List of Doctor Fate supporting characters
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This is a list of Doctor Fate supporting characters that appear in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Family members[edit]
| Character | Description | First appearance |
|---|---|---|
| Nelson family | ||
| Sven Nelson | Kent Nelson's father and Elizabeth Nassour's grandfather; acheologist who is typically depicted as being manipulated by Nabu into journeying into the ruins of Mesopotamia with his son, whom Nabu chose as his next agent of order and bearer of Doctor Fate. | More Fun Comics #67 (May, 1941) |
| Celestine Babcock | Kent Nelson's mother and spiritual medium who gained her powers through Aaron, who projected his mystical powers onto her subconsciously to avoid further disapproval. She would meet her future time-displaced son unbeknownst to her. She later dies sometime after the birth of Kent Nelson. | Doctor Fate v2 #38 (March, 1992) |
| Marisa Nelson | Kent V.'s ex-wife and mother of his daughter, Laryn. She divorced Nelson upon learning of his infidelity with a younger woman. | Countdown to Mystery #1 (November, 2007) |
| Laryn Nelson | Kent V.'s young daughter. He would distance himself from Laryn for years after his divorce from Marisa, something he regretted. | |
| Nassour family | ||
| Elizabeth Nassour | The mother of Khalid Nassour and the niece of Kent Nelson. Like her uncle, she is also a renowned archaeologist. She is initially unaware of her son's duties as Doctor Fate but later suspects it due to her son's frequent disappearances and supports him.
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Convergence: Aquaman #2 (July, 2015) |
| Mohammed Nassour | The father of Khalid Nassour. A former doctor in Egypt, he immigrated to America from Egypt after marrying Elizabeth and worked as a cab driver, unable to be re-certification in the United States. He is aware of his son's identity as Doctor Fate and supports him in balancing his hero and personal life as well as Khalid's goal to become a doctor. Being of Egyptian descent, Mohammed also has knowledge of Egyptian lore and mythology, characterized as having pride in his heritage.
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| Stitch | A non-binary animated ragdoll who becomes Khalid's apprentice and adoptive child some time after the death of Kent Nelson. They are a student at Teen Titans Academy and later founds Young Justice Dark, a younger counterpart of Justice League Dark. | Teen Titans Academy #1 (May, 2021) |
Supporting characters[edit]
| Character name | Brief Description | First appearance |
|---|---|---|
| Kent and Inza Nelson's friends and allies | ||
| Tilda and Tooly Wilson | Neighbors of Kent and Inza during their stay in New York City upon their second attempt at living a life on Earth following their resurrection from the Amulet of Anubis. Their niece is Debby Niles, a New York police officer who befriends Inza. Both Tilda and Tooly are supporters of Inza's Doctor Fate, believing her to be a force of good helping the disadvantaged in their particular neighborhood. | Doctor Fate (1988–1992) #26 |
| Shat-Ru | A Lord of Order who annexed himself from his brethren in an attempt to punish Doctor Fate, believing Nelson to have humiliated the Lords of Order with his inability to enforce order onto Earth. Trapped in Nelson's old body by Inza, he eventually becomes a reluctant ally of Kent and Inza, posing himself as Nelson's grandfather. He is notable for his characterization of hating humanity in general. Despite that, he fell in love with the human, Dorothea. | Doctor Fate (1988–1992) #25 |
| Mary Louise Wilson (née Grant) | An elderly woman who was born over a century ago, acting as a host to the Egyptian entity known as T'giian, a Lord of Kemet. She is freed from T'giian's control from Inza's actions as Doctor Fate. Later, the two would merge when Mary was hospitalized as T'giian tricked her into being her host. However, Mary would learn that despite T'giian's insistence, her will was powerful enough to override T'giian, giving her powers. She serves as a parallel to Doctor Fate (particularly Inza), having similar magical abilities to a Lord of Chaos derived from an Egyptian entity, having been alive for over a century similar to Inza. When merge, she refers to herself as "Mary T'Giian". | |
| Debby Niles | An African American police officer who is the niece of Kent and Inza's neighbors, Tilda and Tooly Wilson. While initially skeptical of Inza's Doctor Fate incarnation, she later befriends Inza after learning she is Doctor Fate from their souls interacting with one another in a near-death experience and the two become best friends. | Doctor Fate (1988–1992) #30 |
| Dorothea | A young woman who became enamored with Shat-Ru's denouncement of humanity and his philosophy from his perspective as a Lord of Order, initially unaware of his true nature and developed feelings for Shat-Ru despite his apparent elderly age while being in Kent Nelson's body. She would later learn and accept his nature as a Lord of Order and initiated a sexual relationship when he admitted to having developed feelings for her. | Doctor Fate (1988–1992) #31 |
| Hector Hall's allies | ||
| James Bolling | A member and the de facto leader of the Salem Coven; An African-American professor and teacher of the mystic arts, he guided his coven to being one of Doctor Fate's allies in Salem. He would later help Hector defeat the villain known as The Curse. | Doctor Fate (2003) #1 |
