Book excerpt: Appearing for the first time since his revival in THE BOOKS OF MAGIC miniseries, Doctor Occult faces his greatest challenge when his male and female aspects begin to radically interchange. The driving force appears to be his/her repressed sexuality fighting its way to the surface under the influence of Koth, Occult's oldest enemy. Koth's goal is to separate Occult from his female aspect, leading to a desperate quest in which Occult must reconcile his duality - or be obliterated.