Gwandanaland Comics #484 - Strange Planets: The I. W. Series

([April] 2019)

[Strange Planets: The I.W. Series] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Everett Kinstler (credited as Everett Raymond Kinstler)

Inks

Everett Kinstler (credited as Everett Raymond Kinstler)

Colors

?

Reprints

• from Strange Planets (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #1 (1958)
which is reprinted
• from Strange Worlds (Avon, 1950 series) #3 (June 1951)

Indexer Notes

Title page with cover reprint of Strange Tales (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #1 (1958).

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

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The story of I.W. Publications is fascinating.

[Strange Planets #1] (Table of Contents: 3)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Everett Kinstler (credited as Everett Raymond Kinstler)

Inks

Everett Kinstler (credited as Everett Raymond Kinstler)

Colors

?

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Strange Planets (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #1 (1958)
which is reprinted
• from Strange Worlds (Avon, 1950 series) #3 (June 1951)

[Strange Planets #9] (Table of Contents: 4)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gene Fawcette (credited)

Inks

Gene Fawcette (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Strange Planets (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #9 (1958)
which is reprinted
• from Flying Saucers (Avon, 1952 series) (1952)

The Vampires of the Void (Table of Contents: 5)

Kenton of the Star Patrol / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Wally Wood (credited); Joe Orlando (credited)

Inks

Wally Wood (credited); Joe Orlando (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Strange Worlds (Avon, 1950 series) #4 (September 1951)

The Lost Kingdom of Athala (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Wally Wood (credited)

Inks

Wally Wood (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Strange Worlds (Avon, 1950 series) #4 (September 1951)

A Nation Is Born (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Rafael Astarita (credited)

Inks

Rafael Astarita (credited)

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?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Strange Worlds (Avon, 1950 series) #4 (September 1951)

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

Enchanted Dagger / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Charles Sultan (credited); George Tuska

Inks

Charles Sultan (credited); George Tuska

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Roger Chalmers braves the jungles to bring back the enchanted dagger…

Genre

adventure

Reprints

• from Yankee Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1941 series) #1 (September 1941)

Indexer Notes

From Strange Worlds #4: "Hames Ware adds Tuska to Sultan credits."

[Strange Planets #10] (Table of Contents: 9)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Gene Fawcette (credited)

Inks

Gene Fawcette (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Ben Oda

Reprints

• from Strange Planets (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #10 (1963)
which is reprinted
• from Attack on Planet Mars (Avon, 1951 series) (1951)

Indexer Notes

From Strange Planets #10: "Art identification from Gary Watson, April 2009"

Bandits of the Starways (Table of Contents: 10)

Space Detective / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Walter Gibson

Pencils

Joe Orlando (credited)

Inks

Wally Wood (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• from Space Detective (Avon, 1951 series) #1 (July 1951)
which is reprinted
• from Doc Weird's Thrill Book (Pure Imagination, 1987 series) #3 (1988) [Only last 2 pages were reprinted, and by mistake replaced the last page of the reprinted "Opium Smugglers of Venus".]

Indexer Notes

Gibson credit from Space Detective (Avon, 1951 series) #1 (July 1951).

The Opium Smugglers of Venus (Table of Contents: 11)

Space Detective / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Walter Gibson

Pencils

Joe Orlando (credited)

Inks

Wally Wood (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Space Detective (Avon, 1951 series) #1 (July 1951)

Indexer Notes

Gibson credit from Space Detective (Avon, 1951 series) #1 (July 1951).

Trail to the Asteroid Hideout (Table of Contents: 12)

Space Detective / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Walter Gibson

Pencils

Joe Orlando (credited)

Inks

Wally Wood (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Space Detective (Avon, 1951 series) #1 (July 1951)

Indexer Notes

Gibson credit from Space Detective (Avon, 1951 series) #1 (July 1951).

Terror in the Night (Table of Contents: 13)

Lucky Dale / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Warren Kremer (credited)

Inks

Warren Kremer (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Reprints

• from Space Detective (Avon, 1951 series) #1 (July 1951)
which is reprinted
• from The Saint (Avon, 1947 series) #4 (1948)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Officer Skelly / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Cole (credited)

Inks

Jack Cole (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey you! Can't you read - that sign sez "No Loiterin"!

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Space Detective (Avon, 1951 series) #1 (July 1951)
which is reprinted
• from Molly O'Day (Avon, 1945 series) #1 (February 1945)
which is reprinted
• from Cocomalt Big Book of Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1938 series) #1 ([Spring] 1938)

[Strange Planets #11] (Table of Contents: 15)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ross Andru (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Strange Planets (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #11 (1963?)

Indexer Notes

Rosen credit from Strange Planets (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #11.

