Sandman (June 15, 1939) - Adventure Comics #40

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 …

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Batroc (December 9, 1966) This Day In Comics

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 …

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