STORYTIME: The Complete "Stardust" by Fletcher Hanks

>>91285907
PRAISE STARDUST THE ONE TRUE GOD.

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2spooky

>>91286051
Hell Yeah.

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>blood-drying needle bombs
is there a cooler weapon in all of fiction?

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have you ever been bitch-slapped to death by a wave

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Stardust Vs. a Big Guy

wednesday is not going to be a good day

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>>91286646
(´・ω・｀)

>>91286005
these mobsters with their fleet of airplanes and bombs enough to blow up a city

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Manlets: when will they learn?

>>91286070
What the Hell?

>>91285907
psst..
Hey /co/, Hey /co/...
You are now in the power of stardust.

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This is one of the better chapters

Stardust is basically an alternate universe where Myxyzptlk's parents were somehow gunned down by mobsters and he became THE BAT.

More or less.

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Talk shit get CLIFF'd

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This bottom panel is unironically one of the coolest visuals I've seen in a while

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*crunch*

Big Red McLane > Stardust come at me

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>>91287425
fite me 1v1 m8 ill hit u with my cosmic gud-taste ray

Stardust a being of immense cosmic power and towering intellect decides that a good use of his time is not solving the troubles of the intergalactic community or battling terrify cosmic monstrosities but instead busting organized crime on earth

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look at his tiny hat

When's the issue where he murders a bunch of people who are agitating for America to join the Allies? Because between that and the President's Kidnapping issue I kind of get the impression Hank was a hardcore isolationist.

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Dr. Pavel, we're 'Emerald Men'

>>91286401
That was kind of uncharacteristic of stardust to just straight up murder a nigga without any ironic punishment of sorts.
You think rip was being saved for further appearances, he could very well have survived.

Good thread OP.

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>>91287667
<3

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this goblin creature looks like he's had a hard life

>>91285907
Yay!
Back when crime/spying didn't have a point.

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>"I wish I could get my hands on Stardust's warm, tight body right now"
wtf, how did he get away with that

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Some people say every uninhabited planet actually contains at least one banished space triggerman

>>91288081

>Kurd mob

what?

It's crazy how much 1940s Superman sounds like Stardust to the point where one had to be copying the other. Although I'd say Superman was more comically awful as in this age he was crashing through radio station roofs to yell at the media and terrorize Jews.

>>91287405
He just crushes people like styrofoam cups

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Another breathtaking display of poetic justice, as poignant as it is vague and confusing

>>91287485
The galactic population is relieved that the most powerful psychopath in the universe busies himself with the pointless affairs of a primitive planet

Anybody else reminded of Powdered Toast Man with Stardust?

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serves him right for juicing up birds with vitamins

>>91288446
What do you call someone who projects this hard into their fictional work?

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Next issue, in which Stardust mostly appears at an awkward angle, pointing away from the viewer

>>91288485
Wish fulfillment

>>91288485
Chris Chan?

>>91288485
A standard comic book reader.

They're all about wish fulfillment fantasies. Nerdy newspaper guy sees a damsel in distress, whips off his glasses, saves the day. Nerdy teenager gets picked on by bullies, bit by a magic spider, suddenly he's super strong and heroic.

Hanks knew this much about comics.

>>91288446

Dat size difference

>>91288528
So he's a slightly more successful Dobson?

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>>91288476
He gon' get laid, right?

>>91288563
No. Average comic book readers are a slightly less successful Dobson.

>>91288528
I don't think it's wish fulfillment for readers, it's clearly an outlet for the writer.

I need to get my hands on Fantagraphics' published edition but I know that there's an interview from the creators son who says his father was a domineering alcoholic and everybody hated him.

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>>91288485
actually there are some interviews out there with Hank's kids, who talk about how terrible, abusive, and schizo he was throughout his life. He made some interesting comics but he was a real piece of shit in real life. >>91288613 the fantagraphics books have a lot of extra material, they're pretty cool.

