According to Jess Nevins' Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes, Stardust's foes include "ordinary criminals, the Brain-Men of Mars, the Super Fiend, Skullface Kurd, and Yew Bee and his Fifth Column".

The complete works of Fletcher Hanks have been collected in the Fantagraphics Books: The last volume is a combination of the first two with additional material.

In 2008, editor Paul Karasik received an Eisner Award for "Best Archival Collection/Project: Comic Books" for his work on I Shall Destroy All Civilized Planets!

Stardust, whose vast knowledge of interplanetary science has made him the most remarkable man that ever lived, devotes his abilities to crime-busting.

The main villain would describe his grandiose plan (e.g. to commit genocide, lay waste to a city, destroy democracy, etc.).

When Stardust arrived on the scene, he would verbally berate the villains and then set into motion a series of increasingly bizarre and violent acts of revenge against the evildoers, often turning their own schemes against them.

When the dust cleared, the citizenry would often bemoan the fact that they were unable to thank their hero who had already flown back to his secret headquarters in the stars.

[citation needed] Stardust the Super Wizard is in the public domain,[citation needed] and has been appeared in stories published by various creators over the decades, including those who have rendered individual interpretations of the original character, which in some cases provide backstories, explain in plot holes in the original stories, or otherwise develop the character.

[citation needed] Publishers of tabletop role-playing games have created campaigns featuring Stardust the Super Wizard, allowing players to interact, collaborate, and write their own stories.

[citation needed] Stardust is a master of space and planetary forces, possessing a vast knowledge of interplanetary science.

Although Stardust has never exhibited any formal combat training, his physical size and strength make him a formidable brawler.

[citation needed] Physically, Stardust appears as a clean-cut, blond-haired, blue-eyed, white human male of heroic proportions.

[citation needed] Stardust has exhibited a number of powers that are not attributed to his mastery of space and planetary forces.

These powers may be attributed to an alien physiognomy, cybernetic augmentation, genetic modification, tetralogical manipulation, or a combination of these factors.

The tubular spacial is a luminous forcefield that enables Stardust to travel on accelerated super-solar light waves at tremendous speeds.

The tubular spacial generates a null field that neutralized all forms of energy (kinetic, electrical, magnetic, gamma, gravitational, etc.)

Equipment Stardust has utilized in the Astral Observatory, broken down into categories, include: In American Comic Book Chronicles: 1940-1944, comics historian Kurt Mitchell writes that the Stardust stories "highlighted Hanks' straitfaced absurdity and distinctively ugly dramatis personae.