Fantomah and the Curse of Doctor Omega!

I came across an interesting article on io9 today, about literary characters who are now in the public domain (subject to the usual caveat that public domain means different things in different countries, so check yours!). The article lists ten characters of interest for budding writers, but could equally be of value for wargames rules publishers. Some interesting stuff here that will be of interest to Pulp gamers as much as VSF ones...