Planet Comics
#20
(September 1942)
Fiction House,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-07-10
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Love Romances Pub. Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- Larabie Cunningham (Editor); Gene Fawcette (Art Director)
Issue Notes
on-sale date from previous issue.
[no title indexed]
Mars, God of War / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- With the horrible war cry of 'kill and destroy'...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Mars; Dirk Warren (introduction); Ada (introduction); Wada (villain, introduction, death); Zom (villain, introduction, death); Queen of the Hidden People (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Dirk Warren discovers a new civilization, just as Mars arrives to destroy it.
- Reprints
-
in Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #69 (Winter 1952) - in Thrilling Science Fiction (AC, 1998 series) #1 (1998)
-
- Keywords
- bondage; cannibalism; cigarette lighters; Planetoid 200; Zog (planet)
[no title indexed]
Reef Ryan / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Inside Neptune, Reef Ryan, lone explorer from Earth...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Vara; Nepon; Zoth; Mordas Krad (villain, death); Mox (villain, introduction, death); Reef Ryan
- Synopsis
- Reef and Vara are captured by Krad and make an narrow escape.
- Keywords
- bondage; Coraam (city); dwarfism; monsters; shellbacks; torture; tridents
[no title indexed]
Gale Allen and the Girl Squadron / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Receiving reports of a derelict space ship blocking the...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Nors (villain, introduction, death); Queen Rika (introduction); Gale Allen
- Synopsis
- Gale rescues Rika from the Outer Venusians.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- canoes; jewels; Outer Venus (planet)
in [no title indexed]
Auro Lord of Jupiter / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Horror and destruction threaten Auro's planet of Jupiter...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Moti (villain, introduction, death); Riki (a sage)
- Synopsis
- Auro puts an end to Moti's collection of tribute from the city of Paduna.
- Keywords
- bird monsters; bondage; brontolochus; chariots; Paduna (city); skeletons; swords
Mutineers from Death Row
text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Roaring louder than a squadron of heavy bombers...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Steve Thatcher; Felix Mattore; Sniffer Burns; Barney Krantz; Patsy O'Toole; Judd Nolan
- Keywords
- Helio (spaceship); Jupiter
[no title indexed]
The Red Comet / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Slasher -- a name written in blood on the records of interplanetary crime!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- the Red Comet (last appearance); Dolores Taylor; Rusty; The Slasher (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- The Red Comet defeats the Slasher and his gang of hijackers.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- drugs; hijacking; plagues; Saturn (planet); seismic quakes; volcanoes; wanted posters
Indexer Notes
This is the last original Red Comet story. His next appearance is in Planet Comics #37, a reprint from issue #19.
[no title indexed]
Norge Benson / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Everybody who is anybody is at a big banquet in Pluto's Royal Iglooan Hotel...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Norge Beson; Frosting; Hatrack; Jolie (introduction); The Peltures (villain, introduction; pelican/vultures)
- Synopsis
- Norge helps fend off an attack on Pax by the Peltures.
- Keywords
- arrows; bows; Pax (planet); penguins; Royal Iglooan Hotel; swords; umbrellas
[no title indexed]
The Star Pirate / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Star Pirate, Robin Hood of outer space, challenges the Wolf...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Star Pirate; The Wolf (villain, introduction); Trody
- Synopsis
- Star Pirate and Trody free some shanghai-ed spacemen.
- Keywords
- crimping; cutlasses; lanterns; Scarlet Ear Tavern; shanghaiing; treasure chests; Vengeance (spaceship)
[no title indexed]
Flint Baker / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Aroused by the rumors that Ceres is armed...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Dr. Worr (villain, introduction); Flint Baker; Mimi
- Synopsis
- Flint stops Dr. Worr's plan to attack Earth.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- alkaloid plums; arrows; bows; Ceres (asteroid); poisoning; Rogue Star (spaceship)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Winged Man-Eaters of the Exile Star
Flint Baker -
1.
["With the horrible war cry of 'kill and destroy'..."]
Mars, God of War -
2.
["Inside Neptune, Reef Ryan, lone explorer from Earth..."]
Reef Ryan -
3.
["Receiving reports of a derelict space ship blocking the..."]
Gale Allen and the Girl Squadron -
4.
["Horror and destruction threaten Auro's planet of Jupiter..."]
Auro Lord of Jupiter -
5.
Mutineers from Death Row
-
6.
["The Slasher -- a name written in blood on the records of interplanetary crime!"]
The Red Comet -
7.
["Everybody who is anybody is at a big banquet in Pluto's Royal Iglooan Hotel..."]
Norge Benson -
8.
["Star Pirate, Robin Hood of outer space, challenges the Wolf..."]
The Star Pirate -
9.
["Aroused by the rumors that Ceres is armed..."]
Flint Baker
This issue was modified by, among others
- Henry Andrews
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Del Gruber
- Mitchell Maglio
- Donald Dale Milne
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Patrick Shaughnessy
- Jim Van Dore
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