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[valiantman]

I'll admit, I had never heard of this comic book before I saw it in a Heritage Auction catalog last year.

...and I'll admit that I had heard about Dr. Occult as a "prototype superhero" earlier than Superman...

...but I dismissed it.   "That's just a D.ck Tracy knock-off and D.ck Tracy wins that contest since he's from 1931 and Dr. Occult is from 1935" is what I told myself.

If Dr. Occult first appeared in New Fun Comics #6 (October 1935), then what's the big deal about Comics Magazine #1 (May 1936)?

I didn't know.  So I "googled it".

A few months later, I own that comic book shown above... and I have registered DrOccult.com ... and I am spreading the word to the other clueless guys like me.

None of this information will be news to the regular super-collectors in this Golden Age forum, but there might be a few younger guys who find their way in here at some point.

"Koth and The Seven" should be seen... and there aren't enough copies of Comics Magazine #1 and More Fun Comics #14-#17 to go around.

Scans and a cool website name for Dr. Occult will have to do.

Let the learning begin!

Presenting... DrOccult.com

 

Edited January 10, 2019 by valiantman
Detective Tracy has a censored first name.

[Hap Hazard]

Pages from More Fun 11 and 20

[Hap Hazard]

Snake cult

[valiantman]

It was January 1938 when More Fun Comics had a Dr. Occult story featuring...

... a Bat-Man? 

[Electricmastro]

On 1/10/2019 at 6:21 PM, valiantman said:

It was January 1938 when More Fun Comics had a Dr. Occult story featuring...

... a Bat-Man? 

Interestingly, Dr. Occult and Batman also fought against vampires early on:

 

[srbeausoleil]

On 1/10/2019 at 4:31 PM, valiantman said:

I'll admit, I had never heard of this comic book before I saw it in a Heritage Auction catalog last year.

...and I'll admit that I had heard about Dr. Occult as a "prototype superhero" earlier than Superman...

...but I dismissed it.   "That's just a D.ck Tracy knock-off and D.ck Tracy wins that contest since he's from 1931 and Dr. Occult is from 1935" is what I told myself.

If Dr. Occult first appeared in New Fun Comics #6 (October 1935), then what's the big deal about Comics Magazine #1 (May 1936)?

I didn't know.  So I "googled it".

A few months later, I own that comic book shown above... and I have registered DrOccult.com ... and I am spreading the word to the other clueless guys like me.

None of this information will be news to the regular super-collectors in this Golden Age forum, but there might be a few younger guys who find their way in here at some point.

"Koth and The Seven" should be seen... and there aren't enough copies of Comics Magazine #1 and More Fun Comics #14-#17 to go around.

Scans and a cool website name for Dr. Occult will have to do.

Let the learning begin!

Presenting... DrOccult.com

 

thanks for the info  love the COmic Mag........ i didnt know about it always thought MF#14 was the first one...........

Edited March 6, 2020 by srbeausoleil

[valiantman]

2 hours ago, srbeausoleil said:

thanks for the info  love the COmic Mag........ i didnt know about it always thought MF#14 was the first one...........

Comic Mag #1 is also the first Centaur comic, so it has been overlooked for two reasons. 

[Yorick]

Only 11 more years before this is public domain...  Start writing the -script!

[lou_fine]

On 1/10/2019 at 1:31 PM, valiantman said:

I'll admit, I had never heard of this comic book before I saw it in a Heritage Auction catalog last year.

Now, that's an absolutely stunning copy to get relative to the assigned CGC grade.  

I always love these nicely presenting copies where you can get tyhem for a bargain of a price simply because of the one major defect which knocks the grade right down to much more afforadable levels.    

[Yorick]

Does anyone have a list of the issues Dr Mystic/Occult appears within?