(June 2009)

Fantagraphics, 2009 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
24.99 USD
Pages
252
On-sale Date
2009-07
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Brand
FB
ISBN
978-1-60699-160-2 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781606991602 52499
Editing
Paul Karasik; Jacob Covey (design)
Color
color
Dimensions
8.5" x 11" (21.6 cm x 27.9 cm)
Paper Stock
cardstock cover
Binding
squarebound
Publishing Format
collected edition

Issue Notes

Titles from the Table of Contents

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fantomah / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Fletcher Hanks
Inks
Fletcher Hanks
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
jungle
Characters
Fantomah

Indexer Notes

Art from panel 2 page 7 of the Fantomah story in Jungle Comics #4

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Big Red McLane / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks
Inks
Fletcher Hanks
Letters
Fletcher Hanks

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look, gang!
Characters
Big Red McLane

Indexer Notes

Art from page 4 of the Big Red McLane story in Fight Comics #4 (top half, cropped on the right)

[blank page] (Table of Contents: 2)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)


[Title Page and Table of Contents] (Table of Contents: 3)

table of contents / 3 pages (report information)

Letters
typeset

I Shall Destroy, You Shall Die! (Table of Contents: 4)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Karasik
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks
Inks
Fletcher Hanks
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Introduction with accompanying illustrations.
Reprints

[blank page] (Table of Contents: 5)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)


[This book is dedicated to Fletcher Hanks, Jr.] (Table of Contents: 6)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Paul Karasik
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Colors
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

[blank page] (Table of Contents: 7)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)


[Captured by Skomah] (Table of Contents: 8)

Space Smith / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Victor Fox (original editor)

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Space Smith; Dianna; Skomah; Imp Men
Synopsis
Space Smith and Dianna are captured by the mad Martian scientist Skomah and his Imp Men, but make good their escape.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First line of dialogue reads: "The Brain wants all Earth people destroyed!"

[Rip-the-Blood] (Table of Contents: 9)

Stardust / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Victor Fox (original editor)

Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Stardust; Rip-the-Blood
Synopsis
Stardust prevents Rip-the-Blood from tricking the United States into entering a war with Capania.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First line of text reads: "Stardust again visits the earth..."

[The Slave Raiders] (Table of Contents: 10)

Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks [as Henry Fletcher] (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks [as Henry Fletcher] (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks [as Henry Fletcher] (signed)
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
? (original editor)

Genre
jungle
Characters
Tabu
Synopsis
Tabu tracks and defeats a group of slave raiders.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First line of text reads "Deep in the heart of the jungle reigns a man with a sixth sense..."

The Battle of the Earth Against the Martian Ogres (Table of Contents: 11)

Space Smith / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Victor Fox (original editor)

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Space Smith; Dianna; Martian ogres
Synopsis
Space Smith and Dianna prevent Martian ogres from destroying the Earth.
Reprints

King of the North Woods (Table of Contents: 12)

Big Red McLane / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks [as Chris Fletcher] (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks [as Chris Fletcher] (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks [as Chris Fletcher] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Malcolm Reiss (original editor); S. M. Iger (original feature editor)

Genre
adventure
Characters
Big Red McLane; Mr. Farlow
Synopsis
Big Red signs on to work for the Great Bend Lumber Co., where he is immediately put to work stopping employees of the Red River company from destroying the Great Bend operation.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The first line reads "The Great Bend Lumber Co. has a very valuable..."

[The Elephants Graveyard] (Table of Contents: 13)

Fantomah / comic story / 6.5 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Malcolm Reiss (original editor); S. M. Iger (original feature editor)

Genre
jungle
Characters
Fantomah
Synopsis
Fantomah stops two Ivory hunters from raiding the elephant graveyard.
Reprints

A Bike for You (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Cromwell-Collier Publishing Company / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[The Leopard Women of Venus] (Table of Contents: 15)

Space Smith / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Victor Fox (original editor)

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Space Smith; Dianna; Leopard Women of Venus, robot scientists of Venus
Synopsis
Diverted from their mission to Mars, Space Smith and Dianna are captured by the robot scientists of Venus who wish to turn Dianna into one of their Leopard Women.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The first line of text reads: "Space" and Dianna are on their way to Mars for the purpose of destroying the great Martian central brain..........."

