Doctor Fate, also known as Fate or collectively as Fate's Legacy, is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The first version was originally created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Howard Sherman, debuting in More Fun Comics #55. Throughout the character's extensive history, various incarnations of Doctor Fate emerged as deliberate attempts to reinvigorate the character.
Textless cover of JSA: All Stars #3. Art by John Cassidy, Mark Lewis, and David Baron.
Textless cover of Doctor Fate #13 depicting both Kent Nelson and the newly created incarnation, Khalid Nassour, as Doctor Fate.
Eric and Linda Strauss as Doctor Fate. Art by Jim Fern.
Inza as Doctor Fate. Art by Vincent Giarrano, Peter Gross, and Anthony Tollin.
Gardner Francis Cooper Fox was an American writer known best for creating numerous comic book characters for DC Comics. He is estimated to have written more than 4,000 comics stories, including 1,500 for DC Comics. Fox was also a science fiction author and wrote many novels and short stories.
Portrait of Gardner Fox by Gil Kane
Fox's novella "The Man the Sun-Gods Made" was the cover story for the Winter 1946 issue of Planet Stories
Fox's novella "The Warlock of Sharrador" was cover-featured on the March 1953 issue of Planet Stories
Crom, the Barbarian in Out of This World Adventures #1, June 1950, art by John Giunta.