Sax Rohmer

The Devil Doctor Sax Rohmer

The Devil Doctor by Sax Rohmer

Dr. Fu Manchu is a fictional villain introduced in a series of novels by the English author Sax Rohmer during the first half of the 20th century. The character has also been widely featured in film, television, radio, comic and comic books for over 90 years and has also become an archetype of the evil criminal genius and mad scientist, while lending his name to the mustache Fu Manchu.

According to his account of him, Sax Rohmer decided to start the Dr. Fu Manchu series after his Ouija board wrote C-H-I-N-A-M-A-N when he asked what his luck would do. During this period of time, the notion of "yellow danger" was spreading in North American society.

Rohmer wrote 14 novels about the villain. The image of the Orientals invading the Western nations became the basis of Rohmer's commercial success, being able to sell 20 million copies in his lifetime.