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

Hanks, Fletcher

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1606999672 ISBN 13: 9781606999677

Publisher: Fantagraphics Books, 2016

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.

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About the Author

Fletcher Hanks (1889-1976) is an artist who, under various pseudonyms, wrote, drew, penciled, and inked his entire body of comics work from 1939-1941. Some consider his Fantomah character to be the first female superhero. He was an abusive alcoholic who was found frozen to death on a park bench.

Paul Karasik is the co-author (along with David Mazzucchelli) of the perennial graphic novel classic City of Glass, adapted from Paul Auster's novel. He lives in Martha's Vineyard.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1606999672
• ISBN 13: 9781606999677
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 376
• Editor: Karasik Paul