([Spring] 1953)

Fiction House, 1940 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
?
Editing:
J. F. Byrne (Managing Editor); Jerry Iger (Art Director)
Format:
Standard Golden Age U.S.; Full Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; Was On-Going Series

Issue Notes

This comic has no text story.


Cargo for Amazonia (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Maurice Whitman
Inks:
Maurice Whitman
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction

Indexer Notes

Cover title and illustration do not relate to any interior feature - although Star Pirate is about a planet of women and Space Rangers is about a cargo.


["There it stood, grim and brooding, symbol of..."] (Table of Contents)

The Lost World / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Thornecliffe Herrick]
Pencils:
Lily Renee (signed)
Inks:
Lily Renee (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Lyssa; Hunt; Voltamen (villains); Dr. Schultz (introduction; dies)
Synopsis:
Hunt and Lyssa are trying to escape some Voltamen and discover Dr. Schultz, so they enlist his aid in destroying a Volta power station.
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["There was nothing to fear--nothing Gale could..."] (Table of Contents)

Gale Allen / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Douglas McKee]
Pencils:
Joe Doolin
Inks:
Joe Doolin
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Gale Allen; Itecs (introduction; villains); Lor [Itec High Priest] (introduction; dies)
Synopsis:
The planet Itec has returned to its orbit after being lost for aeons, and is now capturing spaceships. Gale is mistaken for a legendary queen and manages to hypnotize Lor.
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["Fer the luvva luna, Star, head home! I'm..."] (Table of Contents)

Star Pirate / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Len Dodson]
Pencils:
Murphy Anderson (signed)
Inks:
Murphy Anderson (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Star Pirate; Blackbeard; The Plastimen (introduction; villains)
Synopsis:
Star takes a spaceship of male colonists to a forgotten world populated only by women. People age very slowly there and the colonists decide to stay on with the women, while Star and Blackbeard continue to roam the universe.
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["What a cargo! Reef rubbed his hands at..."] (Table of Contents)

Space Rangers / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Hugh Fitzhugh]
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
The Space Rangers [Reef Ryan; Flint Baker]; Huldane (villain; introduction; dies); Igor
Synopsis:
Huldan escapes prison posing as a robot in a load of others being delivered by Reef. Flint follows and together they thwart a plot of Huldane's to transform women into plant-being slaves.
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Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. ["There it stood, grim and brooding, symbol of..."]
    The Lost World
  2. 2. ["There was nothing to fear--nothing Gale could..."]
    Gale Allen
  3. 3. ["Fer the luvva luna, Star, head home! I'm..."]
    Star Pirate
  4. 4. ["What a cargo! Reef rubbed his hands at..."]
    Space Rangers
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Lou Mougin
  • Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.