1935. (New Fun was retitled More Fun beginning with issue #7 and again to More Fun Comics with issue #20.) The character was credited to "Leger and Reuths" - partial anagrams of Siegel and Shuster's surnames. However, Siegel and Shuster abandoned the character to focus instead on their next creation, Superman.

Occult was depicted as a supernatural detective with a look and mannerisms inspired by Sam Spade, and who used magic in his