You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! #[nn]
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis collection from Fantagraphics assembles a selection of wild, pre-Code sci-fi and adventure comic strips from the 1940s, featuring characters like Fantomah, Space Smith, Stardust, and Tiger Hart. The volume showcases the imaginative and often bizarre storytelling of the era, with tales of interplanetary conflict and heroic exploits. It includes the titular story arc 'You Shall Die By Your Own Evil Creation!' alongside other serialized adventures such as 'I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets!'.
In "Captured by Skomah," Fletcher Hanks delivers a pulpy, high-stakes adventure as Carter rescues Brenda Hale, an Earth agent from the Space Army, Women's Division, 4th Regiment, whose ship has been grounded by Martian forces. With Mars poised to invade and turn Earth into a colony, Carter finds himself drawn into a conflict that tests his courage and wit. The story, written and illustrated by Fletcher Hanks with full creative control over both interior art and cover, captures the bold, unapologetic energy of early 20th-century sci-fi comics.
In the heart of the wild jungle, Tabu, a young man gifted with a sixth sense and extraordinary powers after saving a witch doctor, takes on a band of brutal slave raiders. Using his newfound abilities and the loyalty of the jungle’s creatures, he turns the tide against the raiders, unleashing a terrifying final transformation that leaves them at his mercy.
Mr. Farlow finds himself caught in the middle of a timber war when Big Red joins the Great Bend Lumber Co., tasked with fending off sabotage from rival loggers. With the woods alive with tension and secrets, one man’s loyalty is put to the test in a clash of wills and wilderness.
When Space Smith and Dianna are captured by the enigmatic robot scientists of Venus, their journey takes a dangerous turn as the alien engineers reveal their intent to transform Dianna into one of their legendary Leopard Women. Trapped in a world of mechanical precision and ancient rituals, the fate of Dianna—and the meaning of her humanity—hangs in the balance.
When the daring thief Zip infiltrates Turk the Terrible’s fortress to free Queen Hilda, the fate of the Great Solinoor Diamond hangs in the balance—caught between greed, loyalty, and a rescue that could spark a revolution.
In "The Super-Gorillas," the Doctor and Mac find themselves caught in a jungle crisis when a mad scientist's serum awakens terrifying intelligence in the local gorillas. With the creatures now capable of complex thought and fueled by rage, the Doctor must outwit the man who unleashed them—before the jungle becomes a battleground of wits and violence.
When Carter pulls Brenda Hale from the wreckage of her downed ship, he doesn’t expect to be handed the fate of Earth on a silver platter—she’s a soldier from the Space Army’s Women’s Division, and the Martians aren’t just raiding the solar system. They’re preparing to colonize it.
Mundoor and the Giant Reptiles When Mundoor discovers the eggs of colossal reptiles on a fallen asteroid, he hatches them with grand ambitions of world domination. But his plans unravel when Fantomah intervenes, shattering his hypnotic hold and sending the reptiles, Mundoor, and the asteroid hurtling into the void.
In "Phantom of the Tree-Tops," a man transformed by strange jungle berries becomes the Jungle Demon, driven to strip the wild of its gems. With the help of Fantomah, he and his python foster father, Powerhouse, find refuge on a remote plateau, seeking peace far from the jungle’s chaos.
In "The Temple in the Mud Pit," Mr. X ventures into a forgotten jungle temple, drawn by the lure of a mystical headpiece. When he takes it, the ground erupts—boiling mud floods the jungle, and Fantomah emerges to confront him, transforming him into a creature of the earth and sealing his fate beneath the surface.
Big Red heads to Frisco on a mission to find his former fiancée, Sally Breen, but his search takes an unexpected turn when he’s thrust into a boxing match after breaking a fighter’s jaw in a sparring session. With the ring now his battlefield and old rivals like Mike Stone and Battling Gatzo watching, he’ll have to prove he’s still got what it takes—both in the ring and in the heart of a mystery that refuses to stay buried.
In "The Scarlet Shadow," scientist Arco unleashes his dangerous "Scarlet Shadow" upon the jungle natives, only to face retribution from the vengeful spirit Fantomah. Blinded and cast into the wild, Arco's fate is sealed as he is dragged beneath the water by waiting crocodiles.
In "The New Blitzers," the Fifth Column confronts a European military campaign exploiting remote jungle outposts to dismantle democracy, only to find themselves outmatched when Fantomah awakens ancient forces—African lions granted flight to counter the airborne assault. As the remnants of the invasion crash-land on a hidden Brazilian plateau, they face a terrifying fate among dinosaurs long thought extinct.
In the heart of Wildmoon Mountain, the fierce tiger-women known as the Vahines unleash a brutal campaign to eliminate every other woman on Earth. When their rampage threatens to consume the jungle, Fantomah calls upon the wild to rise and stand against them.
In "The Revenge of Zomax," the jungle's ancient guardian Fantomah faces off against the vengeful Zomax, a mad scientist driven by a past torment inflicted by the very creatures he now seeks to destroy. When Zomax unleashes a monstrous tidal wave engineered to wipe out all animal life, Fantomah must harness her powers to turn the weapon back on its creator—before the jungle falls to his wrath.
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↩ Reprints Fantastic Comics #2 (1939), Fantastic Comics #1 (1939), Fight Comics #1 (1940), Jungle Comics #1 (1940), Fantastic Comics #3 (1940), Jungle Comics #2 (1940), Planet Comics #2 (1940), Fantastic Comics #4 (1940), Fight Comics #3 (1940), Fantastic Comics #5 (1940), Fight Comics #4 (1940), Jungle Comics #4 (1940), Daring Mystery Comics #4 (1940), Fantastic Comics #6 (1940), Fight Comics #5 (1940), Jungle Comics #5 (1940), Daring Mystery Comics #5 (1940), Fight Comics #6 (1940), Jungle Comics #6 (1940), Fantastic Comics #8 (1940), Fight Comics #7 (1940), Fight Comics #8 (1940), Jungle Comics #8 (1940), Fantastic Comics #10 (1940), Fight Comics #9 (1940), Fantastic Comics #12 (1940), Jungle Comics #11 (1940), Jungle Comics #12 (1940), Fantastic Comics #14 (1941), Jungle Comics #13 (1941), Fantastic Comics #15 (1941), Jungle Comics #14 (1941)
Reprinted in Turn Loose Our Death Rays and Kill Them All: The Complete Works of Fletcher Hanks #[nn] (2016)
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