Fletcher Hanks, Sr. (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) was an American cartoonist from the Golden Age of Comic Books, who wrote and drew stories detailing the adventures of all-powerful, supernatural heroes and their elaborate punishments of transgressors.
[9] The primary publishers he produced work for were Fiction House and Fox Features Syndicate.
[citation needed] He produced work for three publishers under a number of alias names, including Hank Christy, Charles Netcher, C. C. Starr, and Barclay Flagg, the last of which he signed to his Fantomah stories.
[11] His name was also used as an alias for other unknown comic-book artists, as is the case with "The Brain Men of Mars" and "The Solar Pirates".
Family members have described Fletcher Sr. as an abusive father and spouse, and an alcoholic, spoiled by an over-indulgent mother.
Fletcher Jr. worked odd jobs to support the family; in 1930,[a] he found his earnings missing, along with his father.
(2009),[15] as well an omnibus collecting both previous books titled Turn Loose Our Death Rays and Destroy Them All!