(1991)

AC, 1991 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
9.95 USD; 14.00 CAD
Pages
68
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Paragon Publications
Brand
Paragon Graphic Anthology
ISBN
1-56225-001-9 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781562250010 50995
Editing
Bill Black; Hames Ware (assistant editor); Peter Tibble (assistant editor)
Color
black and white and color
Dimensions
6 2/3" x 10 1/3" (16.9 x 26.3 cm)
Paper Stock
black and white on slick paper and color pages on newsprint
Binding
squarebound

Issue Notes

Production crew: Mark Heike, Rebekah Black, Bill Marimon, Cliff Weikal, Christie Churms, Jordi Ensign and Bill Black. The book is dedicated to T.T. Scott (Fiction House president and publisher).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Mars, God of War / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Zolnerowich (signed)
Inks
Dan Zolnerowich (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
science fiction
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Thrilling Planet Tales (AC, 1991 series)
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Doolin (illo)
Inks
Joe Doolin (illo)
Colors
? (graytones)
Letters
typeset
Characters
Colossus (illo); Gale Allen (illo)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Thrilling Planet Tales (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Title page with list of credits.

The World's First Science Fiction Comic Book... (Table of Contents: 3)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Black
Pencils
? (illos)
Inks
? (illos)
Colors
? (graytones, illos)
Letters
typeset

Dwarflings of Oceania (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
? [as Thornecliffe Herrick]
Pencils
George Evans (signed)
Inks
George Evans (signed)
Colors
? (graytones)
Letters
?
Editing
J. F. Byrne (original managing editor)
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Hunt Bowman (main character); Lyssa; a Venusian; Voltamen
Reprints

Indexer Notes

title from cover of Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #53

[Colossus of the Blood-Moon] (Table of Contents: 5)

Gale Allen / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Douglass McKee]
Pencils
Fran Hopper (signed)
Inks
Fran Hopper (signed)
Colors
? (graytones)
Letters
?
Editing
Paul Payne (original editor)
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Colossus; Gale Allen; two brothers
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Indexer Notes

Title from the cover of the original issue.

Project Survival (Table of Contents: 6)

Futura / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
? [as John Douglas]
Pencils
Enrico Bagnoli
Inks
Enrico Bagnoli
Colors
? (graytones)
Letters
?
Editing
J. F. Byrne (original managing editor)
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Futura; Mentor; Synthos (flashback); Thi; Venusians
Reprints

Goz Is Coming! (Table of Contents: 7)

Auro Lord of Jupiter / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Dick Charles]
Pencils
Joe Doolin
Inks
Joe Doolin
Colors
? (graytones)
Letters
?
Editing
J. F. Byrne (original managing editor)
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Auro; Claudia; the D-Battalion; Dorna; Goz
Reprints

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

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

Script
? [as Hugh Fitzhugh]
Pencils
Lee Elias (signed)
Inks
Lee Elias (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Paul Payne (original editor)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the control tower of space outpost seven...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Braxo; Captain Gordon; Space Rangers [Flint Baker; Reef Ryan]; Torga and the ape men; Vara
Reprints

To New Worlds (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Star Pirate / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Len Dodson]
Pencils
Maurice Whitman (signed)
Inks
Maurice Whitman (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
J. F. Byrne (original managing editor)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Was justice but a mockery on the planet...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Blacky; Rasca (legalist); Sato; Star Pirate [also as legalist Tal Varr]; Valda
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Mars, God of War / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Ross Gallun]
Pencils
Joe Doolin
Inks
Joe Doolin
Colors
? (graytones)
Letters
?
Editing
Paul Payne (original editor)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
A world went mad at his maniacal whim...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Dr. Kort; Mars; Mysta; her brother Nors
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script
? [as Ross Gallun]
Pencils
Matt Baker
Inks
Matt Baker
Colors
? (graytones)
Letters
?
Editing
J. F. Byrne (original managing editor)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Alone in the mist-shrouded moon lab, Bron heard...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Bron; Doctor Jon Svord; Elna; Kharn; Mysta; Orok
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Auro Lord of Jupiter / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Doolin
Inks
Joe Doolin
Colors
? (graytones)
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Gale Allen / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Doolin
Inks
Joe Doolin
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Colossus; Gale Allen
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Outside back cover. Pinup with introductory text.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Mars, God of War
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Thrilling Planet Tales
  4. 3. The World's First Science Fiction Comic Book...
  5. 4. Dwarflings of Oceania
    Lost World
  6. 5. [Colossus of the Blood-Moon]
    Gale Allen
  7. 6. Project Survival
    Futura
  8. 7. Goz Is Coming!
    Auro Lord of Jupiter
  9. 8. ["In the control tower of space outpost seven..."]
    Space Rangers
  10. 9. To New Worlds
  11. 10. ["Was justice but a mockery on the planet..."]
    Star Pirate
  12. 11. ["A world went mad at his maniacal whim..."]
    Mars, God of War
  13. 12. ["Alone in the mist-shrouded moon lab, Bron heard..."]
    Mysta of the Moon
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Auro Lord of Jupiter
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Gale Allen
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