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| September 13 Since the dawn of mankind, humanity was at peace until the arrival of Kal Yuga. Since then, greed and hatred has taken over humanity and has been deteriorating it for past 6000 years. To end this, a mystical sect of saints known as “Suryanshis” chose a man to rise up against all odds and defeat the evil prevailing within society. He was taught the way to energize the 7 chakras of body through Kundalini Yoga that helped him get mystical and supernatural powers. During his training, he also conducted the ritual of death in order to get total control over his powers by entering the holy fire and immersing his physical body in it. When the five natural elements of life, fire, earth, water, wind and sky invigorated his body, he gains superpowers and becomes a Superhuman. At last, he takes a pledge to finish corruption and injustice in society and fight the evil prevailing in the world. Due to his heroic initial works, he is named Shaktimaan by a reporter, Geeta Vishwas. Later, it is revealed that Shaktimaan was the rebirth of Shri Satya who had formed the Suryanshi Sect after the war of the Mahabharat 5,000 years ago. He debuted in Shaktimaan when it premiered on September 13, 1997.  |
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| September 14 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 all liked each other too much - and that the show would get better ratings if an unknown quantity was added to the team. Debrii’s abrasive, antagonistic personality was perfect in this regard; she didn’t get on well with any of the team members, frequently making snide comments about Microbe’s relatively useless powers, and constantly arguing with Namorita. Debrii is described as a “low level telekinetic magnet”. She is able to move masses of huge objects in her immediate vicinity at will, and is capable of manipulating many such objects at one time. She can use any “debris” around her to defend herself from attacks, or to attack her enemies. She debuted in New Warriors #4 (September 14, 2005).  |
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| September 15 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 exists in the real world as Julie Winters, a freelance social worker who often bails the Maxx out of jail. While the Maxx is aware of the Outback, Julie is not, though it is integral to both of their stories. The first appearance of The Maxx was in Primer #5 (September 15, 1983). Mr. Gone, a serial rapist with a telepathic link to Julie, has extensive knowledge of and access to other people’s Outbacks. He starts phoning Julie, but she thinks he is merely an obscene phone caller and ignores him. Eventually, the Maxx gets in Gone’s way by “protecting” Julie. Gone tries to kill him with assistance from the Outback’s main predators, the Isz. The Maxx fights him in both the Outback and the real world.  |
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 TURNING POINTS by Maggie Thompson Here’s the latest installment of Maggie Thompson’s ongoing look at important beginnings, middles, and ends, this time for September 16-22, 2022... 155 years ago September 19, 1867 Illustrator Arthur Rackham is born. He’s especially noted for his influential fantasy paintings. 150 years ago September 19, 1872 Cartoonist A.D. Condo is born. He’s known for The Outbursts of Everett True. 140 years ago September 19, 1882 Danish comics artist, animator, and comedian Robert Storm Petersen (who works as “Storm P”) is born. He’s known for his characters The Three Small Men and The Numberman. 135 years ago September 16, 1887 King Features Syndicate artist J. Paul Arnot is born. His “Helpful Henry” character is an influence on Oliver Hardy’s “Ollie” character. 130 years ago September 18, 1892 The Inter Ocean Chicago newspaper introduces newspaper color printing. 110 years ago September 21, 1912 Award winning animator, artist, writer, producer, and director Chuck Jones is born. He’s especially known for his Warner Brothers cartoons featuring the Road Runner and Bugs Bunny. 110 years ago September 21, 1912 Ziff-Davis pulp artist Rod Ruth is born. He’s the first artist of The Toodles, scripted by Stanley and Betsy Baer. 110 years ago September 22, 1912 Japanese writer-artist and political cartoonist Kon Shimizu is born. He creates Tokyo Senichi ya Monogatari and Kappa no Kawatoro. 105 years ago September 18, 1917 Award winning voice artist June Foray is born. With a career beginning on radio in her teens, she is heard in animated cartoons, Stan Freberg comedies, and more. Especially known as the voice of Rocky the Flying Squirrel, she actively promotes the field of animation and, at age 94, she is the oldest entertainer at that time to win an Emmy Award. 100 years ago September 22, 1922 The British comics magazine The Wizard begins. 90 years ago September 18, 1932 Floyd Gottfredson introduces Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse in the Mickey Mouse strip. 90 years ago September 22, 1932 British artist Ian Kennedy is born. 85 years ago September 17, 1937 Anant Pai is born. The Indian writer-artist sometimes called the father of Indian comics, he creates Indrajal and founds Rang Rekha Features. 75 years ago September 17, 1947 Three-time Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist and Shoe creator Jeff MacNelly is born. 75 years ago September 20, 1947 Emmy winning comics writer and Howard the Duck creator Steve Gerber is born. 75 years ago September 21, 1947 Writer Stephen King is born. His bestselling books are often pop culture connected, and several of his projects have comics associations. 70 years ago September 19, 1952 Linus van Pelt (mentioned earlier in the year) is first seen in Charles Schulz’ Peanuts strip. 70 years ago September 22, 1952 Harold Tucker Webster dies one day after his 67th birthday. He created The Timid Soul, Life’s Darkest Moments, and other panel cartoons (eventually totaling more than 16,000). 65 years ago September 16, 1957 Artist Keith Williams is born. He’s best known for work on Moonstone Comics and The Phantom. 65 years ago September 18, 1957 Dan Davis is born. The Eisner nominated artist produces material for DC and Bongo. 65 years ago September 20, 1957 Writer Steve Ringgenberg is born. 60 years ago September 16, 1962 Gregory Gallant is born. Under the pen name “Seth,” the cartoonist produces Palookaville and It’s a Good Life, If You Don’t Weaken. 60 years ago September 17, 1962 Artist Harry L. Parkhurst dies at age 86. He drew Golden Arrow for Whiz Comics and Hopalong Cassidy for Master Comics and later drew Dell’s Western comics as “Harry Parks.” 60 years ago September 20, 1962 Writer-artist Gary Dunaier is born. 60 years ago September 21, 1962 French artist and musician Hubert Mounier is born. He works as “Cleet Boris.” 60 years ago September 22, 1962 Artist, letterer, and colorist Steve Lavigne is born. He’s especially known for his work on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 50 years ago September 20, 1972 Writer William Ritt dies at age 70. He co-created Brick Bradford with Clarence Gray. 45 years ago September 16, 1977 Animator, director, and artist Robert McKimson dies of a heart attack at age 66. He was especially known for his Warner Brothers cartoons. 40 years ago September 16, 1982 Political and newspaper feature cartoonist Courtney Dunkel dies at age 79. 40 years ago September 17, 1982 Chiggers creator and publisher of Tulip Tree Press writer-artist Hope Larson is born. 30 years ago September 18, 1992 Bob begins. The “Mad Dog Returns” episode kicks off the first season, in which Bob Newhart plays Bob McKay, the fictional comic book creator of Mad-Dog. 20 years ago September 20, 2002 Disney’s English dub of Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away is released in the United States. |
