(September 1947)

Fiction House, 1940 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Every other month
On-sale Date
1947-06-06
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.

The Things of Xeres (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Joe Doolin
Inks
Joe Doolin
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #50
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
? [as Thornecliffe Herrick] (credited)
Pencils
George Evans (signed)
Inks
George Evans (signed); Bob Lubbers ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
What faint chance remains of smashing volta domination...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Voltamen (villains, deaths); Panduro (villain, introduction, death)

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

Futura / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
? [as John Douglas] (credited)
Pencils
Walter Palais [as W. Palais] (signed)
Inks
Walter Palais [as W. Palais] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The triumph is yours, Futura...with stealth and...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Mentor (villain); Cymradians (villains); Butterfly people (introduction)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Letters
Typeset

The Things of Xeres (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
? [as Dick Charles]
Pencils
Joe Doolin
Inks
Joe Doolin
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Was it liquid life or liquid death, this...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Dorna (guest-star); Tizar (villain, introduction, death)

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

Uranus (Table of Contents: 5)

Life On Other Worlds / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Murphy Anderson [as Anderson] (signed)
Inks
Murphy Anderson [as Anderson] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
? [as Hugh Fitzhugh]
Pencils
Frank Doyle
Inks
Frank Doyle
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The black planet--what it was, who lived...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Leura (villain, introduction, death); Koorc (villain, introduction, death)

Planets For Sale (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Thornecliffe Herrick] (credited)
Letters
typeset
Genre
science fiction

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

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

Script
? [as Ross Gallun]
Pencils
Maurice Whitman
Inks
Maurice Whitman
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Eerily it drifted...this battered, unmanned space hulk...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Mysta; Bron II (guest-star); Gon (villain, introduction, death); Durg (villain, introduction, death); other Jovian batmen (villains, introduction, deaths)
Synopsis
Mysta is tricked into welcoming evil Jovian Batmen onto her ship when they disguise themselves as Earthmen.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
? [as Len Dodson]
Pencils
Murphy Anderson (signed)
Inks
Murphy Anderson (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
For many lunars Star and Blacky tried in...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
The Space Falcon (villain, introduction); Tara (villain, introduction); Laro (villain, introduction)
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Things of Xeres
    Auro Lord of Jupiter
  2. 1. ["What faint chance remains of smashing volta domination..."]
    The Lost World
  3. 2. ["The triumph is yours, Futura...with stealth and..."]
    Futura
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    The Vizigraph
  5. 4. The Things of Xeres
    Auro Lord of Jupiter
  6. 5. Uranus
    Life On Other Worlds
  7. 6. ["The black planet--what it was, who lived..."]
    Space Rangers
  8. 7. Planets For Sale
  9. 8. ["Eerily it drifted...this battered, unmanned space hulk..."]
    Mysta of the Moon
  10. 9. ["For many lunars Star and Blacky tried in..."]
    Star Pirate
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