You could rewrite this as a Dr. Manhattan story before he becomes disillusioned.

>>91288613
No, I don't think Fletcher gave two shits about comics. It was his way of making ends meet during the depression.

He's got all of the standard cliches. Wish fulfillment for readers. Grotesque heads for villians. Heroes with titanic head to body ratios.

If anything Hanks is just jumping through the hoops in order to get the next paycheck.

If anything, this is a comic drawn by somebody who hates the medium. Dude was a wildlife painter by passion.

>>91285972
Why would they bother to kill the President if they were going to blow up the capitol anyway?

I've always wanted to write a Superman vs. Stardust story, along with Batman vs. Fantomas it would be an ongoing thing where an established modern hero fights off a public-domain figure that complements them.

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In this chapter, our hero decides to recruit his own helpers in a hitl...uh, I mean, stardust youth program

>>91287909
>powerful retarding rays

Hurrr hurrr hurrr....

I wonder if Stardust was this diligent in stopping the holocaust.

Maybe he mentally commanded Hitler to shoot himself and his family?

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Stardust's ultimate fate

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>Say, Billy, would you like to learn to kill?

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>Each man to his own land
>>91287536 is this what you were thinking of?

>>91288679
I just

What?!

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In the next chapter, Stardust continues to surround himself with nubile young boys

>>91288859

Was this from the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

>>91288752
Stardust would have to be portrayed as a terrifying, unstoppable sociopath

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>Here Billy, read the thoughts of anyone you like and report to me with any suspicious thoughts

>>91289017

That's kind of the deal, Stardust would be kind of how he looks in >>91288859

He'd be an uncanny valley-looking godlike entity who appoints himself grand judge, jury, and executioner with all who displease him, essentially making himself the de-facto ruler of Earth. Obviously he sees himself as benevolent and enlightened, but in the eyes of Superman, he's a psychotic tyrant who must be stopped.

A psychedelic confrontation of pure power-wank would ensue as the two ridiculously OP beings of all time go head to head, with Superman obviously coming out on top, probably after Stardust throws him into the sun only to give him an even bigger power boost.

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And now for the last (and most ridiculous) two comics.

>>91289126
>Superman vs Stardust
Christ, the collateral would be APPALLING

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>I'll punish you according to your crime
what did he actually mean by this though

>>91289126
Superman is weak to magic, though, so they'd have to find some plot reason to keep Supes on top of a galactic wizard.

>>91289017
As opposed to...?

>>91289225

Well no, I wouldn't go full-Snyder. Superman would make it a point to take it to the moon or something where no one would get caught in the crossfire.

>>91289276

I guess I'd have Stardust wipe the floor with Superman for the first half, then after Stardust throws him into the sun, Superman comes back super-charged to the point where it's a fair fight.

>>91289276
It's SCIENCE! rays. Stardust is a Wizard in the "pinball-wizard" sense, and in that he gives no fucks. He's not actually magic.

>>91285907
>i read this because of a youtuber
i dont regret reading it the first time, and i wont regret it again

>>91289335
What if it were shape-changing, telepathic control Superman from ye olden days?

>>91288248
Holy fuck

>>91289379

I'd probably set it in the 30's, and yeah, the moment superman gets thrown in the sun, he comes out as hilariously OP golden-age superman.

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This story on x reminds me of stardust

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>>91289437

>>91288291
Wut.

>>91289459
I suspect he builds these planets of Ironic Justice himself, just for the fuck of it.

>>91289312
I don't know why, but out of all the punishments stardust has dished out, this is the one that disturbs me the most.

>>91289508
You would think, in the face of this horror, that there'd be no gangsters left, and people who be terrified at the thought of being labeled one.

At the end of the day, Superman is just going to send you to jail for a while, he might not even punch you.

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>>91289437
>>91289457
>cursed tree starts killing off all your friends.
You know what you must do.

Stardust mistakes the Spectre for a shadowy mob-enforcer.
Spectre hears that Stardust is a murdering super-atheist.

