The first Spellbinder, Delbert Billings, first appeared in Detective Comics #358 (December 1966), and was created by John Broome and Sheldon Moldoff.

[2][3][4][5] Throughout his appearances, Spellbinder battles Batman and Superman before being killed by his girlfriend, Fay Moffit.

[6] [7] In Underworld Unleashed, Delbert Billings' girlfriend Fay Moffit kills him and gains Neron's power.

[11] He is a Russian magician who assists John Constantine in combating the Cult of the Cold Flame before being killed in battle.

He is an artist, psychiatrist, and former classmate of Barbara Gordon who seeks to free Gotham City's citizens from what he sees as brainwashing.