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105-538: In October 2022, during New York Comic Con , DC Comics announced a new event called Lazarus Planet which, along with Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths , will kickstart Dawn of DC . Batman/Superman: World's Finest (issues #1–5) and the Batman vs. Robin act as a prelude to Lazarus Planet . Lazarus Planet was followed up with a sequel called Lazarus Planet: Revenge of the Gods where Wonder Woman and Shazam fight. It

210-650: A Doctor Fate tale from More Fun Comics #56 (June 1940), in a three-issue limited series titled The Immortal Doctor Fate . Doctor Fate later appeared in several issues of the Crisis on Infinite Earths , assisting various heroes from the DC Multiverse battle the Anti-Monitor and later Amethyst. Despite the significant alterations to various histories resulting from the crisis, much of Kent Nelson's personal history remained largely unaffected, although much of

315-463: A bi-weekly run of one-shots depicting the search for a new Doctor Fate. These were intended to be followed by a new Doctor Fate ongoing series in April 2007, written by Steve Gerber and illustrated by Paul Gulacy , featuring the new Doctor Fate. However, the series was delayed due to extended production and creative difficulties. Gerber said in an interview for Newsarama that the story intended for

420-526: A child during an excavation and accidentally kills his father by releasing poisonous gases. Nabu explains he is immortal alien being from the planet Cilia and pities the boy, taking him in to teach him the "secrets of the universe" and raises him into adulthood to become Doctor Fate. The1963 "Crisis on Earth-One" and "Crisis on Earth-Two" storylines respectively revealed Neslon and the Justice Society of America's reality to be of Earth-2 and meets with

525-507: A cliff. During the fight, Nezha mortally wounds Batman, but King Fire Bull arrives and fights Nezha off while Talia and Damian revive Batman by using Black Alice's and Pigsy's magic. Nezha flees, and King Fire Bull angrily causes the Lazarus Volcano to explode. Damian flies Batman, Talia, and Black Alice out of the Lazarus Volcano while Supergirl notes that there is a big storm wrecking havoc on Earth. Damian and his group crash into

630-570: A demonic Devil Nezha. To stop Nezha, warriors from the House of Ji imprisoned him. In the 21st century, Nezha creates a new spell to free himself but was disgusted with how humans had advanced and desired to control the world. Batman and Superman manage to stop Nezha by trapping him in the Phantom Zone , but Nezha slowly tries to break free. Superman pushes Nezha and himself in Nezha's prison (which

735-487: A helmet, he gains a willing host in Justin Guilder, who is vying alongside Hector for the affection of love interest, Caitlin. Hall is assisted by a Wiccan coven but is later mortally injured and meets Nabu's spirit in the helm, who berates him due to not living up his potential despite being seen as the most powerful Doctor Fate incarnation. Overpowering Nabu and his verbal abuse, he revitalizes himself and defeats

840-582: A highly regarded incarnation. The character is notable marked by his complex and antagonistic relationship with Nabu, who often works to supplant his will and personal agency. While an experienced and respected hero who is often sought after for advice in his later years, Nelson often becomes disillusioned with the role over time and is supportive of a successor. Nelson's often expresses an approach of Doctor Fate in which focuses on grand supernatural problems and believes problems in regards to humanity being mundane and doesn't warrant such attention but adheres to

945-604: A magician, Abel, where he learns about Damian's recent tournament on Lazarus Island, and learns that Mother Soul is the mother of Ra's al Ghul and that the Lazarus Pits are derived from Nezha's elixir of immortality. Batman realizes that Nezha corrupted Damian and tricked him into freeing himself from his prison, and has taken control of Dick Grayson , Tim Drake , Jason Todd , and Stephanie Brown . While traveling to Lazarus Island, Batman realizes that Nezha has incapacitated Barbara Gordon and Batwoman while Talia al Ghul

1050-402: A novice despite his great power. While early characterization and portrayals noted his lack of skills and using past incarnation's reputation to obfuscate his limitations, the younger Nelson in later stories improved and ascended enough to be recognized under the title of Sorcerer Supreme. Despite some stories emphasizing his inexperience, Nassour's portrayal as Doctor Fate and his prowess

1155-588: A representative of the Lords of Order . Since the first Doctor Fate series in 1989, the character was retroactively established as a legacy hero , with new incarnations introduced throughout their publication history. After the New 52 reboot, the portrayal of Doctor Fate as a legacy character itself was retroactively redefined in official sources; Within the DC Universe , champions from ancient Egypt originally bore

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1260-595: A role in the Justice League / Justice League Dark crossover. In late 2022, the Nassour version concurrently appeared in the 2022 Justice Society of America comic and in several other notable crossovers such as Lazarus Planet and Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths . In the Justice Society of America comic title, the character's status quo from the previous Justice League Dark title carries over with

1365-642: A series of back-up stories running in The Flash from #306 (February 1982) to No. 313 (September 1982) written by Martin Pasko (aided by Steve Gerber from #310 to No. 313) and drawn by Keith Giffen . In 1981,DC's All-Star Squadron elaborated upon the adventures of many World War II-era heroes, including Doctor Fate and the JSA. Doctor Fate made occasional modern-day appearances in Infinity, Inc. throughout 1984,

1470-616: A strong moral character after discovering the Helmet of Fate and becomes Doctor Fate. Even as a magic superhero, he retains his scientific outlook and uses his medical expertise to help others. With the character's lack of mystic knowledge as an intended characterization, the younger Nelson worked to overcome it. At certain periods, the character utilized Doctor Fate's powerful reputation to disguise his abilities. The character later amassed formidable mystical knowledge. When created by Steve Gerber , several changes were made in order to simplify

