Willoughby Kipling

Publication information
Publisher DC Comics/Veritgo
First appearance Doom Patrol #31 (April 1990)
Created by Grant Morrison
Richard Case
In-story information
Team affiliations Knights Templar
Abilities Magic user

Willoughby Kipling is a fictional character in the DC Comics and Vertigo Comics universe, created by Grant Morrison.

Publication history

Kipling appeared mostly in Doom Patrol,[1][2] originally intended as John Constantine, but at the time DC editorial policy forbade his use outside the Vertigo line; Kipling was created as a substitute, and was based upon Richard E. Grant's title character from the British cult film Withnail & I. He appeared intermittently, helping the team against various threats, such as the Cult of the Unwritten Book and the Candlemaker. He is a member of the mystic Knights Templar, a coward who practises a bizarre form of black magic and is a self-proclaimed expert on the occult.[3][4][5]

Later, Kipling's voice-over appears in JLA Classified #15 (February 2006).[6] He and several other magic-users use their knowledge to assist Oracle and the JLA defeat a mystic threat.

References

  1. ↑ Doom Patrol (vol. 2) #31-33
  2. ↑ Doom Patrol (vol. 2) #47
  3. ↑ Doom Patrol (vol. 2) #55
  4. ↑ Doom Patrol (vol. 2) #56
  5. ↑ Doom Patrol (vol. 2) #58-62
  6. ↑ JLA Classified #15


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