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Curated Characters’ Library.

All entries our curators have compiled and reviewed. Filter them here, or open any card for the full record — a subject not in this list has not been researched yet; ask the character index to look into it.

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Betty Boop

August 9, 1930

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Buck Rogers

January 7 1929

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Dracula

1897 — Dracula (novel)

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Felix the Cat

November 1919

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Mickey Mouse (Steamboat Willie, 1928)

November 18, 1928 — Steamboat Willie

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Public domain

Sherlock Holmes

1887 — A Study in Scarlet

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Tarzan

1912 — Tarzan of the Apes

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Winnie-the-Pooh

1926 — Winnie-the-Pooh

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Public domain

Zorro

1919 — The Curse of Capistrano

Confidence · HighOpen entry →

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