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Public Domain Super Heroes is a collaborative website about public domain characters from comic books, comic strips, films, books, pulps, mythology, television, animation, folk stories, among others. Open source characters are also allowed but do not add AI generated characters.

After Action Comics #1 gave the world Superman in 1938, there was an explosion of costumed heroes in comics. New publishers and characters sprang up everywhere. After World War II, these characters fell out of favor with readers and caused many publishers to go out of business. Those comics and their stars have since entered the public domain, enabling anyone to use those characters and classic stories any way they wish. Over the years, many publishers have taken advantage of this and so can you!

This wiki is intended to be an online encyclopedia of these characters, providing pertinent information to fans who want to learn about their history, as well as creators who may want to use them. All images and information are believed to be in the public domain. The information and images presented are intended to give a brief overview of the characters and provide a visual reference.

The wiki format allows any registered user to create any article, so we can all work together to build the site. Check out the FAQ to help you get started! Right now, we have 5,133 articles!

Rules for editing can be found here and here (and are subject to change without notice). If you have any questions, please contact the head administrator, Cebr1979, via his talk page.

Enjoy.

NOW FEATURING 5,133 CHARACTERS

The Top 10 Most-Viewed Character Profiles:

For a complete list of characters, click here.

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With 5,871 images on our database, there is no shortage of pictures of your favorite characters and teams.

This image has been randomly selected from our database. Each time you visit our site, you should see a new image here. For more information about it, click directly on the image. The resulting page will detail when it was uploaded, by whom, and often overview which articles use that particular image.

Please visit our galleries and feel free to upload as many images as you like. We have categorized our images into several groups, for easier future reference. Have fun!

One more thing, before submitting an image, please read our FAQ. This is so you know what can and cannot be submitted, and what to do when you have submitted an image.

Featured Character

LADY LUCK

Nobody suspected that Lady Luck was actually Brenda Banks, a "debutante crime buster bored with social life" who decided to become a "modern lady Robin Hood." (read more)

