Black Fury premiered in Fox Feature Syndicate’s Fantastic Comics #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 Blue Beetle #12 (June 1942).