Planet Comics #36

(May 1945)

["Too long have Hunt Bowman and Lyssa wandered..."] (Table of Contents)

The Lost World / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Thornecliffe Herrick]

Pencils:

Lily Renee?; ?

Inks:

Graham Ingels?; ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Bruce (intro; brain transplanted to a Voltaman's body); Bonnie (intro); Robin (intro); Villains: Voltamen (1st story in which they use Latin syntax speak); Prince Guth (intro; death; body used as receptacle for Bruce's brain)

Indexer Notes

The art here is reminiscent of both Renee and Ingels but is not clearly by either of them.

["And why does Mars laugh? Did not the..."] (Table of Contents)

Mysta of the Moon / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Ross Gallun]

Pencils:

Joe Doolin

Inks:

Joe Doolin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Mysta of the Moon; Mysta's robot (intro); Mars, God of War (cameo); Villains: Superbrain (intro; death); Bela (intro)

Indexer Notes

Despite this being a continuation/revamping of the Mars strip, the cover blurb still reads "Mars God of War."

Colossus of the Blood-Moon ["From the diary of Gale Allen: Until our..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as Douglas McKee]

Pencils:

Fran Hopper (signed)

Inks:

Fran Hopper (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Gale Allen; Villains: Colossus (intro; death); two brothers (intro; death)

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Thrilling Planet Tales (AC, 1991 series) #[nn] (1991) [reprinted in black & white]

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

Doorway To Destruction (Table of Contents)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Garold S. Hatfield]

Pencils:

Fran Hopper (signed)

Inks:

Fran Hopper (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

["What's that--? Red light flashing!"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as Len Dodson]

Pencils:

Murphy Anderson

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Star Pirate; Blackbeard (intro; appears in most stories from now on); Villains: A lady pirate and her band (intro for all)

["Dust clouds swirled through the ether waves, Earthward..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as Huxley Haldane]

Pencils:

Lee Elias (signed)

Inks:

Lee Elias (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

The Space Rangers [Flint Baker; Reef Ryan]; Villains: Grada (intro; death); Zru (intro; death); other aliens (intro; death)