The Dashing, Slashing Adventure of the Great Solinoor Diamond (Table of Contents: 16)

Tiger Hart / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks [as Carlson Merrick] (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks [as Carlson Merrick] (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks [as Carlson Merrick] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
? (original editor)

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Tiger Hart; Zip; Turk the Terrible; Queen Hilda; Talon
Synopsis
Tiger Hart rescues the captive Queen Hilda from the clutches of Turk the Terrible, who is holding her in exchange for the Great Solinoor diamond.
Reprints

[The Mad Giant] (Table of Contents: 17)

Stardust / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Victor Fox (original editor)

Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Stardust; The Mad Giant; Kamet
Synopsis
Stardust prevents the Mad Giant from destroying Chicago with a volcano that appears in Lake Michigan.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The first line of text reads: "Stardust, the scientific marvel whose vast interplanetary knowledge has given him greater powers than anybody else, has learned through his scopes that a mad giant experimenter, who dwells in the Gobi desert, is planning to destroy the world."

[The Thinker] (Table of Contents: 18)

Space Smith / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Victor Fox (original editor)

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Space Smith; Dianna; the Thinker
Synopsis
Space Smith and Dianna are attacked by the Thinker's headless soldiers while they investigate the comet of gold.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The first line of text reads: "Space" has just received a radio call from a lunar station, inviting him and Dianna to visit the moon for a close-up of a new comet."

[The Timber Thieves] (Table of Contents: 19)

Big Red McLane / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks
Inks
Fletcher Hanks
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Malcolm Reiss (original editor); S. M. Iger (original feature editor)

Genre
adventure
Characters
Big Red McLane; Mr. Farr
Synopsis
After stopping a group of thieves Big Red is made Mr. Farr's partner.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The first line reads "Big Red is wandering along through the togging country."

[The Super-Gorillas] (Table of Contents: 20)

Fantomah / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Malcolm Reiss (original editor); S. M. Iger (original feature editor)

Genre
jungle
Characters
Fantomah; the Doctor; Mac
Synopsis
Fantomah stops a mad scientist who has taken control of the gorillas in the jungle making them super-gorillas.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First line of text reads: "Fantomah, the most remarkable woman ever known, has such strange powers and insight, that she foresees all that is to happen in connection with jungle life..."

[The Hoppers] (Table of Contents: 21)

Space Smith / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Victor Fox (original editor)

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Space Smith; Dianna; The Hoppers
Synopsis
On their way to the Moon, Space Smith and Dianna encounter an island in space inhabited by the hostile Hoppers.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First line of text reads: "Space" and Dianna have left the Earth to try for a new speed record to the moon."

[The Lumber Hijackers] (Table of Contents: 22)

Big Red McLane / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks [as Charles Netcher] (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks [as Charles Netcher] (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks [as Charles Netcher] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Malcolm Reiss (original editor); S. M. Iger (original feature editor)

Genre
adventure
Characters
Big Red McLane; Tom Farr
Synopsis
Big Red stops a group of lumber raiders who turn out to be wanted murderers.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The first line reads "Big Red, as Tom Farr's new partner, has discovered..."

[Mars Attacks] (Table of Contents: 23)

Whirlwind Carter of the Interplanetary Secret Service / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks
Inks
Fletcher Hanks
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Joe Simon (original editor)

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Whirlwind Carter; Brenda Hale
Synopsis
Carter rescues an Earth girl, Brenda Hale, who is agent of the Space Army, Women's Division, 4th Regiment and whose ship has been grounded by the Martians, and he learns that Mars intends on invading the Earth to make it one of her colonies.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First line of text reads: "Whirlwind" lives on the highly civilized planet of Venus..."

[Mundoor and the Giant Reptiles] (Table of Contents: 24)

Fantomah / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Malcolm Reiss (original editor); S. M. Iger (original feature editor)

Genre
jungle
Characters
Fantomah; Mundoor
Synopsis
Discovering the eggs of giant reptiles on a fallen asteroid, Mundoor raises the reptiles in an attempt to take over the world.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The first lines of text read: "Fantomah, the most remarkable woman ever born, has such keen insight that she foresees all the events of jungle life. Through her strange wizardry, she guards the jungle's secrets and avenges the evil deeds against the jungle-born........"

