Doctor Death, one of the odder and yet more fondly-remembered pulp characters, was introduced in All-Detective Magazine #1, in February 1935, with his last appearance being in Doctor Death #3; he was created by Edward P. Norris and Harold Ward. Dr. Death was Rance Mandarin, a scientist (the "world's greatest occultist" and the former Dean of Psychology at Yale) who felt that the potential of mankind had been stifled by the material benefits brought about by civilization.