Comic Title: Secret Origins #17
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: August 1987
On Sale Date: May 12, 1987 Newsstand Date May 12, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #39

Copyright Date April 21, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Newsstand Date May 14, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #696, #702

Shipping Date April 21, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #696, #702

Cover Price: $1.25
Page Count: 48
Editor: Roy Thomas

Title: "The Secret Origin of Dr. Occult"
Pages: 15

Feature(s):
Dr. Occult (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Roy Thomas
Plotter: E. Nelson Bridwell
Penciller: Howard Simpson
Inker: Robert Lewis
Letterer: Agustin Mas
Colorist: Carl Gafford

Feature Character(s)

• Doctor Occult (first post-Crisis appearance; first name Richard revealed; next appearance in Young All-Stars #3)

Supporting Character(s)

• Rose Psychic (first post-Crisis appearance; no further appearances)
• Zator (first post-Crisis appearance; no further appearances)

Villain(s)

• Koth (first post-Crisis appearance; no further appearances)
• A coven of satanists (no further appearances)
• A vampire (no further appearances)
• Koth's spectral armies (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• The Seven (first post-Crisis appearance; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
A cult of satan worshippers kidnap two children intending to use them as sacrifices. Instead of summoning Satan, the cult contacts the demon Koth, who kills the satanists and takes their souls. The children are rescued by Zator, a priest working for the mystic powers known as the Seven.

Zator brings the children back to the mystic space where the Seven dwell. The children are found to possess great psychic potential, so Zator trains them as mystics. When they reach maturity the children Doc and Rose are sent out into the real world.

Doc takes the name Richard Occult and studies to become a doctor. Rose becomes Rose Psychic and learns humanities. After each graduates from college, Doc opens a shop as a ghost detective with Rose as his partner. Business is slow, but eventually Doc makes a name for himself stopping supernatural menaces.

When Koth threatens the Sevem, Zator summons Doctor Occult. He is gifted with a costume, belt, and sword, and uses new powers to defeat Koth's armies. The Seven are impressed by Occult and now greet him as an equal. Doc then returns to Earth where he and Rose continue to fight supernatural evil.