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Doc Stearn

Doc Stearn

54 appearances Β· Bronze Age Β· 1984–2020 Β· 1 key issues
Who is Doc Stearn?

Doc Stearn is the alter ego of Mr. Monster, a costumed hero dedicated to hunting down and destroying monsters, demons, and supernatural threats. Armed with an arsenal of oversized weapons and a near-indestructible constitution, he serves as a darkly comedic defender against the forces of evil.

Born in the pages of Alien Worlds #8 in 1984, Doc Stearn is a Bronze Age creation from the pen of catherine yronwode that found a long, devoted home at Dark Horse Comics across an impressive 36-year run. With 54 catalog appearances spanning series like Dark Horse Presents, Mr. Monster's Super Duper Special, and Mr. Monster Attacks!, this character carved out a genuinely distinctive corner of the Dark Horse universe β€” the kind of cult figure collectors love to discover. Doc Stearn shares the page with a wonderfully eclectic roster that includes Axel Pressbutton, Alanna Wolff, Jeff Byrd, and Kelly Friday, signaling a world of offbeat, imaginative storytelling. With at least one key-issue appearance to their name and a publishing history stretching into 2020, Doc Stearn rewards the curious reader willing to dig into the wilder, more inventive edges of the Dark Horse catalog.

Alien Worlds
#8
β˜… First appearance
Alien Worlds #8
Nov 1984

Top series

Covers through the years β€” 1988–2020

Dark Horse Presents #14 1988
Dark Horse Presents #14
A1 True Life Bikini Confidential #1 1990
A1 True Life Bikini Confidential #1
Mr. Monster Attacks! #1 1992
Mr. Monster Attacks! #1
Doc Stearn... Mr. Monster His Books of Forbidden Knowledge #1 1996
Doc Stearn... Mr. Monster His Books of Forbidden Knowledge #1
Doc Stearn... Mr. Monster His Books of Forbidden Knowledge #0 2001
Doc Stearn... Mr. Monster His Books of Forbidden Knowledge #0
A1 Annual #1 2013
A1 Annual #1
Dark Horse Presents #22 2016
Dark Horse Presents #22
Complete Wraith #[nn] 2020
Complete Wraith #[nn]

Appearances

Alien Worlds (1984)
Three-Dimensional DNAgents (1986)
#1
Mr. Monster's Super Duper Special (1986)
Anything Goes! (1986)
#1
Doc Stearn...Mr. Monster (1985)
#8
Airboy-Mr. Monster Special (1987)
#1
A1 (1989)
#2
Ms. Tree (1985)
#50
A1 True Life Bikini Confidential (1990)
#1
The Best of Dark Horse Presents (1989)
#2
Predator: Big Game (1991)
#3
Mr. Monster Attacks! (1992)
Mr. Monster's Triple Threat 3-D (1993)
Trencher X-Mas Bites Holiday Blow-Out (1993)
#1
Doc Stearn... Mr. Monster His Books of Forbidden Knowledge (1996)
Mr. Monster Presents (Crack-A-Boom!) (1997)
A Distant Soil (1996)
#25
Mr. Monster vs. Gorzilla (1998)
#1
Mr. Monster's Gal Friday... Kelly! (2000)
The Eye Collection (2002)
Mister Monster versus the Nazi from Mars or Mister Monster: Worlds War Two (2004)
A1 Sketchbook (2004)
A1 Bojeffries Terror Tome (2005)
#1
Mister Monster: Who Watches the Garbagemen? (2005)
The Mammoth Book of Best Horror Comics (2008)
A1 Annual (2013)
#1
Complete Wraith (2020)