- Pencils
- Leo Morey
- Inks
- Leo Morey
- Colors
- ?
On inside front cover, carried over to first interior page.
Blown up illustration of the second panel, page 3 by Leo Morey from the Flint Baker story in Planet Comics #1.
- Letters
- typeset
Special thanks given to Roy Thomas and J. David Spurlock.
Listed as printed in China.
Slipcase ISBN is listed as 978-1-84863-462-6.
- Pencils
- Nembhard N. Culin
- Inks
- Nembhard N. Culin
- Colors
- Nembhard N. Culin
- Letters
- Nembhard N. Culin
- Reprints
- from a poster print (Nembhard N. Culin, 1939 series)
Reproduces a 1939 New York World's Fair poster print created by Nembhard N. Culin.
- Script
- Carmine Infantino
- Pencils
- various (see notes)
- Inks
- various (see notes)
- Colors
- various (see notes)
- Letters
- Carmine Infantino (his signature); typeset
- Synopsis
- Foreword by Carmine Infantino, recalling his time as a kid reading Planet Comics and how it influenced him years later.
Includes small cover reproductions of Flash Gordon Strange Adventure Magazine (CJH Publications, 1936 series) #December 1936, Amazing Stories (Experimenter Publishing Company, 1928 series) #August 1928 (Buck Rogers), Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) # 52 (Little Orphan Annie), Large Feature Comics (Dell, 1939 series) #1 (Dick Tracy), and Single Series (United Features, 1938 series) # 20 (Tarzan).
- Pencils
- Lou Fine; Will Eisner; Charles Sultan (see notes)
- Inks
- Lou Fine; Will Eisner; Charles Sultan (see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
Cover reprints of the first four issues of Planet Comics.
- Letters
- typeset
Contents page listings.
- Pencils
- Alex Blum
- Inks
- Alex Blum
- Letters
- typeset
Breakdown of the story credits for each story from the first issue. Credits originally from the Grand Comics Database and is credited as such.
Background image is from page 5 of the Captain Nelson Cole of the Solar Force in the issue.
- Pencils
- Lou Fine
- Inks
- Lou Fine
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Flint Baker
- Reprints
Lou Fine cover pencil and ink credits confirmed by one-time owner of the original art, Roger Hill, and confirmed to him by a conversation he had with Will Eisner (5 January 2010).
- Script
- Dick Briefer (signed)
- Pencils
- Dick Briefer (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Briefer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Fletcher "Flint" Baker (introduction, origin); Harry Parks (freed convict, introduction); Phil Godwin (freed convict, introduction); Cliff Grant (freed convict, introduction, death); Mimi Wilson (New York Globe reporter, introduction); King of Mars [aka the Ruler of Ru] (introduction); Princess Viga (the King's daughter, introduction); Sarko (villain, introduction, death); Sarko's monster horde (villains, many die)
- Synopsis
- Flint has completed the rocket ship begun by his father and is ready to take off for Mars, but first has three prison convicts freed to serve as his crew. They land on Mars and find the corpse of a former explorer, who leaves a letter warning anyone finding his note to stay away from the dark side of Mars.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- New York Globe
Reprint lists writer as unknown.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Malcolm Kildale
- Inks
- Malcolm Kildale
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Early in the twenty-first century, a cruise ship...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Auro [Hardwich] (introduction, origin); Tara (pet saber-tooth tiger); Professor John Hardwich (Auro's father, introduction, death); Mrs. John Hardwich (Auro's mother, introduction, death); Martha Gale (an assistant pilot, introduiction); King of Neptune (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- After a rocket ship crash that kills his parents, Auro is raised by a saber-tooth tiger. He is approached by a young woman named Martha to help save her friends who have been taken as slaves by the fiendish ruler of Neptune.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Neptune
- Script
- Ken Jackson (signed)
- Pencils
- Ken Jackson ?
