(March 1944)

Fiction House, 1940 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
every other month
On-sale Date
1943-12-30
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Love Romances Pub. Co. Inc.
Brand
Fiction House Magazines
Editing
Malcolm Reiss (editor); Thurman Scott (credited as T. T. Scott) (business manager)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Volume 39, Number 1. Class B periodical. p. 80. Copyright registration number B 613385.

Owners: Love Romances Publishing Company, Inc.; J. G. Scott

Dragon-Raiders of Aztla (Table of Contents)

Space Rangers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Doolin
Inks
Joe Doolin
Colors
?
Genre
science fiction
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #29
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Lost World / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Thornecliffe Herrick]
Pencils
Graham Ingels
Inks
Graham Ingels
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Centuries have passed since the Volta invasion... Earth...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
The Invisible One (villain, introduction, death, a Lesk)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Mars / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Ross Gallun
Pencils
Joe Doolin
Inks
Joe Doolin
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The spirit of hate sows his festering seeds...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Loli (villain, introduction); Ted Wilson (introduction)

Indexer Notes

"God of War" continues to show up on the cover but not on the feature itself.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Gale Allen and the Girl Squadron / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Douglas McKee
Pencils
Fran Hopper
Inks
Fran Hopper
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It seemed like an easy job for Gale...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Dav [Daniel A. Vincent] (introduction); A gang of thieves (villains, introduction, death)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Star Pirate / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
? [as George Vincent]
Pencils
George Appel
Inks
George Appel
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Once again, old enemies battle it out...
Genre
science fiction

Is There a Lost Race Beneath the Polar Cap? (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Prof. Theobald Parker]
Pencils
Fran Hopper
Inks
Fran Hopper
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
science fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Auro Lord of Jupiter / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
Norman Leslie
Pencils
Richard Case
Inks
Richard Case
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
One morning, as Auro fishes in one of..
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Auro; A tribe of desert men (villains, introduction); Queen Namoa (introduction); Tahna (introduction); other women of Namo (introduction)

Indexer Notes

The bottom third of page two has the Statement of Ownership.

Auro's next appearance is in issue #41.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Malcolm Reiss (credited) (editor)
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Norge Benson / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Olaf Bjorn
Pencils
Lily Renée (signed)
Inks
Lily Renée (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Norge, Jolie, Frosting and Hatrack are waging a...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Rojo (villain, introduction, death)

Dragon-Raiders of Aztla (Table of Contents: 9)

Space Rangers / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Hugh Fitzhugh]
Pencils
Lee Elias (signed)
Inks
Lee Elias (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
While enroute to Earth: Reef! Metal locator glowing...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
The Dragon Men (villains, introduction); Tanura (villain, introduction); Prof. Legong (introduction); Dorna (introduction)
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Dragon-Raiders of Aztla
    Space Rangers
  2. 1. ["Centuries have passed since the Volta invasion... Earth..."]
    The Lost World
  3. 2. ["The spirit of hate sows his festering seeds..."]
    Mars
  4. 3. ["It seemed like an easy job for Gale..."]
    Gale Allen and the Girl Squadron
  5. 4. ["Once again, old enemies battle it out..."]
    Star Pirate
  6. 5. Is There a Lost Race Beneath the Polar Cap?
  7. 6. ["One morning, as Auro fishes in one of.."]
    Auro Lord of Jupiter
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
  9. 8. ["Norge, Jolie, Frosting and Hatrack are waging a..."]
    Norge Benson
  10. 9. Dragon-Raiders of Aztla
    Space Rangers
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