Fantômas The First in the Series of Fantômas Detective Tales

The Fantômas novels are what brought the idea of masked men to the fight between good and evil. This phenomenon at the start of the 20th century is responsible for masked heroes and villains we eventually saw, like Batman. Here is where it all started. This is the original Fantômas book which details the Adventures of detective Juve in pursuit of a criminal mastermind. Translated from "Fantômas", 1911.