Who wins?

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That's all, folks!

Here's one more extra for the thread, a spongebob fan-comic

>>91289613
Stardust vs Batgod.
Bats has preptime, Stardust is out for blood.
who wins

>>91289682
You cannot prep for Stardust. He literally makes up SCIENCE! as he goes along.
Batman would end up on the planet of Disapproving Dead Parents.
And that's the GOOD scenario for him.

>>91289719
> the planet of Disapproving Dead Parents.
Earth?

>>91289753
That would certainly be Ironic.
He might just animate Bruce's parent's bodies to kick the shit out of him.
Bruce's best use of prep-time would be to not be around when Stardust showed up.

>>91286070
>Be a federal agent
>go about my day working on a case
>suddenly a man in a silver jumpsuit flashes in and teleports me and my helpless coworkers onto a rooftop somewhere.
>Above me are a bunch of traumatized italians.
Shit was scary man

>>91289904
>I think these italians are mobsters and spies
>Sadly, the court won't take flying skeletons as evidence, specially after they've disintegrated
>These mobsters and their entire army go free to join the next mad scientist, cosmic threat, whatever that comes along to kill us all.
>Such is the life of a G man.

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Hope you guys enjoyed the storytime. I haven't contributed lately and it feels nice to get back into the habit.

I'd like to be back for another storytime Thursday. Pic related are what series I have available to post, so reply if you see something you like and next time I'll post whatever there is enthusiasm for.

As always, /co/, thanks for reading and have a great night.

>>91285907
I'd like a physical copy of this. What's the best one to get that isn't stupidly high priced?

>>91287348
Where are these street gangs getting all these resources?

>>91290097
THE FIFTH COLUMN

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>>91289390
>slant-eye

>>91290038
for Flex Mentallo would that be his appearances in Doom Patrol or the Flex Mentallo mini-series, if it's the latter than I nominate that, although Boy's Club would also be nice

>>91286380
Why does Stardust always go invisible when he flies?

>>91290835
One of his powers.
But more realistically, it's probably an excuse to avoid drawing him as much as possible while still filling the pages.

>>91290038
cookbook cookbook!

>>91288563
He froze to death on a park bench.

thanks OP been waitn for this

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>>91291727

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I'll dump some background info.

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>>91286870

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Karasik also did the spongebob fan-comic.

>>91286106
why did he save the President if this evil 1940s dick cheney is controlling everything?

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>>91292360
>where did you say you taught art?
ahahahaha

>>91292380
I really hope this is an account exaggerated for the purpose of fiction, because I think most people would stop trying to sing the dude's praises so much after finding out he was a nasty drunk.

>>91287736
>Don't you know who I am? I'm Stardust!
...BITCH

>>91288145
holy shit

>>91288787
Why are Adolf and Benito wearing masks?

>>91288806
Dropped Hitler at the Galactic Academy of Art, where he'd forever try to apply, with no success.

>>91288905
>YOU ARE TO BE THE SIXTH COLUMN!
>Gee! Swell!

>>91288081
>i was born in a small village

>>91293334
Why does he say that P'll give them things?

>>91289198
Well, FUCK

So I was working on my own little "public domain universe" and this is what I had for my reimagining of Stardust:

>Stardust is the avatar of a living star, a mass of neutron matter with excellent quantum control of local spacetime, as well as all manner of highly advanced technology gathered over eons of existence, so advanced as to appear magic to Earthlings. His form is not fixed, but having made distant observations of Earth has modelled itself on those we look up to most, superheroes, towering over others and modelling a rudimentary sense of justice and compassion that is “expected” of a superhero. Stardust appears to be an arbiter of space justice, having travelled around to stop criminals on many different planets. However, when he discovered Earth Stardust became unhealthily fixated with protecting the world from anyone. Whilst he was easily able to stop any criminals he observed, people soon became uncomfortable with Stardust because he acted as judge, jury and executioner as well as policing the world, quite often killing criminals for reasonably minor crimes, as well as severe collateral damage and loss of innocent lives, despite the fact that with his seemingly limitless powers he could easily use non-lethal means to stop any such criminals.

