The name "Witch Hazel" is not owned by any one company because it comes from the common name of the real witch-hazel plant (Hamamelis), a flowering shrub native to North America and Asia. The word "witch" in the plant's name originally meant "bendable" or "pliant" in Old English, not a practitioner of magic, although the plant later became associated with folklore, divining rods, herbal remedies, and Halloween imagery. Since "Witch Hazel" is a generic botanical term that has existed for centuries, it cannot be copyrighted or trademarked as an exclusive fictional character name.

As a result, "Witch Hazel" functions as a stock character rather than a single copyrighted character. A stock character is a familiar archetype that anyone can reinterpret, much like a wicked witch, fairy godmother, or mad scientist. Different creators are free to invent their own version of a witch named Witch Hazel, provided they do not copy another company's specific character design, personality, or stories.

Because the name itself belongs to the public domain as a common plant name, any writer, artist, or studio can create their own original "Witch Hazel." What copyright protects is the unique expression of a character—such as her visual design, dialogue, personality, and stories—not the generic name or the general idea of a witch called "Witch Hazel." This makes Witch Hazel a classic example of a public-domain stock character whose name has been independently reused across popular culture for decades.

* Marmaduke Mouse #1
* Famous Funnies #164
* Giggle Comics #35, 44-57, 63, 65, 67, 82, 87, 92
* Casper the Friendly Ghost #11
* Little Ike #3
* Ha Ha Comics #95-97
* Gay Comics #1
* Wonderland Comics #9
* Adventures Into the Unknown #101

* Gordon's Novelty Catalog (1962)

File:Witch hazel wonderland comics.jpg|From Wonderland Comics
File:Witch hazel giggle comics.jpg|From Giggle Comics
File:Hazel adventuresintotheunknown old.jpg|Old Hazel from Adventures into the Unknown.
File:Hazel adventuresintotheunknown young.jpg|Young Hazel from Adventures into the Unknown.

* Multiple animation studios have produced their own unrelated Witch Hazels:
**The Walt Disney Company introduced a friendly, somewhat bumbling Witch Hazel in the 1952 Donald Duck cartoon Trick or Treat, voiced by June Foray.
**Two years later, Warner Bros. created an entirely different Witch Hazel for the Bugs Bunny cartoon Bewitched Bunny, directed by Chuck Jones.
** Even other studios, including Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Paramount Pictures, later featured their own witches named Witch Hazel.

*[https://www.comics.org/story_by_character/witch%20hazel/sort/chrono/ GCD]
*[https://comicbookplus.com/search/?q=Witch+Hazel#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=Witch%20Hazel&gsc.page=1 Comic Book Plus]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_hazel_(disambiguation) Wikipedia]
*[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WickedWitch TV Tropes]
*[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/search/?header=1&q=Witch%20Hazel ComicVine]
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