Doctor Druid

Doctor Druid's real name is Dr. Anthony Ludgate, although he usually refers to himself as Dr. Anthony Druid for effect. He is a magician, specializing mostly in hypnosis and other feats of mesmerism. He is a trained psychiatrist and an expert on the occult. He was trained by the Ancient One, the same sorcerer who trained Doctor Strange. He was later revealed to be a distant descedant of Amergin the Druid.

In his earliest appearances, in the first six issues of Amazing Adventures, Doctor Druid was called Doctor Droom. Doctor Droom's adventures in that series predated Fantastic Four #1 by only a few months, but were nevertheless the first ongoing serial published by Marvel during the Silver Age of Comic Books. Despite this fact, Droom was forgotten, and would not reappear until years later, in the pages of The Incredible Hulk, where he was retitled Doctor Druid to avoid confusion with the far more recognizable Doctor Doom.

Doctor Druid remained on the sidelines for years, but eventually joined the ranks of The Avengers. His membership in that team was tainted when he was mind controlled by the supervillainess called the Terminatrix (at the time impersonating the space pirate Nebula) into manipulating the team on her behalf. Her control on the team was weakened during a time travel adventure, and when "Nebula" was cast into Limbo, Druid followed, as her was still under her thrall. He eventually regained control of his own mind and returned to present-day Earth.

Due to his actions as the villain's thrall, Druid was disgraced. He was briefly reunited with his former teammates while working with Doctor Strange during the Infinity War crossover, and later became the leader of the Secret Defenders. As leader of the Secret Defenders, he was once again the victim of a villain's mind control, although this time a demon named Slorioth was the controller. Doctor Druid and the demon were defeated, Druid faked his own death, and the team disbanded. Restyling himself as a straightforward magician called "Druid", he went insane, was betrayed by his allies, and was finally killed by Daimon Hellstrom, the Son of Satan. Druid's ghost appeared later alongside the spirits of other dead ex-Avengers, confirming that Druid had in fact died this time.