Black Fury is the name of several fictional

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characters published in the

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John Perry

The first Black Fury premiered in Fox Feature Syndicate's ''

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'' #17 (April 1941). This version was created by artists Dennis Neville and Mark Howell. Black Fury is the alter ego of John Perry, gossip columnist for the ''Daily Clarion''. Perry uses his newspaper connections to uncover information on crime and corruption, which he fights in his costumed form. He has no superpowers, and is assisted by Chuck Marley, the son of a slain policeman. The Black Fury and Chuck capture the Fang, who murdered Chuck's father. The Fox Black Fury character appeared in eight issues of ''Fantastic Comics'' until issue #23 (Nov 1941), and also appeared in ''V...- Comics #1-2 (Jan-March 1942) and ''

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'' #12 (June 1942).

Rex King

The second Black Fury appeared in ''Super-Magic Comics'' #1 (May 1941), published by

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Publications. There were no writing or artists credited. Black Fury is the secret identity of Rex King, a costumed adventurer who can glide through the air, using the wing-like underarm flaps of his costume. He defends the jungles of Africa with the help of his pet black panther, Kato.

Female criminal

The third Black Fury was created by

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, and debuted in Fox Feature Syndicate's ''Zoot'' #9 (Oct. 1947). This was a female criminal who used trained black panthers to battle the jungle goddess Rulah. She appeared in a story entitled "Fangs of Black Fury".

Charlton Comics

The fourth Black Fury debuted in

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' ''Black Fury'' #1 (May 1955). This character was a

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that roamed the West righting wrongs, bearing some resemblance to the 1955–1960

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Saturday-morning TV series ''Fury'' (for which Dell Publishing released a tie-in comic-book series). The Charlton comic featured artwork by

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and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and lasted 58 issues.

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