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+After ''Action Comics'' #1 gave the world [http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Superman Superman] in 1938, there was an explosion of costumed heroes in comics. New publishers and characters sprang up everywhere. After World War II, these characters fell out of favor with readers and caused many publishers to go out of business. Those comics and their stars have since entered the public domain, enabling anyone to use those characters and classic stories any way they wish. Over the years, many publishers have taken advantage of this and so can you!
+This wiki is intended to be an online encyclopedia of these characters, providing pertinent information to fans who want to learn about their history, as well as creators who may want to use them. All images and information are believed to be in the public domain. The information and images presented are intended to give a brief overview of the characters and provide a visual reference.
+The wiki format allows any registered user to create any article, so we can all work together to build the site. Check out the [[FAQ]] to help you get started! Right now, we have '''{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}''' articles!
+Rules for editing can be found [[community:Help:Community_guidelines|here]] and [https://pdsh.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:Cebr1979 here] (and are subject to change without notice). If you have any questions, please contact the head administrator, [[User:Cebr1979|Cebr1979]], via his [http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Cebr1979 talk page].
+Enjoy.
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-{{SITENAME}}''' '''is a collaborative website about comic book, film, literary, or pulp characters in the public domain that have appeared in comics or fit in a common comic book genre such as the masked vigilante, caped crusader, [[:Category:Villains|villains]], [[scientists]], [[magicians]], [[robots]], or [[tarzan|jungle lord]]. The wiki format allows anyone to create or edit any article, so we can all work together to create the site. Check out the [[Help:FAQ|Help FAQ]] to help you get started! We now have {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles. We want to reach over 2000 articles.
+[[File:Awards2013_hof_mills.jpg|thumb|Miss Fury]]'''NOW FEATURING {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} CHARACTERS'''
+''The Top 10 Most-Viewed Character Profiles:''
-For info on what constitutes "public domain", check out the [[FAQ|Public Domain FAQ]].
+*[[Miss Fury]]
+*[[Butterfly]]
-After ''Action Comics'' #1 gave the world [http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Superman Superman] in 1938, there was an explosion of costumed heroes in comics. New publishers and characters sprang up everywhere. After World War II, these type of characters fell out of favor with readers. This caused many publishers to go out of business and many characters were lost. Those comics and their stars have since fallen into the public domain. This enables anyone to use those characters and those classic stories any way they wish. Over the years many publishers have taken advantage of this, including [http://www.accomics.com/ AC Comics] (''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femforce FemForce]'', ''Men of Mystery''), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malibu_Comics Malibu] (''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protectors The Protectors]''), ''America's Best ''([http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Terra_Obscura Terra Obscura])'', and - most recently - [http://www.dynamiteentertainment.com/htmlfiles/ Dynamite] ''[http://projectsuperpowers.wikia.com/wiki/Project_Superpowers_Wiki (Project Superpowers)]'', and [http://imagecomics.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Image Comics (]''[http://imagecomics.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Next Issue Project'')'']'' among others''.
+*[[Daredevil (Lev Gleason)|Daredevil]]
+*[[Green Lama]]
-This is intended to be an online encyclopedia of these characters, providing pertinent information to fans who want to learn about their history, as well as creators who may want to use them. Unless otherwise noted, all images and information are believed to be in the Public Domain. The information and images presented are intended to give a brief overview of the characters and provide a visual reference.
+*[[Moon Girl]]
+*[[Captain Battle]]
-In you have any questions, please contact any of the co-administators ([[User:Madmikeyd|MadMikeyD]], [[User:Crimsoncrusader|Crimsoncrusader]] and [[User:Strannik01|Strannik01]]) at our respective talk pages.
+*[[Red Rube]]
+*[[Santa Claus]]
-Enjoy.
+*[[Dorothy (Oz)]]
+*[[Astro-Man]]
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-<u>New on {{SITENAME}}</u> [[File:Kara.jpg|thumb|Kara, The Jungle Princess]]'''NOW FEATURING OVER 1500 CHARACTERS'''
-''Recently Added Characters:''
-*[[Akina]]
-*[[Avenger (Tom Dash)]]
-*[[Cleopatra]]
-*[[Delecta, Queen of the Planets]]
-*[[Elfreda]]
-*[[Dr. Horror]]
-*[[Gilda]]
-*[[Hero & Villain]]
-*[[He-Man]]
-*[[Huntress]]
-*[[Johnny Dynamite]]
-*[[Paris]]
-*[[Stuart Taylor]]
-*[[Toni Stark]]
-'''For a complete list of comic book characters, click '''[[:Category:Comic Book Characters|'''here''']]
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+==Featured Image==
+{{Featured Image}}
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-* If you are adding to the Wiki, please try to keep the information restricted to what is Public Domain for now. That would be mainly Golden Age information. We might add things like The Protectors, Terra Obscura and Project Superpowers in the future, but for now we want to be primarily a Public Domain resource. Our intent is to provide information on public domain characters that creators could use in their works. For a list of disputed public domain characters see [http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Disputed_characters here].
-*Thank you to all of our research sources. Be sure to visit these sites in our Other Links/Research Sources links to them and thank those sites creators for their great work. If you add a page to the wiki please link your sources if you used any of these or other websites and thank them for any image contributions.
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+==Featured Character==
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+[[Lady Luck|<big>LADY LUCK</big>]]
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+[[File:Ladyluck86.jpg|thumb]]
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+Nobody suspected that Lady Luck was actually Brenda Banks, a "debutante crime buster bored with social life" who decided to become a "modern lady [[Robin Hood]]." ([[Lady Luck|read more]])
-== This Week in Public Domain Super Heroes ==
-There is a Kickstarter campaign by Jared Zichek to create a [[Stardust]] figurine. If you'd like to support this project please donate [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/441047786/fletcher-hanks-stardust-the-super-wizard-figurine here].
-== HERO Initiative ==
-[http://www.heroinitiative.org/ HERO Initiative] is a non-profit organization that creates a financial safety net for comic creators who may need emergency medical aid, financial support for essentials of life, and an avenue back into paying work. If you are interested in supporting its mission, we encourage you to join. You can join for as little as $30.
-HERO Initiative: Because Everyone Deserves a Golden Age
-==Featured article==
-[[File:Cowboy_sahib.jpg|thumb]]
-Joe "Cowboy" King was an American World War II pilot who operated in and around India, who dressed and acted like a cowboy....
-(See [[Cowboy Sahib]])
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