You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! #[nn] - First Appearance of Space Smith, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! (Fantagraphics, 2009 series)
Issue: #[nn]
Publication date: June 2009
Key date: June 2009
On-sale date: July 9, 2009
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Price: $24.99
Pages: 252
Barcode: 978160699160252499
ISBN: 978-1-60699-160-2

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Space Smith - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Whirlwind Carter - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Tiger Hart - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Yank Wilson - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks	Fantomah
1	-	illustration	2	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks	Big Red McLane
2	blank page	blank page(s)	1
3	Title Page and Table of Contents	table of contents	3	letters: typeset
4	I Shall Destroy, You Shall Die!	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	8	script: Paul Karasik; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks
5	blank page	blank page(s)	1
6	This book is dedicated to Fletcher Hanks, Jr.	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Paul Karasik
7	blank page	blank page(s)	1
8	Captured by Skomah	comic story	6	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Victor Fox	Space Smith First
9	Rip-the-Blood	comic story	6	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Victor Fox	Stardust
10	The Slave Raiders	comic story	8	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks	Tabu
11	The Battle of the Earth Against the Martian Ogres	comic story	6	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Victor Fox	Space Smith First
12	King of the North Woods	comic story	5	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Malcolm Reiss, S. M. Iger	Big Red McLane
13	The Elephants Graveyard	comic story	6.5	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Malcolm Reiss, S. M. Iger	Fantomah
15	The Leopard Women of Venus	comic story	6	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Victor Fox	Space Smith First
16	The Dashing, Slashing Adventure of the Great Solinoor Diamond	comic story	5	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks	Tiger Hart First
17	The Mad Giant	comic story	6	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Victor Fox	Stardust
18	The Thinker	comic story	5	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Victor Fox	Space Smith First
19	The Timber Thieves	comic story	5	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Malcolm Reiss, S. M. Iger	Big Red McLane
20	The Super-Gorillas	comic story	7	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Malcolm Reiss, S. M. Iger	Fantomah
21	The Hoppers	comic story	6	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Victor Fox	Space Smith First
22	The Lumber Hijackers	comic story	5	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Malcolm Reiss, S. M. Iger	Big Red McLane
23	Mars Attacks	comic story	8	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Joe Simon	Whirlwind Carter First
24	Mundoor and the Giant Reptiles	comic story	7	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Malcolm Reiss, S. M. Iger	Fantomah
25	The Saboteurs	comic story	6	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Victor Fox	Yank Wilson First
26	The Vacuumites	comic story	6	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Victor Fox	Space Smith First
27	The Sinister Stranger	comic story	5	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Malcolm Reiss, S. M. Iger	Big Red McLane
28	Planet of Black-Light	comic story	7	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Joe Simon	Whirlwind Carter First
29	Phantom of the Tree-Tops	comic story	7	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Malcolm Reiss, S. M. Iger	Fantomah
30	The Paper Racketeers	comic story	5	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Malcolm Reiss, S. M. Iger	Big Red McLane
31	The Emerald Men of Asperus	comic story	6	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Victor Fox	Stardust
32	Planet Bloodu	comic story	6	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Victor Fox	Space Smith First
33	Sledge Sloan Gang	comic story	5	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Malcolm Reiss, S. M. Iger	Big Red McLane
34	The Temple in the Mud Pit	comic story	7	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Malcolm Reiss, S. M. Iger	Fantomah
35	The Monk's War Rockets	comic story	5	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Malcolm Reiss, S. M. Iger	Big Red McLane
36	The Super Fiend of the Lost Planet	comic story	8	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Victor Fox	Stardust
37	Searching for Sally Breen	comic story	5	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Malcolm Reiss, S. M. Iger	Big Red McLane
38	The Scarlet Shadow	comic story	7	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Malcolm Reiss, S. M. Iger	Fantomah
39	Kaos and the Vultures	comic story	8	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Victor Fox	Stardust
40	The New Blitzers	comic story	7	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Malcolm Reiss, S. M. Iger	Fantomah
41	The Sixth Columnists	comic story	8	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Victor Fox	Stardust
42	The Tiger-Women of Wildmoon Mountain	comic story	7	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Malcolm Reiss, S. M. Iger	Fantomah
43	The World Invaders	comic story	8	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Victor Fox	Stardust
44	The Revenge of Zomax	comic story	7	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks; editing: Malcolm Reiss, S. M. Iger	Fantomah
45	Certificate of Death	text article	1
46	Dedications and Publication Information	credits, title page	1	script: Paul Karasik
47	-	illustration	2	script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks; letters: Fletcher Hanks	Big Red McLane
48	Back Cover	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks	Stardust

Plus 0.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Turn Loose Our Death Rays and Kill Them All: The Complete Works of Fletcher Hanks #[nn] ISBN 978-1-60699-967-7	2016	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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