Genre doesn't matter.
Medium doesn't matter.
All that matters is that they are public domain!
Examples:
Sherlock, Dracula, Cthulhu, Robin Hood, Fighting Yank, Black Bat, Black Terror, Arrow, Catman
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Genre doesn't matter.
Medium doesn't matter.
All that matters is that they are public domain!
Examples:
Sherlock, Dracula, Cthulhu, Robin Hood, Fighting Yank, Black Bat, Black Terror, Arrow, Catman
There are far too many in Literature for me to name, but if we're just talking about Public Domain Superheroes, my favourites are:
Golden Age Daredevil
Silver Streak
Captain Battle
Blue Beetle
Masquerade
The Owl
The Claw
From comics:
Black Terror
Amazing Man
Crimebuster
From literature:
Tarzan
Sherlock Holmes
Allan Quatermain
Mowgli
Jimgrim (Talbot Mundy)
Arsene Lupin
Fantomas
Long John Silver
D'Artagnan
Scarlet Pimpernal (Sir Percy Blakeny)
Captain Nemo
Lemuel Gulliver
Ivanhoe
From film:
Judex
Irma Vep
From myth and legend:
Robin Hood
King Arthur
Achilles
Odysseus
Finn mac Cummhail
Cuchulain
Sinbad
John Carter of Mars
Tarzan
Sherlock Holmes
Black Terror
Green Lama
Original Daredevil
Silver Streak
Fighting Yank
Characters from Old Time Radio that I believe are public domain:
Randy Stone (Night Beat)
Britt Ponset (Six Shooter)
Johnny Dollar (Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar)
Dan Holiday (Box 13)
Captain Midnight
John Carter
Tarzan (I guess he is)
Flash Gordon (see above)
Sherlock holmes, father brown, Bertie Wooster, Dr Eric vornoff (and lobo.),the little mermaid....
Edmond Dantes
As visible as characters like Black Terror, the Green Lama, and Airboy have always been, I really like the Ace line of characters (Lash Lightning, Magno, etc). For its day, their stories were about as good as anything around.