1575-443: A world reminiscent of Doctor Strange's mystical realm. Nabu's support under Khalid differs from previous versions and was noted to be akin to a "combination of a GPS system and the movie version of Iron Man 's J.A.R.V.I.S .", contrasting from past depictions as an overbearing presence and progenitor of his power. This version is primarily supported by Egyptian deities , namely Bastet and Thoth , alongside several archangels and

1680-488: Is a huge doorway) on Lazarus Island but with the help of the Doom Patrol, Superman escapes the prison. In the present, while Damian Wayne participates in a tournament on Lazarus Island, it is revealed that his great-grandmother, Mother's Soul, was brought back to life due to the Lazarus Pits, with Mother's Soul saying that they must free Nezha once more or else the world will be destroyed (hinting that she may have been

1785-538: Is also considered among the most powerful on Earth alongside teammate and peer, Zatanna. In his debut appearance in issue #55-56 for More Fun Comics (May–June 1940), the characters makes his first ecounter with archnemesis Wotan and love interest Inza Crame. Wotan is beaten but learns he did not pass into the afterlife and encounters him once again, attempting to blow up the Earth. Fate manages to defeat him, placing him in suspended animation before buring him deep within

1890-463: Is depicted in early issues of the Fate series by John Francis Moore , where he is hired by elderly Kent and Inza Nelson to retrieve the lost artifacts of Doctor Fate. The pair are killed by demons when they try to collect the artifacts and Jared comes into contact with Nabu. Jared rejects his attempt to make him Doctor Fate under his control and circumstances causes him to alter the forms of the artifacts,

1995-541: Is gone from Earth and that Nezha and King Fire Bull have been imprisoned. Damian reconciles with Batman and comments that there is no team more formidable than Batman and Robin. An unnamed Chinese demoness and her skeletal soldiers release a weakened King Fire Bull from his prison in the Atlantic Ocean . The Monkey Prince, Pigsy and Supergirl clean up Metropolis and are assisted by Princess Shellestriah , who wishes to be trained by Pigsy. The demoness' soldiers attack

2100-413: Is held prisoner by Damian and Mother Soul. Nezha captures his old friend Pigsy and discovers that his son King Fire Bull has resurfaced on Earth with his own plans for world domination while Mother Soul forces the captured Black Alice to augment Doctor Fate 's helmet with stolen magic. Batman manages to defeat all the former Robins, and allows Alfred to be killed by Nezha, revealing that he knew Alfred

2205-482: Is noted to be the most formidable version of the character. The character was also specified to be "one of the ten most powerful beings on Earth". While combined they're considered among the most powerful mystical beings on Earth but do not rival Nelson's knowledge. One roleplaying guide source claims they potentially surpass Nelson's incarnation in raw power. Her character profile in Who's Who mentioned her to be among

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2310-1108: Is resealed by Pigsy. As Supergirl thanks the Monkey Prince and his companions, the demoness flees unnoticed. The event introduced many new characters to the DC Universe . These include: According to Comicbookroundup, Lazarus Planet Alpha received an average rating of 7.9 out of 10 based on 13 reviews. Lazarus Planet: Assault on Krypton received an average rating of 8.1 out of 10 based on 7 reviews. Lazarus Planet: We Once Were Gods received an average rating of 7.7 out of 10 based on 9 reviews. Lazarus Planet: Legends Reborn received an average rating of 7 out of 10 based on 10 reviews. Lazarus Planet: Next Evolution received an average rating of 7.7 out of 10 based on 7 reviews. Monkey Prince #11 received an average rating of 8.4 out of 10 based on 5 reviews. Lazarus Planet Dark Fate received an average rating of 7.5 out of 10 based on 8 reviews. Lazarus Planet Omega received an average rating of 7.3 out of 10 based on 9 reviews. New York Comic Con Too Many Requests If you report this error to

2415-588: The Daily Planet , Nia Nal is knocked unconscious after entering Batman 's dream and the eruption of Lazarus Volcano. She arrives and meets up with Kara Zor-El and Damian where she gets brought up to speed and tells them the future has gone dark. Batman wakes up and tells Nia that the only way for them to know the true future is to get the Doctor Fate helmet from Khalid Nassour . Nia Nal manages to go to Khalid's dream, but Khalid does not recognize her but

2520-550: The Hall of Justice where Supergirl, Power Girl , Blue Beetle , Mary Marvel , the Monkey Prince , Zatanna , Cyborg , and Blue Devil are. Damian brings everyone up to speed on what has happened and that King Fire Bull is the one responsible for the big storm. Zatanna notices that magic in general has gotten out of control, so Damian sends Mary Marvel, Zatanna, Cyborg, Blue Beetle and Power Girl to collect magical artifacts in

2625-629: The Justice League Dark: The Great Wickedness storyline, depicting a status quo change wherein the Helmet of Fate is damaged and is inhabited by a new entity. Connected to the Future State crossover event depicting an older Khalid Nassour having lived through the aftermath of the events of the "Great Wickedness" storyline, the entity is revealed to be the Egyptian goddess, Hauhhet. Nassour would also play

2730-573: The Curse, becoming more secure and confident in the process. In the 2005 Day of Vengeance crossover, Hector is killed by the Spectre and Nabu briefly acts in place of Doctor Fate. He gathers gather mystics and later confronts the ghost, driven to insanity and commits towards a witch-hunt for all magic users, destroying the Lords of Chaos and Order in the process. Fatally injured, he succeeds in stopping

