Young, athletic Chick Watson is engaged to Bertha Holcomb, the daughter of Doctor Holcomb. He investigates the Doctor’s disappearance after a meeting with Rhamda Avec, at Bertha’s behest. Watson acquires a ring containing a stone with unusual properties. One of the properties ages a male to an advance age, whereas it will not do the same for a woman. Watson is greatly aged by the ring when he finds a group, which includes Detective Albert Jerome, also searching for Doctor Holcolm. He explains some of the properties of the ring, showing them an image of Doctor Holcomb and one of the investigator’s dog, Queen. The pair had both earlier disappeared into the doorway to another dimension known as the Blind Spot. Watson asks Harry Wendel to take the ring. Later, in a battle with Rhamda Avec after the Blind Spot is opened, Watson is transported to Tomahlia, and returned to youth. Watson meets Rhamda Geos. Watson is considered a fulfillment of a prophecy regarding the revelation of the occult as a reality. This sets Watson unintentionally at odds with Bar Senestro, who desires to become the Chosen One. He is expected to fight Senestro to the death, and the battle turns against Watson. Queen the dog attacks Senestro, and Watson is saved to ultimately fulfill the prophecy.
Appearance List “The Blind Spot” by Homer Eon Flint and Austin Hall in Argosy All-Story Weekly (May 14, May 21, May 28, June 4, June 11, June 18, 1921), reprinted in Famous Fantastic Mysteries (March, April, May-June 1940) and Fantastic Novels (July 1940), reissued as The Blind Spot (Novel, 1951), with a sequel “The Spot of Life” by Austin Hall in Argosy Weekly (August 13, August 22, August 27, Sept 4, Sept 11 1932), reissued as The Spot of Life (Novel, 1932).
Description Young, athletic Chick Watson is engaged to Bertha Holcomb, the daughter of Doctor Holcomb. He investigates the Doctor’s disappearance after a meeting with Rhamda Avec, at Bertha’s behest. Watson acquires a ring containing a stone with unusual properties. One of the properties ages a male to an advance age, whereas it will not do the same for a woman. Watson is greatly aged by the ring when he finds a group, which includes Detective Albert Jerome, also searching for Doctor Holcolm. He explains some of the properties of the ring, showing them an image of Doctor Holcomb and one of the investigator’s dog, Queen. The pair had both earlier disappeared into the doorway to another dimension known as the Blind Spot. Watson asks Harry Wendel to take the ring. Later, in a battle with Rhamda Avec after the Blind Spot is opened, Watson is transported to Tomahlia, and returned to youth. Watson meets Rhamda Geos. Watson is considered a fulfillment of a prophecy regarding the revelation of the occult as a reality. This sets Watson unintentionally at odds with Bar Senestro, who desires to become the Chosen One. He is expected to fight Senestro to the death, and the battle turns against Watson. Queen the dog attacks Senestro, and Watson is saved to ultimately fulfill the prophecy.
