(Planet Comics 001, 1940)
We're in the 1940 run of Planet Comics now, so look out for a fair few of space tyrants with one-word nonsense names. Like Sarko here! Sarko is an Earth man who came to Mars in 1933 and set about conquering the dark side of the planet. Now it's the near future and Sarko has his sights set on taking over the remainder of Mars and the light-side city of Ru in particular.
The... Ruvians? No demonym is provided. The Ruvians aren't really up to the task of defending their domed city from Sarko and his army of One-Eyed Monster Men, but lucky for them intrepid space explorer Flint Baker and his crew of condemned murderers (plus New York Globe reporter and stowaway Mimi Wilson) have arrived just in time to help out.
In an even greater coincidence, crewman Cliff Grant recognizes Sarko! It turns out that he was in jail for a series of murders committed while under the mental control of a man named Sappo and that Sappo is in fact the same guy! It's a heckuva thing folks, but that's comics for you.
Grant almost gets his revenge, too, but doesn't quite stick the landing. Sarko manages to kill Grant but is then taken down by another member of Baker's crew. Mars and Ru are saved!
BONUS: finding a crashed spaceship from decades earlier is an objectively very funny thing to happen to someone who was just crowing about being the first human on Mars.
Heck! I almost forgot to show the One-Eyed Monster Men of Mars! Well, here one is.
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