You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! — Fantagraphics
Issue: #1
Fletcher Hanks was the first great comic book auteur. That is, he wrote, penciled, inked, and lettered all of his own stories. He completed an astonishing 48 stories in three years from 1939-1941. As a one-man-cartooning-band, his work packs the wallop of a unique and unified artistic vision. He was a true comics visionary. In the earliest days of the comic book, before censorship, it was “anythin...
Creators: Paul Karasik, Fletcher Hanks
Characters: Tabu, Stardust the Super Wizard, Emperor Morosio, The Thinker, Skomah, Dianna, Big Red Mclane, Fantomah, Space Smith, Whirlwind Carter, Yank Wilson