[The Saboteurs] (Table of Contents: 25)

'Yank' Wilson Super Spy Q-4 / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks [as Lance Ferguson] (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks [as Lance Ferguson] (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks [as Lance Ferguson] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Victor Fox (original editor)

Genre
spy
Characters
Yank Wilson
Synopsis
Yank Wilson stops a spy ring that was responsible for sinking United States' submarines.
Reprints

[The Vacuumites] (Table of Contents: 26)

Space Smith / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Victor Fox (original editor)

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Space Smith; Dianna; Vacuumites
Synopsis
Space Smith and Dianna are taken prisoner by the Vacuumites, mummified inhabitants of the vacuum meteor.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First line of text reads: "Space" and Dianna are returning to Earth after a trip to red planet." [sic]

[The Sinister Stranger] (Table of Contents: 27)

Big Red McLane / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks [as Charles Netcher] (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks [as Charles Netcher] (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks [as Charles Netcher] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Malcolm Reiss (original editor); S. M. Iger (original feature editor)

Genre
adventure
Characters
Big Red McLane; Tom Farr
Synopsis
When Tom Farr's new hire turns out to be a member of a gang out to wreck his business, he must be stopped by Big Red McLane.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The first line reads "Big Red's partner Tom Farr has hired a husky city man."

[Planet of Black-Light] (Table of Contents: 28)

Whirlwind Carter of the Interplanetary Secret Service / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks [as C. C. Starr] (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks [as C. C. Starr] (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks [as C. C. Starr] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Joe Simon (original editor)

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Whirlwind Carter; Brenda Hale; Black-Light Men
Synopsis
Whirlwind Carter and Brenda Hale stop the Black-Light Men of a mysterious drifting planet from conquering the Earth.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First line of text reads: "Whirlwind" Carter, who lives on the planet Venus and is in charge of the interplanetary secret service for both Venus and Earth, keeps in close touch with what happens in hostile space areas...."

[Phantom of the Tree-Tops] (Table of Contents: 29)

Fantomah / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Malcolm Reiss (original editor); S. M. Iger (original feature editor)

Genre
jungle
Characters
Fantomah; the Jungle Demon; Powerhouse
Synopsis
Eating strange jungle berries transforms a man into the Jungle Demon that can only be stopped by Fantomah.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The first lines of text read: "Fantomah, the most remarkable woman ever known, and the supreme protector of jungleland, has the miraculous power to see and know all that is happening in the jungle. She has always watched the growth of a certain white boy, now grown to manhood, who was reared, strangely, in the heart of the jungle........"

[The Paper Racketeers] (Table of Contents: 30)

Big Red McLane / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks [as Chas. Netcher] (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks [as Chas. Netcher] (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks [as Chas. Netcher] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Malcolm Reiss (original editor); S. M. Iger (original feature editor)

Genre
adventure
Characters
Big Red McLane; Tom Farr; Machine-Gun Randall
Synopsis
Tom Farr is shot and left for dead by Machine-Gun Randall, an employee of Royal River Mills.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The first line reads "Big Red has learned that a large pulp and paper mill..."

[The Emerald Men of Asperus] (Table of Contents: 31)

Stardust / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Victor Fox (original editor)

Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Stardust; Emerald Men of Asperus
Synopsis
Stardust prevents the Emerald Men of Asperus from using gas bombs to enslave the people of Earth.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First line of text reads: "Stardust, the most remarkable man of all tome, is devoting his vast knowledge of interplanetary science to crime-busting."

[Planet Bloodu] (Table of Contents: 32)

Space Smith / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Victor Fox (original editor)

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Space Smith; Dianna; Trekurs; Bloodusians
Synopsis
Space Smith and Dianna escape imprisonment at the the hands of the leech-like inhabitants of the planet Bloodu.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First line of text reads: "New planetoids have been discovered, and "Space" and Dianna decide to visit one."

[Sledge Sloan Gang] (Table of Contents: 33)

Big Red McLane / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks [as Chas. Netcher] (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks [as Chas. Netcher] (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks [as Chas. Netcher] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Malcolm Reiss (original editor); S. M. Iger (original feature editor)

Genre
adventure
Characters
Big Red McLane; Tom Farr; Sledge Sloan
Synopsis
Having bought a tract of land in territory controlled by lumber hijackers, Big Red must protect his investment from Sledge Sloan.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The first line reads "Big Red and his partner have bought a tract of timber..."

[The Temple in the Mud Pit] (Table of Contents: 34)

Fantomah / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Malcolm Reiss (original editor); S. M. Iger (original feature editor)

Genre
jungle
Characters
Fantomah; Mr. X
Synopsis
When Mr. X steals a mystical headpiece that causes the boiling mud-pit to overflow into the jungle, he is confronted by Fantomah.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First line of text reads: "Fantomah, the most remarkable woman ever known, has such keen insight that she can see all that happens in the jungle... she devotes her great abilities to protecting the jungle-born..."

