The Fantom of the Fair is one of the earliest published Golden Age superheroes. He debuted inCentaur Publications'Amazing Mystery Funnies vol. 2, #7 (cover-dated July 1939), the overall 11th issue of that title. His early adventures are set fighting threats at the 1939 New York World's Fair. He lives in a subterranean chamber under the Fair, and he travels via secret trap doors placed around the fairgrounds

Malibu Comics revived the character under the name Gravestone. Little is known about the mysterious Gravestone other than that he appears to be hundreds, possibly thousands, of years old. He comes and goes at will, favoring the cloaking shelter of night and shadows