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| September 16 Camelot 3000 is an American twelve-issue comic book limited series written by Mike W. Barr and penciled by Brian Bolland. It was published by DC Comics from 1982 to 1985 as its first maxi-series. It was also the first comic book series to be printed on Baxter paper instead of newsprint. The series follows the adventures of King Arthur, Merlin and the reincarnated Knights of the Round Table as they reemerge in an overpopulated future world of 3000 A.D. to fight off an alien invasion masterminded by Arthur’s old nemesis, Morgan Le Fay. Fulfilling an ancient prophecy that he would return when England needs him most, Arthur is awakened accidentally from his resting place beneath Glastonbury Tor by a young archeology student, Tom Prentice, whom Arthur makes his squire and later a knight. The two of them travel to Stonehenge, where Merlin lies sorcerously trapped by the fae creature Nyneve, and awaken him to help them retrieve Arthur’s legendary sword, Excalibur. In the year 3000, the Earth is facing a threat from an alien invasion of unknown origins. Reconstituting the round table at Lancelot’s orbital habitat, Arthur and his knights battle both the invading aliens as well as intrigues from Mordred and Morgan. Their task is complicated by internal tensions including the renewed love triangle between Arthur, Lancelot and Guinevere, Tristan’s grappling with his gender identity, Tom Prentice’s infatuation with Tristan, and Gawain’s desire to see his family again. Eventually, the Knights track the origin of the alien invasion to a previously undiscovered tenth planet of the solar system. Flashbacks reveal that after her defeat in the Middle Ages, the spirit of Morgan traveled out into the solar system, eventually reconstituting herself on the planet where she enslaved the native population and led them in their invasion of Earth. The story begins in Camelot 3000 #1 (September 16, 1982).  |
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| September 17 Gwen Stacy of Earth-65, an alternate Earth that debuted in Edge of Spider-Verse #2 (September 17, 2014) was bitten by the radioactive spider instead of Peter Parker, forcing her into a career as the Spider-Woman of her world. In her regular life, she began a relationship with Peter Parker and formed a friend group with the former and ostracized new student Harry Osborn, who is later revealed to have had a crush on her. Meanwhile, Peter began his infatuation with Spider-Woman without knowing that she is secretly his best friend Gwen Stacy. The bullying Peter suffered got worse and worse, and eventually he creates a formula that turns him into a lizard mutant. On prom night, after he is being bullied yet again, he injects himself with the formula and transforms, going crazy. Gwen Stacy then dons her Spider-Woman costume and fights Peter, defeating him, but she accidentally pushes him too hard and kills him. Peter regresses to his human form in Gwen’s arms, telling her he just wanted to “be special” like her and prompting her to realize what she has done. She then runs from the scene, creating the public misconception that Spider-Woman has murdered Peter Parker and is a menace to society.  |
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| September 18 As a scientist working for the Kingpin, Dr Jonathan Ohnn was assigned to reproduce the radiation levels of the superhero Cloak to find a way to artificially mimic his powers. Working late one night, he succeeded creating a solid black circular portal. In doing so however, the drain on the city’s power became so great, a blackout washed over the city, causing the portal to shimmer and destabilize. Fearful of losing a once in a lifetime opportunity, Ohnn stepped into it. The shock of the transition caused him to pass out. He awoke floating weightlessly in a dimension which he initially assumed was Cloak’s dark dimension. He soon realized however that the power shortage caused the portal to send him to a different dimension, a place of half-darkness and half-light. A seemingly infinite number of portals surrounded him in this place. Making swimming motions, he managed to find the original portal that brought him there and slipped back through it. When Ohnn emerged back into his lab, his body had undergone a radical transformation. The portals from the other dimension had adhered to his skin, covering him with black spots from head to toe. Realizing the spots were portable space warps, he started to think he might be able to use them to defeat anyone in battle. When Spider-Man and Black Cat arrived to confront Kingpin, he appeared before them and announced himself as the Spot. Spider-Man collapsed on the roof, laughing at the name. The Spot ended up winning that first confrontation and warned the heroes to leave the Kingpin alone. He first appeared in Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #97 (September 18, 1984).  |
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| September 19 The Micronauts originate in the Microverse, a microscopic universe full of strange planets like the human-inhabited Homeworld which is made up of diverse spherical habitats that are linked together in the fashion of a molecular chain. The original team comes together in response to the threat posed by dictator Baron Karza who gained control of Homeworld through the creation of the Body Banks where life-extending brain transplants are performed on the rich and inhuman genetic alterations on the poor. Commander Arcturus Rann returned from a thousand-year deep space voyage in suspended animation with Biotron, his robot co-pilot on the HMS (Homeworld Micro Ship) Endeavor, to discover Karza has slain the royal family, descendants of Rann’s parents Dallan and Sepsis who are now worshiped as virtual gods. What follows is an epic war across the Microverse pitting Rann and his allies against Karza. In addition to Biotron, Rann’s team of “Micronauts” includes Princess Mari of Homeworld, who, with her brother Prince Argon, are the only survivors of the slaughtered royal family. Known to the team as Marionette, she falls in love with Rann and leads the team on occasion. The alien gladiators Acroyear and Bug also join Rann’s cause, and although completely different - one a noble armor-clad warrior prince and the other a wisecracking insectoid thief - the two become best friends and staunch allies of all Micronauts. The last member of the original team is Microtron, Mari’s robot tutor. Their adventures begin in Micronauts #1 (September 19, 1978).  In 1951, California exhibitor and B-movie producer Robert L. Lippert released a 58-minute black-and-white feature starring George Reeves and Phyllis Coates called Superman and the Mole Men. The film prompted the first television season to go into production in August/September of the same year. The series discontinued production, however, and remained unaired until September 19, 1952, when cereal manufacturer Kellogg’s agreed to sponsor the show, as the company had previously done with the Superman radio series. The success of the series came as a complete surprise to the cast. To promote and advertise the show, cast members Reeves, Hamilton, and Larson were able to gain extra money by appearing in Kellogg’s commercials during the second season. However, Noel Neill was never approached for these because sponsors worried that scenes of Clark Kent having breakfast with Lois Lane would be too suggestive. From the beginning, the series was filmed like a movie serial with principals wearing the same costumes throughout the show to expedite out-of-sequence shooting schedules and save budgetary costs. For instance, all scenes that took place in the “Perry White Office” set would be filmed back to back, for future placement in various episodes, which was often confusing to the actors. Money was further saved by using Clark’s office as Lois’s office with a simple change of wall hangings, thus dispensing with additional set construction. Other scenic short-cuts were employed. In the last seasons, for example, few exterior location shoots were conducted, with episodes being filmed almost entirely in the studio. Reeves’s red-blue-and-yellow Superman costume was originally brown-grey-and-white so that it would photograph in appropriate grey tones on black-and-white film. After two seasons the producers began filming the show in colour, a rarity for the time. Episodes follow Superman as he battles gangsters, thugs, mad scientists and non-human dangers like asteroids, robots, and malfunctioning radioactive machines. In the first episode, Superman’s infant life on the planet Krypton, his arrival on Earth, and his nurturing by a farm couple are dramatized. In succeeding episodes, he conceals his super-identity by posing as mild-mannered Daily Planet reporter Clark Kent who, in times of crisis, dashes into the Daily Planet’s storeroom, or alley, sheds his street clothes, and reappears in superhero tights and trunks (all at super-speed) to rescue hapless folk from the clutches of evildoers.  |
