Who was the first (Dr.) Fate you ever read about?

[MajorHoy]

For those who bore the mantle of "Dr. Fate" (or in one case, just "Fate"), which was the first you ever read about?

* Kent Nelson - first appeared in More Fun Comics #55 (May 1940)
* Eric and Linda Strauss - Doctor Fate #1 (July 1987)
* Inza Nelson - Inza Cramer (later married Kent Nelson) first appeared in More Fun Comics #55 (May 1940); became Doctor Fate in Doctor Fate #25 (February 1991)
* Jared Stevens (as "Fate") - Fate #0 (October 1994)
* Hector Hall - first seen as Doctor Fate in JSA #3 (Oct. 1999)
* Kent V. Nelson - Kent Nelson's grandnephew; Countdown to Mystery #1 (Nov. 2007)
* Khalid Ben-Hassin - Earth 2 #9 (Feb. 2013)
* Khalid Nassour - related to Kent Nelson; appeared in Doctor Fate #1 (June 2015)

[Graphic Autist]

My intro was in backup stories in The Flash from the early 80s.

[MajorHoy]

My intro was in backup stories in The Flash from the early 80s.

So, wouldn't that have been the original Kent Nelson?

[Graphic Autist]

No idea. I was 10 or 11 and didn't care. I bought it for Flash.

The first Dr. Fate I was familiar with was the 2000s era JSA. The Hawks kid? I was (am) a tad confused.

[Jon-El]

Kent Nelson was fate until the early 90's I believe.

[CaptCleghorn]

I'm not gonna say I'm old, but I used to read "The Adventures of Nabu" brand new on pyramid walls.

[dan12456]

Oops voted for the wrong Kent Nelson. Didn't realize there was two and just voted for the first name I saw (which is the created in 2007 one, meant the original)

[Graphic Autist]

Oops voted for the wrong Kent Nelson. Didn't realize there was two and just voted for the first name I saw (which is the created in 2007 one, meant the original)

Wow...you really messed up.

[Jim Kelly]

Kent Nelson. Probably the origin story that was reprinted in JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA No. 95 (December '71). I might have discovered him before that in various other places, but that's the story that sticks in my memory. However, I wanted to mention 1ST ISSUE SPECIAL No. 9 (December '75) that featured Dr. Fate (Kent Nelson) with Inza, by Marty Pasko and Walt Simonson. I think that was a comic that made everybody sit up and take notice. It was one of those comics where a creative team shows the potential in a neglected character. I think a lot of fans took note of that comic and I don't understand why it didn't lead to anything major for the hero.

[Doctor Kent Nelson]

I voted for the first choice which was THE ONE TRUE Doctor Fate

[WonderScott]

Hector Hall for me from the pages of JSA. I kinda liked how Nabu, the Hawks, Black Adam, and the Orb of Ra/Metamorpho all conveniently crossed paths in the old days.

[Timothy Hunter]

I first came across the character of Fate when he appeared briefly in the Books of Magic, which somehow I found at my school library in Fourth Grade.

[Lee Stone]

Mine was Kent Nelson.
IIRC, it was the JLA/JSA crossover with the New Gods.

[The Darknight Detective]

Kent Nelson 41 years ago.

[Ilan Preskovsky]

The J.M Dematteis one so... Linda and Eric, I think.