Comic books that are in the Public Domain. Usually from the Golden Age and The Interregnum, though some are from the Silver Age.
While the comics are in the public domain, some of the characters might not be.
For other forms of print media, see Public Domain Stories.
Examples:
- Ace McCoy
- Ace of Space
- Ace Powers
- Airboy
- The Atomic Thunderbolt
- The Banshee
- Black Cat (Harvey Comics)
- Black Fury
- The Black Spider
- The Blue Streak
- Buckskin: America's Defender of Liberty
- Captain Flash
- Captain Victory
- The Cavalier
- Cosmo Cat
- The Crusader
- El Kuraan
- The Eye Sees
- Fables (released into the public domain by Bill Willingham in 2023, though DC Comics officially contests this, so it remains to be seen how this will actually play out)
- Funnyman (1948)
- Ghost (Nedor Comics)
- Golden Lad
- The Green Giant
- The Green Knight
- Gunsmoke
- The Heap
- Hyper the Phenomenal
- The Invisible Terror
- K-Bar Kate
- Kid Eternity
- Kismet: Man of Fate
- Lightbringer (the first webcomic on the list, having both its characters and stories willingly released into the public domain by Lewis Lovhaug around 2013)
- The Lone Warrior
- The Mad Hatter
- The Marksman
- The Masked Marvel
- Master Mystic
- Mother Hubbard
- Mr. Miracle (Holyoke)
- Nelvana of the Northern Lights
- Pat Patriot: America's Joan of Arc
- Phantom Flyer
- Stardust the Super Wizard and other works of Fletcher Hanks
- The Steel Fist
- Super-American
- Tomboy (Sterling)
- Typhon
- The Wasp (Lev Gleason)
- Wonder Man (Fox)
- The Wraith
- Yellowjacket
Copyrighted characters with public domain comics:
- Archie Comics
- Blue Beetle
- Captain Atom
- Peacemaker
- Phantom Lady
- Plastic Man
- The Question
- The Ray
- Sarge Steel
- Shazam!
- The Spirit
