[2][3] Doctor Destiny first appeared in Justice League of America #5 (June 1961), and was created by Gardner Fox and Mike Sekowsky.

After encountering the Justice League, Destiny creates the Materioptikon, a device that enables him to manipulate dreams and manifest them into reality.

[10][11][12] He later joins the Secret Society of Super Villains in Forever Evil and is killed by Insomnia in Knight Terrors.

In the present, Destiny possesses Ritchie Simpson before being defeated by John Constantine, Deadman, and Etrigan after they separate him from the Dreamstone.

Doctor Destiny appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.