Weird Secret Origins incorrectly credits this story to More Fun Name Kent Nelson used for the first time. Lettering credit added by Craig Delich Oddity: in the first few panels, Kent Nelson wears the golden cape of Dr. The last issue featuring Dr. Fate's full helmet. Fate wears half mask for the first time and is overcome by gas vapors. Inza's last name revealed for the first time? Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.
Fate wears half-mask. The series takes a pretty strong change in direction at this point,at the hands of new editor Weisinger, as Dr. Fate acts as a traditional super-hero, punching and wisecracking, rather than spouting on about matter and energy and astral planes and such. An interesting note is that Mr.
Who's "Solution Z" cures all ills, can grow back lost limbs and even protect the user from death. Inza's last name given as "Sanders". Inza's last name given as "Carmer". Fate wears half-helmet. Inza's last name given as Cramer. Fate's tower called "Castle Destiny". Kent Nelson becomes a medical doctor and drops his cape from his costume. Change in direction instigated by new editor, Jack Schiff?
Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich Synopsis added by Craig Delich Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives 1. DC , Series. Published in English United States.
Price Doctor Fate's girlfriend Inza has several different last names throughout the series. Each record depicts what she is called in the story. Genre superhero. Edit cover. Fate, so Fate goes after him in order to rescue her. Genre superhero Characters Dr. Fate is seeking Wotan, but is informed he is still alive and threatening to blow up the world! Fate has no gloves. Fate follows up a lead when several men are discovered burned to death [with no outward sign] by the "Flame of Lambent".
Fate has no gloves; synopsis added by Craig Delich Fate searches for the lost book of Toth at the bottom of the River Koptos only to find it stolen by an evil wizard, who not only tries to kill Inza, but Fate in the process.
Fate discovers the aliens depend on power contained in glass globes that they always carry. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich Fate journeys to the planet of the Globe Men to take out their menace forever. Then he spends the last page defeating a mad scientist in South America. Fate wears no gloves.
Villain ; John Jerome Sr. Villain Synopsis Doctor Fate responds to Inza's thoughts after a sorceror tries to kill a millionaire with black magic and turns Inza to stone. Fate and Inza visit an ancient temple and run smack into Mayoor, the ancient evil Mayan god, who puts Inza under his evil spell.
Fate spots one of the Fish-Men of Nyarl-Amen in his crystal ball, from a dynasty of 50, years before, and sets out to stop them from over-running the globe. Nabu trains Kent in the mysteries of the universe until Kent assumes the role of Dr. Fate sets out to halt the senseless murders that have already occurred. Fate who discovers the evil behind it: Wotan and Karkull, who team up to destroy Dr. Fate investigates a weird villain who can stop the Earth's rotation and even draw it into the Sun!
Letters typeset Genre superhero Characters Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Butch; Mr. Hadow billionaire ; Mr. Who introduction, origin Synopsis Dr. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Howard Sherman Illustrator. From the s -- the legendary Golden Age of Comics -- come this title featuring the complete, mystic adventures of of Doctor Fate!
The wizard trained Kent in the mystic arts, preparing him to protect the world from mystic threats as t From the s -- the legendary Golden Age of Comics -- come this title featuring the complete, mystic adventures of of Doctor Fate!
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Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Apr 16, Rich Meyer rated it really liked it Shelves: read-in And there are some very good stories here; but there are a lot of really mediocre ones, too, as well as a couple that are just complete crap.
Which is about par for the course for any comic book feature from the forties right up until the present. However, they lost a lot when Fate started wearing that odd half-helmet. He went from a master of the mystic arts to your standard superhero in tights. John Chester Kozlek and Stan Aschmeier did the art on the last six-to-eight stories. The later stories have Dr.
He got sprayed in the face with water once and almost died! Super-strong, invulnerable to bullets and fire, access to a clairvoyant orb, and can fly when he remembers he can , but a wet handkerchief can put an end to him. And his villains were something else entirely.
He did have Mr. I have to admit that the character made a lot more appearances than I thought he did, but he was pretty boring as they go; Mr. Who could change his size and, in at least one adventure, his Solution Z allowed his body to adapt to anything he needed i.
The Clock had a roundish head, a flat face, and a thin mustache that pointed down and to the sides so his face read about Somehow, both of these cretins managed to get at least a temporary edge over a super-strong mystical hero.
She led him into a good percentage of his cases, so she was apparently nice to have around for that bit. Just don't expect modern-quality artwork in any of the stories. It was a different time, with different standards. Aug 03, Siona St Mark rated it it was amazing Shelves: comics-manga , dc.
Fun read! The logic was a little I didn't like Doctor Fate's half-helmet designed, but it's not really serious. View 2 comments. Aug 05, Bob rated it really liked it Shelves: dc-dark , favorites. Feb 09, Todd rated it it was ok Shelves: dc , interlibrary-loan , lunch-reads , library-books , read-in I just couldn't get into it. It got old fast. Mar 03, Fraser Sherman rated it liked it Shelves: graphic-novels. A tricky one to review. The first year of stories, when Doctor Fate wore his awesomely cool helmet and battled assorted sorcerers and mad scientists, is terrific.
After that he spent three years showing no magic powers beyond being bulletproof and battling routine mobsters with the rare exception of super-scientist Mr. So it's like a four for the first year and a two or a one for the rest. May 18, Matt rated it it was ok Shelves: comics.
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