Turn Loose Our Death Rays And Kill Them All!: The Complete Works Of Fletcher Hanks

Synopsis

Fletcher Hanks Was The First Great Comic Book Auteur: He Wrote, Penciled, Inked, And Lettered All Of His Own Stories. He Completed Approximately 50 Stories Between 1939-1941, All Unified By A Unique Artistic Vision. Whether It's The Superhero Stardust Doling Out Ice Cold Slabs Of Poetic Justice, Or The Jungle Protectress Fantomah Tearing Evildoers From Limb To Ragged Limb, Contemporary Readers Are Stunned By The Pop Surrealism And Outright Violent Mayhem Of Hanks' Work. Originally Featured In Two Paperback Volumes, This Deluxe Hardcover Collects-for The First Time-all Of Hanks' Previously Published Material, Plus Several Gems Newly Discovered For This Volume, Making This The Very First Complete Collection Of The Works Of Fletcher Hanks. Full-color Illustrations Throughout,--amazon.com. Foreword: I Shall Now Leave You To Your Fate / Glen David Gold -- Introduction: I Shall Destroy, You Shall Die! / Paul Karasik -- Student Portfolio -- Moe M. Down : Moe Vs. Tony Pimento -- Moe M. Down: Moe Gets A New Manager -- Stardust: Presidential Assassination -- Space Smith: Captured By Skomah -- Stardust: Rip The Blood -- Space Smith: The Martian Ogres -- Tabu: The Slave Raiders -- Big Red Mclane: King Of The North Woods -- Stardust: The Demon's Tidal Wave -- Fantomah: The Elephants' Graveyard -- Big Red Mclane: The Red River Gang -- Space Smith: The Leopard Women Of Venus -- Tiger Hart: The Dashing, Slashing Adventure Of The Great Solinoor Diamond -- Stardust: The Mad Giant -- Space Smith: The Thinker -- Fantomah: The City Of Gold -- Big Red Mclane: The Timber Thieves -- Stardust: Wolf Eye's Vacuum Tubes -- Space Smith: The Hoppers -- Fantomah: The Super-gorillas -- Big Red Mclane: The Lumber Hijackers -- Whirlwind Carter: Mars Attacks -- Space Smith: The Vacuumites --^ Yank Wilson: The Saboteurs -- Fantomah: Mundoor And The Giant Reptiles -- Big Red Mclane: The Sinister Stranger -- Stardust: Gyp Clip's Anti-gravity Ray -- Fantomah: Phantom Of The Tree-tops -- Big Red Mclane: The Paper Racketeers -- Whirlwind Carter: Planet Of Black-light -- Stardust: The Emerald Men Of Asperus -- Space Smith: Planet Bloodu -- Fantomah: Diamond Thieves -- Big Red Mclane: Sledge Sloan Gang -- Buzz Crandall: Lepus And The Colliding Planets -- Fantomah: The Temple In The Mud Pit -- Big Red Mclane: The Monk's War Rockets -- Stardust: The Super Fiend -- Fantomah: Lions Loose In New York -- Big Red Mclane: Searching For Sally Breen -- Stardust: Skullface Takes Over New York -- Fantomah: The Flaming Claws -- Stardust: Kaos And The Vultures -- Fantomah: The Scarlet Shadow -- Stardust: The Fifth Columnists -- Fantomah: The New Blitzers -- Stardust: The Sixth Columnists -- Fantomah: The Tiger-women Of Wildmoon Mountain -- Stardust: The World Invaders --^ Fantomah: The Revenge Of Zomax -- Stardust: Slant Eyes -- Fantomah: Org's Giant Spiders -- Stardust: Destructo And The Headhunter -- Afterword: Whatever Happened To Fletcher Hanks? / Paul Karasik. Flethcer Hanks. Chiefly Illustrated.