XOW Logo
  • Location
    • Home
    • Issue Detail, List Content Items
in for
   
by
Twitter Logo Facebook Logo
Report a Bug Ask for Support Review Site Apply to be an Editor
Issue: Planet Comics #41 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1946
Previous Base Issue Previous Issue Variant Next Issue Variant Next Base Issue
 
Disclose Detail
Issues: #41 of 73 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand: Fiction House MagazinesView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Love Romances Pub. Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/28/1945
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): J. F. Byrne (Managing Editor)
Disclose 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.
  Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Disclose Format
Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In9
Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets0
 
spacer
Disclose Content Items (9 total)
Disclose Issue Images
Medusa Men from Mars

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Joe Doolin
Inker(s): Joe Doolin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Mysta of the Moon
Character(s): Mysta; Mysta's robot
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This cover scene is unrelated to Mysta's interior story.
Disclose
Creatures of the Mind World

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Reynold Morgan]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Printed on inside covers.
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Thornecliffe Herrick] (credited)
Penciller(s): Lily Renee [as L. Renee] (signed)
Inker(s): Lily Renee [as L. Renee] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): The Lost World
Character(s): Lyssa; Hunt; Voltamen (villains); Dr. Schultz (introduction, dies)
First Line: There it stood, grim and brooding symbol of...
Synopsis: Hunt and Lyssa are trying to escape some Voltamen and discover Dr. Schultz, so they enlist his aid in destroying a Volta power station.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Comics Journal #279 published November 2006
In Content Item: FlagPlanet Comics #70 published January 1953
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagPlanet Comics #1 published January 1958
as The Chronoscope [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8.6
Disclose Notes: Last page of story also contains the Ownership Statement.
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Douglas McKee] (credited)
Penciller(s): Joe Doolin
Inker(s): Joe Doolin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Gale Allen
Character(s): Gale Allen; Itecs (introduction, villains); Lor [Itec High Priest] (introduction, dies)
First Line: There was nothing to fear--nothing Gale could...
Synopsis: The planet Itec has returned to its orbit after being lost for aeons, and is now capturing spaceships. Gale is mistaken for a legendary queen and manages to hypnotize Lor.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlanet Comics #70 published January 1953
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagPlanet Comics #1 published January 1958
as The People of the Spider [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Dick Charles] (credited)
Penciller(s): August Froehlich
Inker(s): August Froehlich; ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Auro Lord of Jupiter
Character(s): The new Auro (old Auro's body w/ mind & spirit of Chester Edson, introduction); Dorna (introduction, appears in all subsequent stories); Rogo (introduction and villain); Claudia (introduction); Nelson (introduction)
First Line: 1965. Almost 20 years have passed since the...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose
Revolt of the Insect World

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Kelsey Morrison, M. S., PhD.]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagPlanet Comics #21 published November 1942
was Will the Insects Conquer the World? [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]Art is from text feature "Will the Insects Conquer the World?" The text is a drastic condensation.
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Len Dodson] (credited)
Penciller(s): Murphy Anderson (signed)
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Star Pirate
Character(s): Star; Blackbeard; The Plastimen (introduction, villains)
First Line: Fer th' luvva luna, Star, head home! I'm...
Synopsis: Star takes a spaceship of male colonists to a forgotten world populated only by women. People age very slowly there and the colonists decide to stay on with the women, while Star and Blackbeard continue to roam the universe.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlanet Comics #70 published January 1953
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagPlanet Comics #1 published January 1958
as Cargo for Amazonia [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Ross Gallun]
Penciller(s): Fran Hopper (signed)
Inker(s): Fran Hopper (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Mysta of the Moon
Character(s): The "Hand-Master" (introduction, villain, dies); Rogers (introduction, dies); Prof. Brown (dies)
First Line: Alone in her citadel of science, she calmly...
Synopsis: Mysta goes undercover to find a villain who has discovered a way to control the movement of people's hands against their will.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The cover title and image are unrelated to this story.
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Hugh Fitzhugh] (credited)
Penciller(s): Charles Sultan ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Space Rangers
Character(s): Reef Ryan; Flint Baker; Huldane (villain, introduction, dies); Igor
First Line: What a cargo! Reef rubbed his hands at...
Synopsis: Huldan escapes prison posing as a robot in a load of others being delivered by Reef. Flint follows and together they thwart a plot of Huldane's to transform women into plant-being slaves.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlanet Comics #70 published January 1953
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagPlanet Comics #1 published January 1958
as Huldane the Pirate Queen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Art is probably by the same artist as drew this feature in issue #40.

Site designed and hosted by XOWTech, Inc..
Any questions or problems with this site should be directed to REMOVE-webmaestro-THESE@xowcomics.com.

XOW, XOWComics.com, XOWTech and XOWTech.com are registered trademarks of XOWTech, Inc.
© XOWTech, Inc., 2010 - 2024. All rights reserved.

Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.