This is a list of characters that have fallen out of copyright worldwide, and are usable in other works of fiction without permission from the character's original creator.
A *Airboy (Hillman Periodicals superhero *Allan Quatermain *Aladdin *Ali Baba in Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves * in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. *Amazing-Man, Zona Henderson, and Tommy Henderson (Caliber Comics superheroes) *American Crusader (Nedor superhero) *Ayesha
B *Bagheera in The Jungle Book. *Baloo in The Jungle Book. *Bert the Turtle from Duck and Cover *Billy Bounce (early newspaper strip character) *Big Bad Wolf in The Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, and The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids. *Boy King (Hillman Periodicals character) *The Black Bat (pulp character) *Black Beauty *Black Owl (Prize Comics superhero) *Black Terror (Nedor superhero) *Blue Bolt *The Brain That Wouldn't Die
C *Captain Future (pulp character) *Captain Future (Nedor superhero) *Claude Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame *Captain Hook in Peter Pan *Captain Nemo in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea *The Cavalier, Nedor superhero *Cheshire Cat in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland *Commando Cody *Cinderella *Cthulhu from H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos
D *Doc Strange, Nedor superhero *Dorian Gray in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde *Dorothy Gale in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz *Dracula *Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
E *Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol *Esmeralda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame
F *Fantomah (Fletcher Hanks creation]] *Fighting Yank, Nedor superhero *Four Comrades, Nedor superheroes *Flash Lightning and Lightning Girl (Ace Periodicals superheroes) *Dr. Frankenstein *Frankenstein's monster (and also the version from Dick Briefer's Frankenstein comics)
G *Gertie the Dinosaur *The Gingerbread Man *Grim Reaper, Nedor superhero
H *Hansel and Gretel *Heidi *Huckleberry Finn
J *Jack in Jack and the Beanstalk *Jane Eyre *Jane Porter in Tarzan *Jim Hawkins in Treasure Island *John Carter of Mars *Judy of the Jungle, Nedor character
L *Liberator, Nedor superhero *The Little Mermaid *Little Red Riding Hood *Little Nemo *The Lone Warrior and his sidekick (Ace Periodicals superheroes) *Long John Silver in Treasure Island
M *Mad Hatter (from *Magno and Davey (Ace Periodicals superheroes) *The March Sisters in Little Women *The Martians from The War of the Worlds *The Mask, Nedor superhero *Miss Masque, Nedor superhero *Moby-Dick *Mowgli in The Jungle Book
O *Oliver Twist *The Oracle, Nedor superhero *Octobriana, Communist superhero
P *Peter Pan *Peter Rabbit *Pinocchio *Princess Pantha, Nedor character *Pyroman, Nedor superhero
Q * in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
R *Robinson Crusoe
S *Sherlock Holmes *Spacehawk *Skyman *The Sphinx, Nedor character *Stardust the Super Wizard (Fletcher Hanks creation)
V *Vulcan (Ace Periodicals superhero)
W *Woman in Red, Nedor Comics superhero *Wonder Man, Fox Publications superhero
There are two pulp heroes who go by the name "The Black Bat"; which one (or are they both?) in the public domain?
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2. 30-05-2010 05:24
The "Peter Pan" characters are still protected. While they were old enough to be in the public domain, British law made a special exception.
Guest
3. 02-02-2011 01:25
Is Red Rabbit, the "funny animal" title character from a 1947 comic book, in the public domain? I haven't been able to find much information on him.
Guest
4. 16-02-2011 02:01
Peter Pan Comic Book Character is public domain.
Sherlock Holmes Comic Book Character is public domain only.
comics and characters, a bunch of companies went out of business in the Golden Age (Nedor, Fox Features, Lev Gleason, Columbia, etc.) and their copyrights were either never filed or never renewed. Those stories and characters are now Public Domain
The catch is that those comics are made in the United States they are public domain in the United States and not in the world.
If Peter Pan is still protected then you legallly use comic book Peter pan without getting sued.
It can even be a live action animated hybrid
Guest
5. 17-02-2011 00:57
Peter Pan Comic Book Character is public domain
What countries he is Peter Pan Comic Book character in is something I do not know.
Guest
6. 03-06-2011 18:02
Re Sherlock Holmes or any other character for that matter, is it legal to use only the character or the name/logo with that charachter also?
Guest
7. 30-10-2011 04:07
Sherlock Holmes will be public domain in 2023 under current U.S. Copyright law.
Mexico Sherlock Holmes will be public domain after 100 years after Sir Arthur Conan Doyle death which is 2030.
Comic books characters are that public domain if the comic book company goes out of business.
Comic Books characters are public domain when they copyright expires, if there copyright was not renewed when a copyright was required to be renewed or if it did not have copyright notice on it when it was required to have a copyright notice on it.
Alot of these characters that you have listed above are still protected in the United States.
These characters are not public domain domain worldwide because there is no such thing as international harmonization.
