Doctor Occult is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
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16 Facts About Doctor Occult
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Doctor Occult first appeared in 1935 around the Golden Age of Comic Books.
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Doctor Occult was published by National Comics Publications and Centaur Publications within anthology titles.
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Doctor Occult is the earliest recurring, originally featured fictional character created by DC Comics that is still currently used in the DC Universe.
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Doctor Occult is commonly affiliated with the All-Star Squadron and has appeared occasionally in paranormal-related stories by DC and Vertigo Comics titles.
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Doctor Occult has appeared in a few official tie-in comic books and has appeared in one DC based video game which is established as within DC's multiverse canon.
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Doctor Occult was depicted as a supernatural detective, whose detecting style was very much in the style of Sam Spade, only with supernatural abilities with a supporting character named Rose Psychic and his butler Jenkins.
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Doctor Occult appeared off and on in All-Star Squadron, a title set during World War II and on Earth-Two.
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Doctor Occult appeared later in crossover comics such as Crisis on Infinite Earths, Neil Gaiman's The Books of Magic, The Trenchcoat Brigade and "Day of Judgement" as part of the Sentinels of Magic.
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Doctor Occult appears in comic books outside of the mainstream DC Universe in what is referred to as the multiverse.
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Thirty-six years later, Doctor Occult opened up his own detective agency, specializing in crimes of a mystical nature and during World War II he joined the All-Star Squadron.
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Doctor Occult has used sorcery to halt or greatly slow the aging process, so that he appears in modern comics to still be a man in his late thirties or early forties, even though he was born at the end of the 19th century.
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Doctor Occult appeared within the crossover storyline, Crisis on Infinite Earths.
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Later stories would continue the idea of Doctor Occult and Rose Psychic being one with two different origin stories given to explain how they became one person.
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Doctor Occult has the powers of astral projection, hypnosis, illusion creating, and telekinesis.
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Doctor Occult wields a powerful talisman, a sphere or disc with a black and white pattern, called the Mystic Symbol of the Seven.
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