Kirby also pitted Wesley Dodds against someone claiming to be Thor in Adventure Comics #75 (June 1942).
In issue #2, Lucien calls this unusual, and recent. Before The Sandman Originally they were the respective "hosts" of the EC-style [fiction|horror] comic anthologies House of Mystery and House of Secrets, which ran from the 1950s through 1983—Cain debuting in House of Mystery #175 (1968) and Abel in DC Special #4 and House of Secrets #81 (both 1969).
He helps Dream and Delirium find the missing Destruction, and later provided assistance to Lucifer in his own series. Thor: The Norse god Thor first appeared in DC Comics in Tales of the Unexpected #16 (August 1957), "The Magic Hammer," illustrated by Jack Kirby.
In another story attributed to Kirby and George Papp, "The Magic Stick" in House of Mystery #68 (November 1957), he looked like a traditional Viking with red hair, and his hammer looked identical to the way Kirby would draw it for Marvel Comics.
Later, a museum worker handled Thor's hammer and briefly became Thor in Batman #127 (October 1959).
In issue #2, Lucien calls this unusual, and recent. Before The Sandman Originally they were the respective "hosts" of the EC-style [fiction|horror] comic anthologies House of Mystery and House of Secrets, which ran from the 1950s through 1983—Cain debuting in House of Mystery #175 (1968) and Abel in DC Special #4 and House of Secrets #81 (both 1969).
Introduced in The Unexpected #113 (June–July 1969), he is one of the few DC "mystery" hosts not used by Gaiman. ==Gods, demigods, and major personifications== ===Bast=== Bast, in Neil Gaiman's comic book series The Sandman, is the DC Universe version of the goddess Bast of Egyptian mythology.
That story was reprinted in DC Special #4 (July 1969), which also contains Abel's debut.
During the 1970s, they also co-hosted the horror/humor anthology Plop!.
Like Cain and Abel, Lucien, created by Paul Levitz, Nestor Redondo, and Joe Orlando, was originally the host of a 1970s "weird tales" comic, specifically the three-issue Tales of Ghost Castle (May/June–October 1975).
They were also both recurring characters in DC's Elvira's House of Mystery (1986–88). In 1985, the characters were revived by writer Alan Moore, who introduced them into his Swamp Thing series in issue #33, retelling the Swamp Thing's original origin story from a 1971 issue of House of Secrets.
They originally appeared in Jack Kirby's 1974 Sandman series, as sidekicks to the title character, and continued as such when Hector Hall became the Sandman in Infinity Inc..
He first appeared in Weird Mystery Tales #18 (May 1975) and was apparently killed in Secrets of Haunted House #44 (January 1982).
Like Cain and Abel, Lucien, created by Paul Levitz, Nestor Redondo, and Joe Orlando, was originally the host of a 1970s "weird tales" comic, specifically the three-issue Tales of Ghost Castle (May/June–October 1975).
He first appeared in Weird Mystery Tales #18 (May 1975) and was apparently killed in Secrets of Haunted House #44 (January 1982).
In issue #2, Lucien calls this unusual, and recent. Before The Sandman Originally they were the respective "hosts" of the EC-style [fiction|horror] comic anthologies House of Mystery and House of Secrets, which ran from the 1950s through 1983—Cain debuting in House of Mystery #175 (1968) and Abel in DC Special #4 and House of Secrets #81 (both 1969).
They were also both recurring characters in DC's Elvira's House of Mystery (1986–88). In 1985, the characters were revived by writer Alan Moore, who introduced them into his Swamp Thing series in issue #33, retelling the Swamp Thing's original origin story from a 1971 issue of House of Secrets.
Gary Cohn and Dan Mishkin included them in the pages of Blue Devil in 1986.
The Merkin's facial form was almost certainly based upon a photograph by the artist Joel-Peter Witkin entitled "Amour, New Mexico, 1987", showing a naked female figure wearing a spider-like horned mask. ==Fair Folk== Inhabitants of Faerie. ===Cluracan=== The Cluracan is a courtier of the Queen of Faerie and the brother to Nuala, the Dream King's fairy servant.
He later reappeared briefly as one of Azazel's tactics to gain ownership of Hell. He is based on the demon Choronzon. Choronzon appears in 52 #25 (Late October 2006). ===Duma=== Duma is a fallen angel from the DC Vertigo series The Sandman.
He was retconned into a female gargoyle for the new series. Goldie is named after the "'imaginary' friend" to whom Abel would tell his early stories in the pages of House of Secrets. In issue 39 of the 2008 reboot of the House of Mystery comic series, it is revealed that Goldie is "Gigi", a waitress at the House of Mystery and a bit player in the series.
Raven", the ghostly librarian in George MacDonald's novel Lilith, may be intended. ====The Sandman==== In June 2019, Netflix signed a deal with Warner Bros.
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