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Author Paul Karasik looking for Fletcher Hanks stories

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Paul Karasik is considering a second volume of Fletcher Hanks reprints following the successful first volume, "I Shall Destroy All The Civilized Planets". He is looking for assistance with the following stories. Anyone that can provide full-size 600dpi scans will receive acknowledgement in the book as well as a copy of the book when released. Please PM me if you can help, and I'll forward your contact info to Paul K. Here are the stories:

 

JUNGLE COMICS

 

(All Fantomah tales):

 

JUNGLE (Fiction House)

 

#5 [Mundoor]

 

#6 [The Jungle Demon]

 

#8 [The Temple In the Mud Pit]

 

#9 [The Tiger-Women of Wildmoon Mountain]

 

#11 [Arco, the Mummy]

 

#12 [The New Blitzers]

 

 

...as well as..

 

FIGHT COMICS (Fiction House)

Big Red McLane stories under the pen name, "Charles Netcher"

 

#4 [The Lumber Hijackers]

 

#6 [The Paper Racketeers]

 

#7 [The Lumber Hijackers]

 

#8 [The Monk's War Rockets]

 

#9 Last appearance Sept. 1940 [searching For Sally Breen]

 

#9 [The Tiger-Women of Wildmoon Mountain]

 

#12 [The New Blitzers]

 

#13 [The Tiger Women]

 

PLANET COMICS

#2

The Dashing, Slashing Adventure of the Great Solinoor Diamond

(Sequence 3 , 5 pages)

 

#6, & #8, Buzz Crandall stories under the name, "Henry Fletcher" ( may not be by Hanks)

 

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Paul, I can help with the Jungle 5 and 11 but the books are in storage at the moment.

 

Not sure about the 600dpi (were the prior scans I sent you OK?), but if the need arises I can always mail the books out to you to copy.

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Paul Karasik is considering a second volume of Fletcher Hanks reprints following the successful first volume, "I Shall Destroy All The Civilized Planets". He is looking for assistance with the following stories. Anyone that can provide full-size 600dpi scans will receive acknowledgement in the book as well as a copy of the book when released. Please PM me if you can help, and I'll forward your contact info to Paul K. Here are the stories:

 

 

 

PLANET COMICS

#2

The Dashing, Slashing Adventure of the Great Solinoor Diamond

(Sequence 3 , 5 pages)

 

#6, & #8, Buzz Crandall stories under the name, "Henry Fletcher" ( may not be by Hanks)

I don't think either of those Buzz Crandall stories look like Hanks' work. Below is from a fiche of Planet 6.

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#6, & #8, Buzz Crandall stories under the name, "Henry Fletcher" ( may not be by Hanks)

I don't think either of those Buzz Crandall stories look like Hanks' work. Below is from a fiche of Planet 6.

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Even the World's Worst Art Spotter can state without qualification, "Not even close!"

 

Jack

 

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Finally!!!

 

I've been waiting for years to see this!

 

Good call, boys. Definitely NOT Fletcher Hanks.

 

The Buzz Crandall story that I ran in "I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets" was from Planet #7 and it was certainly by Hanks. Does anybody have a copy of Planet #8????? Maybe Hanks only did one Buzz Crandall tale.

 

(And will the real "Bob Jordan" pleas stand up?)

 

Thanks to all!

 

-Paul Karasik

 

 

 

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Finally!!!

 

I've been waiting for years to see this!

 

Good call, boys. Definitely NOT Fletcher Hanks.

 

The Buzz Crandall story that I ran in "I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets" was from Planet #7 and it was certainly by Hanks. Does anybody have a copy of Planet #8????? Maybe Hanks only did one Buzz Crandall tale.

 

(And will the real "Bob Jordan" pleas stand up?)

 

Thanks to all!

