Doctor Thirteen

Doctor Thirteen
Doctor Thirteen art by Cliff Chiang.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics/Vertigo
First appearance	Star Spangled Comics #122, (November 1951)
Created by	Unknown (writer) Leonard Starr (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Terrance "Terry" Thirteen
Notable aliases	Ghost-Breaker
Abilities	His skepticism makes him somewhat resistant to magical effects.

Dr. Terrance Thirteen (his name sometimes became corrupted to the more common "Terrence"), known simply as Doctor Thirteen or Dr. 13, is a fictional character in comic books set in the DC Universe. The character's first published appearance is in Star Spangled Comics #122, (November 1951).

Dr. Thirteen, also known as Dr. Thirteen, the Ghost Breaker. debuted in his own feature in Star Spangled Comics, from issue #122–130 (Nov. 1951 – July 1952). The feature then moved to House of Mystery and was canceled after issue #7. The character was created by an unknown writer with artist Leonard Star.

The character next appeared in Showcase #80 in 1969 as a supporting character in the Phantom Stranger story and then as a regular character in the Phantom Stranger series that began later that year. Early issues featured a few new pages of story and art that framed reprints of the two characters' old stories. The feature was temporarily replaced by "The Spawn of Frankenstein" in Phantom Stranger #23–30, in which Dr. Thirteen appeared blaming Frankenstein's monster for putting his wife, Maria, in a coma. He made one further appearance in issue #36, replacing the Black Orchid serial that replaced The Spawn of Frankenstein. He also had a serial in Ghosts #95–99, 101 and 102. In three of these issues, he confronted the Spectre. He also appeared in the 150th issue of House of Secrets alongside his longtime rival, the Phantom Stranger.

Dr. Thirteen also appeared in Batman #341–342 (Nov.–Dec. 1981) to research a mystery in the abandoned Wayne Manor involving the Man-Bat. He reappeared in Gotham City in Batman #354 (Dec. 1982) to reluctantly aid Rupert Thorne, who believed he was being haunted by Hugo Strange.