Grey Gargoyle (June 2, 1940) This Day In Comics
Grey Gargoyle (June 2, 1964) This Day In Comics Paul Pierre Duval first appears in the title Journey into Mystery #107 (June 2, 1964). He is a French chemist who spilled an unknown organic chemical compound on his right hand, causing a mutagenic reaction that permanently transformed the hand into living stone. As a result, […]
Lady Luck (June 2, 1940) This Day In Comics
Lady Luck (June 2, 1940) This Day In Comics Lady Luck is the alter-ego of Brenda Banks, a young Irish-American socialite heiress, daughter of a mine-owner. Her costume consists of a green dress, a large green hat, and a green veil in place of a mask. In some early versions representations of lucky charms hang […]
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 […]
Goldface (May 27, 1965) This Day In Comics
Goldface (May 27, 1965) This Day In Comics Keith Kenyon is a criminal scientist. He drinks a gold-based serum he has been working on. This grants him superhuman strength and invulnerability. He also exhibits a golden glow. Gold being yellow gives him a great advantage over the superhero Green Lantern, as his powers do not […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]