I’m on this private list (a thing consisting of a set of private tubes or private trucks) on which the question arose: occult detectives? History of? I suppose it starts with Poe (where else?) Some interesting names were suggested. This site was linked.
But, tragically – sinisterly, even – no mention was made of possibly the greatest occult detective of all. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you …
He appeared in a 1940 issue of Jungle Stories, available in this volume
Not to give away the ending, but …
Fero, Planet Detective:
Turn-offs:
Long walks on the beach
Women
Turn-ons:
Detecting planets
Stamping out vampires of Pluto that have invaded the earth.
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Barry 04.30.09 at 1:17 pm
I guess vampires *are* cold-blooded!
rea 04.30.09 at 1:50 pm
Well, if his speciality is detecting planets, how did he manage to find Pluto?
toby 04.30.09 at 2:35 pm
I thought Dennis Wheatley’s Duc de Richelieu was a good occult detective, combatting Nazism on the astral plane and all. Wasn’t “The Devil Rides Out” filmed?
Ginger Yellow 04.30.09 at 3:39 pm
Presumably John Constantine counts. And of course the Scooby gang.
professor fate 04.30.09 at 4:31 pm
That has to be the most awesome piece of dialog in a comic book ever. The fact that it’s complete non-sequitor only adds to the awesome majesty.
Salient 04.30.09 at 4:51 pm
Well, if his speciality is detecting planets, how did he manage to find Pluto?
Simple, looked it up in a catalog. Wasn’t that hard: it had its own PlutoID.
mollymooly 05.01.09 at 5:03 am
“The fact that it’s complete non-sequitor only adds to the awesome majesty.”
The comic is translated from Hebrew, so the dialog reads the other way. See? Now it makes perfect sense.
Miracle Max 05.01.09 at 12:49 pm
Shout-out to Doctor Strange.
mds 05.01.09 at 12:57 pm
What about Arlen Specter?
Another Duncan 05.01.09 at 4:22 pm
No Simon Iff?
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