Planet Comics
#13
(July 1941)
Fiction House,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-04-14
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Love Romances Pub. Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- Malcolm Reiss (Editor); Gene Fawcette (Art Director)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3.
The Brute of Mars
Flint Baker / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan Zolnerowich (signed as Zolne Rowich)
- Inks
- Dan Zolnerowich (signed as Zolne Rowich)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
The Red Comet / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ? [as Cy Thatcher]
- Pencils
- John Celardo
- Inks
- Dan Zolnerowich; Reed Crandall; Joe Doolin
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Red Comet, good will ambassador from Earth...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Zorix (villain); Queen Lura (introduction); King of Uranus (introduction)
- Reprints
-
in Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #37 (July 1945) [Six of the eight-page Red Comet story] which is reprinted -
in Rangers Comics (H. John Edwards, 1950 ? series) #30 ([1953]) -
in Red Comet (Atlas Publishing, 1961 series) #3 (October 1961)
-
[no title indexed]
Crash Parker / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ? [as S. A. Selwyn]
- Pencils
- Joe Doolin
- Inks
- Joe Doolin
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Crash Parker takes off from Earth on a...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Princess Vona (introduction); Otog (villain, introduction, death)
[no title indexed]
Reef Ryan / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Reef Ryan, fearless explorer from Earth, lands on...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Reef Ryan (introduction); Vara (introduction); Nepon (introduction); Sarku (villain, introduction)
[no title indexed]
Gale Allen of the Girl Squadron / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gale leaves her headquarters in Vanam, the canalled...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Jack North (guest-star); Mercurian pirates (villains, introduction)
Indexer Notes
Notice again how they can't seem to keep the name of the strip consistent.
[no title indexed]
Auro Lord of Jupiter / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Auro swings through the trees toward a celebration...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- The Klints (villains, introduction); King Faro (introduction); his daughter (introduction)
The Brute of Mars
Flint Baker / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the blue-green part of Mars, Flint and...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- A band of anarchists (villains, introduction); Red Martians (villains, introduction, death)
Indexer Notes
The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
[no title indexed]
Buzz Crandall of the Space Patrol / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The mysterious disappearance of the moon scepter causes...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Marna (guest-star); Rusty (introduction); Kurmen (villain); the Moon-Master (villain, introduction)
[no title indexed]
Captain Nelson Cole / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- To enforce peace, Earth scientists have developed a...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Clud (villain, introduction); the Mist-Men (villains, introduction); Princess Jupra (introduction); King Juxor (introduction)
Indexer Notes
Signs of Schwarz, Appel, Rice, and others.
[no title indexed]
The Star Pirate / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Pagsilang Isip (signed)
- Pencils
- Pagsilang Isip (signed)
- Inks
- Pagsilang Isip (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A fierce aerial battle follows the 'It' men's...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- The "It" Men (vilain, introduction); Stino (villain, introduction); Verna (introduction); Lynturne (introduction)
Indexer Notes
I see no reason to doubt Isip's credit here. He's certainly capable of this work.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Brute of Mars
Flint Baker -
1.
["The Red Comet, good will ambassador from Earth..."]
The Red Comet -
2.
["Crash Parker takes off from Earth on a..."]
Crash Parker -
3.
["Reef Ryan, fearless explorer from Earth, lands on..."]
Reef Ryan -
4.
["Gale leaves her headquarters in Vanam, the canalled..."]
Gale Allen of the Girl Squadron -
5.
["Auro swings through the trees toward a celebration..."]
Auro Lord of Jupiter -
6.
The Sargasso Sea of Space
-
7.
The Brute of Mars
Flint Baker -
8.
["The mysterious disappearance of the moon scepter causes..."]
Buzz Crandall of the Space Patrol -
9.
["To enforce peace, Earth scientists have developed a..."]
Captain Nelson Cole -
10.
["A fierce aerial battle follows the 'It' men's..."]
The Star Pirate -
11.
["Norge Benson and his polar bear, Frosting, are..."]
Norge Benson
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- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Dan Kocher
- Mike Nielsen
- Patrick Shaughnessy
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
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