Doctor Spectrum

Doctor Spectrum
The Kenji Obatu incarnation of Doctor Spectrum as depicted in Iron Man #63 (October 1973).
Art by Gil Kane.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceVillain:
The Avengers #69 (November 1969)
Hero:
Avengers #85 (February 1971)
Created byRoy Thomas (writer)
John Buscema (artist)
In-story information
SpeciesHuman
Team affiliationsSquadron Sinister
Squadron Supreme (Earth-712)
Squadron Supreme (Earth-31916)
AbilitiesVia Power Prism:
Flight
Energy projection and manipulation
Ability to survive in space
Intangibility
Marvel Comics alternate universes
Marvel stories take place primarily in a mainstream continuity called the Marvel Universe. Some stories are set in various parallel, or alternate, realities, called the Marvel Multiverse.
The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Alternate Universes 2005 designates the mainstream continuity as "Earth-616", and assigns other Earth numbers to each specific alternate reality.

In this article the following characters, or teams, and realities are referred to:
Character/team Universe
Kenji Obatu Earth-616
Billy Roberts Earth-616
Alice Nugent Earth-616
Joseph Ledger Earth-712
Joseph Ledger Earth-31916

Doctor Spectrum is the name of several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. There have been five versions of the character to date—three supervillains from the mainstream Marvel Universe belonging to the team Squadron Sinister (Earth-616) and two heroes from different alternate universes. The two heroes each belong to a version of the team Squadron Supreme, the Squadron Supreme of Earth-712 and the Squadron Supreme of Earth-31916 respectively). Doctor Spectrum is a pastiche of DC's Green Lantern.[1]

  1. ^ Interview with Roy Thomas and Jerry Bails in The Justice League Companion (2003) pp. 72–73