2835-501: The DC You initiative, which saw an emphasis on "story over continuity", loosening the restrictions of continuity to allow for a diverse range of genres while some characters underwent status quo changes. The title focused on the newest and most recent incarnation of Doctor Fate, an Egyptian-American medical student named Khalid Nassour. Created with an emphasis on diversity and inspired by Marvel Comics heroes Spider-Man and Doctor Strange,

2940-606: The Doctor Fate character is considered among the most powerful superheroes in the DC Universe . Throughout the publication history of the character, specific descriptors of the character's expressed is sometimes consistent with one another. Nelson's portrayal often is accompanied by accolades due to the nature of Doctor Fate's power, with the DC Comics Encyclopedia noting him to be among the greatest living sorcerers of his time. Several storylines and guides compare him to other incarnations and successors, wherein he

3045-484: The Doctor Fate character; unlike other past versions of the character, The Kent V. incarnation lacked any connections to mythologies, the Lords of Chaos and Order (killed off during the character's publication history as the primary Doctor Fate incarnation), and lacked innate mastery of magic. The character's approach to magic was inspired by Marvel Comics' Doctor Strange, possessing a consistent arsenal of spells in which he has to learn overtime. The incarnation also lacked

3150-484: The Earth. The character's origin was first revealed in All-Star Comics #3 (1940), written by Garnder Fox , cumilating to Doctor Fate stating that he is not human nor had a childhood, created by elder gods and placed upon Earth to battle the forces of evil. One year later, the character was given a new origin with the alter-ego, Kent Nelson. Kent was the son of archaeologist Sven Nelson who encountered Nabu as

3255-399: The Gods is references to taken place two years prior (1997). In late 1999, The story within the book (JSA Secret Files) also is part of and leads into the "Justice Be Done" storyline by James Robinson and David S. Goyer Jared Stevens is killed off and replaced with Hector Hall , the son of Hawkman and Hawkgirl who is reincarnated as the new Doctor Fate and aged up from an infant by

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3360-464: The Helmet of Fate, becoming a human vessel for Nabu and acting as a protector of humanity. However, starting in the 1900s, the mortal chosen to wear the helm is given agency and the name "Doctor Fate". This portrayal is reinforced during Geoff John's 2022 Justice Society of America run, where Nelson reveals he is the first person to bear the Doctor Fate codename, whereas past incarnations did not. Although specific accolades of each incarnation vary,

3465-493: The Hunters but Damian wounds him and escapes to meet up with Nezha and Mother Soul, who have sent various malicious mystics to capture powerful relics across the world, causing Earth's magic to go into havoc. Investigating the magic imbalance, Batman tries meeting up with Zatanna but finds her hanging, but Zatanna reveals she is alive with Justice League Dark being preoccupied by Nezha's magic. Batman goes to Kentucky to meet

3570-627: The Justice League of Earth-1, a superhero team of a parallel world. After years of retirement, Doctor Fate becomes semi-active and helps the teams. In 1975, the storyline from 1st Issue Special #9 reveals more of Nelson's earlier years, pitting him against the mummy sorcerer Khalis while dealing with a frustrated Inza, whom he has married fifteen years after becoming Doctor Fate. The story also retroactively changes aspects of his origin, revealing Nabu altered young Kent's mind to erase his grief and pain, establishing him as twelve years old during

3675-427: The Justice League, originally acting as "advisors" in the team and becoming reoccurring characters. Nassour would eventually permanently become the new Doctor Fate instead of Kent Nelson in the "Lords of Order" storyline. Nassour would also receive a new redesign as Doctor Fate. Nelson's character would be later killed off in the "A Costly Trick of Magic" storyline, leaving Nassour as the sole Doctor Fate character. While

3780-753: The Khalid as a member of the Justice Society and playing a crucial role in defeating Degaton. The series would showcase different iterations of Doctor Fate as Degaton hunts the JSA across time and later rectified the history of the character. In 2023, the Nelson version is referenced in the Knight Terrors storyline and the Nassour version appears in the Wonder Woman tie-tin. In late 2023 and 2024, Kent would make appearances in various titles such as Green Lantern: Alan Scott and Jay Garrick: The Flash ,

3885-510: The Lazarus Explosion to gain more power and overpower them and attempt to take control of them. Black Alice teleports to Zatanna and plans to absorb all of the Earth's magic at once. Black Alice makes Jim Corrigan the Spectre once more as well as have Enchantress use magic on her to seemingly sacrifice herself, which allows Nezha (possessing Batman) to find King Fire Bull. Nezha shoots lightning at King Fire Bull by channeling power from

3990-407: The Lazarus Explosion, which severely weakens King Fire Bull, and allows Zatanna and the rest of the magical users to appear in front of King Fire Bull. They manage to imprison King Fire Bull, but Zatanna warns Damian that magic will be more unpredictable before leaving. Damian sees Batman and hugs him, but is unaware that Nezha is still controlling him. While talking to Cat Grant about being part of

4095-643: The Lazarus Explosion. The Doom Patrol are confronted by monstrous clowns who are a kidnapped group of military men. Jules Jordan and their friend Micah receive powers from the Still Force and Avery Ho confronts them to offer help. While visiting their grandmother's grave in Gotham City's Chinatown , demon hunter Xanthe Zhou fends off an attack from several jiangshi with help from Cassandra Cain . John Constantine arrives to track down necromantic energy but