| Anita | A member of the Salem Coven and one of Bolling's students; she was, along with the Bolling, the one whom first met Hector Hall in person shortly after moving to Salem as Doctor Fate and shares a close relationship with Kym. She is killed during The Curse's takeover of Salem. | |
| Kym | An African-American member of the Salem Coven and one of Bolling's students who shared a close relationship with Anita. She is also an ally of Hector Hall. | Doctor Fate (2003) #3 |
| Kent V. Nelson's friends and allies | ||
| Maddy | A skilled psychic whom Nelson visits soon after donning the Helmet of Fate in an attempt to learn more about it, using her skills to serve others despite skeptics often not believing her. Also a skilled practitioner in the magical arts, she assists him in his understanding of the Helmet of Fate despite being jealous of the Helmet choosing him, finding him to be an amateur sorcerer with little actual ability and understanding. | Countdown to Mystery #3 (January, 2008) |
Supporting groups and teams[edit]
| Group name | Brief description | Notable members | First appearance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lords of Order | A group of mystical beings and godly entities representing the concept of order in the DC Universe; the group typically acts in tandem with various incarnations of Doctor Fate, often acting as an agent for them or a balacing force between them and their cosmic opposites, the Lords of Chaos. | Nabu
Shat-Ru Ynar (formerly) |
(retcon): More Fun Comics #55 (May 1940)
(actual): DC Special Series #10 (Jan 1978) |
| Salem Coven | A Wiccan coven of magical practitioners whom offer their services to Hector Hall shortly after becoming Doctor Fate. They later assist Hector Hall during a crisis involving the malevolent entity known as "The Curse". | Professor Bolling
Anita Kym |
Doctor Fate (vol. 3) #1 (2002) |
| Egyptian Pantheon | The fictional depiction of the ancient Egyptian deties; In the modern era, the Egyptian deities (namely Bastet) would choose the new Doctor Fate in the form of Khalid Nassour, a descendant of previous pharaohs. The majority of the Egyptian gods are portrayed as allies of Khalid and working in tandem with the Archangels. | Osiris
Bastet Thoth / Zehueti Hauhet |
Convergence: Aquaman #2 (July, 2015) |
Love interests[edit]
Kent V. Nelson's love interests[edit]
| Character | Description | First appearance |
|---|---|---|
| Inza Fox | A witty cartoonist and comic book artist working for the fictional Pain Comics who saves Nelson while in his hallucinogenic episodes and helps him. She coincidentally shares the same first name as his great aunt. Through her comic book series "Killhead", Nelson believes Inza to have suffered abuse through her ex-boyriend and has coded her own story of abuse through her characters. He would begin to develop feelings for her. | Countdown to Mystery #4 (February, 2008) |
Khalid Nassour‘s love interests[edit]
| Character | Description | First appearance |
|---|---|---|
| Shaya Halim | Khalid's girlfriend aspiring to be a doctor like Khalid himself. | Convergence: Aquaman #2 (July, 2015) |
| Akila | Khalid's childhood best friend and an activist with goals of protesting against wrongdoings from people in Middle Eastern countries despite her family frowning upon her activities. Unlike her family, the Nassours typically support her endeavors and prefer her over Shaya. She tries to get Khalid into activism, unaware that his rejection of it stems from his double life as Doctor Fate. She also harbors romantic feelings for him. | Doctor Fate (vol. 4) #3 (October, 2015) |
Enemies[edit]
| Character | Brief Description | First appearance |
|---|---|---|
| Lords of Chaos and affiliated agents | ||
| Mordru | Considered among the most powerful of all the Lords of Chaos; adversary of Doctor Fates and other characters and teams, including Amethyst, Arion, and Legion of Superheroes. A master of dark and chaos magic, he aims to dominate all of existence under his rule with the power of the Lords of Order and Chaos. | Adventure Comics #369 (June 1968) |
| Anti-Fate | A former chief psychiatrist in Arkham Asylum, Dr. Benjamin Stone was chosen by the Lords of Chaos as their agent and was corrupted specifically be the Lord, Typhon, to become an antithesis of Doctor Fate. | Doctor Fate #1 (July, 1987). |
| Xanadoth | A powerful Lord of Chaos, Xanadoth once ruled her fellow Chaos Lords until they rebelled and sided with the Lords of Order to depose of her rule and erased records of her history. She is later revived by an artifact containing her essence when it was collected by Department of Extranormal Operations agent, Veronica Bissett, and plots to subert the unvierse into her own variant of chaos. She becomes an enemy of Khalid Nassour, Superman, Justice League, and Justice League Dark. | Superman (vol. 5) #23 (September, 2020) |
| Totec / Malferrazae | A fictional depiction based upon Xipe Totec, the Aztez god of ritual flaying and agriculture, lord of seasons, regeneration and crafts. In the DC Universe, "Totec" is the name given to Malferrazae by the Aztecs whom were unaware of his true name and affiliation with the Lords of Chaos and is identified as the Aztec God of War. After losing his power derived from the Aztec's worship upon their decemation at the hands of the Conquistadors, he existed as a statue witihn his shrine, using his limited powers to compel others to sacrifice in his name until he gained enough power to free himself. Malferrazae comes into conflict with the Kent Nelson incarnation of Doctor Fate, later using Inza as a hostage to gain an advantage, spawning a demonic creature that was a manifestation of her jealousy to Kent Nelson. Eventually, the creature representing Inza's jealousy of Nelson choosing his duties as an agent of the Lords of Order over her turns on him, allowing Kent to defeat him. | The Flash #306 (backup feature) |
