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Doctor Fate (also known as Fate) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Doctor Fate 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). ==Publication history== ''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,〔''More Fun Comics'' #80 (June 1942)〕 Inza Sanders,〔''More Fun Comics'' #75 (Jan. 1942)〕〔''More Fun Comics'' #77 (March 1942)〕 and Inza Carmer,〔''More Fun Comics'' #76 (Feb, 1942)〕〔''More Fun Comics'' #78 (April, 1942)〕〔''More Fun Comics'' #89 (March 1943)〕〔''More Fun Comics'' #90 (April 1943)〕 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. The character featured in a series of back-up stories running in ''The Flash'' from #306 (Feb. 1982) to #313 (Sept. 1982) written by Cary Bates and drawn by Keith Giffen, with Pasko taking over as writer in issue #306, (aided by Steve Gerber from #310 to #313). In 1985, DC collected the back-up stories, a retelling of Doctor Fate's origin by Paul Levitz, Joe Staton & Michael Nasser originally published in ''Secret Origins of Super-Heroes'' (Jan. 1978) (''DC Special Series'' #10 in the indicia), the Pasko/Simonson story from ''1st Issue Special'' #9, and a Doctor Fate tale from ''More Fun Comics'' #56 (June 1940), in a three-issue limited series titled ''The Immortal Doctor Fate''. Following 1985's ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', Doctor Fate briefly joined the Justice League.〔''Legends'' #6 (April 1987)〕 A ''Doctor Fate'' limited series was released soon afterwards, which changed the character's secret identity.〔''Doctor Fate'' (vol. 1) #1-4 (July - Oct. 1987)〕 DC began a ''Doctor Fate'' ongoing series by J.M. DeMatteis and Shawn McManus in winter of 1988.〔''Doctor Fate'' (vol. 2) #1 (Winter 1988)〕 William Messner-Loebs became the series’ writer with issue #25.〔''Doctor Fate'' (vol. 2) #25 (Feb. 1991)〕 When the series ended with issue #41,〔''Doctor Fate'' (vol. 2) #41 (June 1992)〕 DC replaced the existing Doctor Fate with a new character, Jared Stevens. Stevens was introduced in a self-titled series called ''Fate'', launched in the wake of ''Zero Hour'' in 1994.〔''Fate'' #0 (Oct. 1994)〕 which was cancelled after 23 issues in September 1996. The character then starred in ''The Book of Fate'', which ran from February 1997 to January 1998 for twelve issues as part of DC's "Weirdoverse" imprint. In 1999, the revival of the Justice Society in ''JSA'' allowed the character to be reworked again.〔''JSA'' #1 (August 1999)〕〔''JSA'' #4 (Nov. 1999)〕 In addition to appearing in ''JSA'', DC published a self-titled, five-issue limited series in 2003.〔''Dr. Fate'' (vol. 3) #1-5 (Oct. 2003 - Feb. 2004)〕 The character was killed in the ''Day of Vengeance'' limited series in 2005 as part of the lead in to the 2005 company-wide event story, ''Infinite Crisis''.〔''Day of Vengeance'' #1-6 (June - Nov. 2005)〕 In early 2007, DC published a bi-weekly run of one-shots depicting the search for a new Doctor Fate. These were intended to be followed by a new ''Doctor Fate'' ongoing series in April 2007, written by Steve Gerber and illustrated by Paul Gulacy, featuring the new Doctor Fate. However, the series was delayed due to extended production and creative difficulties. Steve Gerber said in an interview for Newsarama that the story intended for the first arc of the ''Doctor Fate'' ongoing series had been reworked to serve as the main story for ''Countdown to Mystery'', a dual-feature eight issue mini-series with Eclipso as the second feature. The first issue of ''Countdown to Mystery'', with art by Justiniano and Walden Wong rather than Gulacy, was released in November 2007. Due to Steve Gerber's passing, the seventh issue was written by Adam Beechen using Gerber's notes. The final issue was written by Beechen, Gail Simone, Mark Waid, and Mark Evanier, who each wrote a different ending to the story. The character then appeared in the ''Reign in Hell'' mini-series〔''Reign in Hell'' #1-8 (Nov. 2008 - April 2009)〕 and in ''Justice Society of America'' (vol. 3) #30, featuring in the book until its cancellation with #54 in August 2011. Following the events of the ''Flashpoint'' mini-series in 2011, DC's continuity was rebooted. As part of "The New 52", a new Doctor Fate named Khalid Ben-Hassin was created by writer James Robinson and artist Brett Booth, featuring in the ''Earth 2'' ongoing series from #9 (Feb. 2013) onwards. After the end of the ''Convergence'' event, DC began a newer continuity, focusing more on story and diversity along with launching 24 new titles. One of these titles is a new ''Doctor Fate'' series from writer Paul Levitz and artist Sonny Liew, headlined by the latest Doctor Fate, Khalid Nassour. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Doctor Fate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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