Comic Title: Doctor Fate #18
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: June 1990
On Sale Date: May 1, 1990 Shipping Date May 1, 1990
Source: Previews, #14

Copyright Date May 1, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

Direct Market Date May 3, 1990
Source: Comic Shop News, #149

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 32
Editor: Art Young

Title: "Emergence"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Doctor Fate (Eric/Linda Strauss Post-Crisis)

Writer: J. Mark DeMatteis
Artist: Shawn McManus
Letterer: Todd Klein
Colorist: Lovern Kindzierski

Feature Character(s)

• Doctor Fate (last appearance in Doctor Fate #17; next appearance in Doctor Fate #19)
• Eric Strauss (in the body of Eugene Di Bella; last appearance in Doctor Fate #17; next appearance in Doctor Fate #19)

Supporting Character(s)

• Nabu (last appearance in Doctor Fate #15; next appearance in Doctor Fate #19)
• Petey (last appearance in Doctor Fate #16; next appearance in Doctor Fate #19)
• Jack C. Small (last appearance in Doctor Fate #14; next appearance in Doctor Fate #19)

Villain(s)

• Doctor Benjamin Stoner (last appearance in Doctor Fate #4; next appearance in Doctor Fate #19)
• Lords of Chaos (last appearance in Justice League Europe #8; next appearance in Doctor Fate #19)

Other Character(s)

• Wendy and Raina (last appearance in Doctor Fate #17; next appearance in Doctor Fate #19)
• Eugene Di Bella (body possessed by Eric; last appearance in Doctor Fate #17; next appearance in Doctor Fate #23)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Darkseid (in flashback)
• Joker (in flashback)
• Two-Face (in flashback)
• Mad Hatter (in flashback)
• Clayface (in flashback)

Comments:
This story is continued from Doctor Fate #17 and continues in Doctor Fate #19.

Synopsis:
Linda has dreams that she interprets to mean that Eric is alive. The dreams are accurate. Eric has been reborn into the body of Eugene Di Bella. Linda sets out to find Eric as Doctor Fate. She spends days circling the globe in the effort, but ultimately she fails. Exhausted, she lands in a barren area and transforms back to Linda. When she is ready to leave however, she cannot transform back into Doctor Fate.

Elsewhere, the Lords of Chaos torment Doctor Stoner for his failures. After breaking his spirit, they prepare him to become their agent of chaos.