[The Monk's War Rockets] (Table of Contents: 35)

Big Red McLane / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks [as Charles Netcher] (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks [as Charles Netcher] (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks [as Charles Netcher] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Malcolm Reiss (original editor); S. M. Iger (original feature editor)

Genre
adventure
Characters
Big Red McLane; Tom Farr; The Monk
Synopsis
Big Red is taken prisoner in order to be used in one of The Monk's rocket tests.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The first line reads "Big Red McLane wanders into a new lumber district and steps into a strange death trap.."

[The Super Fiend of the Lost Planet] (Table of Contents: 36)

Stardust / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Victor Fox (original editor)

Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Stardust; The Super Fiend
Synopsis
When the Super Fiend sets the planet Mars on fire and sends it hurtling towards Earth, only Stardust can prevent Earth's destruction.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The first line of text reads: "Stardust, whose vast knowledge of interplanetary science has made him the most remarkable man that ever lived, is devoting his abilities to crime-busting throughout the universe...."

[Searching for Sally Breen] (Table of Contents: 37)

Big Red McLane / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks [as Chas Netcher] (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks [as Chas Netcher] (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks [as Chas Netcher] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Malcolm Reiss (original editor); S. M. Iger (original feature editor)

Genre
adventure; sports
Characters
Big Red McLane; Tom Farr; Mike Stone; Battling Gatzo; Bulldog Brice; Sally Breen
Synopsis
Big Red travels to Frisco to search for his one-time fiancee Sally Breen. While there, he is substituted into a boxing match when he breaks the jaw of one of the boxers in a sparring session.
Reprints
Keywords
boxing

Indexer Notes

The first line reads "Big Red leaves the northwoods to spend a few days in Frisco.. he hopes to find Sally Breen."

[The Scarlet Shadow] (Table of Contents: 38)

Fantomah / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Malcolm Reiss (original editor); S. M. Iger (original feature editor)

Genre
jungle
Characters
Fantomah; Arco
Synopsis
When the ancient Egyptian mummy and scientist, Arco, uses his "Scarlet Shadow" to blind the jungle natives, he is punished by Fantomah.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First line of text reads: "Fantomah, the most remarkable woman that ever lived, devotes her supernatural powers to protecting the jungle and jungle-born."

[Kaos and the Vultures] (Table of Contents: 39)

Stardust / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Victor Fox (original editor)

Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Stardust; Kaos
Synopsis
Stardust saves a homeless girl and the Earth from the clutches of Kaos and his giant vultures.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The first line of text reads: "Stardust's vast knowledge of interplanetary science has made him the most remarkable man that ever lived..."

[The New Blitzers] (Table of Contents: 40)

Fantomah / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Malcolm Reiss (original editor); S. M. Iger (original feature editor)

Genre
jungle
Characters
Fantomah; Fifth Column
Synopsis
Fantomah causes the animals of the African and South American jungles to rise up and destroy a Fifth Column invasion.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First line of text reads: "Fantomah, the most remarkable woman that ever lived, devotes her phenomenal abilities to protecting the jungle-born..."

[The Sixth Columnists] (Table of Contents: 41)

Stardust / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Victor Fox (original editor)

Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Stardust; the Fifth Column; the Stardust Sixth Column Club
Synopsis
Stardust defeats a Fifth Column invasion with the help of his newly established Sixth Column club of American youths.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First line of text reads: "Stardust, whose vast knowledge of interplanetary science has made him the most remarkable man that ever lived, devotes his abilities to crime-busting."

[The Tiger-Women of Wildmoon Mountain] (Table of Contents: 42)

Fantomah / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Malcolm Reiss (original editor); S. M. Iger (original feature editor)

Genre
jungle
Characters
Fantomah; The Vahines
Synopsis
When the tiger-women known as the Vahines invade the jungle bent on destroying all the other women in the world, Fantomah causes the animals to rise up and stop them.
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Indexer Notes

First line of text reads: "Fantomah, the most remarkable woman that ever lived, devotes her supernatural powers to protecting the jungle and the untold millions of jungle-born...."

