112 – Doctor Fate!

A panel from the first Dr. Fate story in More Fun Comics #55, April 1940
A panel from the first Dr. Fate story in More Fun Comics #55, April 1940

Only a couple months after introducing the Spectre to More Fun Comics, DC introduces readers to Doctor Fate, another magic-wielding superhero in More Fun #55 (April 1940). Doctor Fate was Golden Age creation by the prolific Gardner Fox (writer) and Howard Sherman (artist).

Doctor Fate had a love interest, Inza, but no other background for the character is given, starting readers in the middle of the first adventure. Not