4200-492: The Lazarus Volcano explosion is poisoning the plants and Earth. Batman's group defeats Nezha, but Nezha's body slowly corrupts Batman, turning him into a demonic being. Mary Marvel's group gets closer to the Tower, and Mary yells her name, which causes people who were imprisoned by Nezha to be free. Damian is trying to figure out what is going on when he is suddenly confronted by Fire King Bull. One of Pigsy's miniature clones visits

4305-420: The Lazarus Volcano has given everyone new powers. He observes an empath named Raphael Arce who tries to absorb all the pain from people who are painfully dying. Wonder Woman is sparring with a woman named Bia when Bia is taken by an undead Theseus and his army. Wonder Woman saves Bia from Theseus and with the help of Nubia , they defeat Theseus. Theseus reveals that the explosion from Lazarus Volcano has opened

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4410-471: The Lazarus explosion, and tried killing him. Red Canary tries studying for her chemistry test when she observes people being mutated by the Lazarus eruption. She asks for Sideways ' help in dealing with the pigs. Monkey Prince confronts Ultra-Humanite and his assistant and son-in-law Winston Shugel-Shen, the Monkey Prince's adoptive father, who are attempting to fix their Phantom Zone projector to capture

4515-462: The Lords of Chaos while a martial rift between the pair grows due to Inza's envy over Nabu's presence and Nelson's duties as Doctor Fate taking precedent over her and their marriage. In one instance, Totec weaponizes her envy against Nelson. In another, while Nelson battles a renegade Lord of Order and Lord of Chaos who team up, Inza nearly commits to infedelity with a museum curator. Sensing the rift to be potentially damaging to Nelson's mind, Nabu allows

4620-792: The Monkey Prince at the Hall and explains Nezha's and King Fire Bull's origins. During his initial conquest as the Devil Nezha, the Chinese gods offered Nezha a chance at redemption, taking him to the Heavenly Realm and gifting him the Red Armillary Sash, which suppressed his evil and reverted him back into human form. Nezha ascended to deity status and became acquainted with Pigsy and his companions Monkey King and Sandy during their quest to reunite with their master . Following

4725-520: The Red Armillary Sash, but Batman is left mortally wounded. Damian offers his own life to save his father, but is told that his soul alone won't be able to save Batman. With Oracle's technology, Damian broadcasts a message to Gotham's citizens, urging them to help Batman in his greatest hour of need. Damian's words allow Gotham's citizens to give up small pieces of their souls, which are enough to revive Batman from death. The next morning, Damian confirms that that Lazarus Island has been evacuated, Lazarus Resin

4830-642: The Red Armillary Sash, the Monkey King implores his son to defeat Nezha and King Fire Bull and to seek out his mentor Tripiṭaka to help him escape his imprisonment from the Phantom Zone. Meanwhile, Ultra-Humanite deduces that the Monkey Prince is his adoptive grandson and after the Monkey Prince escapes the Phantom Zone, he injects him with nanobots to put him under his control. Huntress goes to Arkham Tower and confronts Onomatopoeia and other serial killers who are being controlled by Killer Moth due to

4935-595: The Spectre but dies. In his final moments, he asks Captain Marvel to throw the helmet into space in hopes it finds a worthy bearer. Throughout 2007–2008, the Kent V. Nelson version is introduced by Steve Gerber following Hall's death in Countdown to Mystery . His origin depicts him as a former psychiatrist whose life spirals out of control following an infidelity, depression, and loss of medical license. The grandnephew of

5040-417: The Tower of Fate as a base of operations and lacked abilities from the helm such as its power possessing a pocket universe. The character's familial connections includes his great-uncle Kent Nelson (whom he's named after), ex-wife Marissa Nelson, and daughter Laryn Nelson. Although the character's history restoration into the prime continuity would retroactively make the character cousin to Khalid Nassour and

5145-772: The Tower of Fate, while Batman, Talia, and Supergirl will go find Nezha in the Himalayas and convince him to be an ally. While trying to breach the tower, Cyborg and Blue Beetle are attacked by King Fire Bull's bodyguard, the Silver Horn King . Batman's group are confronted by King Fire Bull's other bodyguard, the Golden Horn King . While Blue Beetle and Supergirl distract the Golden Horn King, Batman and Talia are shocked to see Nezha being attacked by Swamp Thing and Poison Ivy , who are angered that

5250-465: The Vigil from obtaining leftover Lazarus resin. Damian's girlfriend Flatline goes to Tokyo to confront Ubu, Ra's al Ghul 's bodyguard. Flatline fights off Ubu and his bodyguards to find an Urn that has the ashes of Ra's al Ghul and sees him in front of her. Deadeye confronts his aunt Amanda Waller who reveals she's on Earth-Three . Deadeye explains how his shape-shifter partner Everyman was changed by

5355-558: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.236 via cp1112 cp1112, Varnish XID 955610315 Upstream caches: cp1112 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:00:57 GMT Doctor Fate Doctor Fate (also known as Fate ) is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics . The first version

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5460-601: The aforementioned Nabu, retaining the status of agent of order. Eventually, this arrangement later changed to resembled Nelson's portrayal but replaces Nabu with Hauhet , a mysterious Egyptian goddess whose true agenda is unknown. The Inza Cramer version worked inadvertently as a "agent of chaos", acting as a representative for Lords of Chaos in which used their powers for benevolent reasons. Unlike prior versions predating her, she often used her overwhelming power to simultaneously address both grander universal issues and more "local" issues such as social inequality and poverty ,

