Planet Comics #41

(March 1946)

Creatures of the Mind World (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Reynold Morgan]

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Indexer Notes

Printed on inside covers.

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

The Lost World / comic story / 8.6 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.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #70 ([Spring] 1953)
• in Planet Comics (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #1 (1958?)
• in The Comics Journal (Fantagraphics, 1977 series) #279

Indexer Notes

Synopsis and character information from Donald Dale Milne, 10/13/2006. Last page of story also contains the Ownership Statement.

["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.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #70 ([Spring] 1953)
• in Planet Comics (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #1 (1958?)

Indexer Notes

Synopsis and character information from Donald Dale Milne, 10/13/2006.

["l965. Almost 20 years have passed since the..."] (Table of Contents)

Auro Lord of Jupiter / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Dick Charles]

Pencils:

August Froehlich

Inks:

August Froehlich; ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

The new Auro (old Auro's body w/ mind & spirit of Chester Edson, introduction); Dorna (introduction, appears in all subsequent stories); Rogo (introduction and villain); Claudia (introduction); Nelson (introduction)

Revolt of the Insect World (Table of Contents)

filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Kelsey Morrison, M.S., PhD.]

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #21 (November 1942) [Art is from text feature "Will the Insects Conquer the World?" The text is a drastic condensation.]

["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; 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.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #70 ([Spring] 1953)
• in Planet Comics (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #1 (1958?)

Indexer Notes

Synopsis and character information from Donald Dale Milne, 10/13/2006.

["Above in her citadel of science, she calmly..."] (Table of Contents)

Mysta of the Moon / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Ross Gallun]

Pencils:

Fran Hopper (signed)

Inks:

Fran Hopper (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

The "Hand-Master" (introduction, villain, dies); Rogers (introduction, dies); Prof. Brown (dies)

Indexer Notes

The cover title and image are unrelated to this story.

["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:

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.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #70 ([Spring] 1953)
• in Planet Comics (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #1 (1958?)

Indexer Notes

Art is probably by the same artist as drew this feature in issue #40. Synopsis and character information from Donald Dale Milne, 10/13/2006.