Planet Comics
#42
(May 1946)
Fiction House,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- Every other month
- On-sale Date
- 1946-02-20
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Love Romances Pub. Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- Jack Byrne (credited as J. F. Byrne) (managing editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.
Slave of the Hydra
Gale Allen / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Gale Allen
- Reprints
-
in Roy Thomas Presents Planet Comics (PS Artbooks, 2012 series) #10 (September 2015) -
in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #366 - Mysta of the Moon ([March] 2017)
-
[no title indexed]
The Lost World / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Thorncliffe Herrick (credited) (house name)
- Pencils
- Lily Renée
- Inks
- Lily Renée
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gradually the slimy things of Volta learned the...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Guest Stars: Bruce; Bonnie; Robin; Villains: Frok (intro); Ekka (intro; death); Voltamen
Slave of the Hydra
Gale Allen / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gale needed a vacation--she took one on...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Gale Allen; Rolf (intro); Lura (intro); Villain: Gar (intro; death)
Indexer Notes
The story title is taken from the cover blurb. Last appearance of Gale Allen.
[no title indexed]
Auro Lord of Jupiter / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- November 26, l965--the fateful day when a rocket ship...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Auro Lord of Jupiter; Villain: Rogo; Guest Star: Dorna
[no title indexed]
Star Pirate / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Len Dodson (credited)
- Pencils
- Murphy Anderson (signed)
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Star Pirate--robin hood of the spaceways--but now...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Star Pirate; Blackbeard; A lady pirate (introduction); D'wargans (introduction)
- Reprints
- in Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #164 (October 1952) [pages 1-3 removed] which is reprinted
-
in Sheena (H. John Edwards, 1950 ? series) #19 -
in Jumbo Comics (Superior, 1951 series) #164 ([circa November 1952])
-
[no title indexed]
Mysta of the Moon / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The grimmest secret of all time! So deadly...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Mysta of the Moon; Villain: Dr. Grey (intro; death)
- Synopsis
- When Mysta forbids Dr. Grey from continuing his atomic research, he defies her. However, an accidental explosion renders him radioactive and he plans to use his new power to kill Mysta and destroy the moon.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- radioactivity
Indexer Notes
HW suggests ink assists by Ruth Atkinson.
[no title indexed]
Space Rangers / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ? [as Hugh Fitzhugh]
- Pencils
- Joey Cavallo (signed)
- Inks
- Joey Cavallo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Silently, mysteriously, the viceroy's daughter led Flint and...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- The Space Rangers [Flint Baker; Reef Ryan]; Mary (intro; the Viceroy's daughter); Hercules; Villain: Dr. Mori (intro)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Slave of the Hydra
Gale Allen -
1.
["Gradually the slimy things of Volta learned the..."]
The Lost World -
2.
Slave of the Hydra
Gale Allen -
3.
["November 26, l965--the fateful day when a rocket ship..."]
Auro Lord of Jupiter -
4.
Sports of Tomorrow
-
5.
["Star Pirate--robin hood of the spaceways--but now..."]
Star Pirate -
6.
The Mental Monsters of Havoc
-
7.
["The grimmest secret of all time! So deadly..."]
Mysta of the Moon -
8.
["Silently, mysteriously, the viceroy's daughter led Flint and..."]
Space Rangers
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Patrick Shaughnessy
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)
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