5565-415: The aunt/uncle of Elizabeth/Mohammed Nassour respectively, the new history has Nassour comment none were able to actually confirm his relation to the original Kent Nelson. Drawing inspiration from Marvel Comics 's Doctor Strange and Spider-Man , Levitz 's portrayal of the character depicts Nassour as a young adult burdened with significant responsibilities, embarking on a journey of self-discovery within

5670-506: The boy's father dies and is placed and under her care, she is both attracted and amazed by Eric for reasons she cannot explain. Eric is chosen to wear the Helmet of Fate and is aged up by Nabu. Conversely, Linda Strauss is the twenty-eight year old stepmother of Eric who she becomes attached and attracted to despite believing it to be inappropriate. Years earlier, she married Eric's father for his wealth but regrets it following his abusive tendencies. The pair later merges with one another to become

5775-404: The character's comic book iterations, including Giovonni Zatara , Zatanna Zatara , and Traci 13 . In a 1987 interview, Fox recalled the genesis behind Fate, stating, "Doctor Fate (I originally called him Doctor Droon, but the name was editorially changed) was one of my favorites. I created him and even sketched out the original costume he would wear - but that costume was changed by artists over

5880-628: The character, the series was cancelled after 23 issues in September 1996. The character then starred in The Book of Fate written by Keith Giffen, which ran from February 1997 to January 1998 for twelve issues as part of DC's " Weirdoverse " imprint, rebooting the character's origins and adventures. However, the revival of the JSA title in 1991 allowed an opportunity for the Doctor Fate character to be reworked, with Jared Stevens subsequently killed off. The next incarnation of Doctor Fate would come in

5985-678: The character, Kent Nelson, first appeared in his own self-titled six page strip in More Fun Comics #55 (May 1940), during the Golden Age of Comic Books , created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Howard Sherman, who produced the first three years of monthly Doctor Fate stories. Soon after, the character's origin shown in More Fun Comics #67 (May 1941). Stories during the Golden Age included his love interest, Inza, who

6090-540: The comic books taking place decades prior to the character's death in Justice League Dark . Khalid would also featured in the Absolute Power crossover, depicted as one of the heroes depowered by the machinations of Amanda Waller with the help of Amazo robots replicating the powers of heroes and Brainiac Queen. The original version is acknowledged as an agent of order under Nabu and is considered

6195-621: The comics and original characters; the Kent Nelson version notably appeared in the television series Smallville , in which he was portrayed by Brent Stait , and the DC Extended Universe film Black Adam , in which he was portrayed by Pierce Brosnan . The Khalid Nassour version debuted in the Young Justice animated television series alongside others based upon pre-existing characters not typically associated with

6300-519: The demons away. In Gotham City , Nightwing rescues City Boy who tries to go get a family heirloom in the sewers. Firestorm is flying when the Lazarus explosion separates him and Martin Stein . He merges with a man named Dr. Ramirez to defeat the shadow demon, but when Ronnie tries to separate, he realizes that the Matrix is stealing Ramirez's age for power. Red Hood stops a group of vigilantes called

6405-513: The earlier stories during the Golden Age were retconned out. In 1987, the Doctor Fate limited series was released, featuring the debut of Eric and Linda Strauss. The characters would replace Kent Nelson as Doctor Fate, who is killed off in the series. A subsequential ongoing series was released focusing on the former two characters, the first twenty-four issues having been written and drawn by J.M. DeMatteis and Shawn McManus , starting in

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6510-576: The end of his own strip in More Fun Comics #98 (July–August 1944). The character later appeared in book such as the annual JSA/JLA team-ups in Justice League of America that began in 1963 and est Comics #201 (March 1971 and #208, December 1971); an appearance with Batman in The Brave and the Bold #156 (November 1979); and a solo story in 1st Issue Special #9 (December 1975), written by Martin Pasko and drawn by Walt Simonson . Doctor Fate and

6615-433: The events of Eric and Linda Strauss's time as Doctor Fate took place four years prior to the book's timeline (1995) and Jared Steven was chosen as Fate one year prior to the book's timeline (1998). Another SF&O issue reinforces Nelson's first time as Doctor Fate in 1940, Eric/Linda's time being four years prior to the book's timeline (1995) Jared being chosen one year ago (1998). However, Inza's activities during War of

6720-556: The first arc of the Doctor Fate ongoing series had been reworked to serve as the main story for Countdown to Mystery , a dual-feature eight-issue miniseries with Eclipso as the second feature. The first issue of Countdown to Mystery , with art by Justiniano and Walden Wong rather than Gulacy, was released in November 2007. Due to Gerber's death, the seventh issue was written by Adam Beechen using Gerber's notes. The final issue

6825-622: The form of Hector Hall , the son of the Golden Age Hawkman and Hawkgirl who is reincarnated due to the machinations of a supervillain . A fan-favorite incarnation, the character was featured in the JSA title and a five issue Doctor Fate limited series in 2003. The character was killed in the Day of Vengeance limited series in 2005 as part of the lead in to the 2005 company-wide event story, Infinite Crisis . In early 2007, DC published

6930-446: The four and while the Monkey Prince fights them off with his clones, some of the soldiers reveal that the Monkey Prince is not the Monkey King's son but a clone of the Monkey King who refused to revert back into hair. While the Monkey Prince is shaken by the revelation, the soldiers are able to capture Supergirl due to her weakness to magic and take her to King Fire Bull's lair, who proceeds to consume her qi to revitalize himself. While