- Inks
- Ken Jackson ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hurtling through space with the speed of light...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; science fiction
- Characters
- The Red Comet (introduction); un-named police captain (introduction); The Munitions King [J.G.] (villain, introduction, death); Munition King's war-profiteers (villains, introduction for all, all die)
- Synopsis
- While the public is amazed and elated that no crimes have been committed for two weeks, the Police feel that their jobs are less secure because of the crime busting activities of the Red Comet. His magical powers seem to draw him like a magnet to the criminal element, and he has rounded them up with amazing speed, taking each to a different uninhabited but inhabitable planet in the universe and dropping them off to fend for themselves.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- The Star
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
Reprint lists unknown for script and Ken Jackson for pencils and inks.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alex Blum (signed as Alex Boon)
- Inks
- Alex Blum (signed as Alex Boon)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sudden danger threatens the inhabitants of the solar...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Captain Nelson Cole (introduction); Bud (Cole's sidekick, introduction); unnamed President of the Solar Congress; Zan (villain, dictator of Volcus, introduction); Zan's woman (villain, introduction); Zan's Army of robots (villains, introduction for all)
- Synopsis
- The loss of several Solar Ships forces the President of the Solar Congress to appoint Captain Cole to lead a force against the enemies from outer space. They are captured and the dictator, Zan, intends to turn them into dehumanized robots.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Cosmic Ships; Dynogetic Gas; Planet Volcus
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Henry Kiefer
- Inks
- Henry Kiefer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Spurt Hammond (introduction); The Lunerzons (villains, women warriors, introduction for all); The Mooniacs (villains, introduction for all)
- Synopsis
- Spurt and his companions must fend off the attacks of the Luzerons, who occupy the polar regions of the Moon, and who are in the business of robbing interplanetary transports.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Moon
- Script
- ? [as Bob Jordan (byline)]
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Crossing through space in their atom-powered ship, Buzz...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Buzz Crandall (introduction); Dr. Curan (scientist, introduction); Nancy Curan (Dr. Curan's daughter, introduction); The Sharkmen (villains, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- Buzz and his crew must face the Sharkmen, semi-intelligent living under the murky waters of Neptune, who have captured Dr. Curan and other members of his Neptune expedition.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Neptune
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alvin Charles (signed as Albert Charles)
- Inks
- Alvin Charles (signed as Albert Charles)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Quorak (villain, Earth scientist, introduction); Lt. Gary Blake (introduction); Dean (astronomer, introduction); Joan Perry (introduction, radio operator, only appearance); unnamed World President (introduction)
- Synopsis
- A former Earth scientist takes up residence on a far distant planetoid, and threatens to rule the universe and destroy all traces of civilization. His first target is the Planet Pluto, which he attempts to pull from its orbit by a strange infra-red ray invention of his.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- India; Planet Pluto; Planetoid Spectremus; year 2000 A.D.
Reprint lists unknown for pencils and inks.
- Pencils
- Henry Kiefer
- Inks
- Henry Kiefer
- Letters
- typeset
Breakdown of the story credits for each story from the first issue. Credits originally from the Grand Comics Database and is credited as such.
Background image is from page 4 of the Spurt Hammond, Planet Flyer story in Planet Comics #2.
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Flint Baker
- Reprints
Art credits verified by Roy Thomas.
- Script
- Herman Bolstein (credited as Morley Starr)
- Pencils
- George Tuska
- Inks
- George Tuska
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Several miles above sea level towers Prof. Sandow's observatory:
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Planet Payson (introduction); Professor Sandow (astronomer, introduction); Roland (introduction); The Hawkmen (introduction); Buzzlark (villain, introduction, death); Buzzlark's men (villains, introduction for all, many die)
- Synopsis
- Professor Sandow detects strange flashes among the clouds, so Payson and Roland investigate, and discover a castle on a cloud, where they discover eerie Hawkmen who seek help in eliminating a war between the clouds!
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Electro Tubes; Sea Level Towers; Sting Ray Gun
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
Reprint volume lists script as unknown.
- Script
- Herman Bolstein (credited as Stari Gayza)
- Pencils
- Art Peddy ?; Bob Powell ?
- Inks
- Art Peddy ?; Bob Powell ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Fletcher "Flint" Baker; Mimi Wilson; Princess Viga; unnamed Martian scientist (villain, introduction, death); the scientist's monster (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- Planning to return to Earth after their adventures on Mars, Flint and Mimi are approached by Princess Viga, who begs them to stay and help defend her people from a terrifying monster.
- Reprints
The story title is taken from the original cover blurb.