 

-Paul Karasik

 

 

 

I don't have a paper copy of Planet 8 but I have a fiche scan. It doesn't look like Hanks. bb

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The story from Planet 2 is by Hanks. I like the bizarre stories by Hanks but I think Kiefer did some good work for those early issues of Planet. Most of the other early stories remind me of work by Briefer.

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This splash from Planet 21 looks like work by Palais. I didn't check but it seems to have his touch.

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O.K...Now we're getting somewhere fellow detectives.

 

Neither Buzz Crandall stories in planet #6 or #8 are by Hanks. That strange Tiger Hart IS by Hanks, however, and I just got a copy of it from another source so scratch that one off the wish list, too!

 

Many thanks to Sacentaur for those Jungles!

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Finally!!!

 

I've been waiting for years to see this!

 

Good call, boys. Definitely NOT Fletcher Hanks.

 

The Buzz Crandall story that I ran in "I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets" was from Planet #7 and it was certainly by Hanks. Does anybody have a copy of Planet #8????? Maybe Hanks only did one Buzz Crandall tale.

 

(And will the real "Bob Jordan" pleas stand up?)

 

Thanks to all!

 

-Paul Karasik

 

 

 

I don't have a paper copy of Planet 8 but I have a fiche scan. It doesn't look like Hanks. bb

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Not Hanks, but an attractive style. Who's Who says:

CARDY, NICK

FICTION HOUSE COMICS

BUZZ CRANDALL (pen/ink/) 1940s > 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49

FAWCETTE, GENE

FICTION HOUSE COMICS

BUZZ CRANDALL (pen/ink/) 1940 > 40

FRANK, LEONARD

FICTION HOUSE COMICS

BUZZ CRANDALL (pen/ink/) 1941 > 41

HANKS, FLETCHER

FICTION HOUSE COMICS

BUZZ CRANDALL (pen/ink/) 1940 > 40

SCHWARZ, FRANK

FICTION HOUSE COMICS

BUZZ CRANDALL (pen/ink/) 1941 > 41

SULTAN, CHARLES

FICTION HOUSE COMICS

BUZZ CRANDALL (pen/ink/) 1940 > 40

 

#8 is Aug 1940 -- is this Sultan? I don't really know his style.

 

No obvious information about or pseudonym for Bob Jordan in Who's Who.

 

Jack

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Paul Karasik is considering a second volume of Fletcher Hanks reprints following the successful first volume, "I Shall Destroy All The Civilized Planets". He is looking for assistance with the following stories. Anyone that can provide full-size 600dpi scans will receive acknowledgement in the book as well as a copy of the book when released. Please PM me if you can help, and I'll forward your contact info to Paul K. Here are the stories:

 

JUNGLE COMICS

 

(All Fantomah tales):

 

JUNGLE (Fiction House)

 

#5 [Mundoor]

 

#6 [The Jungle Demon]

 

#8 [The Temple In the Mud Pit]

 

#9 [The Tiger-Women of Wildmoon Mountain]

 

#11 [Arco, the Mummy]

 

#12 [The New Blitzers]

 

#13 [Tiger-Women "We'll destroy all the other women in the world"]

 

...as well as..

 

FIGHT COMICS (Fiction House)

Big Red McLane stories under the pen name, "Charles Netcher"

 

#4 [The Lumber Hijackers]

 

#6 [The Paper Racketeers]

 

#7 [The Lumber Hijackers]

 

#8 [The Monk's War Rockets]

 

#9 Last appearance Sept. 1940 [searching For Sally Breen]

 

 

PLANET COMICS

#2

The Dashing, Slashing Adventure of the Great Solinoor Diamond

(Sequence 3 , 5 pages)

 

 

I think the list should be corrected as above. Some of the Jungle stories were also listed in Fight and the Planet stories were not by Hanks.

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Finally!!!

 

I've been waiting for years to see this!

 

Good call, boys. Definitely NOT Fletcher Hanks.