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| September 20 Gil Jourdan first appeared in Spirou Magazine on September 20, 1956. It is a combination of mystery, adventure and humour. Bungling police Inspector Crouton takes wisecracking burglar Libellule out of prison in order to proceed to a reconstruction of a theft for which he has been arrested. Libellule is then snatched from right under Crouton’s nose by a young man named Gil Jourdan. Jourdan is a private investigator in need of a big break and he thinks that Libellule’s burglary skills could be useful in exposing a gang of popaïne [cocaine] smugglers. Once the smugglers’ ring had been captured, the trio of Jourdan, Libellule and Crouton would proceed to handle other cases which sometimes took them from France to South America and the Middle East, Libellule and Crouton providing the comic relief which contrasted with Jourdan’s earnest nature. Looking on was Queue-de-Cerise, Jourdan’s secretary who sometimes also helped out in the investigations. Gil Jourdan is considered one of the masterpieces of European comics. The appeal lay not only in the intricate investigations, humour and adventure but also the atmosphere of the places where Jourdan would go to. Whereas previous series like The Adventures of Tintin are based in spotlessly clean homes and locations, Jourdan’s world is made up of dusty offices, littered streets, wet docks and mud-splattered farms. Fast and furious car chases also added to its popularity.  |
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| September 21 First appearing in Wonder Woman #1 (September 21, 2011), Zola is a young woman who lives and owns a barn in Virginia. Her barn is visited by Hera, who transforms two horses into centaurs. Inside the barn house, Zola aims her shotgun at the god Hermes, whom she believes to be a house invader. Hermes tries to reason with her and informs her that they must leave the house as her life is in danger but Zola refuses to listen and they are attacked. Hermes is attacked but manages to throw Zola a key which instantly transports her Wonder Woman’s London apartment. Diana agrees to help her, asking her for the key. Zola transports both Diana and herself to the barn where she fights the centaurs. After the centaurs’ defeat, Hermes reveals that Zola is pregnant with Zeus’ child. Wonder Woman takes Zola and Hermes to Paradise Island where Hermes narrates the apparent birth story of Diana to Zola, that she was sculpted out of clay by her mother Queen Hippolyta and granted life by the Gods. The presence of the trio on the island directs Hera’s wrath towards it, who then sends her daughter Strife. Strife reveals Diana’s own true parentage to her, that Hippolyta conceived Diana when she slept with Zeus after a long battle, making Diana one of Zeus’ many illegitimate offspring. This leaves Diana heartbroken, who along with Zola, Hermes and Strife returns to London, and chooses never to return to the island.  |
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| September 22 Idie is a fourteen-year-old girl from Cross River State, Nigeria when her powers manifest. She debuted in Uncanny X-Men #528 (September 22, 2010). The first manifestation of her powers causes her village to burn down, and when she starts to freeze things as well, she is considered by the locals to be a witch. By the time Storm and Hope arrive, Idie’s family and friends have been killed. Hope stabilizes Idie’s powers, and Idie uses her new abilities to drive away the paramilitary group that was attempting to kill her. From her introduction, Idie is shown to have deep religious reservations with respect to her status as a mutant. She has viewed herself as a “monster” and has wished her mutation was as obvious as Laurie’s, so that her “sin” would be just as obvious. When deciding not to be called “The Girl Who Wouldn’t Burn,” Idie describes herself as “a witch child,” “a blasphemy,” and “a heretic.” She states that if she cannot burn in this world, she will burn in the next. Idie has the power of temperature manipulation. This power allows her to move heat from one area to another, producing various effects. She is consistently able to move enough heat to create fire in one area and ice in another.  |
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TURNING POINTS by Maggie Thompson Here’s the latest installment of Maggie Thompson’s ongoing look at important beginnings, middles, and ends, this time for September 23-29, 2022... 230 years ago September 27, 1792 British caricaturist and illustrator George Cruikshank is born. He helps to develop “John Bull” as the personification of England. 130 years ago September 24, 1892 Dick Dorgan is born. The cartoonist brother of Tad Dorgan, he illustrates Thorne Smith’s Biltmore Oswald and Out o’ Luck and draws the panel cartoons Divot Diggers and Colonel Gilfeather. 115 years ago September 29, 1907 Mike and Ike (They Look Alike) by Rube Goldberg begins. 115 years ago September 29, 1907 Western actor Gene Autry is born. Fawcett’s Gene Autry Comics is named for him, and the Fawcett series is followed by one from Dell. 110 years ago September 26, 1912 Don Rico is born. Starting in the Golden Age, the writer-artist freelances for Fox, MLJ, Fiction House, Lev Gleason, and Timely. 100 years ago September 25, 1922 Roz Kirby is born Rosalind Goldstein. She marries Jack Kirby in 1942 and joins him in outreach to fans in the years that follow. 100 years ago September 29, 1922 Ned Riddle is born. He creates the Mr. Tweedy panel cartoon. 95 years ago September 27, 1927 Writer-artist Jack Katz is born. Though his career begins in the Golden Age, he is best known for his creation of The First Kingdom graphic novel series. 95 years ago September 27, 1927 Romano Scarpa is born. The Italian writer-artist and animator has been called the grand master of Italian Disney comics. 90 years ago September 25, 1932 The Flemish comics magazine Ons Volkske begins. 75 years ago September 27, 1947 Walt Disney’s Fun and Fancy Free opens. The animated “full-length musical cartoon feature” consists of two short films: “Bongo” and “Mickey and the Beanstalk.” 75 years ago September 28, 1947 Will Eisner’s Spirit newspaper insert section introduces flying saucers to comics three months after the June 25 first alleged sighting in Idaho. 75 years ago September 29, 1947 Underground comix writer-artist Greg Irons is born. 70 years ago September 24, 1952 Writer Bill Vallely is born. 70 years ago September 25, 1952 Actor, director, producer, and writer Christopher Reeve is born. He stars as Superman in features in 1978, 1980, 1983, and 1987. 70 years ago September 29, 1952 Writer, Heavy Metal columnist and editor, and Vertigo editor Lou Stathis is born. 65 years ago September 24, 1957 Bodybuilder and artist Harry Paschall dies of a heart attack at age 60. He created the Bosco comic strip. 65 years ago September 27, 1957 Rune T. Kidde is born. The Danish writer-artist is co-founder of the publishing company Baldur og Brage, the cartoon studio Gimle, and the comics workshop Tegneserievaerkstedt. 65 years ago September 28, 1957 Michael Eury is born. The writer-editor is known for his work for DC, Dark Horse, and TwoMorrows. 60 years ago September 24, 1962 Art director, editor, and writer Mark Mazz is born. 60 years ago September 24, 1962 Artist Darren Goodhart is born. 60 years ago September 25, 1962 Tom Beland is born. He writes and draws True Story Swear to God. 60 years ago September 26, 1962 Writer-artist George Carlson dies at age 74 or 75. Especially known for such comic book stories as “The Pie-Face Prince of Pretzelburg,” he also drew the dust jacket for Gone with the Wind. 60 years ago September 28, 1962 Portuguese artist Bernardo Marques dies at age 63. 55 years ago September 23, 1967 British comics magazines Princess and Tina merge. The new title is Princess Tina. 40 years ago September 23, 1982 Gene Day dies of a heart attack at around 30 years old. The Canadian artist is known for work on Marvel’s Star Wars comics. 40 years ago September 24, 1982 Cartoonist Matthew Inman is born. He creates the award winning web comic The Oatmeal. 40 years ago September 29, 1982 Prolific French artist Maracel Turin (who worked as “Mat”) dies at age 86. 35 years ago September 23, 1987 Walter M. Baumhofer dies at age 82. The pulp cover artist of the 1930s was the first cover illustrator for Doc Savage adventures. 30 years ago September 25, 1992 Dutch artist Jaap Beckmann dies at age 78. 30 years ago September 27, 1992 Chinese comics artist Zhang Leping dies at age 91. He was the pioneering manhua creator of Sanmao. 25 years ago September 25, 1997 Spanish artist and publisher Josep Toutain dies of lung cancer at age 64 or 65. The head of the publishing house Toutain-Editor (whose contributors eventually produced work for Warren and Skywald magazines), he opened Catalan Communications with Bernd Metz and Herb Spiers. 15 years ago September 24, 2007 The Big Bang Theory begins. The nerd-centric TV sitcom focuses on science and pop culture themes, relationships, and situations, including comics shop visits and Comic-Con International: San Diego trips. 10 years ago September 23, 2012 Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson ends. 10 years ago September 27, 2012 Daily Lives of High School Boys by Yasaunobu Yamauchi ends. 5 years ago September 23, 2017 The first Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards (also known as the Ringo Awards) are announced at the Baltimore Comic-Con. 5 years ago September 27, 2017 Publisher, editor, and cartoonist Hugh Hefner dies at age 91. He founded Playboy magazine and was its editor in chief. |
