(Planet Comics 003, 1940)
The work of the Lord of Jupiter is never done, as Auro (Lord of Jupiter, natch) learns one day when he receives the alarming news that a giant flame-breathing dragon has been carrying off dozens of his subjects.
And indeed, not only is there a dragon running around causing trouble but that dragon is actually a guy who can turn into a dragon and who has used his humanoid powers of reasoning to correctly identify Auro as the biggest threat to his lifestyle. Fortunately for Auro, the power of thought goes hand in hand with the ability to be fooled, and he manages to bluff the Dragon Man into fleeing from a common apple by pretending that it is a grenade.
Auro sets out to deal with the Dragon Man once and for all and upon finding him learns the reason for his actions: making a kingdom of his own, plus snacks. That really does have to be the one big perk of being an anthropophageous monster - if you're looking to establish a food supply, a group of humans will organize and try to keep themselves alive. They are more likely to periodically try to kill you than a flock of sheep, though.
Too late does the Dragon Man learn the important corollary to to plan of "seeking out and preemptively killing the greatest threat to your life," which is "and then make sure to kill them, because now they know." Having not followed through, he must perforce be stabbed.
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