Buck Rogers v. The Fiend From Space, 1940

Artwork by Lt. Dick Calkins, Story by Phil Nowlan - Whitman #1409, Little Big Book ©1940 John F. Dille Co. (via Hake's)

Cover Artwork: Lt. Dick Calkins

Back Cover Artwork: Lt. Dick Calkins

Flash Gordon - In the Water World of Mongo, 1937

Artwork by Alex Raymond, Story by Don Moore - Whitman #1407, A Big Little Book, ©1937 King Features Syndicate, Inc.  (via Hake's)

Cover Art: Alex Raymond

Back Cover Art: Alex Raymond

Stardust The Super Wizard: He's Just That Kinda Guy

Yes, that's Stardust on the left - he's a big guy. On the right is De Structo - the image is a preview of what's to come. Meet De Structo - a man with a plan...

So, the megalomaniac sets off his plot to exterminate everyone who holds any power: congress leaders and cabinet members, publishers of newspapers and magazines, members of the FBI, the Secret Service and military intelligence, big bankers, industrial leaders everywhere, the army and navy officers and the enlisted men as well, city and state police. Basically, De Structo's list is pretty much a who's-who of persons who are quite unpopular with numerous folks today.

Things go pretty much according to plan until Stardust 'bursts out of space,' destroys De Structo's tech with his supersolar disintegrating ray, and restores order with his powerful counter-acting ray.  There's just one more detail to work out...

And now comes the strange...

Stardust is harsh...he's a karma man...

Wait for it...

THE END...

Comic can be found at Comic Books Plus: Big 3 #2, Winter 1941