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| September 23 Mortimer Drake was a man of exotic and idiosyncratic taste. When he found himself unable to purchase more exotic valuables for his collection legally, he resorted to theft. Donning a costume resembling that of a Musketeer, he called himself the Cavalier. He first appeared in Detective Comics #81 (September 23, 1943). His course of actions ultimately brought him into conflict with Batman and Robin. Drake matched wits against Batman and Robin several times, and escaped them in each encounter, but Batman was able to deduce the Cavalier’s identity, leading to Drake’s eventual imprisonment. The Cavalier has no superhuman abilities. He is however, a good athlete, and a skilled hand-to-hand combatant, and swordsman. He carries a rapier that emits electric blasts. The feather plume on the Cavalier’s hat is actually a steel tipped dart.  |
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| September 24 Doctor Fun may have been the first popular episodic World Wide Web comic. It debuted on September 24, 1993. David Farley started uploading Doctor Fun while working as a computer technician for the library system at the University of Chicago. At the time, Farley would do the pages of his webcomic “in batches”, though it took about an evening to finish each color cartoon. Most often compared to The Far Side, Doctor Fun was a series of bizarre one-panel gags. Topics ranged from the mundane to the obscure. Farley reported that, based on the email he received, most readers were of a similar age to him and worked with computers, but that there were also a “disproportionate number” of nurses. Doctor Fun made various references to science and pop culture and was described by The Houston Chronicle to have a “universal appeal” compared to coeval webcomic NetBoy. Dr. Fun’s appearance on the World Wide Web was noted by the NCSA, creator of the Mosaic web browser, as “a major breakthrough for the Web” in 1993.  |
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| September 25 Dr. Simon Ecks is a scientist who discovered that human auras could be enhanced to function outside of the body. When Ecks created an energy-duplicate of himself, the introverted scientist’s unstable mind became dominated by the doppelgänger he named Double X. Doctor Double X made his first appearance in the pages of Detective Comics #261 (September 25, 1958) where he fought with Batman and Robin. The resulting battle causes Simon Ecks to lose his memory of the experience. He is remanded to Arkham Asylum. Doctor Double X’s energy-duplicate shares the consciousness of Simon Ecks, but can also act alone. The duplicate’s powers of flight, energy blasts, and super strength have at times required Batman to seek help in defeating the villain. Double X requires regular infusions of electrical energy to sustain itself or it will lie dormant in Ecks’ body.  |
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| September 26 The Corinthian is a nightmare created by Dream, who destroys him for going rogue and failing to fulfill his original design. He first appears in The Sandman #10 (September 26, 1989). Dream later recreates him with “some changes”, though the exact nature of these changes is not explicit. His most notable physical feature is his lack of eyes: in their place, two rows of small, jagged teeth line each eye socket, which he often covers with sunglasses. He can speak, eat, see, and even respire through these mouths. The first Corinthian claims excellent eyesight, and is shown driving a car even while wearing sunglasses at night; but in the same volume, is shown consuming the eyes of humans through his own socket/mouths, which allows him to view their memories and even see the future. The Corinthian is AWOL from the dreamscape following Morpheus’s escape from capture, and masquerades as a serial killer who removes his victims’ eyes; but Dream finds him shortly after saving Rose Walker. Here, Morpheus states that the Corinthian was “…created to be the darkness, and the fear of darkness in every human heart. A black mirror, made to reflect everything about itself that humanity will not confront”; but is deemed a failure for having done nothing other than gruesome murders.  |
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| September 27 Space Racer is an alien whose gun fires indestructible blasts that will shoot through anything, and can only be fired by him. He debuted in Invincible #35 (September 27, 2006). The blasts are lethal to Viltrumites as well. If anyone tries to take it or use it, the gun would fly right back into Space Racer’s hands. Space Racer usually flies on a hoverbike. Over 100 years ago, Nolan Grayson fought Space Racer in an asteroid belt and buried him under a pile of rocks, which prompted Space Racer to drop his gun. Nolan left the gun where it was so it would not fly back to Space Racer and give him a chance to escape by blasting his way out. When Nolan settled on Earth with Deborah Grayson, Nolan wrote a series of science fiction books known as Memoirs of a Space Adventurer, which was secretly about enemies of the Viltrum Empire. One of these books, The Man with the Invincible Gun, chronicled his fight with Space Racer, who he called “Space Rider” to conceal his identity. Omni-man and Allen were sent by Thaddeus to retrieve Space Racer’s gun. When they reach the Asteroid the gun returns to its owner. Space Racer, assuming that Omni-man was there to kill him, attacked the duo. A Stray blast hit the Asteroid causing it to collapse in on itself. Omni-man was able to grab Space Racer and flee the asteroid’s destruction. Once clear of the explosion, Allen was able to convince Space Racer that Omni-man had reformed. Space Racer called his space bike to him and they flew off to meet Thadeus.  |
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| September 28 The Mother, Man of Miracles, has appeared to offer her guidance and wisdom to The Hellspawn so that he might play his part in Armageddon. She debuted in Spawn #150 (September 28, 2005). She is an ageless being of practically inconceivable power who has been the architect behind most of the events in the Spawn universe, holding significant knowledge of Al Simmons and his role as Spawn, knowledge that not even Mammon possesses and possessing powers beyond that of God or Satan. Her true form is as the “Mother” of Existence, though she is neither female nor male, it is able to cast an illusion to make herself look male. M.O.M.’s appearance changes depending upon who is perceiving her/him. She has appeared as an anime-inspired hero, as Miracleman, as a mysterious, beautiful, nude woman covered in ivy who was presumably Gaia, Jesus Christ and, in her true form, as the Mother of Creation: a Caucasian skinned, beautiful, nude woman with a masculine body. When cloaked in her illusion, people see her as they want to, and she subsequently explains that this is because reality is far more malleable than humanity believes. In her anime guise, M.O.M.’s appearance changes consistently from panel to panel. The tattoos on her face are different each time, the logo on her chest appears and reappears and sometimes her shirt disappears but her logo remains visible on her skin. It is unknown why there is such little consistency to her appearance in this form.  |
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| September 29 Argentinian artist Quino created Mafalda in 1963. The name “Mafalda” was selected as an homage to one of the characters of the 1962 Argentine film Dar la cara. The comic strip was conceived as a blend of Peanuts and Blondie. He had received a proposal by fellow artist Miguel Brascó, and the comic strip would be a covert advertisement for the “Mansfield” line of products of the Siam Di Tella company. The characters would use their products, and all of them would have names starting with “M”. Quino and Brascó offered the comic strip to the newspaper Clarín, but they noticed the advertisement nature and did not publish it. Julián Delgado, senior editor of the magazine Primera Plana, proposed Quino to publish the comic strip, if he removed the advertisements. It was first published in the magazine on September 29, 1964. The comic strip is composed of the main character Mafalda, her parents and a group of other children. However, the group was not created on purpose, but was instead a result of the development of the comic strip. The other children were created one at a time, and worked by countering specific aspects of Mafalda. The exception was Guille, Mafalda’s brother, who was introduced during a period when the author did not have other ideas.  |
