TODD TAMANEND CLARK wrote:

In the what-goes-around-comes-around department, DOCTOR SPEKTOR (1972) was inspired by DOCTOR STRANGE (1963), but then his Native American secretary SARA WOLFE (1979) was inspired by LAKOTA RAINFLOWER (1973).



Actually, Sara Wolfe was originally intended to be...Carol Danvers. 

After MS. MARVEL was canceled, Chris Claremont figured that he would just make Carol a supporting character in Doctor Strange's book.  After reading Chris' plot, editor Jo Duffy asked me if I -- as editor of the AVENGERS titles -- had approved this.  I replied, "Why...no."  So we made sure that the woman who ran into Doc in DOC #38 looked as different from Carol as possible. 

Thus was born Sara Wolfe. 

I'm not sure Chris had ever even seen the Doctor Spektor series.  Back then, Gold Key comics were difficult to find in Manhattan.         

-- Uncle Rog

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