#8 in The Story of the Phantom, THE HYDRA MONSTER is Lee Falk's original story adapted by Frank S. Shawn. =>The PHANTOM: nemisis of evil doers everwhere, based on world famous adventure strip created by Lee Falk and read in forty languages..HYDRA- a mysterious evil that spans oceans and continents. Who are the black clad men-who appear in wake of wars, earthquakes and other catastrophes? The final words of a dying man draw the Phantom into an amazing web of violence, crime and murder.