Fletcher Hanks

Fletcher Hanks (* 1879, † February 1976 ) was an American cartoonist who created adventure stories for a short time during the Golden Age in the 1940s to heroes with supernatural powers in the fight against evil. He also worked under the aliases Henry Fletcher, Barclay Flagg, Bob Jordan and Hank Christy.

Career

Hanks recorded from 1939 to 1941 for Fiction House and Fox Feature Syndicate. Among the superheroes created by him include Stardust the Super Wizard, taboo the Wizard of the Jungle and Fantomah, one of the first female super heroines. Hanks narrative was simple, the drawings edged. The most 8 pages long histories show a similar structure: The villains plan and begin a criminal act, the superhero can stop them, and then punish.

The comics were reprinted in RAW, released in 2007, the work compiled by Paul Karasik collection I Shall Destroy All The Civilized Planets: The Fantastic Comics Of Fletcher Hanks by Fantagraphics, the 2008 Eisner Award in the category " Best Archival Collection / Project - Comic Books " was excellent. For 2009, is the second volume You Shall Die By Your Own Evil Creation! planned.