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Issue Details

Issue #32
Published September 1944
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Paul Payne (Editor)

Cover Details - "Slaver's Planetoid"

Characters Gale Allen; The Girl Squadron
Genre science fiction
Pencils Joe Doolin
Inks Joe Doolin

10 page The Lost World story "A world in terror...trampled by vicious hordes..."

Characters Sir David; Voltamen
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Thornecliffe Herrick]
Pencils Lily Renee
Inks Lily Renee
Notes Looks like some Ingels touchups on the faces.

8 page Space Rangers story "Ship number seven, lane 3, median 4, take off..."

Characters The Space Rangers [Flint Baker; Reef Ryan]; Zolita (introduction); an unnamed gangster; the Queen of Xando (introduction; death); the Xandoians (introduction; death)
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Hugh Fitzhugh]
Pencils Lee Elias (signed)
Inks Lee Elias (signed)

5 page Norge Benson story "Norge parks glumly on an ice cake outside..."

Characters Norge Benson; Jolie; Kurt; Kurt's henchman; a scientist
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Olaf Bjorn]
Pencils Lily Renee (signed)
Inks Lily Renee (signed)

6 page Gale Allen and the Girl Squadron story Slaver's Planetoid ["Terror plied the spaceways. Ships and crews disappeared..."]

Characters Gale Allen; the Girl Squadron; A band of slavers
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Douglas McKee]
Pencils Fran Hopper
Inks Fran Hopper?; Ruth Atkinson?
Notes The story title is taken from the cover blurb. HW notes signs of Ruth Atkinson here.

2 page text story "Is Leonardo Da Vinci Alive Today?"

Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Montague Truex, Ph.D.]
Letters typeset

6 page Star Pirate story "The racket is protection: The plan is deadly..."

Characters Star Pirate; Gura (appears in stories through #35); Mr. Blandow (death); Lara Blandow; Space gangsters
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as George Vincent]
Pencils Joe Kubert
Inks Joe Kubert

8 page Mars, God of War story "Hate and revenge...revenge and hate...these are..."

Characters Mars, God of War; Ralt (introduction, death); the Saurs (introduction; death); Etna
Genre science fiction
Pencils Joe Doolin
Inks Joe Doolin