(1952)
Avon,
1952 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1952
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Avon Periodicals Inc.
- Brand
-
An Avon Publication
- Printer
- Printed in U. S. A.
- Editing
- Sol Cohen (credited) (editor and general manager)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Golden Age US
- Paper Stock
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- one-shot
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Gene Fawcette (signed as Fawcette)
- Inks
- Gene Fawcette (signed as Fawcette)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What are they - monsters or benefactors from another planet? Only Professor Lanning knew!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- in Strange Planets (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #9 (1958) which is reprinted
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #484 - Strange Planets: The I. W. Series ([April] 2019)
-
in PS Artbooks Softee: Classic Science Fiction Comics (PS Artbooks, 2020 series) #2 (March 2021)
-
Indexer Notes
The cover is a modified version of the cover of Flying Saucers (Avon, 1950 series) #1.
Flying Saucers
table of contents / 1 page
- Characters
- Ross Lanning
Indexer Notes
On the inside front cover.
Art comes from panels of the main story.
The Flying Saucers: Spawn of Terror
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Ross Lanning; Jack Decker
- Synopsis
- Ross Lanning discovers aliens on Earth.
- Reprints
- from Flying Saucers (Avon, 1950 series) #1 (1950)
-
The Flying Saucers, Part Two: First Contact
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Ross Lanning; Joe; Ace; Tom Gail; Carlo
- Synopsis
- Lanning makes it back to civilization.
- Reprints
- from Flying Saucers (Avon, 1950 series) #1 (1950)
-
The Flying Saucers, Part Three: Final Objective
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Ross Lanning; Enau
- Synopsis
- The aliens explain their goal to Lanning.
- Reprints
- from Flying Saucers (Avon, 1950 series) #1 (1950)
-
[no title indexed]
Goofy Ghost / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wait till I get my assignment!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Goofy Ghost
- Synopsis
- Goofy thinks he's gonna make a great ghost on his first assignment.
- Reprints
- from Flying Saucers (Avon, 1950 series) #1 (1950) which is reprinted
- from Eerie Comics (Avon, 1947 series) #1 (January 1947)
-
The Eyes of the Tiger
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Carl Cattler; Doctor Manton; Flame (tiger)
- Synopsis
- Carl Cattler wants insurance so his cats will benefit after he passes away.
- Reprints
- from Flying Saucers (Avon, 1950 series) #1 (1950) which is reprinted
- from Eerie Comics (Avon, 1947 series) #1 (January 1947)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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0.
["What are they - monsters or benefactors from another planet? Only Professor Lanning knew!"]
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1.
Flying Saucers
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2.
The Flying Saucers: Spawn of Terror
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3.
The Flying Saucers, Part Two: First Contact
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4.
The Flying Saucers, Part Three: Final Objective
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5.
["Wait till I get my assignment!"]
Goofy Ghost -
6.
The Eyes of the Tiger
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7.
["You can be a bombshell in any tough spot!"]
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8.
["The bonds we bought for our country's defense bought and helped equip our farm!"]
United States Savings Bonds and Stamps -
9.
["Ba-Rooom!"]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Michael Hoskin
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Ramon Schenk
- Dan Stevenson
- Jim Van Dore
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