(September 1946)

Fiction House, 1940 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Every other month
On-sale Date
1946-06-06
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Love Romances Pub. Co. Inc.
Brand
Fiction House Magazines
Editing
J. F. Byrne (managing editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Doolin
Inks
Joe Doolin
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction
Characters
generic sf damsel in distress image
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #44
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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
Lily Renee (signed)
Inks
Lily Renee (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It is 1975, and the once beautiful city...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
A scientist (intro); the Swamp People (intro); Villains: Voltamen (death)

Indexer Notes

Story takes place in 1975.

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

Futura / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
? [as John Douglas]
Pencils
Chester Martin
Inks
Chester Martin
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The brain-men of Cymradia, master race of Pan-cosmos...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Futura [Marcia Reynolds]; Villains: Mentor; Cymradians; Jarl Nord (intro); Arborotes (intro)

Callisto (Table of Contents: 3)

Life On Other Worlds / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Murphy Anderson (signed)
Inks
Murphy Anderson (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction

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

Auro Lord of Jupiter / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Dick Charles]
Pencils
Joe Doolin
Inks
Joe Doolin
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Auro, lord of Jupiter, had saved Earth, but...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Auro Lord of Jupiter; Guest Stars: Dorna; Claudia; Villains: Jago (intro; death); Underworlders (death)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Vizigraph / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Murphy Anderson (signed)
Inks
Murphy Anderson (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

MA designed the logo for the letters page.

Astral World of the Mind Stealers (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
? [as Hugh Fitzhugh]
Pencils
Bob Lubbers (signed)
Inks
Bob Lubbers (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction
Characters
The Space Rangers [Flint Baker; Reef Ryan]; Guest Stars: Mary; Mercules; Villain: The Professor (intro; death)

Indexer Notes

Signed with a stylized "B" in the stem of a stylized "L" in the left corner of the splash panel.

Telecast From the Future? (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Gordon Roget]
Letters
typeset
Genre
science fiction

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

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

Script
? [as Len Dodson]
Pencils
Murphy Anderson
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
See the titanic bout of the steel-sinewed robots.
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Star Pirates; Rollo (a school teacher; intro); Villain: Vasco (intro)
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
? [as Ross Gallun]
Pencils
Ruben Moreira
Inks
Ruben Moreira
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Attention, all wave-bands! We now transvise to Terra City...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Mysta of the Moon; Bron (intro; death); a Bron impostor (intro); The Face (Villain, intro)
Synopsis
The Face sends a spy to replace the winner of a contest to become Mysta's pupil so that he can learn her scientific secrets. After a time, Bron, the spy, decides not to obey the Face and sides with Mysta instead, though he fears the villain will expose him.
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Indexer Notes

Story continues in the following issue.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. ["It is 1975, and the once beautiful city..."]
    The Lost World
  3. 2. ["The brain-men of Cymradia, master race of Pan-cosmos..."]
    Futura
  4. 3. Callisto
    Life On Other Worlds
  5. 4. ["Auro, lord of Jupiter, had saved Earth, but..."]
    Auro Lord of Jupiter
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    The Vizigraph
  7. 6. Astral World of the Mind Stealers
    Space Rangers
  8. 7. Telecast From the Future?
  9. 8. ["See the titanic bout of the steel-sinewed robots."]
    Star Pirate
  10. 9. ["Attention, all wave-bands! We now transvise to Terra City..."]
    Mysta of the Moon
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