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History
Dr. Kent Nelson is a physician who came across the helmet of Nabu and became Doctor Fate.
The New Dr. Fate
After retiring as Dr. Fate at some point Kent Nelson returned to being Dr. Fate after meeting his grandnephew Khalid Nassour who was the current Dr. Fate. Together they would use the power of Nabu to fight an ancient Egyptian monster.
DC Rebirth
Fate at some point appeared to Ted Kord to warn him of the power of the Blue Beetle's Scarab telling that he sensed great magic emanating from it. However it was revealed that the spirit Nabu was taking the form of Kent and while the real one was trapped in the tower of fate. Kent would later regain control of his body to aid Blue Beetle and Ted Kord.
Powers and Abilities
Abilities
- Occultism: Because of the time he has spent as Doctor Fate, Kent has learnt a great deal about the different aspects of magic and how they work.
Paraphernalia
Equipment
- Helmet of Fate: The Helmet of Fate contains the spirit of Nabu, an ancient Lord of Order. Those who wear the helmet gain the almost nigh-limitless power of the Lord of Order, however if they ever remove it they will once again be powerless.
- Magic: While Kent wears the Helmet, he gains mystical powers rivaled by few others in existence.
- Deflection: Nelson is able to deflect energy attacks back at his opponents. When Constantine fired his demon magic on Fate he was able to deflect the energy into Constantine's ally Swamp Thing.[1]
- Divine Empowerment
- Flight: While wearing the Helmet of Fate, Kent Nelson has the ability to resist the pull of gravity in order to levitate or even fly.[2]
- Precognition
- Telekinesis: Fate is able to move objects or people with his mind. During Nabu's battle with Wonder Woman and Zatanna, he threw Zatanna against a pillar with a simple hand gesture.[3]
- Teleportation
- Eldritch Blast
- Electro-Blast
- Force Field
- Energy Construct Creation
- Magic: While Kent wears the Helmet, he gains mystical powers rivaled by few others in existence.
Notes
- Doctor Fate was created by Gardner Fox and Howard Sherman, first appearing in More Fun Comics #55. However, in the Prime Earth continuity Doctor Fate first appeared as part of the New 52 DC Universe in Doctor Fate (Volume 4) #12 by Paul Levitz and Sonny Liew.
Related
- 56 Appearances of Kent Nelson (Prime Earth)
- 15 Images featuring Kent Nelson (Prime Earth)
- Quotations by or about Kent Nelson (Prime Earth)
- Character Gallery: Kent Nelson (Prime Earth)
Links
Footnotes
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