 

The Buzz Crandall story that I ran in "I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets" was from Planet #7 and it was certainly by Hanks. Does anybody have a copy of Planet #8????? Maybe Hanks only did one Buzz Crandall tale.

 

(And will the real "Bob Jordan" pleas stand up?)

 

Thanks to all!

 

-Paul Karasik

 

 

 

I don't have a paper copy of Planet 8 but I have a fiche scan. It doesn't look like Hanks. bb

2589828914_777141c0ed_b.jpg

 

 

Not Hanks, but an attractive style. Who's Who says:

CARDY, NICK

FICTION HOUSE COMICS

BUZZ CRANDALL (pen/ink/) 1940s > 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49

FAWCETTE, GENE

FICTION HOUSE COMICS

BUZZ CRANDALL (pen/ink/) 1940 > 40

FRANK, LEONARD

FICTION HOUSE COMICS

BUZZ CRANDALL (pen/ink/) 1941 > 41

HANKS, FLETCHER

FICTION HOUSE COMICS

BUZZ CRANDALL (pen/ink/) 1940 > 40

SCHWARZ, FRANK

FICTION HOUSE COMICS

BUZZ CRANDALL (pen/ink/) 1941 > 41

SULTAN, CHARLES

FICTION HOUSE COMICS

BUZZ CRANDALL (pen/ink/) 1940 > 40

 

#8 is Aug 1940 -- is this Sultan? I don't really know his style.

 

No obvious information about or pseudonym for Bob Jordan in Who's Who.

 

Jack

 

I think Gene Fawcette is given credit in the GCD. One of his stories in 6 or 8 or both is supposed to be signed but I couldn't find a signature.

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The list contains a Jungle 9 story which was in the first edition. What about the earlier stories in Jungle? I love the quote from the Fantomah story from Jungle 13.

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Jungle 1

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Jungle 2

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WE are really getting somewhere here. You guys are the BEST!!

 

B.B> : The Fantomah tale from Jungle #9 was indeed in the first edition! I meant #13 with the Tiger Women story. I have this tale up as a slideshow at my website. Unfortunately, the only copy that I have of the story was low-res and not good enough for printing on paper. Still you guys can enjoy it on-line (go to the BONUS page):

 

www.fletcherhanks.com

 

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Here is the revised and updated list (and why are those early Fight Comics so hard to find?):

 

JUNGLE COMICS

 

(All Fantomah tales):

 

JUNGLE (Fiction House)

 

#6 [The Jungle Demon]

 

#8 [The Temple In the Mud Pit]

 

#12 [The New Blitzers]

 

#13 [The Tiger-Women of Wildmoon Mountain]

 

 

...as well as..

 

FIGHT COMICS (Fiction House)

Big Red McLane stories under the pen name, "Charles Netcher"

 

#2 [Return Engagement]

 

#4 [Either #4 or #7 is entitled The Lumber Hijackers]

 

#5 [The Sinister Stranger]

 

#6 [The Paper Racketeers]

 

#7 [Either #4 or #7 is entitled The Lumber Hijackers]

 

#8 [The Monk's War Rockets]

 

#9 Last appearance Sept. 1940 [searching For Sally Breen]

 

 

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In spite of the fact that most of the early Fiction House titles do not entitle the stories, I think that Fight 7 has a story that deals with "Cut Throat Lumber Hi-jackers" in case you need to know. This info was taken from copies of fiche scans.

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Paul, I sent you Fight #5 awhile back, so that can come off the list.

 

I'm in the process of picking up Fight #7 from a good samaritan forumite ( :foryou: ) to get the Hanks story. When I get it, I'll send scans of that one as well.

 

 

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What a goober I am! Of course you sent me Fight #5!

 

And thanks for making the effort to snag me a copy of Fight #7. I've never seen that one and I am hoping that it is by Hanks!

 

-Paul

 

This isn't a very good scan of the story from Fight 7 but I think you can see that it is indeed by Hanks.

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