Planet Comics #4

(April 1940)

Slave Planet ["Flint and Mimi are returning from an adventure..."] (Table of Contents)

Flint Baker / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Starr Gayza]

Pencils:

Arthur Peddy

Inks:

Arthur Peddy; ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

GS: Mimi Wilson; V: "The Great Eye" (I, D?)

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover. HS notes that the last three pages show evidence of Eisner.

["Auro and his loyal followers save the universe..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as Nick Charles]

Pencils:

Sid Greene?

Inks:

Sid Greene?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

V: Thogra (I, D); I: Jano

["The traveler through space, whose magic prowess adds..."] (Table of Contents)

The Red Comet / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Arthur King]

Pencils:

Alex Blum?; Dan Zolnerowich?

Inks:

Dan Zolnerowich?; ? [shop]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

["A banquet celebrating the third centenary of the..."] (Table of Contents)

Captain Nelson Cole / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Beekman Terrill]

Pencils:

Charles Sultan?

Inks:

Charles Sultan?; Richard Case?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

V: Felon

Synopsis:

Capt. Cole stops World War II on Earth; obviously an alternate universe story!

Mist Men of Mercury (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Arnot Bissel]

Pencils:

Gene Fawcette?

Inks:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Space Islands of Destruction ["A young American space pilot, in the year..."] (Table of Contents)

Spurt Hammond / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Wm. S. Mott]

Pencils:

Henry Kiefer

Inks:

Henry Kiefer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

V: Mercurian pirates (I); I: Janice Dale

Indexer Notes

Story title is taken from the cover blurb.

["Adventure at the center of the moon. Buzz..."] (Table of Contents)

Buzz Crandall of the Space Patrol / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Bob Jordan]

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

V: Dr. Zynnon (I, D)

Kenny Carr of the Martian Lancers (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Stan Ford]

Pencils:

Larry Antonette?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

I: Capt. Kenny Carr; only appearance

["Captain Jack North of the Universal Space Patrol..."] (Table of Contents)

Gale Allen of the Women's Space Battalion / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Fred Nelson]

Pencils:

R.A. Burley?+

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

I: Gale Allen and the Women's Space Battalion; I: Capt. Jack North; V: Plutonians

Indexer Notes

On the cover, this feature is billed as "Gale Allen of the Girls' Space Patrol."

["The Ancient Egyptians believed that the Milky Way..."] (Table of Contents)

Space Facts / filler / 0.75 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [by Lunar]

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Case 2....File-A....Clue 4 (Table of Contents)

The Case of the Frightened Killer / filler / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Powell

Inks:

Bob Powell

Content Information

Genre:

mystery

The Strongest Man In the Universe (Table of Contents)

Jim Giant / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Ned Small]

Pencils:

Alex Blum

Inks:

Alex Blum

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

I: Jim Giant (only appearance); V: An unnamed bad guy (I)