List of Quality, Fawcett and Charlton characters who haven't appeared in DC comics

A list of Quality, Fawcett and Charlton comics characters that have not been used by DC Comics since each respective date of acquisition below.

All Quality and Fawcett characters listed here lapsed into the public domain prior to the acquisition of the companies that owned them. All Charlton characters presumed to be owned by DC unless mentioned otherwise.

Quality (Bought out by DC in 1956)

*711
*Ace of Space
*Blue Tracer
*Destiny (this is not the same Destiny that appears in "The Sandman" series)
*Destroying Demon
*The Dragon
*G-2
*Ghost of Flanders
*Just 'N Right
*Margo the Magician
*The Marksman
*Marmaduke Mouse
*Monsieur X
*The Mouthpiece
*The Raven
*Red, White, and Blue
*Rusty Ryan
*Scarlet Seal
*The Sniper
*Spider Widow
*Torchy (used by her creator Bill Ward after her Quality run. Presumably now owned by his estate)
*The Unknown
*USA
*The Voice
*The Whistler
*Wildfire
*Wonder Boy
*Yankee Eagle

Fawcett (Bought out by DC in 1980)

*Atom Blake
*Balbo the Boy Magician
*Banshee O'Brien
*Bulletboy
*Dan Dare
*Devil's Dagger
*Diamond Jack
*Doctor Voodoo
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*Golden Arrow
*The Hunchback
*Master Man
*Mystic Moot
*Radar
*Red Gaucho
*Spooks
*Warlock the Wizard
*White Rajah
*Zoro the Mystery Man

Charlton

Charlton's "Action Heroes" were acquired by DC in 1983; most of the rest bought out by Roger Broughton for his AGC Comics line and thus are unavailable for DC's use. The rest were given/sold off to their creators or others.
*Diana the Huntress
*The Dragon
*Evila
*Faustus
*Fightin' 5 (owned by Roger Broughton)
*Gore
*The Iron Corporal
*Mercury Man
*Mr. Jigsaw (creator owned)
*Mr. Muscles
*Nature Boy
*The Prankster
*The Sentinels
*Shape
*Sinistro, Boy Fiend
*Spookman
*Static (owned by Steve Ditko)
*Thunder Bunny (creator owned)
*Timmy the Timid Ghost
*Tyro Team
*Willy Schultz
*Yellowjacket
*Vanguards (creator owned)

External links

* [http://www.bromsun.com/practices/copyright-portfolio-development/flowchart.htm Copyright Flow Chart] - a flowchart that shows when copyrighted works lapse into public domain.