#OnThisDay in 1971 #JonahHex debuted in @dc.com #AllStarWestern #comics #10 ex #CivilWarConfederateSoldier surrenders toNorth dueToHis antiSlaveryStance & laterReceives #extremeFacialScar duringConflict aftReturnTo #Apache tribe hisDadSoldHimToasABoy #bountyHunter turned #Crisis40 #MadMax i.e. #Hex

#OnThisDay in 1961 #Clayface II debuted in @dc.com #DetectiveComics #298 #treasureHunter #MattHagen discovers #hiddenRadioactivePool & after immersing himself transforms into #clayLikeBeing who #canMoldHisBodyIntoAnyShape forms an elusive #criminal career battling #Batman later #Crisis40 casualty

#onThisDay in 1959 #KidFlash debuted in @dc.com #TheFlash #comics #110 #WallyWest #IrisWestsNephew on a visit to #BarryAllen his aunt’s fiancé & is #struckByTheSameLightningStrikeLabAccident thatGaveBarryHis #SuperSpeedPowers #sidekick #tookOverAsFlash in #Crisis40 #PostFlashpoint reamed tilRecently

#OnThisDay in 1981 #TheElectrocutioner debuted in @dc.com #BatmanComics #331 i.e. #Buchinsky who uses an #electricallyChargedSuit #toExecuteCriminalsHeFeltUnfairlyEscapedJustice but #Batman cramped his style in #Gotham so he lit up #Manhattan with #Vigilante II & also helped out during #Crisis40

#40YearsAgoToday #Luthor II of #Earth3 debuted in #CrisisOnInfiniteEarths #comics #1 #SonOfEarth3sGreatestHero #superSaviorChild of a sort mirroring #Superman’s origin rocketedTo #Earth1 from #Earth3 #beforeThePlanetsDestruction with hisPod landing in the #abandonedJLAsatellite #DCComics90 #Crisis40