Dr. Weird
by Howard Keltner
Dr. Weird was Howard Keltner’s creation, appearing in the first issue top comic book
fanzine of the early 1960s, Star-Studded Comics. Although, George R.R. Martin
claims he was unrelated to the contemporaneous Dr. Strange, both projected themselves
into the astral plane to fight occult menaces. Weird’s menaces, though, were certainly
darker—and he came from the future.
I don’t know whether any episodes after the origin included time travel.
Slowly and warily, the Astral Avenger approached a huge black wall. His substance seemed
to waver and fade as he passed effortlessly through it into the blackened inside.
“Dr. Weird” by Howard Keltner, in Star-Studded
Comics 1, September 1963.