#40YearAgoToday @dc.com #Aquaman #comics #1 (vol. 2) a 4-issue #miniseries debuted featuring the destruction of #NewVenice & the debut of #TheSeaKing’s #aquacamo #costume in a tale seeing him go #undercover #underTheSea in search of lost #Atlantean #talismans & taking on #hisBrother #TheOceanMaster

#OnThisDay in 1972 #ThePatchworkMan debuted in @dc.com #SwampThing #comics #2 #GregoriArcane is killedInAnExplosion whileSearchingFor #hisDaughter #Abigail & #hisBrother #Anton uses #scienceAndSorcery collectingHisRemains & reconstructed/reanimated him in nightmarish form & #keptHimChainedInADungeon

OnThisDay in 1969 #Abel modeled on #writer #MarkHanerfeld debuted in #DCSpecial #comics #4 after #hisBrother #Cain was introduced as #theHost of #HouseOfMystery and he next appears #theFollowingMonth taking over as #host of #sisterTitle #HouseOfSecrets alsoRevived as #HorrorComic after a #3YearPause

#OnThisDay in 1972 #ThePatchworkMan debuted in #SwampThing #comics #2 #GregoriArcane is killed in explosion while searching4 for #hisDaughter #Abigail but using #scienceAndSorcery #hisBrother #Anton collects his remains & reconstructs/reanimates him in nightmarish form keeping him chained in dungeon

OnThisDay in 1969 #Abel modeled on #writer #MarkHanerfeld debuted in #DCSpecial #comics #4 a year after #hisBrother #Cain was introduced as the host of #DCComics #HouseOfMystery next appears #theFollowingMonth taking over as #host of #HouseOfSecrets revived as a #HorrorComicsSeries #afterA3YearPause