When he wore the half helm in More Fun, Fate became nothing but a second rate Superman clone with gas replacing kryptonite as his weakness. Magic was rarely done in those stories, and if you replaced Fate with Superman in those stories (and Inza with Lois), no one would have noticed the difference. The earliest stories in New Fun were phenomonal, but one they defined his origin and replaced he helm with the half-helm, the stories lost all their magic and charm and Fate became just another generic costumed hero until his revival in the Silver Age. The latter 2/3 of the stories in the Golden Age Dr. Fate Archives are utterly forgettable, but the first third of that book are among my favorite DC stories ever.
-M
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My name is Wally West. I"m the fastest man alive. I"m the Flash.
Favorite Heroes - 1-Flash/Wally West, 2-Superman, 3-Green Lantern/Hal Jordan, 4-Nightwing, 5-Hawkman, 6-Firestorm, 7-Supergirl/Linda Danvers, 8-Zatanna, 9-Robin/Tim Drake
I use to love back in the 1970s when DC would frequently reprint a lot of the classic Golden Age Doctor Fate stories.
Doctor Fate in Doomsday Clock #10 (July 2019):
and as one of the Justice Society members depicted on an image for September's Justice League:
Dr Fate is around a lot these days in JLD. Unfortunately they made him the villain. That's current DC for you.
My name is Wally West. I"m the fastest man alive. I"m the Flash.
Favorite Heroes - 1-Flash/Wally West, 2-Superman, 3-Green Lantern/Hal Jordan, 4-Nightwing, 5-Hawkman, 6-Firestorm, 7-Supergirl/Linda Danvers, 8-Zatanna, 9-Robin/Tim Drake
So if according to Doomsday clock and the fact the JL are bringing back the JSA that got erased, Dr Fate included as shown above, who has been running around since Rebirth?
My name is Wally West. I"m the fastest man alive. I"m the Flash.
Favorite Heroes - 1-Flash/Wally West, 2-Superman, 3-Green Lantern/Hal Jordan, 4-Nightwing, 5-Hawkman, 6-Firestorm, 7-Supergirl/Linda Danvers, 8-Zatanna, 9-Robin/Tim Drake
True. There's been very little actual detail on who disappeared when. Fate (in Levitz's seies) and Johnny Thunder are obvious exceptions, but with the new advances in Dr Fate's story, it's looking like DC doesn't have a single set strategy as to handling the situation. Makes me want to go back to bed, pull the covers over my head and set the alarm for whenever a new JSA book comes out. But that may be a while.
My name is Wally West. I"m the fastest man alive. I"m the Flash.
Favorite Heroes - 1-Flash/Wally West, 2-Superman, 3-Green Lantern/Hal Jordan, 4-Nightwing, 5-Hawkman, 6-Firestorm, 7-Supergirl/Linda Danvers, 8-Zatanna, 9-Robin/Tim Drake