Fu Manchu . A supervillain , Fu Manchu 's murderous plots are marked by the extensive use of arcane methods ; he disdains guns or explosives , preferring dacoits , thuggees , and members of other secret societies as his agents armed with knives , or using `` pythons and cobras ... fungi and my tiny allies , the bacilli ... my black spiders '' and other peculiar animals or natural chemical weapons .
A master criminal , Fu Manchu 's murderous plots are marked by a use of biological warfare ; he disdains guns or explosives , preferring dacoits , thuggee , and members of other secret societies as his agents armed with knives , or using `` pythons and cobras ... fungi and my tiny allies , the bacilli ... my black spiders '' and other peculiar animals or natural chemical weapons .