7035-588: The gates of Hades , allowing the undead to return to the mortal world. Mary Marvel meets Black Adam 's new heir Malik, and they try to free Billy Batson from the Rock of Eternity. They reach Batson, who frees himself by absorbing the Rock of Eternity, but the wizard Shazam is angry at this and declares the Shazam family unworthy. Renee Montoya learns that a man named George Dennis Elroy (a suspect who killed ten people) mysteriously disappeared. She learns that there

7140-523: The goddess Bastet as the latest incarnation of Doctor Fate. This version is supported by Nabu, Thoth , various archangels , and Hauhet . Receiving critical acclaim, the character is often portrayed as an important member of Justice League Dark . Other versions of the character include step-mother/son duo Eric and Linda Strauss , archaeologist Inza Cramer , smuggler Jared Stevens , reincarnated son of Hawkman and Hawkgirl, Hector Hall , and former psychiatrist Kent V. Nelson. While not reaching

7245-527: The helmet does. Nia Nal manages to retrieve the helmet, but she wakes up in a Lazarus Pit with the helmet. Meanwhile, Jon Kent confronts an individual who gains new powers due to the explosion on Lazarus Island. Mercy Graves is in LexCorp trying to protect Lex Luthor and the workers when a monstrous wolf appears, and Graves is hit with Lazarus radiation, gaining powerful transformative and regenerative abilities. After Mary Marvel said her name which freed all

7350-651: The helmet now being a knife, the power of the Amulet of Anubis within him now, and the Cloak of Destiny now acting as bandages on his arm. He also instead utilizes the moniker of "Fate". In 1997, Keith Griffen later reboots his origins, wherein the elder Nelsons instead deceive Stevens into the role of Doctor Fate, allowing them to past into the afterlife peacefully and burdens him with the responsibilities. In 1999, an issue of DC's Secret Files and Origins establish various points in time: Nelson becoming Doctor Fate in 1940,

7455-466: The imprisoned Monkey King . During the scuffle, Winston is knocked unconscious and the Projector activates, sending the Monkey Prince to the Phantom Zone, where he meets the Monkey King, his real father, for the first time. The Monkey King uses his abilities to view the Monkey Prince's memories and is informed of conflict between Nezha and King Fire Bull. Realizing that Nezha has become corrupted without

7560-456: The imprisoned people, Power Girl is having hallucinations but manages to be free with the help of Lilith Clay . A family encounters a regular human washed up on the shore. However, it is revealed that the human was originally one of the amphibious monsters in the Trench and starts attacking the family, but Aquaman intervenes and saves them. Martian Manhunter observes how the eruption from

7665-435: The incident and would slowly possess him as Doctor Fate when he was an adult. Three years later in 1978, Paul Levitz 's revisions alternatively depicting Nabu as a cosmic being of the Lords of Order and sought to use young Kent, whom he aged to adulthood and imparted into him his mystical knowledge in the process. From 1981 to 1982, Nelson appears in backup issues in The Flash #306-313. Nelson continues to face foes from

7770-488: The late-1980s, an older Kent Nelson appears as a key member of the Justice League International but is killed off in the1987 within J. M. DeMatteis 's Doctor Fate miniseries, which introduced the origin of Eric and Linda Strauss's incarnation. Eric Strauss is the ten-year-old son of a billionaire whose history of abuse led to the suicide of his birth mother and disdain of his stepmother. With

7875-469: The latter in a district in New York City. Jared Stevens, although sometimes acknowledged as an agent of order or agent of balance, primarily was portrayed as a demon hunter while his successor, Hector Hall , is agent of balance whose duties included preventing the conflicts between the two factions from leading towards destruction Doctor Fate is commonly empowered as an "agent of order, acting as

7980-567: The longer he stays in Batman's body. Damian formulates a plan to defeat Nezha and save his father. Damain lures Nezha to a Gotham City rooftop, where he, the Bat-Family (Nightwing, Red Hood, Tim Drake, Barbara Gordon, Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown) and the Monkey Prince subdue Nezha long enough for Zatanna, Enchantress and Pigsy to arrive with Nezha's body. The three sorcerers are able to transfer and bind Nezha's spirit back into his body with

8085-691: The most formidable of "all-known sorcerers" in the and shares Nelson's distinction as "one of the ten most powerful beings on Earth". She is also remarked in one instance to be more talented than Nelson. While characterized to be struggling to improve his abilities, Hall's version is recognized as potentially the most formidable version of Doctor Fate. He is cited as one of Earth's most powerful sorcerers and shared Nelson distinction of being "the greatest living sorcerer" due to Doctor Fate artifacts. In his debut storyline as Doctor Fate, Mordru observes that he 's more vast than past incarnations, especially Jared Stevens. Nabu later notes that Hector defeated Mordru as

8190-638: The necromantic energy appears and captures Cain. Possessing Batman's body, Nezha takes Damian back to the Batcave and demands King Fire Bull's whereabouts. Damian is able to escape the Batcave on his motorcycle but Nezha takes control of a Batmobile and gives chase. Talia radios Damian and informs him that Nezha's spirit has left his body and has been fully transferred into his father but warns him that exorcising Nezha would cause Batman to die from his earlier wounds. The Monkey Prince arrives and rescues Damian from Nezha and informs him that Nezha will become stronger

