- Stardust the Super Wizard
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caption = Splash page from "Fantastic Comics" #14 (April 1941). Art byFletcher 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 storyStardust the Super Wizard is a fictional
comic book superhero from theGolden Age of Comics . Created by writer-artistFletcher Hanks , hefirst appeared inFox 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 byPaul Karasik . A new story of Stardust appears inImage 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.
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References
* [http://www.comics.org Grand Comics Database]
* [http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/hartford/103/28one1.html On-line copy of Stardust comic]
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