Oliver Haddo (Character)

Oliver Haddo last edited by fables87 on 09/29/19 01:13PM View full history

Origin

Oliver Haddo is a malevolent magician, who seeks the means to create life via his sorcery.

Creation

Based on the real life occultist Aleister Crowley, Oliver Haddo is the star of W. Somerset Maugham's novel The Magician. Crowley subsequently adopted the name Oliver Haddo as a pen name to write a critique of the novel, in which he accused Maugham of plagiarism. The novel was adapted into a film in 1925, starring Paul Wegener as Haddo. Alan Moore later used Haddo as the antagonist of his League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century series.

General Information

Super Name	Oliver Haddo Oliver Haddo
Real Name	Oliver Haddo Real Name Real name for this character.
Aliases
Publisher	In the Public Domain Publisher Publisher for this character.
Creators	W. Somerset Maugham Creators Creators of this character.
Gender	Male Gender Gender of this character.
Character Type	Human Character Type Character type of this character.
First Appearance	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier #1 - Black Dossier
Appears in	8 issues
Birthday	n/a Birthday Birthday for this character.
Died	None Issues Died Issues where this character died.
Powers	None Character Powers Powers of this character.