Planet Comics
#25
(July 1943)
Fiction House,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- every other month
- On-sale Date
- 1943-05-10
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Love Romances Pub. Co., Inc.
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- Malcolm Reiss (editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the previous issue.
The Lizard-Lions of Azitroth
Flint Baker / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan Zolnerowich (signed as Zolne Rowich)
- Inks
- Dan Zolnerowich (signed as Zolne Rowich)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
[no title indexed]
Mars, God of War / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The pitch of the strange soft music suddenly...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Mars, God of War; Villains: Atlasso; Sapienso; Roger Carlton (intro, death of all three); Calla Carlton (intro); Don (intro)
[no title indexed]
Reef Ryan / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ? [as Hugh Fitzhugh]
- Pencils
- Lee Elias (signed as L. Elias)
- Inks
- Lee Elias (signed as L. Elias)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look, Tabess! That's a queer procession coming down...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Reef Ryan; Villains: Freda; Barda (death); Guest Star: Tabess of Xalan
Indexer Notes
This is the last solo Reef Ryan story.
[no title indexed]
Star Pirate / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ? [as George Vincent]
- Pencils
- George Appel (signed as G H Appel)
- Inks
- George Appel (signed as G H Appel)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Once again this outlaw beats the law to...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Star Pirate; Dr. Conro (intro); Zarta Conro (intro); Tommy (intro); Villains: The Drogans (intro)
[no title indexed]
The Lost World / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Thorncliffe Herrick (house name)
- Pencils
- Graham Ingels
- Inks
- Graham Ingels
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hunt Bowman, Earth's lone survivor of the war...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- The Voltamen (villains)
Indexer Notes
This appears to be a severely edited episode of The Lost World that was cut down (due to the loss of eight pages this issue?) into a war-stamp promo (believe it or not!).
Life-Drinkers
Auro Lord of Jupiter / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Auro Lord of Jupiter; Villains: The Yasgadorians (intro); the Yasgadorian leader (intro; death)
- Reprints
-
in Heroic Fantasy (Heroic Fantasy Publications, 1984 series) #1 (February 1984) - in Planet Comics (Pacific Comics, 1984 series) #1 (July 1984)
- in Planet Comics (A List Comics, 1997 series) #4 (June 1998)
-
Can Earth Dodge Its Star of Doom?
text story / 3 pages
- Script
- ? [as Prof. Theobald Parker]
- Pencils
- Fran Hopper (signed as Fran Deitrick) (spot illustrations)
- Inks
- Fran Hopper (signed as Fran Deitrick) (spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- From ancient times there has been considerable speculation on...
- Genre
- science fiction
[no title indexed]
Gale Allen and the Girl Squadron / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Douglas McKee
- Pencils
- Lee Elias (signed as L. Elias)
- Inks
- Lee Elias (signed as L. Elias)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What weird thing threatens the very existence of...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Gale Allen; The Girl Squadron; Robon (intro); Villains: The Jelly Creatures (intro; death)
[no title indexed]
Norge Benson / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Olaf Bjorn
- Pencils
- Fran Hopper (signed as Fran Deitrick)
- Inks
- Fran Hopper (signed as Fran Deitrick)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Norge has been appointed to lecture on his...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Norge Benson; Guest Stars: Jolie; Professor Stellar (intro); Villains: The Moon Mountaineers (intro)
The Lizard-Lions of Azitroth
Flint Baker / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ? [as George Myles]
- Pencils
- Joe Doolin
- Inks
- Joe Doolin
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Flint Baker, ace Earth Scout, and his lovely...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Flint Baker; Tanna (intro); Villains: The ape men (intro; death)
Indexer Notes
The story title is taken from the cover blurb. This is the last solo Flint Baker story.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Lizard-Lions of Azitroth
Flint Baker -
1.
["The pitch of the strange soft music suddenly..."]
Mars, God of War -
2.
["Look, Tabess! That's a queer procession coming down..."]
Reef Ryan -
3.
["Once again this outlaw beats the law to..."]
Star Pirate -
4.
["Hunt Bowman, Earth's lone survivor of the war..."]
The Lost World -
5.
Life-Drinkers
Auro Lord of Jupiter -
6.
Can Earth Dodge Its Star of Doom?
-
7.
["What weird thing threatens the very existence of..."]
Gale Allen and the Girl Squadron -
8.
["Norge has been appointed to lecture on his..."]
Norge Benson -
9.
The Lizard-Lions of Azitroth
Flint Baker
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