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Heroes & Villains The DC Animated Universe - Paper Cut-Out Portraits and Profiles
Doctor Destiny
John Dee was a low-level LexCorp employee who was charged with weapons smuggling and incarcerated at Stryker’s Island Penitentiary. Herein Dee volunteered as a test subject for an experimental ESP machine dubbed the Materioptikon.
While outwardly a model prisoner, on good terms with the warden and guards, Dee harbored an inferiority complex and developed a strong desire to become powerful enough to defeat the Justice League and win the admiration of the super-villain community. When his parole was denied and his wife Penny announced she had found someone else, Dee was pushed over the edge.
In the midst of a prison riot, Dee snuck into the doctor's lab and exposed himself to the full power of the Materioptikon. At first, this drove him into a catatonic state. When he finally woke up, however, Dee discovered he had been bestowed telepathic powers. These powers enabled Dee to escape Stryker’s and he sought out revenge on his wife. Using his abilities, Dee infiltrated his wife’s dreams. Therein he dubbed himself ‘Doctor Destiny’ and mentally tortured her to until her body died.
Doctor Destiny then infiltrated the dreams of the Justice Leaguers, Flash, Superman, Green Lantern and Hawkgirl. Each were trapped within terrible nightmares that would, if allowed to continue, would result in their deaths. J'onn J'onzz used his own telepathic powers to travel into his teammates dreams in an effort to rescue them. Meanwhile. an exhausted Batman fought off sleep and tracked down John Dee. Batman’s mental fortitude enabled him to resist being controlled by Dee. The villain attempted to inject Batman with a powerful sedative that force him to sleep and leave him vulnerable to Dr. Destiny’s powers. A struggle ensued and Dee himself ended up injected, falling in a deep coma. With Dee no longer conscious, the trapped Leagues were freed from their nightmares and were able to wake up.
Some time later, John Dee managed to again escape prison and resumed his guise as Dr. Destiny as a part of Gorilla Grodd’s Legion of Doom. The villain perished when Darkseid destroyed the Legion’s headquarters.
Actor William Atherton provided the voice for John Dee/Dr. Destiny, with the villain first appearing in the fifth episode of the second season of Justice League, ‘Only a Dream Part One.’
Random Comic Panel of the Week #61
Random Comic Panel of the Week #61 - The Sandman #4 (DC, 1989) by Sam Kieth, Malcom Jones III, Robbie Busch, and @NeilHimself
The Sandman #4 (DC, 1989) by Sam Kieth, Malcom Jones III, Robbie Busch, and Neil Gaiman
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365 DC Comics Paper Cut-Out Villains - One Villain, Every Day, All Year…
October 3rd - Doctor Destiny
The villain known as Dr. Destiny was a criminal scientist who used various inventions as part of an effort to destroy The Justice League. Following early defeats at the hands of The League, Destiny obtained the fabled Dreamstone of Morpheus The Sandman. He used the relic to create the ‘Materioptikon’, a device that allowed him to create reality from the fabric of dreams. Dr. Destiny nearly succeeded in defeating The Justice League with this mighty weapon. The League was barely able to prevail and had to resort to the drastic step of altering Destiny’s mind to prevent him from once more using the Materioptikon. Destiny was made unable to dream and the effect of this drove him hopelessly insane - resulting in his being incarcerated in Arkham Asylum. Destiny later escaped Arkham and once more obtained the Dreamstone. He planned on driving the whole world mad, but was prevented from doing so by the intervention of Morpheus. The Lord of Dreams took back his Dreamstone and returned to Destiny the ability to dream. The villain as once more remanded to Arkham yet would resurface some time later to once more bedevil The Justice League. A version of Dr. Destiny featured in an episode of The television series Arrow where he was portrayed by actor Jeremy Davis. The villain first appeared in the pages of Justice League of America #5 (1961).