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
Reprint volume credits Bob Powell.
- Script
- Fletcher Hanks (credited as Carlson Merrick)
- Pencils
- Fletcher Hanks (credited as Carlson Merrick)
- Inks
- Fletcher Hanks (credited as Carlson Merrick)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Fletcher Hanks
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Tiger Hart (introduction); Zip (introduction); Queen Hilda (introduction); Turk the Terrible (villain, introduction); Talon (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- Tiger Hart rescues the captive Queen Hilda from the clutches of Turk the Terrible, who is holding her in exchange for the Great Solinoor diamond.
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Henry Kiefer
- Inks
- Henry Kiefer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A pound of coal is insignificant, but a...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Lieutenant Spurt Hammond; Amoura (Queen of Venus, introduction); Prince Khangiz (villain, Red Master of Mars, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Spurt is sent to the planet Venus in order to obtain a supply of Radia-Tronite crystal which is needed to supply power to America's generators, leading to a war between America and Mars.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Mars; Radia-Tronite; Venus; year 40000
- Script
- ? [as Don Varick] (credited)
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Queen Lais; Commander Lothain; Ma'Gloon (villain, traitor to Earth, death); Betelgeuzians (villains)
- Synopsis
- The Queen and Commander land on a little known planetoid known as Cathoid after escaping from the Red Fleet of Betelgeux, whose mission is to wipe out all Earth craetures in the universe!
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Brorsens Comet; Defiance III (a spaceship)
Story is continued from Planet Comics #1.
- Script
- ? [as Bob Jordan (byline)]
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- While at the bottom of the seas that cover...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Buzz Crandall; Dr. Coran [aka Curan] (scientist); Sandra Coran [aka Curan] (the doctor's daughter); Sinfo (villain, scientist, introduction, death); the Crab-Men (villains, introduction for all)
- Synopsis
- Buzz, the doctor and his daughter are attacked by mysterious Crab-Men at the bottom of the seas covering Neptune, are captured and taken to the lair of the evil Sinfo, who controls the creatures, and who intends to use his captaives as guinea pigs.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Neptune
Oddity: In this story, the spelling of the doctor and his daughter's last names are alternately known as "Coran" and "Curan", and the daughter's name is now Sandra (it was Nancy in issue #1).
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Malcolm Kildale (pages 10-15); ? (pages 1-9)
- Inks
- Malcolm Kildale (pages 10-15); ? (pages 1-9)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Captain Cole, I want you to take a...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Captain Nelson Cole [becomes "Torro" in this story only with magic clothing and whip]; Z-X (Cole's boss); Berton (member of Cole's crew); Ruler of Zog (introduction); a two-headed giant (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- Cole is ordered to take a large fleet to the Planet Zog to take on a giant who is extracting tribute from Zog's poor people.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Dwight Field; Planet Zog; Washington D.C.
The giant's heads are of "husband and wife".
The reprint volume lists only Malcolm Kildale as sole person on pencils and inks.
- Script
- Herman Bolstein
- Pencils
- R. Louis Golden (signed as R. L. Golden)
- Inks
- R. Louis Golden (signed as R. L. Golden)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Auro is an Earthman who came to Jupiter...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Auro [aka Lord of Jupiter]; Ava (introduction); Agra (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- At one of his famed gigantic banquets, Auro is pulled aside by one of the servants, Ava, and told that he must flee before the murderer of her parents, Agra, arrives to kill him.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Jupiter
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
HS notes that, despite the Golden credit, the art looks more like Malcolm Kildale than Golden.
The final panel blurb provides the title to next issue's story, "The Dragon God".
- Pencils
- Bob Powell ?
- Inks
- ? (shop)
- Letters
- ?; typeset
Breakdown of the story credits for each story from the first issue. Credits originally from the Grand Comics Database and is credited as such.
Background image is from the first panel on the original page 12 of the The Planetary Adventures of Flint Baker story in Planet Comics #3.
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Flint Baker
- Reprints
- Script
- Herman Bolstein (credited as Starr Gayza)
- Pencils
- Witmer Williams ?; Bob Powell ?; Dick Briefer ?
