Stardust the Super Wizard

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caption = Splash page from "Fantastic Comics" #14 (April 1941). Art by Fletcher Hanks.
character_name = Stardust the Super Wizard
publisher = Fox Feature Syndicate
debut = "Fantastic Comics" #1 (Dec. 1939)
creators = Fletcher Hanks (as "Henry Fletcher")
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powers = Superstrength, flight, supersenses, other powers as required in story

Stardust the Super Wizard is a fictional comic book superhero from the Golden Age of Comics. Created by writer-artist Fletcher Hanks, he first appeared in Fox Comics' "Fantastic Comics" #1 (Dec. 1939).

Publication history

Stardust appeared in 16 issues of "Fantastic Comics" (Dec. 1939 - March 1941), as well "Big 3 Comics" #2 (1941, undated on cover). Some of his Golden Age adventures were reprinted by AC Comics decades later, and collected in the 2007 book "I Shall Destroy All Civilized Planets!: The Comics of Fletcher Hanks" (ISBN 1560978392), edited by Paul Karasik. A new story of Stardust appears in Image Comics's Next Issue Project of "Fantastic Comics" #24.

A reimagined version appears in a webcomic by writer Jason Derr and artist Simon S. Andrews. [ [http://www.drunkduck.com/Stardust_The_Super_Wizard Stardust Webcomic] ]

Fictional character biography

Stardust is an alien from an unnamed planet (in some stories, a star), whose "vast knowledge of interplanetary science has made him the most remarkable man that ever lived." He arrives on Earth vowing to clean up crime, and uses the powers that his knowledge has given him to fight all evil-doers.

Powers and abilities

In addition to such powers as super strength, flight, and invulnerability, Stardust's powers included "retarding rays" that slowed down moving objects; thought recording; the "delicate detecting unit" (a combination of ESP and super-vision); the ability to transform into a human-sized star; and many others.

Footnotes

References

* [http://www.comics.org Grand Comics Database]
* [http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/hartford/103/28one1.html On-line copy of Stardust comic]