High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Doctor Polaris is an alias used by two fictional supervillains, comic book characters published by DC Comics. Neal Emerson first appeared as Doctor Polaris in Green Lantern #21 (June 1963), and was created by John Broome and Gil Kane. The second Dr. Polaris, John Nichol, first appeared off-panel in Justice League of America #11 (September 2007), before receiving a full introduction in Blue Beetle vol. 2 #31, (November 2008). Nichol`s origins in this issue were developed by Matthew Sturges and Andre Coelho.