- Inks
- ? (shop)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bidding goodbye to their Martian friends and Princess...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Fletcher "Flint" Baker; Mimi Wilson; Plutonian King (villain, introduction); The Plutonians (villains, introduction for all)
- Synopsis
- Instead of returning to Earth, Mimi sets the controls to alter the course and they land on Pluto, out of fuel. Immediately, Flint is attacked by weird half-man, half-amphibian creatures and captured.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Disintegrator Ray; Pluto
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
This reprint credits Powell with pencils.
- Script
- ? [as Wilson Locke (byline)]
- Pencils
- Alex Blum ?; Dan Zolnerowich ?
- Inks
- ?; ? (shop)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the vast cold reaches of the far...
- Genre
- science fiction; adventure
- Characters
- Amazona (introduction; origin); Blake Manners (newspaperman, explorer, introduction, only appearance); Hennigan (Blake's newspaper Editor, introduction); unnamed cab driver (introduction); gang of jewel robbers (villains, introduction for all, most die)
- Synopsis
- Amazonia and her people, the last survivors of a super race that perished during the period of the last ice age, and who live in the far north reaches of the Arctic, are visited by the only survivor of an expedition. Wanting to return to America, a land they know nothing about, Blake soon finds himself accompanied on the trip by Amazona, who is bored with her true home.
- Reprints
This reprint credits Blum with the pencils.
- Script
- Ken Jackson ? (signed as Major Thorp)
- Pencils
- Ken Jackson ?; Alex Blum ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Red Comet, mystery explorer of the universe, cruising...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Red Comet; Golo (villain, ruler of the giants, introduction); the Giants (villains, introduction for all, many die)
- Synopsis
- While crusing the universe, Red Comet gets a strange message from a ruler on Jupiter, who challenges the entire solar system to battle with his forces.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Jupiter
Hames Ware suggested Don Lynch or Newt Alfred as possibilities for penciler.
Script and penciler credits from this reprint.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Henry Kiefer
- Inks
- Henry Kiefer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ...is passing through space within the orbit of...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Spurt Hammond; Princess Zilla (introduction); Radgio (villain, Zilla's Prime Minister, introduction, death); Radgio's Councilmen (villains, introduction for all); Radgio's monsters (villains, introduction for all, some die)
- Synopsis
- While cruising near Mercury, Spurt's Astragraph picks up the images of a young girl being roughly seized by brutal captors, and heads to the planet to investigate. He saves Princess Zilla, and learns that her Prime Minister is turning people into monsters, seeking to conquer the world.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Astragraph; Mercury
- Script
- ? [as Lin Davies] (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Captain Dexter Ames; Doctor Phillips; Cara Phillips (the doctor's daughter); Sept Morgan (ship's Engineer); Gunner Hatch (crew member); The Lizard Men (villains, many die)
- Synopsis
- Ames and Phillips visit a mystery planet and come face to face with rodent-faced Lizard Men!
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Columbus (a space ship); Planet Alpha Astra
Story occurs in the year 21,000 A.D.
- Script
- ? [as Bob Jordan (byline)]
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Lieutenant of the Space Patrol, Buzz Crandall's life...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Lieutenant Buzz Crandall; Sabdra Coran; Moon Bats (villains); Lunar Land Squid (villain, death)
- Synopsis
- Sandra and Buzz report to Post 82 on the Moon, and discover that all communication with Post 83 has been cut off, so the pair go and investigate.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Autoped; Cosmic Gun; Post 82; The Moon
- Script
- ? [as Beekman Terrill (byline)]
- Pencils
- Leonard Frank
- Inks
- Leonard Frank
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pirate ships attack defenseless space transports.
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Captain Nelson Cole; unnamed Chief of the Solar Force; Felon (villain, space pirate leader, introduction, death?); Space Pirates (villains, introduction for all, many die)
- Synopsis
- The Chief of the Solar Force puts Captain Cole in charge of finding the space pirates that are attacking defenseless space transports.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Iconoscope
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Powell
- Inks
- Bob Powell
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Bulls-Eye Bannon; Tom Peerce (mention only, death); Bonse (villain); two unnamed criminals (villains)
- Synopsis
- Bannon captures the last suspect in the murder of Tom Peerce.