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| September 30 Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published 12 editorial cartoons on September 30, 2005, most of which depicted Muhammad, the principal figure of the religion of Islam. Muslim groups in Denmark complained, and the issue eventually led to protests around the world, including violent demonstrations and riots in some Muslim countries. Islam has a strong tradition of aniconism, and it is considered highly blasphemous in most Islamic traditions to visually depict Muhammad. This, compounded with a sense that the cartoons insulted Muhammad and Islam, offended many Muslims. Danish Muslim organisations that objected to the depictions responded by petitioning the embassies of Islamic countries and the Danish government to take action in response, and filed a judicial complaint against the newspaper, which was dismissed in January 2006. After the Danish government refused to meet with diplomatic representatives of the Muslim countries and would not intervene in the case, a number of Danish imams visited the Middle East in late 2005 to raise awareness of the issue. They presented a dossier containing the twelve cartoons from the Jyllands-Posten, and other information some of which was found to be falsified. As a result, the issue received prominent media attention in some Muslim countries, leading to protests across the world in late January and early February 2006. Some escalated into violence resulting in more than 200 reported deaths, attacks on Danish and other European diplomatic missions, attacks on churches and Christians, and a major international boycott. Some groups responded to the outpouring of protest by endorsing the Danish policies, launching “Buy Danish” campaigns and other displays of support. The cartoons were reprinted in newspapers around the world both in a sense of journalistic solidarity and as an illustration in what became a major news story.  |
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TURNING POINTS by Maggie Thompson Here’s the latest installment of Maggie Thompson’s ongoing look at important beginnings, middles, and ends, this time for September 30 through October 6, 2022... 145 years ago October 6, 1877 Henri Berthelot begins Le Canard, a satirical Canadian weekly that will carry many cartoons. 130 years ago October 4, 1892 Robert Lawson is born. He wins the Caldecott Medal for They Were Strong and Good and the Newbery Award winner for Rabbit Hill. His Disney connections include creation of Ben and Me and illustrations for Munro Leaf’s The Story of Ferdinand the Bull. 120 years ago October 1, 1902 Swedish artist Gunila Stierngranat is born. She draws Lilla Lena och Jon Blund. 115 years ago October 4, 1907 Finnish artist Erkki Tanttu is born. He creates the Rymy-Eetu strip. 110 years ago October 5, 1912 Animator and artist Riley Thomson is born. He works for Warner Brothers and Walt Disney and draws Disney stories for Dell comics. 105 years ago October 4, 1917 Disney comics artist Bill Wright is born. 105 years ago October 6, 1917 Rafael Fornés Collado is born. The Cuban editor-artist creates the strips José Dolores and Don Sabino. 100 years ago October 5, 1922 The award-winning writer-artist of The Family Circus Bil Keane is born. He serves as NCS president from 1981 to 1983. 95 years ago October 4, 1927 Croatian writer-artist Oto Reisinger is born. He’s estimated to have produced more than 70,000 cartoons. 85 years ago October 1, 1937 Award-winning editor, publisher, and letterer Bill Spicer is born. He’s especially known for his Graphic Story Magazine. 80 years ago September 30, 1942 Dutch artist Lode Pemmelaar is born. 80 years ago October 1, 1942 Simon & Schuster publishes Little Golden Books, printed by Western and priced at a quarter each. The first release is of 12 titles, which include The Poky Little Puppy. 70 years ago October 4, 1952 Artist Tod Smith is born. He works on comics for DC, Marvel, Claypool, and Archie as well as on the Zorro newspaper strip. 70 years ago October 5, 1952 Will Eisner’s The Spirit concludes its run as a newspaper comics section. 65 years ago October 5, 1957 Writer-artist Tim Burgard is born. 60 years ago October 1, 1962 William Byrne is born. He writes and draws Max Burger P.I. 60 years ago October 5, 1962 Writer-artist and self-publisher Jeff Nicholson is born. He’s known for such comics as Ultra Klutz and Through the Habitrails. 60 years ago October 6, 1962 Artist Jim Nelson is born. 60 years ago October 6, 1962 The British comics magazine Valiant begins. 55 years ago October 1, 1967 Robert Powell dies at age 50. Born Stanislav Robert Pawlowski, he was the Golden Age artist of Sheena and Mr. Mystic, co-wrote the debut of Blackhawk, penciled Mars Attacks gum cards, and was the art director of Sick. 55 years ago October 3, 1967 Comics creator Rob Liefeld is born. One of the co-founders of Image, he co-creates such characters as Cable and Deadpool before producing such Image series as Youngblood. 55 years ago October 3, 1967 Award-winning cartoonist, teacher, and researcher Ivan Brunetti is born. He’s known for Schizo. 55 years ago October 3, 1967 Cartoonist and voice artist Pinto Colvig dies of lung cancer at age 75. The original voice of Pluto, Goofy, and Bozo was declared to be a Disney Legend for his contributions to Disney films. (He was also a Nevada newspaper cartoonist.) 40 years ago October 1, 1982 EPCOT Center opens at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. 40 years ago October 3, 1982 Award-winning artist Noel Sickles dies at age 72. He’s known for the Scorchy Smith newspaper strip. 35 years ago September 30, 1987 Writer Alfred Bester dies of complications of a broken hip at age 73. Known for his science fiction (including the award-winning The Demolished Man), he also contributed to comics, including creation of supervillain Solomon Grundy and stories for The Phantom and Mandrake. 35 years ago October 1, 1987 A California earthquake damages several comics shops. 35 years ago October 5, 1987 Artist Ed Stevenson dies at age 91. He drew King Features comic strips based on books by Frank Buck. 15 years ago October 2, 2007 Archie Comics President and Co-Publisher Richard Goldwater dies of cancer at age 71. 15 years ago October 3, 2007 Spanish artist Manfred Sommer dies at age 74. 15 years ago October 5, 2007 Josette Niesen Macherot dies at age 77. She colored comics by Raymond Macherot. 15 years ago October 5, 2007 Steve Massarsky dies at age 59. The entertainment lawyer set up Voyager Communications to publish Valiant Comics. 10 years ago October 5, 2012 Disney and Tim Burton release the Frankenweenie animated feature with voice artists including Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Martin Short, and Martin Landau. 10 years ago October 6, 2012 French artist Charlie Kiéfer dies of leukemia at age 75. And here are the anniversaries spanning the month of October… 115 years ago October 1907 A.D. Condo’s Mr. Skygack, from Mars begins. 110 years ago October 1912 The All-Story publishes the first episode of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan of the Apes, “A Romance of the Jungle.” 95 years ago October 1927 Russell Johnson’s Mr. Oswald comic strip begins in the trade journal now called Hardware Retailing. He will draw it for the next 62 years. 85 years ago October 1937 Quality’s Feature Funnies #1 stars comic strip characters in their comic book debuts via strip reprints. Included are Dixie Dugan, Joe Palooka, and Mickey Finn. 80 years ago October 1942 Quality’s Police Comics #12 introduces Ebony to newsstand comics in a reprint of the Spirit story from June 16, 1940. (The Spirit himself first appeared in the Spirit supplement of June 2, 1940, which was reprinted in Police Comics #11.) 80 years ago October 1942 Marvel’s Terry-Toons Comics #1 features the introduction to comic books of Paul Terry characters including Gandy Goose, Sourpuss, and Dinky Duck. 80 years ago October 1942 Lev Gleason’s Daredevil Comics #13 cover features Daredevil’s Little Wise Guys. Scarecrow, Meatball, Pee Wee, and Jock are introduced in “Blackhearts in White” by Charles Biro. 80 years ago October 1942 Pines’ Coo Coo Comics (“America’s funniest magazine”) kicks off its run by introducing Supermouse, drawn by Kin Platt. 