(January 1943)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 68
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- ?
- Editing:
- Larabie Cunningham (Editor); Gene Fawcette (Art Director)
- Format:
- Standard Golden Age U.S.; Full Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; Was On-Going Series
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #67 ([Summer] 1952) [The title from the cover blurb of #22 was "Sorceress of Xalan."]
- in Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #67 ([Summer] 1952)
["Under the impenetrable, cloud-hidden surface of the planet..."]
Mars, God of War / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ? [as Ross Gallun]
- Pencils:
- Joe Doolin
- Inks:
- Joe Doolin
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Bill Taylor (intro); Flo Davis (an old scientist; intro; death); Zagro (intro; death; villain); Saturnians (villains)
Sorceress of Xalan ['Exploring Neptune's strange and adventurous inner world, Reef..."]
Reef Ryan / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ? [as Hugh Fitzhugh]
- Pencils:
- Pagsilang Rey Isip
- Inks:
- Pagsilang Rey Isip
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Reef Ryan; Vara, Tabess of Xalan (guest star); Barda (intro; villain); Wasel (intro)
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #67 ([Summer] 1952)
Indexer Notes
The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
Mad Master of Venus ["In the unknown vastness of outer space, Gale..."]
Gale Allen and Her Girl Squadron / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ? [as Douglas McKee]
- Pencils:
- Saul Rosen
- Inks:
- Saul Rosen?; ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Gale Allen; Girl Squadron; High Priestess (intro; death; villain); High Priest (intro; villain); Bull god worshippers (intro)
Indexer Notes
The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
["What fantastic wizardry takes place in the bowels..."]
Auro Lord of Jupiter / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ? [as Dick Charles]
- Pencils:
- Rafael Astarita
- Inks:
- Rafael Astarita
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Auro; The Frog People and their leader (intro; death; villains)
The Ultimate Earthman
text story / 3 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ? [as Montague Truex, Ph.D.]
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
["Earth was a shambles when Hunt Bowman, the..."]
The Lost World / comic story / 7.67 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ? [as Thorncliffe Herrick]
- Pencils:
- Nick Viscardi (signed)
- Inks:
- Nick Viscardi (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Villains: Tak Bar (intro); Snagg (intro) Lupa (intro); Nizto (intro); Iqor (all Voltamen); Basil
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #67 ([Summer] 1952)
Indexer Notes
One vertical third of one page is comprised of an ad.
["Norge, Frosting, and Jolie return to Pluto after..."]
Norge Benson / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ? [as Olaf Bjorn]
- Pencils:
- Al Walker (signed)
- Inks:
- Al Walker (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Norge Benson; Guest Star: Jolie; Villain: Icthysaurus Tyrannosaurus Giganticus (intro; death; a dinosaur)
["Star Pirate, bold Robin Hood of the space lanes..."]
Star Pirate / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ? [as Leonardo Vinci]
- Pencils:
- George Appel
- Inks:
- George Appel
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Star Pirate; Roger (intro); Margo (daughter of Dictator; intro); Villains: Robber Red (intro); the Dictator of Zev (intro)
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #67 ([Summer] 1952)
Inferno on the Fifth Moon
Flint Baker / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ? [as Huxley Haldane]
- Pencils:
- Art Saaf
- Inks:
- Art Saaf
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Intro: Xuak and other miners; Queen Tenya; Gorelle; Madlyn (death); other Lunar Amazons
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #67 ([Summer] 1952)
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
["Under the impenetrable, cloud-hidden surface of the planet..."]
Mars, God of War -
2.
Sorceress of Xalan ['Exploring Neptune's strange and adventurous inner world, Reef..."]
Reef Ryan -
3.
Mad Master of Venus ["In the unknown vastness of outer space, Gale..."]
Gale Allen and Her Girl Squadron -
4.
["What fantastic wizardry takes place in the bowels..."]
Auro Lord of Jupiter -
5.
The Ultimate Earthman
-
6.
["Earth was a shambles when Hunt Bowman, the..."]
The Lost World -
7.
["Norge, Frosting, and Jolie return to Pluto after..."]
Norge Benson -
8.
["Star Pirate, bold Robin Hood of the space lanes..."]
Star Pirate -
9.
Inferno on the Fifth Moon
Flint Baker
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.
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