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secretary (until issue #22), along with several semi-recurring assistants (Elliot Kane in issue #4 and #10, future love interest Lu-Sai in issues #12 and #24, his cousin Anne Sara in issue #17). Several of the monsters he encounters return in subsequent issues, and for three issues, Spektor became a
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Dr. Spektor is a skilled investigator of the occult, and very knowledgeable about the lore of the paranormal. During issues #11-13 Dr. Spektor became a werewolf. During that time he possessed, while in werewolf form, increased strength, stamina, and invulnerability (except to silver weapons).
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Issues #2–11 contain short stories in the back 'from the occult files of Doctor Spektor' and narrated by Spektor, which many times include creatures and characters from the main series such as Durak (or at least his knife), Elliot Kane, and others.
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Under the Whitman Comics name, issue #25 was released in May 1982. It reprinted issue #1, but with a line-art cover instead of the original painted cover.
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appears in #22. Spektor also made a brief one-page appearance administering "Dr. Spektor's Creature Quiz" in Glut's children's book
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and drawn by Neil Edwards, as part of the company's revival of several Gold Key characters which also included
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Dynamite announced that they will release a new series from Mark Waid and Neil Edwards in May , titled
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that dealt with characters who later appeared in his title). He also had stories he narrated in
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Fischer, Stuart (March 2018). "Those Unforgettable Super-Heroes of Dell & Gold Key".
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Don Glut had Dr. Spektor crossover with several of his other Gold Key characters such as
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replaced Spiegle as artist on the series, and remained there for the entire run.
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Dr. Adam Spektor, a researcher of the supernatural, was introduced in
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Monsters: Fiendish Facts, Quivery Quizzes and Other Grisly Goings-on
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appears in several issues (#14, #18, #23), and Gold Key's the
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investigator, dealing with various occult menaces, such as
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Dr. Spektor appeared in all four issues of Gold Key's
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The Occult Files of Doctor Spektor Archives, Vol. 4
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Index


Jesse Santos
Publisher
Western Publishing
First appearance
Donald F. Glut
Dan Spiegle
Publisher
Gold Key Comics
Ongoing series
Horror
Donald F. Glut
Dan Spiegle
Collected editions
ISBN
1-59582-600-9
ISBN
1-59582-667-X
ISBN
1-59582-819-2
ISBN
1-59582-852-4
comic book
occult detective
Western Publishing
Gold Key Comics
Donald F. Glut
Dan Spiegle
Mystery Comics Digest
Jesse Santos

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