Doctor Fate

Doctor Fate
Kent Nelson and Hector Hall from the promotional art for JSA: All-Stars #3 (Sept. 2003) cover, art by John Cassaday and Mark Lewis.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	(Kent, Inza) More Fun Comics #55 (May 1940) (Strauss) Doctor Fate (vol. 1) #1 (July 1987) (Hall) (as Doctor Fate) JSA #3 (Oct. 1999) (Kent V.) Countdown to Mystery #1 (Nov. 2007) (Khalid) Earth 2 #9 (Feb. 2013) (Khalid Nassour) Doctor Fate #1 (June 2015)
Created by	(Kent, Inza) Gardner Fox Howard Sherman (Strauss) J. M. DeMatteis Shawn McManus (Kent V.) Steve Gerber Justiniano (Khalid) James Robinson Brett Booth (Khalid Nassour) Paul Levitz Sonny Liew
In-story information
Alter ego	- Kent Nelson - Eric & Linda Strauss - Inza Cramer Nelson - Jared Stevens - Hector Hall - Kent V. Nelson - Khalid Ben-Hassin - Khalid Nassour
Team affiliations	(Kent) All-Star Squadron Justice Society of America Lords of Order (Kent, Strauss) Justice League (Hall) Justice Society of America Sentinels of Magic (Kent V.) Justice Society of America
Notable aliases	(Kent, Strauss, Inza, Hall, Khalid) Nabu
Abilities	Mastery of magic

Doctor Fate (also known as Fate) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character has appeared in various incarnations, with Doctor Fate being the name of several different individuals in the DC Universe who are a succession of sorcerers. The original version of the character was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Howard Sherman, and first appeared in More Fun Comics #55 (May 1940).

More Fun Comics #55 (May 1940) introduced the first Doctor Fate in his own self-titled six page strip. After a year with no background, his alter ego and origins were shown in More Fun Comics #67 (May 1941).

Doctor Fate's love interest was known variably as Inza Cramer, Inza Sanders, and Inza Carmer, which was amended to Inza Cramer in the Silver Age.

When the Justice Society of America was created for All Star Comics #3 (Winter 1940), Doctor Fate was one of the characters National Comics used for the joint venture with All-American Publications. He made his last appearance in the book in issue #21 (Summer 1944), virtually simultaneously with the end of his own strip in More Fun Comics #98 (July - August 1944).

Aside from the annual JSA/JLA team-ups in Justice League of America, DC featured the original Doctor Fate in other stories through the 1960s and 1970s, including a two-issue run with Hourman in Showcase #55-56, two appearances with Superman in World's Finest Comics (#201, Mar. 1971 & #208, Dec. 1971) and DC Comics Presents (#23, July 1980); an appearance with Batman in The Brave and the Bold (#156, Nov. 1979); and a solo story in 1st Issue Special #9 (Dec. 1975), written by Martin Pasko and drawn by Walt Simonson.