Earth Man on Venus (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script

Ralph Milne Farley (credited) (source novel); ? (adaptation)

Pencils

Wally Wood (credited); Joe Orlando

Inks

Wally Wood (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• from Strange Planets (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #11 (1963?)
which is reprinted
• from Avon Fantasy - An Earth Man on Venus (Avon, 1951 series) (1951)

The Lost Princess (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Reprints

• from Slave Girl Comics (Avon, 1949 series) #2 (April 1949)

[Strange Planets #12] (Table of Contents: 18)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Simon (credited)

Inks

Joe Simon (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Strange Planets (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #12 (1964)

Rocket to the Moon (Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script

Walter Gibson

Pencils

Joe Orlando (credited)

Inks

Joe Orlando (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Rocket to the Moon (Avon, 1951 series) (1951)

Indexer Notes

Consists of four chapters. Gibson credit from Rocket to the Moon (Avon, 1951 series) #nn. Some GCD credits show possible art credits for Charles Nicholas in Chapter 1 but is disputed by Gary Watson in April, 2009. There are pretty definite touches of Wally Wood inks throughout.

The Death Doll (Table of Contents: 20)

Flash Harper / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Letters

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Genre

crime

Reprints

• from The Saint (Avon, 1947 series) #7 (1949)

[Strange Planets #15] (Table of Contents: 21)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ross Andru (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Rosen

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Strange Planets (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #15 (1964)

Indexer Notes

Rosen credit from Strange Planets (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #15.

[Strange Planets #16] (Table of Contents: 22)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ross Andru (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Strange Planets (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #16 (1964)

Indexer Notes

Rosen credit from Strange Planets (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #16.

The Monster-Men of Space! (Table of Contents: 23)

Kenton of the Star Patrol / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Everett Kinstler (credited) (signed as Everett Raymond Kinstler)

Inks

Everett Kinstler (credited) (signed as Everett Raymond Kinstler)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Strange Planets (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #16 (1964)
which is reprinted
• from Strange Worlds (Avon, 1950 series) #6 (February 1952)

The Man Who Owned the Earth (Table of Contents: 24)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Norman Nodel

Inks

Norman Nodel

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Strange Worlds (Avon, 1950 series) #6 (February 1952)

Indexer Notes

Art credits by Jim Vadeboncoeur. Are before credited to John Rosenberger by Gary Watson.

Maid of the Mist (Table of Contents: 25)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sid Check (credited) (signed as Sid)

Inks

Sid Check (credited) (signed as Sid)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; romance

Reprints

• from Strange Worlds (Avon, 1950 series) #6 (February 1952)

Death Claims an Enemy (Table of Contents: 26)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Everett Kinstler (credited) (signed as Everett Raymond Kinstler)

Inks

Everett Kinstler (credited) (signed as Everett Raymond Kinstler)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Strange Worlds (Avon, 1950 series) #6 (February 1952)

Six Solid Hours (Table of Contents: 27)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Strange Worlds (Avon, 1950 series) #6 (February 1952)

Wrath of the Totem! (Table of Contents: 28)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Norman Nodel (credited)

Inks

John Forte ?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural

Reprints

• from Strange Worlds (Avon, 1950 series) #6 (February 1952)

[Strange Planets #18] (Table of Contents: 29)

recap / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ross Andru (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen

Reprints

• from Strange Planets (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #18 (1964)

Indexer Notes

Rosen credit from Strange Planets (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #18.

Frog Men Against Belzar (Table of Contents: 30)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bernie Krigstein (credited)

Inks

Bernie Krigstein (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Approved Comics (St. John, 1954 series) #6 (May 1954)

Indexer Notes

Oda credit from Approved Comics, (1954 series) #6 (May 1954).

The Terrorist (Table of Contents: 31)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bernie Krigstein (credited)

Inks

Bernie Krigstein (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

spy

Reprints

• from Approved Comics (St. John, 1954 series) #6 (May 1954)

Indexer Notes

Oda credit from Approved Comics, (1954 series) #6 (May 1954).

The Saga of Marco Polo! (Table of Contents: 32)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Morris Waldinger (credited)

Inks

Morris Waldinger ?

Colors

?

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

historical

Reprints

• from Approved Comics (St. John, 1954 series) #6 (May 1954)

Indexer Notes

Art credit per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.

Murder in the Himalayas (Table of Contents: 33)

Explorer Joe / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Art Peddy (credited as Arthur Peddy)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Reprints

• from Explorer Joe (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) #2 (October-November 1952)

The Son of Robin Hood (Table of Contents: 34)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Enrico Bagnoli (credited)

Inks

Enrico Bagnoli (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

historical

Reprints

• from Approved Comics (St. John, 1954 series) #6 (May 1954)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 35)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Blank except for p.o.d. publishing information and barcode.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 36)

blank page(s) / 2 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside front and back covers are blank.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 37)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Reprinting of introduction, publisher hype paragraphs, ISBN, barcode.
Back cover.