8295-507: The new Doctor Fate during a battle with villains, Anti-Fate and Typhon. The second series revealed both Eric and Linda to be a pair often reincarnated alongside one another subjected to familial, platonic, and even adversarial dynamics in each lifetime. In 1991,the pair are eventually killed off in different circumstances involving Darkseid (retroactively revealed to be a disguised DeSaad ) and Anti-Fate respectively but reincarnate into new lives, ending their run. Their tenure as Doctor Fate

8400-516: The one who freed Nezha to fight Batman and Superman). One night, Bruce Wayne sees Alfred Pennyworth appear in front of him, which makes Bruce suspicious since he was killed by Bane during the City of Bane storyline. Bruce tests Alfred on a series of questions to make sure Alfred isn't the imposter, and while in the Batcave they see a possessed Damian, Jakeem Thunder and Timothy Hunter. Batman subdues

8505-578: The original 2018 series was cancelled in 2020, the Justice League Dark series was re-purposed as a backup issue to the mainstream Justice League title, the backup issue being written by author Ram V , featuring a new storyline, with Khalid remaining a reoccurring member of the Justice League Dark subdivision. Khalid would also appear in several title crossovers such as Superman , Teen Titans Academy , and The Flash . Beginning in 2021, Khalid Nassour would appear in major storylines such as

8610-418: The original Doctor Fate and archaeologist who was empowered by Nabu of the Lords of Order in the 20th century and was a founding member of the Justice Society of America . Having been subjected to various comic book deaths , the character has been succeeded in the role. The current version of the character, Khalid Nassour , is an Egyptian-American physician (originally a medical student ) chosen by

8715-644: The original Kent Nelson, whom he is named after, he continues the Doctor Fate line when he dons the helmet sometime prior to the Final Crisis crossover event and battles longtime Doctor Fate villain, Nergal. Due to Gerber's death, the conclusion of the series features several different endings from his notes written by several other writers. In 2008–2009, the Reign in Hell storyline and comic title features Kent V. alongside other notable magic users ( Zatanna , Ibis

8820-598: The pair to both mend their marriage and later merges her with Kent temporarily, formulating a new Doctor Fate transformation that defeats the renegade Lords and grants Inza a higher understanding of her husband's role. The character later appears in the Marv Wolfman and George Pérez 's Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover series, merging both Earth-1 and Earth-2 realities within the multiverse altering event, with all past definitive histories histories having been said to happen on this composite universe ("Earth"). In

8925-708: The rest of The Justice Society returned to All-Star Comics in 1976 with issue #58, for a two-year run ending with issue #74 and Adventure Comics #461-462 in 1978, and Adventure Comics #466 related the untold tale of the Justice Society's 1951 disbanding. During this period, Inza Cramer's name as such was amended. During the Bronze Age , the character's origin was retold in DC Special Series #10, and Doctor Fate again teamed up with Superman in DC Comics Presents #23 (July 1980), and featured in

9030-443: The role encompassing a high responsibility. A former respected psychiatrist , the younger Nelson's life spirals out of control following a divorce from his infidelity and depression stemming from the loss of seeing his daughter and wife, which eventually led to his loss of license from a malpractice lawsuit when he failed to prevent a client from engaging in harmful behavior. In spite of the circumstances and homelessness, he retains

9135-664: The same levels of iconic cultural recognition like those of Batman , Superman , or Wonder Woman , Doctor Fate remains as one of DC Comic's most enduring and long-standing characters, known for their distinctive name and design. The character often appears as a prominent or a major supporting character in various team-based comic book titles such as the Justice Society of America , Justice League International , Justice League Dark , and has had several self-titled comic book titles . The character has appeared in various incarnations across multiple forms of media based on both

9240-640: The same year which witnessed the 22nd and final annual Justice Society/Justice League team-up. In 1985, DC collected the Doctor Fate back-up stories from The Flash , a retelling of Doctor Fate's origin by Paul Levitz , Joe Staton , and Michael Nasser originally published in Secret Origins of Super-Heroes (January 1978) ( DC Special Series #10 in the Indicia), the Pasko/Simonson Doctor Fate story from 1st Issue Special #9, and

9345-426: The series also rebooted he Kent Nelson character, depicting him as a previous Doctor Fate, a mentor figure with some of his old histories intact. The series ran for 18 issues, from June 2015 to November 2016. In 2018, DC launched a second Justice League Dark series written by James Tynion IV starring a new roster led by Wonder Woman. In this roster, Khalid and Kent Nelson were revealed to be eventual new members of

9450-428: The series experienced limited sales. Doctor Fate would also appear in several other crossovers and storylines, including Millennium and Cosmic Odyssey . Both characters are killed off halfway into the series, replaced by resurrected Inza and Kent Nelson from issue #25 onward in 1991. The series ended with issue #41. and following Zero Hour , DC killed off both Kent and Inza. A new incarnation, Jared Stevens,

9555-460: The three pursue the soldiers, Pigsy views the Monkey Prince's memories which confirm he was a clone created from the King's hairs. However, Pigsy explains that the Monkey Prince's inability to revert back into hair and choosing to believe that he is real proves that his is the Monkey King's son rather than his clone. With his newfound confidence, the Monkey Prince confronts and defeats King Fire Bull, who

9660-529: The villain Mordru, who he then battles and prevails thanks to the spirit of Kent and Inza within the Amulet of Anubis. Hector Hall's Doctor Fate also appears in the Day of Judgement comic title and crossover, depicted as a member of the Sentinels of Magic . In the 2003 Doctor Fate limited series, Hall battles the Curse, a demigod sorcerer that challenged Nabu in the past. Similar to Nabu in being bound to

