Doctor Death was really Dr. Rance Mandarin, a former Yale professor who abandoned his position to become an occult master. The mad Dr. Death now hated science and industrialization, and believed that the world must be returned to the stone age. He used zombies, elementals, dissolution rays, and communists. He was opposed by the Secret Twelve, an organization led by Jimmy Holm, a supernatural detective.
First Appearance “12 Must Die” in Doctor Death (February 1935)
First Publisher Dell Comics / Western Publishing [CB+] [DCM] [GCD]
Appearance List “12 Must Die” in Doctor Death (February 1935), “The Gray Creatures” in Doctor Death (March 1935), “The Shriveling Murders” in Doctor Death (April 1935)
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Description Doctor Death was really Dr. Rance Mandarin, a former Yale professor who abandoned his position to become an occult master. The mad Dr. Death now hated science and industrialization, and believed that the world must be returned to the stone age. He used zombies, elementals, dissolution rays, and communists. He was opposed by the Secret Twelve, an organization led by Jimmy Holm, a supernatural detective.
