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
Y
*The Yellow Kid
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