75 years ago October 1947 “Radio’s famous coast-to-coast favorite” (which began on NBC on June 24, 1941) comes to comics with DC’s A Date with Judy #1. Art is by Graham Place. 75 years ago October 1947 Gentleman Ghost is introduced in the Hawkman story in DC’s Flash Comics #88. The story is by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert. 75 years ago October 1947 DC’s All-American Comics #90 announces that it’s “Introducing the Icicle! The coldest criminal in history!” “The Icicle” is by Robert Kanigher, Irwin Hasen, and John Belfi. 75 years ago October 1947 OK, we know about The Justice Society of America. But what’s The Injustice Society of the World? DC’s All-Star Comics #37 teams the villainous Gambler, Brain Wave, Vandal Savage, The Wizard, Per Degaton, and The Thinker in stories by Robert Kanigher, Irwin Hasen, John Belfi, Joe Kubert, Carmine Infantino, and Alex Toth. 70 years ago October 1952 Harvey Kurtzman puts together an anthology of “tales calculated to drive you” Mad for EC. This first issue may be the first comic book of satire and parody. (OK, Supersnipe #6 (its first issue) had a satire of Blue Beetle, but this is an entire issue devoted to that sort of thing.) Contributors include Kurtzman, Jack Davis, Wally Wood, Bill Elder, John Severin, and Marie Severin. 70 years ago October 1952 Quality offers “battlefield adventures” in G.I. Combat #1. 65 years ago October 1957 Harvey’s Hot Stuff, the Little Devil begins with his saying to readers, “I’m Hot Stuff … Who are you?” 60 years ago October 1962 Tales from the Tomb #1 (and only) is a Dell Giant with “nightmare stories of ghosts, ghouls and other grisly … ‘things’” written by John Stanley. 60 years ago October 1962 “I challenge you to match your powers against mine, Thor!” I say thee nay! Marvel’s Journey into Mystery #85 introduces its version of a bunch o’ folks from Norse Myth. In “Trapped by Loki, the God of Mischief” by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Jack Kirby, and Dick Ayers, Loki, Balder, Odin, Heimdall, and more make their first Marvel appearance. 60 years ago October 1962 The Little Annie Fanny feature by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder begins in Playboy. 60 years ago October 1962 It’s the first Johnny Storm Human Torch solo story and it’s in Marvel’s Strange Tales #101. The tale by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Jack Kirby, and Dick Ayers even lets readers peek into the house shared by siblings Johnny and Sue Storm. 60 years ago October 1962 Uh oh! DC’s The Atom #3 introduces Chronos. “The Time Trap!” is by Gardner Fox, Gil Kane, and Murphy Anderson. 60 years ago October 1962 “An atomic accident turns a young scientist into a fantastic being!” Gold Key’s Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom #1 introduces (yep!) Doctor Solar by Paul S. Newman and Bob Fujitani. (Doc won’t get his costume until #5.) 60 years ago October 1962 There’s no mention of it on the cover of Archie’s Madhouse #22, but “Presenting Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch” by George Gladir, Dan DeCarlo, and Rudy Lapick introduces (yes) Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch, as well as Della and Sabrina’s cat, Salem. (Archie and Betty make guest appearances.) 60 years ago October 1962 Another uh oh! Who’s the mystery woman hurling a repelling ray at Green Lantern in DC’s Green Lantern #16? Carol Ferris becomes Star Sapphire in “The Secret Life of Star Sapphire!” by John Broome, Gil Kane, and Joe Giella. 55 years ago October 1967 “This man who was just murdered is our hero!” DC’s Strange Adventures #205 features “Who Has Been Lying in my Grave?” by Arnold Drake, Carmine Infantino, and George Roussos, who create the first Deadman story. 55 years ago October 1967 “Introducing the first chapter of the continuing saga of ‘The Lonely War of Capt. Willy Shultz!’” Charlton’s Fightin’ Army #76 introduces Captain Willy Schultz in “The Charge Is Murder” by Will Franz and Sam Glanzman. 55 years ago October 1967 Marvel’s “At last you will learn what lives … within the cocoon!” Marvel’s Fantastic Four #67 introduces Him (Adam Warlock) in “When Opens the Cocoon!” by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Joe Sinnott. 55 years ago October 1967 “If this be … MODOK!” Yes, it be. Marvel’s Tales of Suspense #94 introduces MODOK as the new leader of AIM in a story by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Joe Sinnott. Note: He gets to be all in caps, because his name is an acronym for Mechanized/Mental/Mobile Organism Designed Only for Killing. 50 years ago October 1972 Marvel’s version of Doc Savage is introduced in Doc Savage #1. “Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze!” by Steve Englehart, Roy Thomas, Ross Andru, and Jim Mooney adapts the character created by Lester Dent and introduced in the Doc Savage adventure pulp in 1933. 50 years ago October 1972 “Beasts that act like men! Men who act like beasts! See the world of …” Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth #1. It’s “a sensational DC Jack Kirby blockbuster.” The story by Jack Kirby and Mike Royer begins in an issue dated less than four years after Planet of the Apes hit theaters. 50 years ago October 1972 In its “first startling issue,” DC’s Swamp Thing #1 introduces Swamp Thing. “Dark Genesis” is by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson. 50 years ago October 1972 Lorna (Queen of the Jungle!), Tharn (The Magnificent!), and Jann (of the Jungle!) return to comics in Marvel’s Jungle Action #1, which reprints stories from the 1950s. 50 years ago October 1972 Marvel’s The Amazing Spider-Man #113 introduces Hammerhead in “They Call the Doctor … Octopus!” It’s not enough that Spidey has an ulcer, right? The story is by Gerry Conway, John Romita, Jim Starlin, and Tony Mortellaro. 50 years ago October 1972 “Captain America must be captured – or destroyed!!” It’s complicated and is getting more complicated. “The Falcon Fights Alone” is by Steve Englehart, Sal Buscema, John Verpoorten, and Tony Mortellaro. Captain America #154 features the first full appearance of Jack Monroe, who will – but Spoilers… 45 years ago October 1977 Marvel’s Omega the Unknown #10 is the last issue. “The Hottest Slot in Town!” is by Steve Gerber, Mary Skrenes, and Jim Mooney. Stuff happens, and the story continues in Defenders #75. 45 years ago October 1977 DC’s Starfire #8 is the last issue. “The Dwellers of the Dark Domain!” is by Tom DeFalco, Mike Vosburg, and Vince Colletta. 45 years ago October 1977 They’re “searchers for a homeworld with a galaxy against them!” DC’s Star Hunters begins with “Junkworld!” by David Michelinie, Don Newton, and Bob Layton. 45 years ago October 1977 DC’s Super Friends #7 introduces Godiva, Impala, Owlwoman, and Seraph. “The Warning of the Wondertwins” is by E. Nelson Bridwell, Ramona Fradon, and Bob Smith. 45 years ago October 1977 “Beginning! The incredible saga of – The Starjammers! Will it be the end of The X-Men?!” (At a guess, the answer would be no. Just saying.) Anyway, Marvel’s The X-Men #107 has the first full appearance of The Starjammers and introduces a bunch of characters. “Where No X-Man Has Gone Before!” is by Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum, and Dan Green. 40 years ago October 1982 “They’re back – the greatest fighting team of all!” DC revives Blackhawk with #251. (#250 was dated January 1977.) “A Time to Fight … a Time to Die!” is by Mark Evanier and Dan Spiegle. 40 years ago October 1982 The cover of #287 says it’s “loved by millions,” but, after 33 years, Harvey’s Sad Sack Comics ends with this issue. 40 years ago October 1982 Comico begins publishing with Primer #1, “Presenting Comico’s Creative Cast of Curious Characters: Victor, Slaughterman, Az, Mr. Justice and Skrog.” 40 years ago October 1982 Archie cancels Josie and the Pussycats with #106. 40 years ago October 1982 Justice League of America #207 and All-Star Squadron #14 feature a “Crisis on Earth-Prime” crossover with a zillion of DC’s characters. The project is by Gerry Conway, Roy Thomas, Don Heck, Romeo Tanghal, Adrian Gonzales, and Jerry Ordway. 40 years ago October 1982 Pacific Comics begins Ms. Mystic. “From this day onward the planet Earth is under my protection. Defile it not or suffer the wrath of Ms Mystic!” (Yeah, that’s the way she’s spelled on the cover.) The story is by Neal Adams and Michael Netzer. 