- Reprints
- Script
- Herman Bolstein
- Pencils
- R. Louis Golden (signed as R. L. Golden)
- Inks
- R. Louis Golden (signed as R. L. Golden)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Auro, an Earthman, is King of Jupiter, by...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Auro (King of Jupiter); Auro's unnamed guard; The Dragon Man (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- A strange character approaches Auro's throne and asks him of he intends to wipe out a dragon responsible for the deaths of many of Auro's people. Soon Auro learns that this man, called the Dragon Man, is, in fact, the dragon.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Jupiter
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
The blurb of last issue's story indicated that the story for this issue was "The Dragon God."
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There is no surface on the sun, it...
- Genre
- non-fiction; maths & science
- Reprints
Illustrated, two panel factual information featurette on the origin of the Earth and the fact there is no surface to the Sun.
- Pencils
- Alex Blum ?; Dan Zolnerowich ?
- Inks
- Dan Zolnerowich ?; ? (shop)
- Letters
- typeset
Breakdown of the story credits for each story from the first issue. Credits originally from the Grand Comics Database and is credited as such.
Background image is from the first panel on the original page 2 of the The Red Comet story in Planet Comics #4.
- Pencils
- Charles Sultan
- Inks
- Charles Sultan
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Flint Baker
- Reprints
- Script
- Herman Bolstein (credited as Starr Gayza)
- Pencils
- Art Peddy
- Inks
- Art Peddy; ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Flint and Mimi, are returning from an adventure on a distant planet...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Fletcher "Flint" Baker; Mimi Wilson; Parks (crew member); "The Great Eye" (villain, introduction, death?); "The Great Ear" (villain, introduction); "The Great Mouth" (villain, introduction); space monsters (villains, creatures, some die)
- Synopsis
- On their way back to Earth, Flint and Mimi are attacked by a space monster as they pass the planet Jupiter, and when others threaten,the crew decides to land on Jupiter. There they face a threat of The Great Eye, The Great Ear and The Great Mouth.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- City of Zu; Jupiter
The story title is taken from the original cover.
HS notes that the last three pages show evidence of Eisner.
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
- Script
- Herman Bolstein (credited as Nick Charles)
- Pencils
- Bob Powell
- Inks
- Bob Powell
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Auro and his loyal followers save the universe...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Auro [also as Thogra]; Jano (Prince of Saturn, introduction); Thogra (villain, Jano's uncle, a Saturnian, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- The people inhabiting Auro's planet gather to watch a strange space ship hurtling from space and landing into a lake. When Auro investigates, he discovers the ship contains a young Prince of Saturn who was shot into space by his madman uncle.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Saturn
Art credits suggested by the Who's Who.
- Script
- Ken Jackson (credited as Arthur King)
- Pencils
- Alex Blum ?; Dan Zolnerowich ?
- Inks
- Dan Zolnerowich ?; ? (shop)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The traveler through space, whose magic prowess adds...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- The Red Comet; unnamed Earth explorers
- Synopsis
- While cruising in outer space, he Comet spots an Earth ship heading directly toward Vegeto: The Planet of Deadly Planets, and he decides to follow them down and save them before the planet's vegetation destroys them.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Vegeto
Art credits suggested by the Who's Who.
Oddity: The Red Comet shrinks down and communicates with termites (ala Ant-Man).
- Script
- ? [as Beekman Terrill (byline)]
- Pencils
- Charles Sultan
- Inks
- Charles Sultan
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A banquet celebrating the third centenary of the...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Captain Nelson Cole; Felon (villain)
- Synopsis
- As Captain Cole is being recognized as guest of honor at the Third Centenary of the Solar Police Force, suddenly a death ray strikes and kills a number of dancers, then seeks him out. Cole investigates the ray and discovers that his enemy, Felon, is behind it, so Cole follows his foe to Earth, offering his services to aggressor nations.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Mars; Solar Police Force
Art credits from this reprint.
