Doctor Destiny

Doctor Destiny
Doctor Destiny from JLA Vol. 1 #176, artist Dick Dillin
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Justice League of America Vol. 1 #5 (June 1961)
Created by	Gardner Fox (writer) Mike Sekowsky (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	John Dee
Team affiliations	Secret Society of Super Villains
Notable aliases	Green Lantern
Abilities	Dream manipulation and extensive medical knowledge

Doctor Destiny is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Doctor Destiny first appeared in Justice League of America Vol. 1 #5 (June 1961), which was created by Gardner Fox and Mike Sekowsky.

Doctor Destiny was once a petty criminal scientist who used his genius to create astounding devices for crime. He first encountered the Justice League of America shortly after he invented an anti-gravity device and will-deadener beam that allowed him to capture Green Lantern by luring him into his base using anti-gravity discs to fly over the city as Green Lantern, impersonate him, and infiltrate the JLA. Before Doctor Destiny could further his criminal ends, however, the Leaguers discovered his treachery as Green Arrow had heard a member had been captured and was being impersonated from an underworld informant. The League was captured by his will-deadening beam, that also had kryptonite as an element. Destiny then revealed he planned to send his ship into space, thus getting rid of the JLA. However, when drawing the JLA upwards, the station suffered a brief power drain, lessening the effects of the will-deadener. Green Lantern was able to free himself during the drain, and promptly imprisoned Destiny and his two henchmen.

He then created the "Materioptikon", a device which allowed him to create reality from the fabric of dreams. In a later retcon in the Sandman series written by Neil Gaiman, his mother, Ethel (the former mistress of Roderick Burgess), gave him Morpheus' Dreamstone, which powered the device. He manipulated the Dreamstone, forcing flaws and adding circuitry, until it was attuned to him and not the Dream King. Morpheus was imprisoned by Alex Burgess at the time, unaware of what Doctor Destiny was doing and unable to stop or prevent it.