Comic Book
Dr. Weird
- by Howard Keltner
- in Star-Studded Comics 1, September 1963
Dr. Weird was Howard Keltner’s creation, appearing in the first issue top comic book fanzine of the early 1960s, Star-Studded Comics. Although, George R.R. Martin claims he was unrelated to the contemporaneous Dr. Strange, both projected themselves into the astral plane to fight occult menaces. Weird’s menaces, though, were certainly darker—and he came from the future.
I don’t know whether any episodes after the origin included time travel.
I don’t know whether any episodes after the origin included time travel.
Slowly and warily, the Astral Avenger approached a huge black wall. His substance seemed to waver and fade as he passed effortlessly through it into the blackened inside.
