"So looking at the kinds of diversity we have today, and remembering a bunch of my conversations with Egyptian Americans, I just thought, what if a person who gets the helmet this time, in this world, is an Egyptian American young man?" For design, Levitz said he wanted something fresh And not the "standard superhero approach. And for a visual look, the guys really wanted something fresh - not the standard superhero approach that's been going on for the last few years." he claimed he likes Sonny Liew's work years ago on My Faith in Frankie and so Levitz suggested Lisa for artist. The series ran for 18 issues from June 2015 to November 2016.
Khalid Nassour is an Egyptian-American medical student who is the son of Elizabeth Nassour and Mohammed Nassour. He was looking for a gift for his sister in the Brooklyn Museum when the statue of Bastet held out its hand and gave him the Helmet of Fate. As Doctor Fate, he fought bad guys. When he healed his father's blindness, Anubis took Khalid's sight which is briefly negated when Khalid is wearing the Helmet of Fate. Anubis later attacked the world and Doctor Fate confronted him at a power plant. Obtaining the Staff of Power, Doctor Fate defeated Anubis. It was revealed that Khalid's mother is the niece of Kent Nelson making him Khalid's great-uncle. When Khalid meets his great-uncle, Kent becomes a mentor to him. The two of them later discovered that Osiris is behind the mummies and the Ghost of Julius Caesar. After that mission, Kent deems that Khalid is worthy to be the next Doctor Fate and continues to train him as his ward. In Justice League Dark, it is revealed that Khalid was imprisoned by Nabu within a magical vase. When the vase is accidentally broken when the Justice League Dark arrive at the Tower of Fate, Khalid is temporarily freed and tries to warn them that Nabu is helping the Lords of Order release the Otherkind only to be trapped back in the vase. After the events of the Witching Hour, the vase containing Khalid is brought to the JLD's headquarters where Man-Bat uses magic to free Khalid from it. He learns of Nabu and the Lords of Order's plans involving the Otherkind.
Reception
Jessica Plummer of Book Riot acknowledged the superhero and compared the likeness of the superhero to Marvel ComicsKamala Khan. While Khan is an original Muslim superhero, so is Khalid. "He’s got a great design and is part of a demographic that is still woefully underrepresented in comics" according to her.
