Planet Comics #47

(March 1947)

["That video broadcast in which you saw two..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as Thornecliffe Herrick] (signed)

Pencils:

Lily Renee (signed)

Inks:

Lily Renee (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Hunt Bowman; Peter (introduction, death); The Voltamen (villains)

["On Earth she was nobody--a mere B-minus..."] (Table of Contents)

Futura / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as John Douglas] (signed)

Pencils:

Chester Martin

Inks:

Chester Martin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Futura [Marcia Reynolds]; Jarl Zeo (introduction); Guest Star: Aborotes; Mentor (villain); Cymradians (villains)

The Vizigraph (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Letters:

typeset

The Great Green Spawn ["Many are the strange men and semi-men who..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as Dick Charles] (signed)

Pencils:

George Evans (signed)

Inks:

George Evans (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Auro Lord of Jupiter; Guest Star: Dorna; Zago (villain, as a brain, death)

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

Mystery of the Asteroids (Table of Contents)

Life On Other Worlds / filler / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Murphy Anderson (signed)

Inks:

Murphy Anderson (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Indexer Notes

One third of the page is occupied by the Ownership Statement.

["A routine investigation of a routine case. A..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as Hugh Fitzhugh] (signed)

Pencils:

Bob Lubbers

Inks:

Bob Lubbers; George Evans

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

The Space Rangers [Flint Baker; Reef Ryan]; Guest Stars: Hercules; Mary; Xando (villain, introduction, death); the Robosapiens (villains, introduction, death)

Was Earth a Colony of Venus? (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as H. McLeod Kensington, Ph.D.] (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

["It was a precious metal Mysta sought...invaluable for..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as Ross Gallun] (signed)

Pencils:

Howard Larsen

Inks:

Howard Larsen

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Mysta of the Moon; Guest Stars: Bron II; Lorin (introduction, death); Ohma and the Swampmen of Venus (introduction); Rekor (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis:

Mysta and Bron head for the Swamps of Venus to obtain a new supply of Platine, a metal needed to power the Vita-Electroid they have created.

Reprinted:

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #82 (2010)

Indexer Notes

Bill Black verifies the art to be by Larsen, and not Charles Sultan as once listed.

["Into the gloomy mists of dread Kalendos plunges..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as Len Dodson] (signed)

Pencils:

Murphy Anderson (signed)

Inks:

Murphy Anderson (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Star Pirate; Lily (introduction); Moro (villain, introduction); Dazo (villain, introduction); Humanoids (villains, introduction); Mound Tritons (villains, introduction)