Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) comic books
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Item #61974576
Published Mar 1943 by Fiction House.Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) 23 CGC 5.5
Paper: Off white to white
Label #0918549004
Starts Jan 4 Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. Mars, God of War story, art by Joe Doolin. Reef Ryan story. Star Pirate story, art by George Appel. Gale Allen and the Girl Squadron story, art by Art Saaf. Will Earth Be Invaded? text story. The Lost World story, art by Pagsilang Rey Isip. 100 Years After, art by Lee Elias. Auro Lord of Jupiter, art by Rafael Astarita. Norge Benson story, art by Fran Deitrick. Flint Baker story, art by Joe Doolin. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #61974586
Published Jan 1944 by Fiction House.Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) 28 CGC 3.5
Paper: Cream to off white
Label #4393105013
Starts Jan 4 Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Malcolm Reiss. Stories and art by Graham Ingels, Joe Doolin, Fran Hopper, George Appel, Alex Blum, Arnold Hicks, Lily Renee, and Lee Elias. 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. Good-girl art aplenty as Gale Allen and her team are captured by man-eating plants; Mars tries to inspire war on a pacifist planet; Hunt and Lyssa get caught in a war between cave-dwellers and surface people in The Lost World. Outer-space derring-do cover by Joe Doolin approaches the level the series was famous for. The Lost World; Gale Allen and the Girl Squadron; Mars, God of War; Space Rangers; Can the Creatures of Space Enslave Us?; Norge Benson; Auro Lord of Jupiter; The Star Pirate. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #61974114
Published Nov 1946 by Fiction House.Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) 45 CGC 3.0
Paper: Off white
Label #4409592020
Starts Jan 4 Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by J. F. Byrne. Stories and art by Lily Renee, Bob Lubbers, Murphy Anderson and Chester Martin. 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. In the Lost World, the alien Volta introduce Red Rain to drive the animals mad and make Earth more like Venus; Murphy Anderson's Life on Other Worlds strip speculates about what life on Pluto might look like; Satania has Space Ranger Flint Baker framed for treason. Girl-vs.-giant cover by Joe Doolin. The Lost World; Futura; Life on Other Worlds: Pluto; Mysta of the Moon; Auro Lord of Jupiter; Coffin Cargo; Space Rangers; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #61974116
Published Mar 1947 by Fiction House.Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) 47 CGC 3.0
Paper: Off white
Label #4393105014
Starts Jan 4 Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by J. F. Byrne. Stories and art by Lily Renee, George Evans, Bob Lubbers, Howard Larsen, Murphy Anderson and Chester Martin. 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. In the Lost World, Hunt and Lyssa try to persuade the Volta aliens to rebel against their own leaders; Murphy Anderson's Life on Other Worlds strip speculates about where the Asteroid Belt came from; Mysta and Bron must brave the Swamps of Venus to obtain a rare element. Also featuring a letter to the editor from future science fiction legend Lin Carter, age 16. The Lost World; Futura; Life on Other Worlds: Mystery of the Asteroids; Mysta of the Moon; Auro Lord of Jupiter; Was Earth a Colony of Venus?; Space Rangers; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #61968023
Published Mar 1948 by Fiction House.Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) 53 CGC 7.5
Bondage cover
Used in Seduction of the Innocent
Paper: Cream to off white
Label #1290328002
Starts Jan 4 Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by J. F. Byrne. Stories and art by George Evans, Matt Baker, Joe Doolin, Frank Doyle, Walter Palais, and Maurice Whitman. 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. In the Lost World, Hunt and Lyssa discover the hideous truth about the ominously-named Project Monster; Mysta goes on vacation in disguise, but finds trouble anyway, in a story by good-girl art legend Matt Baker; Futura prepares to return to Earth, unaware that Mentor and the Brainmen have survived and crave revenge. Bondage cover by Joe Doolin. The Lost World; Futura; Mysta of the Moon; Auro Lord of Jupiter; Holiday on Venus; Space Rangers; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.