Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) 13 CGC 4.0
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Item #60647756
Published Jul 1941 by Fiction House.Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) 13 CGC 4.0
Paper: Cream to off white
Label #1995584001
Ended Apr 15 8:59 PM CST Bid History 14 bids Winning Bid $1,213 Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Edited by Malcolm Reiss and Gene Fawcette. Stories and art by John Celardo, Joe Doolin, Robert Webb, Don Rico, Leo Morey, Pagsilang Rey Isip, and Al Walker. The first true science fiction comic, Planet Comics featured classic space opera with square-jawed heroes, rockets, rayguns and bug-eyed aliens of every stripe. On Pluto, Norge Benson battles penguin gangsters (in slouch-hats and letter sweaters); The solo debut of future Space Ranger Reef Ryan; Flint Baker fights Martian anarchists after Mimi is felled by a rare Martian poison. Cover by Dan Zolnerowich features one of the earliest examples of the good-girl art this title was famous for. The Red Comet; Gale Allen and the Girl Squadron; Auro Lord of Jupiter; Crash Parker; Reef Ryan; The Sargasso Sea of Space; The Brute of Mars; Buzz Crandall of the Space Patrol; Captain Nelson Cole; Norge Benson; The Star Pirate. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10. Grade: CGC 4.0 explanation of grade Condition: Used (collectible)