(Fantastic Comics 013, 1940)
One-Eye is a stylish fellow with a real bone to pick with humankind, who have apparently rejected him for the heinous sin of Having Only One Eye, I guess? Unless having a widow's peak and a long waxed mustache are considered disfigurements? I suppose that cultural mores do change over time and it is 8000 years in the future... in any case, the point is that he's upset at the world and has decided to kill humanity off.
To that end, One-Eye has gathered together a collection of generic mutants, all of whom are more interesting looking than him (and one of whom appears to be wearing some shockingly high-cut booty shorts).
Among these recruits is this "giant devil-octopus" which a) has six arms, b) appears to be made of human skin and c) is the most unsettling thing I've seen in a comic in a long time.
By contrast Kuga the man-eating giant cat is a walk in the park, a beauty to behold! Plus it is stuck in a too-small room so that One-Eye can drop people down a trap door in his office and have them slide directly into its mouth. Barely threatening at all!
Ultimately Sub Saunders beats up the mutants, blows up One-Eye's undersea base and hands him over to the authorities.
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