40 years ago October 1982 Marvel’s The Defenders #112 introduces Arcanna, Nuke, and Power Princess. It’s an alternate universe thing in “Strange Visitor from Another Planet!” by J.M. DeMatteis, Don Perlin, and Mike Gustovich. 40 years ago October 1982 Marvel’s Iron Man #163 introduces Obadiah Stane and The Chessmen in “Knight’s Errand” by Denny O’Neil, Luke McDonnell, and Steve Mitchell. 35 years ago October 1987 “From this day onward the planet Earth is under my protection. Defile it not or suffer the wrath of Ms Mystic!” Sound familiar? Continuity restarts Ms. Mystic, reprinting that Pacific Comics issue (complete with the cover spelling). 35 years ago October 1987 Marvel mini-comics go on sale. “The Safe Halloween Treat for Girls and Boys!” are sold (16 comics per bag) for $2.95: four each of Captain America, Heathcliff, Care Bears, and Spider-Man. 35 years ago October 1987 “Final issue all secrets revealed”: DC ends Electric Warrior with #18. “Love for All Things Living” is by Doug Moench, Jim Baikie, and Dennis Janke. 35 years ago October 1987 Marvel’s last issue of the “New Universe” series Kickers, Inc. is #12. 35 years ago October 1987 DC’s Doom Patrol returns, kicking off a new series with a story by Paul Kupperberg, Steve Lightle, and Gary Martin. The team consists of Celsius, Tempest, Negative Woman, and Robotman. 35 years ago October 1987 DC’s “twelve issue future shocker!” Outcasts begins. “Lady, Ya Got Yaself a Team!” is by John Wagner, Alan Grant, Cam Kennedy, and Steve Montano. 35 years ago October 1987 Marvel’s Marshal Law begins under the Epic imprint. The satiric take on superheroes is by Pat Mills and Kevin O’Neill. 35 years ago October 1987 DC’s Swamp Thing #65 introduces Sprout (and includes a shout-out to Marvel’s Man-Thing). “(We Could Be) Diving for Pearls” is by Rick Veitch and Alfredo Alcala. 35 years ago October 1987 “Introducing … The Once and Future Thor!” Marvel’s Thor #384 provides the first appearance of a Thor of the year 2537: Dargo Ktor. “Who Shall Be Worthy?” is by Tom DeFalco, Ron Frenz, and Brett Breeding. 35 years ago October 1987 “Introducing … The Mime!” It says so on the cover. DC’s Batman #412 introduces Mime in “The Sound of Silence” by Max Allan Collins, Dave Cockrum, and Don Heck. 30 years ago October 1992 DC’s Batman: Sword of Azrael #1 introduces Azrael in “Vanishing Angels & Sudden Death” by Denny O’Neil, Joe Quesada, and Kevin Nowlan. Things will get complicated. 30 years ago October 1992 The Image title Cyberforce begins. The first part of “The Tin Men of War” is by Marc Silvestri with script credit to Eric Silvestri. 30 years ago October 1992 In Valiant’s Solar, Man of the Atom #14, Fred Bender becomes Doctor Eclipse. “Rainbow’s End” is by Jim Shooter, Steve Ditko, Kevin VanHook, Howard Simpson, and Paul Autio. 30 years ago October 1992 “Introducing: the heroism of Turbo … and the villainy of Cardinal!” They appear in Marvel’s The New Warriors #28 in “Heavy Turbulence” by Fabian Nicieza, Darick Robertson, and Larry Mahlstedt. 30 years ago October 1992 DC’s The Darkstars #1 introduces the “epic adventures” of the intergalactic team of police in “Mean Streets” by Michael Jan Friedman, Larry Stroman, and Scott Hanna. 30 years ago October 1992 Marvel’s Captain Planet and the Planeteers (based on the animated TV series) ends with #12, announcing “Final issue!” on the cover. 30 years ago October 1992 Harbinger Active Resistance Division is on display in Valiant’s Harbinger #10. “New Beginnings” by Jim Shooter, David Lapham, and Gonzalo Mayo introduces H.A.R.D. Corps. 25 years ago October 1997 Batman/Spider-Man #1 (and only) is one of a few DC-Marvel crossovers. “New Age Dawning” is by J.M. DeMatteis, Graham Nolan, and Karl Kesel. 20 years ago October 2002 Image’s G.I. Joe: Frontline #1 begins a story that takes place between the Marvel series and the Image/Devil’s Due series. The first part of “The Mission That Never Was: One if by Land” is by Larry Hama, Dan Jurgens, and Bob Layton. 20 years ago October 2002 ThunderCats #0 starts another comic book series based on the TV franchise. “A Cat’s Tale” is from DC and is by Ford Lytle Gilmore, J. Scott Campbell, and Rhys Yorke. 15 years ago October 2007 DC had an earlier series, and now Booster Gold returns with this #1. “52 Pick-Up, Chapter 1” is by Geoff Johns, Jeff Katz, Dan Jurgens, and Norm Rapmund. 10 years ago October 2012 Marvel’s Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe begins. Because he’s just that kinda guy, right? The story is by Cullen Bunn and Dalibor Talajić. 10 years ago October 2012 Marvel starts a new Hawkeye series. “Lucky” is by Matt Fraction and David Aja. 10 years ago October 2012 There have been a variety of first issues of a Doctor Who comic book. This one from IDW stars Matt Smith’s Doctor (along with companion characters Amy Pond and Rory Williams). “Hypothetical Gentleman, Part 1” is by Andy Diggle and Mark Buckingham. 10 years ago October 2012 OK, sure, Marvel offers Hawkeye series before and after this. In any case, this Hawkeye #1 is by Matt Fraction and David Aja. 10 years ago October 2012 Archie introduces New Crusaders to its Red Circle Comics line more than a quarter of a century after Archie’s Mighty Crusaders series. The first part of “Ashes to Ashes” is by Ian Flynn, Ben Bates, and Gary Martin. 10 years ago October 2012 Last month, we noted DC’s offering of Ozymandias in its slew of Before Watchmen first issues. This month, Before Watchmen: Rorschach and Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan begin. 5 years ago October 2017 There were prequels to this release, and the story is a continuation from Dark Days: The Casting #1, but wow! There sure are a bucket of variants for DC’s Dark Nights: Metal #1. The story is by Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, and Jonathan Glapion. 5 years ago October 2017 Valiant’s Eternity #1 introduces a slew of characters: aliens who are members of Agents of Change. The story is by Matt Kindt, Trevor Hairsine, and Ryan Winn. 5 years ago October 2017 Marvel releases a bunch of one-shots with the title beginning “Generations:.” They’re Banner Hulk & Totally Awesome Hulk, Hawkeye & Hawkeye, Phoenix & Jean Grey, The Unworthy Thor & the Mighty Thor, and Wolverine & All-New Wolverine. (Collect them! There are many different covers, after all.) 5 years ago October 2017 Speaking of a bunch of Marvel one-shots, the company also releases a variety of True Believers: Kirby 100th tributes. 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| October 1 Sarge first appeared in his own title, Sarge Steel #1 (October 1, 1964). Sarge Steel has a mechanical left hand. Sarge was originally a hard-boiled private eye who somehow also got involved in “spy cases,” and became a “Special Agent.” His enemies included characters like “The Lynx,” “Ivan Crunch,” “Smiling Skull”, Werner Von Wess, Mr. Ize, and others.  |
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| October 2 Peter Merkel, a native of the Midwestern United States, was born with a unique condition: “Triple-jointedness”. Like the more common “double-jointedness”, Merkel’s condition was characterized by extremely extensible ligaments and tendons, though to a significantly extended degree. The son of a side-show barker, Merkel found work in a small local carnival as a contortionist and eccentric dancer. The carnival fell on hard times and Merkel found himself out of work. Wandering the streets, Merkel despaired of having money. Seeing large boxes of toys being loaded into a department store, Merkel hit on the idea of hiding himself in one of the large rag dolls and then robbing the store after closing. Going unnoticed among the toys, Merkel carried his idea one step further: He would rob while still hidden in the Rag Doll suit. In these earliest days of costumed villains, the idea seemed novel and Merkel decided that no one would believe that a Rag Doll could commit crime. The Rag Doll moved his operation to Keystone City where he often came into conflict with the Flash. He debuted in Flash Comics #36 (October 2, 1942).  |
