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Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) 47 graded by CGC

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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Slab: See item notes
    • Cover detached. Significant front/back scuff(s).
    • Label #2139428016
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    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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