#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 1958 #AdamStrange debuted in @DC.com #Showcase #comics #17 #archeologist who discovers the #ZetaBeam on Earth w #instantTransport to #ThePlanetRann in #PolarisSolarSystem meets scientist #Sardath & #hisDaughter #Alanna provided w a #jetPack #helpsDefeatAMenaceBeforeBeingReturnedToEarth

#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 1978 via #DennyONeil #DickGiordano #MichaelGolden #Batman85 married #Talia in #DCSpecialSeries #comics #15 when #RasalGhul gasses #GothamCity & he weds a docile #DarkKnightDetective to #hisDaughter but it’s all #unconsummated & rarely referenced again #aDecadeBefore #TheSonOfTheDemon

#OnThisDay in 1986 #TheMagicManWhoDebutedWithSupermanInActionComics #1 saw #hisFinalCurtain in a battle that included #MysticHeavyweights like #DrFate #TheSpectre #SargonTheSorcerer when #ZataraTheMagician #gaveHisLife to protect #hisDaughter #ZatannaTheMagician60 in #SwampThing #comics #50