[2] Doctor Occult first appeared in the sixth issue of the anthology comic books series New Fun in October 1935.

After years of obscurity, the character was revived in the 1980s, appearing in issues of All-Star Squadron,[1][8] Swamp Thing,[9] and Crisis on Infinite Earths.

[14][15] In The New 52 continuity reboot, Doctor Occult appears in Justice League Dark, Constantine, Secret Six, and The Books of Magic series.

Doctor Occult appears in comic books outside of the mainstream DC Universe in what is referred to as the multiverse.

They depicted him and his partner Rose Psychic being slated as human sacrifices at the hands of a demonic cult, but were rescued by a shadowy group called "The Seven".

Thirty-six years later, Doctor Occult establishes a detective agency and joins the All-Star Squadron during World War II.

He, Mister E, the Phantom Stranger, and John Constantine mentor Timothy Hunter and guide him to become a powerful magician.

[17] In Day of Judgment, Occult joins the Sentinels of Magic, a group created to prevent artifacts such as the Spear of Destiny from falling into the wrong hands.

He wields a powerful talisman, a sphere or disc with a black and white pattern, called the Mystic Symbol of the Seven.