[The World Invaders] (Table of Contents: 43)

Stardust / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Victor Fox (original editor)

Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Stardust; the Stardust Sixth Column Club; Fifth Column
Synopsis
Stardust gives the members of his Sixth Column club uniforms and abilities so that they can defeat Fifth Column invaders.
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Indexer Notes

First line of text reads: "Stardust, whose vast knowledge of interplanetary science has made him the most remarkable man that ever lived, devotes his abilities to racket-busting:"

[The Revenge of Zomax] (Table of Contents: 44)

Fantomah / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks [as Barclay Flagg] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks
Editing
Malcolm Reiss (original editor); S. M. Iger (original feature editor)

Genre
jungle
Characters
Fantomah; Zomax
Synopsis
Fantomah prevents Zomax from killing all of the jungle animals with a tidal wave of his creation.
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Indexer Notes

First line of text reads: "Fantomah, the most remarkable woman that ever lived, devotes her phenomenal powers to protecting the jungle-born.."

Certificate of Death (Table of Contents: 45)

text article / 1 page (report information)


Synopsis
A copy of Fletcher Hank's death certificate.

[Dedications and Publication Information] (Table of Contents: 46)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Paul Karasik
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 47)

Big Red McLane / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks
Inks
Fletcher Hanks
Letters
Fletcher Hanks

First Line of Dialogue or Text
All down, but one!
Characters
Big Red McLane

Indexer Notes

Art from page 4 of the Big Red McLane story in Fight Comics #4 (bottom half, cropped on the right and on the bottom)

[Back Cover] (Table of Contents: 48) (Expand) /

Stardust / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Fantomah
  2. 1. ["Look, gang!"]
    Big Red McLane
  3. 2. [blank page]
  4. 3. [Title Page and Table of Contents]
  5. 4. I Shall Destroy, You Shall Die!
  6. 5. [blank page]
  7. 6. [This book is dedicated to Fletcher Hanks, Jr.]
  8. 7. [blank page]
  9. 8. [Captured by Skomah]
    Space Smith
  10. 9. [Rip-the-Blood]
    Stardust
  11. 10. [The Slave Raiders]
    Tabu, Wizard of the Jungle
  12. 11. The Battle of the Earth Against the Martian Ogres
    Space Smith
  13. 12. King of the North Woods
    Big Red McLane
  14. 13. [The Elephants Graveyard]
    Fantomah
  15. 14. A Bike for You
    Cromwell-Collier Publishing Company
  16. 15. [The Leopard Women of Venus]
    Space Smith
  17. 16. The Dashing, Slashing Adventure of the Great Solinoor Diamond
    Tiger Hart
  18. 17. [The Mad Giant]
    Stardust
  19. 18. [The Thinker]
    Space Smith
  20. 19. [The Timber Thieves]
    Big Red McLane
  21. 20. [The Super-Gorillas]
    Fantomah
  22. 21. [The Hoppers]
    Space Smith
  23. 22. [The Lumber Hijackers]
    Big Red McLane
  24. 23. [Mars Attacks]
    Whirlwind Carter of the Interplanetary Secret Service
  25. 24. [Mundoor and the Giant Reptiles]
    Fantomah
  26. 25. [The Saboteurs]
    'Yank' Wilson Super Spy Q-4
  27. 26. [The Vacuumites]
    Space Smith
  28. 27. [The Sinister Stranger]
    Big Red McLane
  29. 28. [Planet of Black-Light]
    Whirlwind Carter of the Interplanetary Secret Service
  30. 29. [Phantom of the Tree-Tops]
    Fantomah
  31. 30. [The Paper Racketeers]
    Big Red McLane
  32. 31. [The Emerald Men of Asperus]
    Stardust
  33. 32. [Planet Bloodu]
    Space Smith
  34. 33. [Sledge Sloan Gang]
    Big Red McLane
  35. 34. [The Temple in the Mud Pit]
    Fantomah
  36. 35. [The Monk's War Rockets]
    Big Red McLane
  37. 36. [The Super Fiend of the Lost Planet]
    Stardust
  38. 37. [Searching for Sally Breen]
    Big Red McLane
  39. 38. [The Scarlet Shadow]
    Fantomah
  40. 39. [Kaos and the Vultures]
    Stardust
  41. 40. [The New Blitzers]
    Fantomah
  42. 41. [The Sixth Columnists]
    Stardust
  43. 42. [The Tiger-Women of Wildmoon Mountain]
    Fantomah
  44. 43. [The World Invaders]
    Stardust
  45. 44. [The Revenge of Zomax]
    Fantomah
  46. 45. Certificate of Death
  47. 46. [Dedications and Publication Information]
  48. 47. ["All down, but one!"]
    Big Red McLane
  49. 48. [Back Cover]
    Stardust
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  • Jim Van Dore