9765-694: The war between Apokolips and the Heavenly Realm centuries ago, the then benevolent Nezha adopted Red Boy as his son after Darkseid murdered his parents King Bull Demon and Princess Iron Fan . Red Boy would later be consumed by his hate, eventually becoming the demonic King Fire Bull. King Fire Bull is about to kill Black Alice but Zatanna tries to teleport Black Alice away to save her. Nezha prevents Black Alice from teleporting away and nearly rips her in half, but Monkey Prince arrives to save her. Hal Jordan , Superman , Jon Kent , Martian Manhunter , Yara Flor , Barry Allen and Sojourner Mullein arrive to apprehend King Fire Bull, but King Fire Bull manipulates

9870-427: The winter of 1988. The series' premise involved the pair under the guidance of Nabu, who inhabited and taken Kent Nelson's identity. The series' also establishes a supporting cast for the characters, the recurring concept of kali yuga amongst the Lords of Chaos and Order , a period where chaos reigns and order is defeat, and established the incarnations to be the result of reincarnation cycles. During DeMatteis's run,

9975-451: The years, for one reason or another. To my knowledge, I wrote all the Dr. Fate yarns that appeared, up until 1968, when I left comic book writing to a great degree. I always liked the supernatural; I read Lovecraft , Derleth , Sax Rohmer , Howard , Clark Ashton Smith , Whitehead , all the others, Fate was a derivation from my imagination influenced by those writings" The original version of

10080-421: Was introduced in a self-titled series called Fate , launched in the wake of Zero Hour in 1994. The Doctor Fate character went through a radical redesign, dropping the "Doctor" title and gaining new weapons made from the previous related artifacts of Doctor Fate. Unlike prior depictions of the Doctor Fate character as a sorcerer, the character was instead a demon hunter. Considered an unpopular re-imagining of

10185-611: Was rebooted . As part of The New 52 initiative, an alternate version of Doctor Fate named Khalid Ben-Hassin was created by writer James Robinson and artist Brett Booth. The character was featured in the Earth 2 ongoing series from #9 (February 2013) onwards. After the conclusion of the Convergence limited series in June 2015, DC launched a new Doctor Fate ongoing series, written by Paul Levitz and drawn by Sonny Liew as part of

10290-472: Was a victim who had body eaten by something sinister. Montoya goes into Elroy's apartment where she sees hostages there and confronts a monstrous Elroy but Elroy is defeated by her and the hostages. Raven and Beast Boy go see a house where a demon child is located, and manage to exorcise the demon. The demons explain that they were originally humans but the explosion from the Lazarus Volcano mutated them. Trigon dispatches Beast Boy, knocks out Raven, and takes

10395-614: Was fake when Alfred answered all of Batman's questions when they first met, but not contradict Batman's question when Nezha thought Batman was telling the truth. Alfred tells Batman to try to reconcile with Damian before passing away once more. Damian confronts Batman who struggles due to his battles with the former Robins, but it is revealed that Batman freed Talia and disarms Nezha long enough for Batman to obtain Doctor Fate's helmet and frees everyone from Nezha's influence as well as teleports them away except Pigsy and Black Alice. Damian and Talia fight off Mother Soul where Mother Soul falls over

10500-409: Was known variably throughout the Golden Age as Inza Cramer, Inza Sanders, and Inza Carmer. When the Justice Society of America was created for All Star Comics #3 (Winter 1940), Doctor Fate was one of the characters National Comics used for the joint venture with All-American Publications . He made his last appearance within the book in issue #21 (Summer 1944), virtually simultaneously with

10605-487: Was originally a human, and son of powerful war general Li Jing . After Nezha died in battle at a young age, Li Jing gave up all of his wealth and power to resurrect him, eventually entering the servitude of a magician who gave him the elixir of immortality out of pity. Nezha was resurrected by the elixir but was enraged that his father lost all of his power and wealth and killed him. Nezha rebuilt his father's empire, made deals with demons and obtained magical weapons, becoming

10710-401: Was originally created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Howard Sherman, debuting in More Fun Comics #55 (May 1940). Eight characters have served as incarnations of the character within the mainstream DC Universe , with each new version after the original attempting to reinvigorate the character for contemporary audiences. The most well-known version of the character is Kent Nelson ,

10815-617: Was revealed to have lasted for approximately a year within the series. In the same year during the second half of the second Doctor Fate series, Inza and Kent are revived in younger bodies. Circumstances makes Inza Doctor Fate, allowing her a social life and shifts her heroism towards social class issues and inequality alongside fighting the supernatural. Inza appears in the War of the Gods crossover and title alongside Wonder Woman and other superheroes to help thwart Circe's efforts from destroying Earth. In 1994, Jared Steven's first origin story

10920-527: Was written by G. Willow Wilson , Becky Cloonan , Michael Conrad, and Josie Campbell and ran through the pages of Wonder Woman and the titular miniseries. During Batman and Robin 's early adventures, they team up with Superman and the Doom Patrol to deal with the demon Nezha who was wreaking havoc in Gotham City and Metropolis . The Doom Patrol explain that over three millennia ago, Nezha

11025-560: Was written by Beechen, Gail Simone , Mark Waid , and Mark Evanier , who each wrote a different ending to the story. The character then appeared in the Reign in Hell miniseries and in Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #30 (August 2009), featuring in the book until its cancellation with #54 in August 2011. Following the events of the Flashpoint mini-series in 2011, DC's continuity

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