Comic Title: Doctor Fate #2
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: August 1987
On Sale Date: May 19, 1987 Newsstand Date May 19, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #39

Shipping Date April 28, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #117

Newsstand Date May 11, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #696, #702, #704

Copyright Date April 28, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Shipping Date April 28, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #696, #702, #704

Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 32
Editor: Dennis J. O'Neil

Title: "Asylum"
Pages: 27

Feature(s):
Doctor Fate (Eric/Linda Strauss Post-Crisis)

Writer: J. Mark DeMatteis
Penciller: Keith Giffen
Inker: David Hunt
Letterer: Agustin Mas
Colorist: Anthony Tollin

Feature Character(s)

• Doctor Fate (Eric Strauss; last appearance in Doctor Fate #1; next appearance in Doctor Fate #3)

Supporting Character(s)

• Kent Nelson (last appearance in Doctor Fate #1; next appearance in Doctor Fate #3)
• Linda Strauss (last appearance in Doctor Fate #1; next appearance in Doctor Fate #3)
• Nabu (last appearance in Doctor Fate #1; next appearance in Doctor Fate #3)
• Lords of Order (last appearance in Doctor Fate #1; next appearance in Doctor Fate #4)

Villain(s)

• Typhon (last appearance in Doctor Fate #1; next appearance in Doctor Fate #3)
• Doctor Benjamin Stoner (last appearance in Doctor Fate #1; next appearance in Doctor Fate #3)
• Typhon's minions (last appearance in Doctor Fate #1; no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Joker (last appearance in Doctor Fate #1; next appearance in Superman #9)
• Two-Face (last appearance in Teen Titans Spotlight #13; next appearance in Detective Comics #579)
• Floronic Man (first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Swamp Thing #66)

Other Character(s)

• Sheila (dies in this story; last appearance in Doctor Fate #1; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Inza Nelson (in a portrait)

Comments:
This story is continued from Doctor Fate #1 and continues in Doctor Fate #3.

Synopsis:
Doctor Stoner, a servant of Typhon, has taken Eric Strauss, the new Doctor Fate, to Arkham Asylum. Nabu tries to reestablish control, but Eric wants his stepmother Linda. Eventually Nabu takes control and Doctor Fate escapes his cell. However, Typhon has taken Stoner as a host and defeats Fate, claiming the Fate's amulet and helmet for himself.

Nabu again returns to Kent Nelson and they are called before the Lords of Order. Once again, the Lords try to convince them to let chaos destroy the world, so that order can be restored. Nabu rebels, and they return to the tower where Linda Strauss has come in search of her stepson.