Phoenix (June 19, 1979) – This Day In Comics

Phoenix (June 19, 1979) – This Day In Comics – Uncanny X-Men #125 In an attempt to save her fellow X-Men by piloting their damaged shuttle back to earth, Jean was exposed to fatal levels of radiation. Dying but determined to save Scott and her friends, Jean’s love pushed her to reach her full potential […]
Gambit (June 19, 1990) – This Day In Comics

Gambit (June 19, 1990) – This Day In Comics – Uncanny X-Men #266 Remy Etienne LeBeau was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was kidnapped from the hospital where he was born, then raised by the LeBeau Clan Thieves’ Guild, and given to the Antiquary as a tribute. Remy’s bio-kinetic charging abilities manifested early in […]
Titanium Man (June 18, 1965) This Day In Comics

Titanium Man (June 18, 1965) – This Day In Comics Boris Bullski was born in Makeyevka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. He was a KGB-member when he was a young man. An ambitious official of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Boris Bullski was demoted after displeasing his superiors. While working as an administrator of […]
Kendra Saunders (June 16, 1999) This Day In Comics

Kendra Saunders (June 16, 1999) JSA Secret Files #1 Kendra Saunders first appeared in JSA Secret Files and Origins #1 (June 16, 1999). She was a young woman who committed suicide. When Kendra’s soul left her body, that of her grandfather’s first cousin Shiera Hall, the Golden Age Hawkgirl entered it, making Kendra a walk-in. […]
Hugh Hazzard (June 16, 1939) This Day In Comics

Hugh Hazzard (June 16, 1939) This Day In Comics Hugh Hazzard is a man with connections to a large city police department. He is involved in the investigation of crimes committed by a mysterious robot. Hugh manages to temporarily deactivate the robot, and climbs inside its hollow chest to hitch a ride to the robot’s […]
Sandman (June 15, 1939) This Day In Comics

Wesley Dodds, the Sandman, first appeared in Adventure Comics #40 (June 15, 1939). One of the medium’s seminal “mystery men”, as referred to at the time, the Sandman straddled the pulp magazine detective tradition and the emerging superhero tradition by dint of his dual identity and his fanciful, masked attire and weapon: an exotic “gas […]
Nova (June 15, 1976) This Day In Comics

Nova (June 15, 1976) This Day In Comics When the last surviving member of the planet Xandar’s elite Nova Corps, Rhomann Dey, is dying, he selects New York high school student Richard Rider to replace him. Rider is given the uniform and powers of a Nova Centurion but little instruction on how to use them. […]