(May 1948)

Fiction House, 1940 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
52
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
?
Editing:
J. F. Byrne (Managing Editor)
Format:
Standard Golden Age U.S.; Full Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; Was On-Going Series

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Robots from Inferno (Table of Contents)

Mysta of the Moon / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Joe Doolin
Inks:
Joe Doolin
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction

["Voltamen defeated? Long months had passed since their..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
? [as Thornecliffe Herrick]
Pencils:
George Evans (signed)
Inks:
George Evans (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Alpha (intro; a pirate); Philip (intro); Villains: Voltamen (death); Marko (intro; death)

["On and on through outer space a mote..."] (Table of Contents)

Futura / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as John Douglas]
Pencils:
Enrico Bagnoli
Inks:
Enrico Bagnoli
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Futura [Marcia Reynolds] (origin retold); Venusians (intro); Villain: Thi (intro)
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

The Vizigraph (Table of Contents)

The Vizigraph / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:
typeset

["Goz defeated! Earth saved! Thus scanned the triumphant..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
? [as Dick Charles]
Pencils:
Joe Doolin
Inks:
Joe Doolin
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Auro Lord of Jupiter; Mother Seven (intro; death?); Villain: Azroth (intro; death)

["A frenzied man staggered into Space Rangers headquarters..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
? [as Hugh Fitzhugh]
Pencils:
Frank Doyle
Inks:
Frank Doyle
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
The Space Rangers [Flint Baker]; Villains: Zar (intro); Xetra (intro; death); fish-men (intro)

Indexer Notes

Reef Ryan does not appear in this story.


Time Shock (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Thornecliffe Herrick]
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction

["Was justice but a mockery on the planet..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
? [as Len Dodson]
Pencils:
Maurice Whitman (signed)
Inks:
Maurice Whitman (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Star Pirate; Valda (intro); Villains: Rasca (intro; death); Sato (intro; death)
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Living Death (Table of Contents)

Life On Other Worlds / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Frank Doyle (signed)
Inks:
Frank Doyle (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction

["That mighty bulwark--the Science Council--trembled at..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
? [as Ross Gallun]
Pencils:
Matt Baker
Inks:
Ray Osrin?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Mysta of the Moon; Guest Stars: Bron II; Jon Zetra (intro); Villain: Dant Argo (intro; death)

Indexer Notes

The story has nothing to do with "Robots from Inferno" as touted on the cover.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. ["Voltamen defeated? Long months had passed since their..."]
    The Lost World
  2. 2. ["On and on through outer space a mote..."]
    Futura
  3. 3. The Vizigraph
    The Vizigraph
  4. 4. ["Goz defeated! Earth saved! Thus scanned the triumphant..."]
    Auro Lord of Jupiter
  5. 5. ["A frenzied man staggered into Space Rangers headquarters..."]
    Space Rangers
  6. 6. Time Shock
  7. 7. ["Was justice but a mockery on the planet..."]
    Star Pirate
  8. 8. Living Death
    Life On Other Worlds
  9. 9. ["That mighty bulwark--the Science Council--trembled at..."]
    Mysta of the Moon
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  • Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
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  • Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.