Who is Doctor Death? Herbert and I created him between us. No... we didn't create him, he was there... we found him in ourselves. We looked into the depths of our souls, and he was there. He was already there, and he will always be there.
Deep in our souls there lurks an instinct which welcomes death. It makes it easier when it comes. It is not very strong, it's only needed once. That's what we saw in the darkness, that is the sleeping phantom that we roused and formed and clothed in black. A phantom feeding on death, creating death, exalting in death!