Madame Xanadu is a fictional character, a comic book mystic published by DC Comics. She debuted in Doorway to Nightmare #1, (February 1978). The character was designed by cover artist Michael William Kaluta at the request of Joe Orlando (editor), based on Kaluta's unnamed host character (later known as Charity in the pages of Starman) from the DC Comics mystery title "Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion" (seen only on that title's indicia page) and t...
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Madame Xanadu is a fictional character, a comic book mystic published by DC Comics. She debuted in Doorway to Nightmare #1, (February 1978). The character was designed by cover artist Michael William Kaluta at the request of Joe Orlando (editor), based on Kaluta's unnamed host character (later known as Charity in the pages of Starman) from the DC Comics mystery title "Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion" (seen only on that title's indicia page) and the person of Cathy Ann Thiele. The original storyline was developed by David Michelinie and Val Mayerik. The character is based on the mythical nymph Nimue made popular by Sir Thomas Malory's compilation of French and English romances, Le Morte d'Arthur (The death of Arthur).
Doorway to Nightmare, introduced in 1978, was the last of the DC "Mystery" line of titles in the 1970's. It became the forerunner of Vertigo, although it did not have a consistent creative team. The intent was to create writer-artist pairings that had never occurred...
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