| Lords of Order and affiliated agents | ||
| Arion | An Atlantean demigod and a fellow Lord of Order whose one of the few to possess a physical body. A corrupted version of Arion would come into conflict with Nabu after he is turned insane due to exposure to the Tear of Extinction and exposure to Khaji-Da. Arion's original state is later resurrected by Merlin during Khalid Nassour's lifetime as Doctor Fate, placed under mind control by Merlin. | Warlord #55 (March, 1982) |
| Ynar | A renegade Lord of Order who became disillusioned with the battles between the Lords of Chaos and Order, he teams up with another likeminded Lord of Chaos to end the conflict between the two by force, pitting him at odds with the Kent Nelson incarnation of Doctor Fate. | The Flash #310 (June, 1982) |
| Malevolent entities & deities | ||
| Anubis | A fictional version of the Egyptian god of the same name, he is the deity that empowers one of his faithful followers, Khalis, placing him at odds with both Nabu and later the first of the sorcerous line of Doctor Fate, agents of the aforementioned Lord of Order. Anubis most notably has enmity with the Khalid Nassour incarnation of Doctor Fate, as the pharaoh's blood running through his veins allows him to invoke power over him as he seeks to gain power and influence beyond his cosmic station and influence in wake of the weakening of his fellow Egyptian gods. | 1st Issue Special #9 (December, 1975) |
| The Curse | The child of the Babylonian god of war (implied to be Nergal), the Curse (having forgotten his birth name) was a cruel and powerful demigod and sorcerer who once subjugated Mesopotamia and later attempted to take over Egypt until being stopped by Nabu. Unable to fully destroy him, Nabu instead destroyed his physical body and tapped his spirit inside a warrior helm. Needing a host to act, the Curse would choose Justin Guilder, a master thief who competed with Hector Hall for the affections of a woman named Caitlin. Confronting Doctor Fate and the Salem Coven, he is eventually defeated by the former. The Curse is one of the few non-Lords of Chaos enemies who uses chaos magic. | Doctor Fate (vol. 3) #1 (2002) |
| Evil scientist, sorcerers, and other adversarieis | ||
| Khalis | The mummy of an ancient priest and a follower of Anubis who was mummified and buried alive by Nabu and the original holder of the Amulet of Anubis and its terrifying power. He comes into conflict with the Kent Nelson incarnation of Doctor Fate when he was revived and sought back the power of Anubis's amulet.[1] | 1st Issue Special #9 (December, 1975) |
| Wotan | A powerful sorcerer an arch-enemy of Doctor Fate, notably Kent Nelson's incarnation. Originally a woman from a primitive tribe who was raped and beaten nearly to death by her tormentors, she learned magic from an old sorceress and became determine to understand the purpose of humanity and its suffering. The woman would eventually learn how to transfer her soul into other bodies and took the name "Wotan", adopting the Germanic and Norse mythology despite having no association of it. Wotan uses both magic and scientific skills in their pursuit of power and curiosity. | More Fun Comics #55 (May, 1940) |
| Ian Karkull | A scientist who gained the power of sorcery and a shadow form.[2] | More Fun Comics #69 (August 1941) |
| Justin Guilder | A master thief whom gained the powers of the entity known as the Curse after witnessing his resurrection by a culitist eager to gain more formidable power. Using his affections for a woman named Caitin and his jealousy of Hector Hall, Justin is manipulated into becoming the Curse's host. Unlike other dark entities, the Curse treats Justin mutually and becomes one with him. Justin's body (save his severed head) is destroyed during the Curse's battle with Doctor Fate. | Doctor Fate (vol. 3) #1 (2002) |
| Foes of lesser renown | ||
| Clock | A crime lord. | More Fun Comics #81 |
| Joachim Heese | An occultist. | Doctor Fate Vol. 2 #1 |
| Kingdom | A demon who controls the Dreadlands. | Fate #0 |
| Mr. Who | A crippled master criminal who created Solution Z which gave him an assortment of powers. | More Fun Comics #73 |
| Octopus | A criminal who established the "Carnival of Crime". | More Fun Comics #80 |
Villainous teams[edit]
| Villain | Brief description | Notable members | First appearance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lords of Chaos | The cosmic opposite of the Lords of Order and ultimate rival to the Lords of Order and their empowered agents. The Lords of Chaos exists as an enemy to all Doctor Fates, working to ensure to bring about an age known as "Kali Yuga", a period in which chaos and reigns supreme in the known universe. | Mordru
Typhon Xanadoth |
(retcon): More Fun Comics #55 (May 1940)
(actual): DC Special Series #10 (Jan 1978) |
See also[edit]
- List of Green Arrow supporting characters
- List of Flash supporting characters
- List of Superman supporting characters
- List of Wonder Woman supporting characters
- List of Green Lantern supporting characters
- List of Aquaman supporting characters
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