- Script
- ? [as Arnot Bissel] (credited)
- Pencils
- Gene Fawcette ? (spot illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Kirk; Hoffer (scientist); the Mist Men
- Synopsis
- Kirk was spinning out of control through space after escaping from a concentration camp on Earth, being placed there by a mad dictator who was going to execute him for a crime he never committed. He lands on Mercury by chance and discovers the eerie Mist Men.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Black Forest; Mercury
- Script
- ? [as Wm. S. Mott (byline)]
- Pencils
- Henry Kiefer
- Inks
- Henry Kiefer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the offices of the American Interspace Lines...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Spurt Hammond; Janice Dale (introduction); Mercurian pirates (villains, introduction for all)
- Synopsis
- Spurt is sent by his superior ot Mercury to battle the dreaded beaked men who wear detachable bat wings and have been attacking the commerce routes and taking hostages for ransom.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Mercury
Story title is taken from the original cover blurb.
Story occurs in the year 25000.
- Script
- ? [as Bob Jordan (byline)]
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Adventure at the center of the Moon.
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Lieutenant Buzz Crandall; Doctor Curan [aka Curran]; Sandra Curan (the doctor's daughter); Dr. Zynnon (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- Dr. Curan brings desperate news from the Earth to Lt. Crandall that the Moon is going to explode due to the build-up of hydrogen gas at its core. Unfortunately for them, one of the passengers invited along for the trip, Dr. Zynnon, has an intense hatred for mankind and seeks to destroy them.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Moon
- Script
- ? [as Stan Ford (byline)]
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Kenny Carr's term of enlistment with the service has ended -- and he intends to go back to Earth...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Captain Kenny Carr (introduction); Dwight (Carr's service buddy); unnamed Colonel; enemy soldiers (villains, half die)
- Synopsis
- Kenny's term of enlistment in the service has ended and he intends to return to Earth, even though the Colonel and Dwight scheme to get him to re-enlist. Unbeknownst to them, their plot turns out to be for real and Carr re-ups to help repel the invaders.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Basha; Kakar
Only appearance, even though the story seems to imply that this is a continued story from somewhere, and the final blurb indicates that Carr will return in the next issue.
This reprint lists Larry Antonette as penciler.
- Script
- ? [as Fred Nelson (byline)]
- Pencils
- Ray Burnley ?
- Inks
- Ray Burnley ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Captain Jack North of the Universal Space Patrol...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Gale Allen and the Women's Space Battalion (introduction for all); Captain Jack North (Universal Space Patrol member, introduction); The Plutonians (villains, introduction for all, some die)
- Synopsis
- Awaiting the return of a scouting party, North receives an urgent SOS from the group, stating that they were captured by pirates from Pluto. North asks the commandant for help and Gale Allen and her Women's Space Battalion arrive to help out, much to his disdain.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Pluto; Saturn
On the original cover, this feature is billed as "Gale Allen of the Girls' Space Patrol."
Reprint lists "R. A. Burley" as penciler.
- Script
- ? [by Lunar] (signed)
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Ancient Egyptians believed that the Milky Way...
- Genre
- non-fiction; maths & science
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Egyptians; Moon; Sun
Amazing space facts are presented in four separate illustrated panels.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Powell
- Inks
- Bob Powell
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Bull's-Eye Bannon; Nora Earl (Dean's daughter-in-law); Clarence Dean (Earl's younger son); Miss Kane (a nurse)
- Reprints
The 4th and final clue is provided in Case 2 and which Junior Manhunters of American are asked to solve and discover the identity of the true guilty person.
- Script
- ? [as Ned Small (byline)]
- Pencils
- Alex Blum ?
- Inks
- Alex Blum ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Jim Giant (introduction); an unnamed dictator to be (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Giant must face fierce men from the North Pole who travel in strange land sleds that can reach speeds of 100mph and are armed with ray guns, who suddenly attack North America.
- Reprints
Art revision from Alex Blum to ? by Craig Delich. The Who's Who indicates that Blum did not work on this feature and no extant evidence exists that proves otherwise.
Only appearance, even though the final blurb indicates that Giant will back in the next issue.
Reprint pencils and inks listed as by Alex Blum.
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
On last interior page, carried over to last inside back cover.
Blown up illustration of the second panel, page 5 from the Buzz Crandall of the Space Patrol story in Planet Comics #3.
- Pencils
- Lou Fine; Will Eisner; Charles Sultan (see notes)
- Inks
- Lou Fine; Will Eisner; Charles Sultan (see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
Back cover.
Barcode and cover reproductions of the first four issues of Planet Comics.