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Rose Psychic
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	More Fun Comics #6 (October 1935)
Created by	Jerry Siegel Joe Shuster
In-story information
Alter ego	Rose Spiritus
Team affiliations	Justice Society of America All-Star Squadron Sentinels of Magic The Trenchcoat Brigade
Notable aliases	Doctor Occult
Abilities	Astral projection Hypnosis Illusion creation Telekinesis

Rose Psychic is a DC Comics heroine affiliated with the company's first superhero, Doctor Occult. They were created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the creators of Superman. She first appeared in More Fun Comics #6 (October 1935). She appeared in Dr. Occult's first story, and then disappears from the story until 1938. After Dr. Occult's original stories ended in late 1938, Rose did not appear again for more than fifty years.

[edit] Fictional character biography

In a retcon later added to their origin, Richard Occult and Rose Psychic were raised by a group of mystics known as the Seven, characters from a story in More Fun Comics #14-17.

In 1991 Neil Gaiman brought the characters back to public awareness, when he featured them in the miniseries The Books of Magic. In the third issue Doctor Occult acts as Tim Hunter's guide to otherworlds. When visiting Faerie, he transforms into Rose. Although only alluded to, Gaiman suggests that Rose Psychic and Richard Occult represent anima and animus, feminine and masculine versions of the same person. Throughout the third issue of The Books of Magic, Rose Psychic and Richard Occult switch back and forth depending upon the situation. During gentle negotiations, the feminine Rose is in control; during a tense conflict between a giant guardian, a semi-sexual encounter with an amorous bard, and bitter negotiations with the queen of the fairies, Titania, the masculine Doctor Occult is in charge.

Eventually, in the miniseries The Return of the Justice Society, it would be explained that when Doctor Occult was once killed in battle against an otherworldly entity, Rose bonded their souls together to restore him.

[edit] Physical appearance

Having become magically immortal, Doctor Occult and Rose Psychic have not aged and still look the same as they always have. Rose's hairstyle is a flapper bob cut. Sometimes, she dresses in a sports jacket with a skirt.

[edit] External links

• Unofficial Guide to DC Comics entry