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

[Jon Clark]

I voted for the 1st Kent Nelson, but technically it may have been Nabu since I'm not sure when the retcon that Nabu was possessing Kent everytime he donned the helm came up. I think by the time I came in they were already laying the framework for that so Dr Fate wasn't really Kent Nelson in more than body in any appearance.

[dancj]

I voted Erik Strauss - but thinking about it, I think it was actually Kent Nelson in those first few issues of Justice League - so I got that wrong.

[Ilan Preskovsky]

I voted Erik Strauss - but thinking about it, I think it was actually Kent Nelson in those first few issues of Justice League - so I got that wrong.

Oh man, youre right. Same for me.

[dr-brainwave]

Kent Nelson! first met him in All Star Squadron!

[Agent of Wolfram & Hart]

I voted Hector cause he was the first Doctor Fate I read a real comic about, but technically I was introduced first to Doctor Fate back with the Super Powers action figures and technically I guess that WAS Kent

[GrifterWC]

Kent Nelson

[friendly-fire-press]

Technically, Kent Nelson was the first one I read about ... it was in The Immortal Dr Fate mini series from the early 80s

Then I discovered Eric and Lind Straus in the 1987 mini series by JM Dematteis and Keith Giffen

I'd like to see the original Kent Nelson origin/ adventures retold ... maybe in an Earth One graphic novel or something? (Tho I don't see it happening any time soon)

[MajorHoy]

I voted Hector cause he was the first Doctor Fate I read a real comic about, but technically I was introduced first to Doctor Fate back with the Super Powers action figures and technically I guess that WAS Kent

But the poll is specifically

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

so unless you first read the Super Powers comic books based on the action figure line, . . .

[MajorHoy]

For the record, current poll results show:

* Kent Nelson (original Golden Age Dr. Fate from 1940) = 25 votes
* Eric and Linda Strauss (introduced in 1987) = 4votes
* Inza Nelson (became Dr. Fate in 1991) = 3 votes
* Hector Hall (first became Dr. Fate in 1999) = 3 votes
* Khalid Nassour (New 52/DCYou version from 2015) = 3 votes
* Kent V. Nelson (2007 version / grandnephew of Golden Age Kent) = 1 vote
* other = 2 votes

[MajorHoy]

A slight change in the poll results from last time:

* Kent Nelson (original Golden Age Dr. Fate from 1940) = 26 votes (+ 1)
* Hector Hall (first became Dr. Fate in 1999) = 5 votes (+ 2)
* Khalid Nassour (New 52/DCYou version from 2015) = 4 votes (+ 1)

All others stayed the same:

* Eric and Linda Strauss (introduced in 1987) = 4 votes
* Inza Nelson (became Dr. Fate in 1991) = 3 votes
* Kent V. Nelson (2007 version / grandnephew of Golden Age Kent) = 1 vote
* other = 2 votes

[DanMad1977]

I read about Dr. Fate in a german pocket book. He was in a team with hour man and some other. It was pretty silly, so i guess its from the 40´s? I wont vote till i know for sure...

[Jim Kelly]

I read about Dr. Fate in a german pocket book. He was in a team with hour man and some other. It was pretty silly, so i guess its from the 40´s? I wont vote till i know for sure...

It was probably a reprint of SHOWCASE 55 & 56 from 1965.

[DanMad1977]

Yes that could be it. I will put my vote on...errr...there is no 1965 in the poll...so its Kent Nelson then?

[Jim Kelly]

Yes Kent. He was the only Dr. Fate until the 1980s.

[MajorHoy]

Yes that could be it. I will put my vote on...errr...there is no 1965 in the poll...so its Kent Nelson then?

Yes Kent. He was the only Dr. Fate until the 1980s.

In polls like this, I don't normally do multiple entries for the same character-identity unless there are radical differences. In the threads asking about Green Lantern and The Atom, for instance, the versions of those characters that started appearing in the New 52 series Earth 2were (at least to me) so removed from their original Golden Age (1940s) versions that they warranted a separate entry on the poll.