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| October 3 When Heather Douglas was still a girl, her father was driving her and her mother through the desert when they accidentally happened to see the spaceship of Thanos land; the space villain did not want any witnesses, so he destroyed their car. Heather was thrown clear and survived, but her parents were killed. She was found by Thanos’ father, Mentor, who took her to his home world, Titan, to be raised by the monks of Shao-Lom. From the monks, Heather develops her body to its full potential, becoming a formidable martial artist. They teach Heather various scientific disciplines such as chemistry and genetic engineering; but most significantly, they help Heather tap into her latent psionic powers, present within all humans. Heather is able to develop her mental powers far beyond even those of her teachers, so much so that she eventually mentally contacts a powerful entity called the Dragon of the Moon. The Dragon immediately tries to corrupt and take her over, but she fights back, driving the Dragon away. This fills her with pride and an overwhelming sense of superiority. To commemorate her victory, she takes the name Moondragon. Unknown to Heather, the Dragon subtly continues to influence her on a subconscious level. Moondragon first appeared in Iron Man #54 (October 3, 1972).  |
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| October 4 Pete Stanchek is a normal teenager until he develops Harbinger abilities. After seeing an advertisement he contacts the Harbinger Foundation. Toyo Harada is an Omega Harbinger: he commands the full spectrum of psionic abilities, which he uses to create a multinational corporation and amass a large fortune. Fearing the world is on a course to destroy itself, he plans to take it over and mould it to his specifications. To this end he creates the Harbinger Foundation, which actively searches for potential Harbingers. Harada is intrigued by Pete, who is the only other Harbinger to have triggered his own powers and who exhibits multiple abilities. Harada tries to persuade Pete to join the Harbinger Foundation and become Harada’s right hand man, but when Pete’s best friend, who had been vocal about his distrust for Harada, is murdered by the Foundation, Pete realizes the truth. Pete, along with Kris become renegades. They decide to recruit Harbingers themselves, activate their abilities and form an army capable of challenging Harada. Stanchek first appeared in Harbinger #1 (October 4, 1991).  |
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| October 5 Cupidon is a Belgian comics series that made its debut in the magazine Spirou on October 5, 1988. Cupidon features short stories about the adventures of a little Putto attempting to bring love on earth. His headquarters are in Heaven and he is dispatched by a (hot-tempered) Saint Peter. With his bow and arrows, Cupidon is usually prone to blunders, bringing together people of contrasting personalities, even matching together animals not necessarily of the same species.  |
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| October 6 Madame Xanadu’s full name was once Nimue Inwudu and she is the youngest sister of Morgana (to become Morgaine Le Fay) and Vivienne, the Lady of the Lake. She debuted in Doorway to Nightmare #1, (October 6, 1977). The sisters are descendants of the Elder Folk, survivors of Atlantis who evolved into the race known as the Homo magi. Madame Xanadu is the same Nimue who casts an imprisoning spell on her former lover Merlin, blaming him for manipulating Camelot and the course of history for his own gain. Merlin has the last laugh, though, as he succeeds in stripping her magic away from her, forcing her to use potions to maintain her immortality. The mysterious Phantom Stranger influences her betrayal of Merlin and the two continue to meet throughout the centuries, sharing an ambivalent relationship. Nimue wanders around the world for some time, becoming an advisor to many great rulers. She spends time in Kublai Khan’s court at Xanadu, leading to her assumed name of “Madame Xanadu.” Again she meets the Phantom Stranger. It does not go as expected, for she learns the Stranger walks outside of the timestream. During the French Revolution, she is able to regain her immortality by besting Death in a card game. In the 1940s, she has a sexual relationship with John Zatara, who wishes to marry her, but she foresees his true love, and the later existence of his daughter, Zatanna, “a love with whom she could never compete.” Despite this, she uses Zatara to trap and ensnare the Phantom Stranger, preventing him from witnessing, and affecting, the supernatural origins of the Spectre. Eventually, Madame Xanadu decides that she wants to atone for her sins and begins operating the fortune-telling parlor out of “the Village”. She however remains without any real magic might of her own, which has led her to manipulate various forces in order to gain power. Having developed herself as an advisor, she now meets clientele plagued by supernatural problems. Although she can advise them, some force prevents her from directly interfering in solving their troubles. If one of her clients manages to conquer a supernatural force, she can contain that entity in jars within her fortune parlor to prevent it from causing any further trouble.  |
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TURNING POINTS by Maggie Thompson Here’s the latest installment of Maggie Thompson’s ongoing look at important beginnings, middles, and ends, this time for October 7-13, 2022... 140 years ago October 10, 1882 Homer Fleming is born. He’s an artist for Golden Age comics, especially for DC. 125 years ago October 8, 1897 Eelco Harmsen van der Beek is born. The Dutch artist creates the advertising character Flipje and (with Enid Blyton) the “Noddy” series for children. 125 years ago October 12, 1897 Charles Henry Ross dies at age 62. The British comics writer-artist co-created Ally Sloper with Isabelle de Tessier. 115 years ago October 8, 1907 Award-winning Disney and UPI animator Arthur Babbitt is born. He designs the witch in Snow White and Geppetto in Pinocchio and leads the 1941 Disney Studio strike. 105 years ago October 12, 1917 Roger Armstrong is born. The artist and teacher draws for such comic books as Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics, among other Dell series, where his features include Warner Bros., Disney, and Hanna-Barbera characters. He draws the Ella Cinders newspaper strip in the 1950s. 105 years ago October 13, 1917 Puppeteer Burr Tillstrom is born. He creates the “Kukla, Fran, and Ollie” TV feature. 100 years ago October 9, 1922 Fritzi Ritz by Larry Whittington begins. (Yes, Ernie Bushmiller will take over the series in 1925.) 80 years ago October 11, 1942 Milton Caniff begins special Terry and the Pirates strips (featuring Burma) for service newspapers. 75 years ago October 10, 1947 Writer-artist Joseph Jacinto Mora dies at age 70. He created the Animaldom feature. 75 years ago October 10, 1947 Chicago Mayor Martin Kennelly bans the sale of Crime Does Not Pay comic books in the city. 75 years ago October 11, 1947 Cartoonist Ippei Okamoto dies at age 61. He helped to form the first Japanese cartoonists’ organization and introduced U.S. strips to Japan. 75 years ago October 12, 1947 The cartoonist creator of Rose Is Rose, Pat Brady, is born. 70 years ago October 11, 1952 Belgian comics publisher Jean Dupuis dies at age 76. 70 years ago October 11, 1952 Jim Woodring is born. The artist-writer is especially known for Jim and Frank. 70 years ago October 13, 1952 Lawyer and writer Bob Ingersoll is born. The reviewer and essayist is known for his CBG and ComicMix column The Law Is a Ass, addressing the legal aspects of comics stories. 65 years ago October 8, 1957 Artist Richard Thompson is born. He creates the Cul de Sac strip and Richard’s Poor Almanac. 65 years ago October 11, 1957 Edmond-François Calvo dies at age 65. The influential French funny animal writer-artist was especially known for La Bête Est Mort. 60 years ago October 9, 1962 Philippe Escafre is born. The French writer-artist who works as “Coyote” creates “Bébert, Clochard et Philosophe,” “Litteul Kévin,” and the biker strip Mammouth et Piston. 55 years ago October 10, 1967 Editor and letterer Douglas W. Dlin is born. 50 years ago October 7, 1972 The Mighty World of Marvel #1 kicks off a weekly series of British reprints of Marvel comics. 40 years ago October 10, 1982 Ben Krefta is born. The manga-style artist also produces “how to” art books. 30 years ago October 9, 1992 The Words & Pictures Museum of Fine Sequential Art (founded by Kevin Eastman) opens in Northampton, Massachusetts. 15 years ago October 10, 2007 Fan John Simpson dies of cancer at age 51. 5 years ago October 12, 2017 Austrian artist Erwin Moser dies at age 63. 5 years ago October 12, 2017 Margreet de Heer is elected first Dutch Stripmaker des Vaderlands (Comics Laureate of the Netherlands). She created the Discoveries in Comics series and Kinderleed Komix. 5 years ago October 13, 2017 During a Santa Rosa, California, fire, the house of the late Charles M. Schulz burns down; his widow, Jean, is saved. |
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