Doctor Droom
| Doctor Druid | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Amazing Adventures #1 (June 1961) |
| Created by |
Stan Lee (writer) Jack Kirby (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Anthony Ludgate Druid |
| Team affiliations |
Monster Hunters Avengers Legion of the Unliving |
| Notable aliases | Druid, Doctor Droom |
| Abilities | Telepathy Magic manipulation |
Doctor Druid, also known as Doctor Droom and Druid, is a fictional character, a supernatural monster-hunter appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Co-created by writer-editor Stan Lee and penciller Jack Kirby, he starred in his own continuing feature that debuted in Amazing Adventures #1 (June 1961).
In his earliest five appearances, in Amazing Adventures #1–4 & #6 (June–Sept. & Nov. 1961), the character was called Doctor Droom. The first strip was written by Stan Lee, penciled by Jack Kirby, and inked by Steve Ditko. Doctor Droom vanished into obscurity for years after the series was re-titled and reformatted as Amazing Adult Fantasy with #7 (eventually the magazine was retitled Amazing Fantasy with issue #15). According to Lee, Doctor Droom was essentially succeeded by Doctor Strange: "... I always liked [Doctor Droom], but I forgot about him. It was a one-shot thing. And one day while we were trying to think of some new heroes, I thought I'd like to bring back a magician. And I gave him the name Doctor Strange ..."
Doctor Droom resurfaced in the 1970s in the final four issues of Marvel's reprint title Weird Wonder Tales. Issue #19 "introduced" Dr. Druid in a reprint of his Amazing Adventures debut as Droom, but with his name changed, presumably to avoid confusion with Marvel supervillain Doctor Doom. Another modified Droom reprint appeared in issue #20. Then in #21, he served as "host" to introduce an evidently new (but uncredited) story featuring Gene Colan art. The next and final issue of Weird Wonder Tales contained a new splash page with John Byrne art leading into a reprint of the second Droom story from Amazing Adventures, wherein Druid's original, drab grey clothing was painted over with his new red uniform.
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