Born This Day: Hermann Rorschach

Watchmen & Rorschach © DC Comics

Rorschach (Nov. 8, 1884 - April 2, 1922) was a Swiss psychiatrist who devised the inkblot test that bears his name and that is widely used clinically for diagnosing psychopathology. His secondary-school nickname was Kleck, meaning "inkblot," because of his interest in sketching.

In 1917, he learned of Szyman Hens, who had studied the fantasies of his subjects using inkblot cards. Rorschach began in 1918 using 15 accidental inkblots, asking patients, "What might this be?" He knew the human tendency to project interpretations and feelings onto ambiguous stimuli. The subjective responses of his subjects enabled him to distinguish among them on the basis of their perceptive abilities, intelligence, and emotional characteristics. His published results (1921) drew little interest until after his death. link

Who Is Mr. Ashtar? by Jack Kirby (1957)

Tales of the Unexpected # 17, DC Comics, 1957

Professor Eureka (1951)

Strange Adventures #5, by Henry Boltinoff, DC Comics, 1951

How Fire and Water Made The World! (1950)

Strange Adventures #3, DC Comics

Opened This Day (1922): Tutankhamen's Tomb

On this day in 1923, archaeologist Howard Carter opened the sealed doorway to the sepulchral chamber of King Tutankhamen's tomb in Thebes, Egypt. A group of invited visitors and officials was present, including Lord Carnarvon, the aristocratic Englishman who had funded the excavation. link

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Trapped Between Two Worlds! by Steve Ditko (1959)

Strange Tales #67, Marvel Comics, by Steve Ditko