>>91294395
>For these various oddities and amoral actions the government and people of Earth began to question Stardust, which he found incomprehensible and completely incompatible with his alien outlook on life, as he only saw himself as helping out those in need. Bemused and puzzled by Earth’s gradual rejection of his actions, and prompted to further question the worth of his own actions by the philosophically devious Great Question, Stardust departed from Earth to resume his policing in space, becoming ever more violent and totalitarian in his course of justice, eventually lapsing into total sociopathy and becoming a space dictator as war broke out over his oppressive and violent actions without regards for what the planets’ citizens wanted for themselves . Stardust has lost vast quantities of power as a result of the interstellar war, much of his technology being destroyed, but by Earth standards he is still magnitudes stronger than any Earthbound being. For some reason, the sociopathic breakdown caused by this war and the loss of much of his power has caused Stardust to blame Earth for his current predicament, tracing it back to Earth’s rejection of his assistance, the first planet to do so, and he is currently streaking towards Earth to take his rage out on the people that shunned him. His residence is a “private star”, a mobile gladiatorial arena of gargantuan size, in which he pits beings against each other, viewing combat as the only “fair” way to test the worth of a being’s ideals and principles.

>>91287496
jesus its like this thing was written by an early neural network ai

>>91285907
Wasn't the dude that made these a rapist or something?

>>91286070

Goddamn this is so fucking weird. I've heard people describe Stardust before, but actually reading it is a whole other experience.

>>91286180

"Wind trap and glue pit!" God, I love how small these guys think. "If we can just get enough duct tape on the soles of Superman's shoes, he'll be stuck to the ground and won't be able to fly. He'll be helpless!"

>>91286544

I love the fact that so far he hasn't been presented with an antagonist whom he couldn't defeat literally with a wave of his hands. There's not even an effort made to challenge him in any way.

Bump for the good stuff.

>>91294888
Anything that would give Stardust even a minor challenge breaks the presentation of him as omnipotent distributor of justice who knows best for all involved.

>>91286870

Even when the antagonist is a hulking, super-powered wizard, he's still defeated with a single punch in the jaw. I love how ludicrous the approach to conflict in this series is.

>>91286596
>Chicago will be destroyed

...so Stardust returned to watching Netflix.

>>91287076

So "insects" and "bacteria" are being used as interchangeable concepts here? Do I have that right?

>>91286596
You know what would solve this situation? A judicious application of MORE CHEMICAL.

>>91287233

Death-ray guns? No, you giant-brained fools! He'll use his boomerang ray and turn it back on you. Have you learned NOTHING?

>>91287314

>magnetize all ships and automobiles so they stay on Earth.

Well that's just common sense.

>>91287364

>Perhaps a few are left

Like say anyone who was indoors at the time. Or inside of a magnetized automobile?

>>91286070
take this! A whole bunch of skeletons to look at! SIX OF THEM!

>>91294718
I don't think his relatives have stated that, but they have said that he was a violent abusive alcoholic. See the comic in >>91292269
I wouldn't be surprised if Hanks used to rape his wife along with beating her up, but the law didn't acknowledge marital rape back then.

>>91288752
>>91294395
I feel this itch to use Stardust too. The guy's in public domain so drawing a comic with him should be fine. He's such a fascinating, terrifying character.

>>91295312

It's genuinely surprising to me that people like Warren Ellis, Mark Millar and Grant Morrison have never made use of him. Alan Moore did a little bit in one of the prose sections of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, but it seems like there's plenty of writers who could do something pretty entertaining with this kind of surrealism.

>>91295312
I really struggle to get into the mindset of people who believed that Stardust was a reasonable, inspiring, and just character when he's essentially a bipolar godlike dictator.

Hanks must have had a really scary mind.