 Like Cain and Abel, Lucien, created by Paul Levitz, Nestor Redondo, and Joe Orlando, was originally the host of a 1970s "weird tales" comic, specifically the three-issue "Tales of Ghost Castle" (May/June–October 1975).In that series, he is portrayed as the guardian of a castle in Transylvania abandoned by both sides during World War II, watching over its forgotten library with his companion, a werewolf named Rover.In his first appearance in "" (issue #2) this is retroactively revealed to be Dream's castle.