Read more about Brother Voodoo at: Wikipedia Official Site: Marvel Comics Brother Voodoo (Jericho Drumm) is a fictional character, a supernatural superhero in the Marvel Universe. Created by writer Len Wein and artist Gene Colan, he first appears in Strange Tales #169 (Sept. 1973). Since replacing Doctor Strange as Sorcerer Supreme in New Avengers #53, the character is referred to as Doctor Voodoo. Brother Voodoo starred in his own feature in the Marvel comic-book series Strange Tales #169 - 173 (Sept. 1973 - April 1974), and in a backup feature in the black-and-white horror-comics magazine Tales of the Zombie #6 (July 1974, in a story continuing from Strange Tales #173) and #10 (March 1975). He has gone to guest-star very sporadically in other Marvel series, into the 21st century. Brother Voodoo's name was then changed to Doctor Voodoo, when he replaced Doctor Strange as Sorcerer Supreme during the Dark Reign storyline. The character received his own eponym ongoing series written by Rick Remender, Doctor Voodoo: Avenger of the Supernatural, which was cancelled after five issues. Returning to his native Haïti (born in Port-au-Prince) after 12 years (originally nearly 20 ) of education and practice as an accredied psychologist in the United States, Jericho Drumm discovers that his twin brother, Daniel Drumm, the local houngan, is dying, a victim of a voodoo sorcerer who claims to be possessed by the spirit of the serpent-god Damballah. Just before he dies, Daniel makes his brother vow to visit Daniel's mentor, Papa Jambo. Jericho does, and becomes Jambo's student. After studying under the aged houngan for several weeks, Jericho gains a greater mastery of voodoo practices than his own brother, becoming a houngan in his own right. Papa Jambo then performs a rite that summons Daniel's spirit from the dead and joins it with Jericho's own. Having fashioned a worthy successor, Papa Jambo dies.
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