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Issue: Planet Comics #8 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1940
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Issues: #8 of 73 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Love Romances Pub. Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/24/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
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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
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Golden Amazons of Venus

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Flint Baker
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Pages: 1
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Watch your newsstand for Wings Comics

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wings of America Club
Synopsis: Ad for the Wings Club of America and indicia.
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Pages: 1
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Mystery of the Vanishing Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Arthur King]
Inker(s): ? (shop)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): The Red Comet
Character(s): Carol (introduction); Jim (introduction); other scientists (introduction); A tyrant of Mysto (villain, introduction); a monster (villain, introduction, death); Red Comet
First Line: The mysterious Red Comet discovers an ancient planet...
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Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Fred Nelson]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Gale Allen
Character(s): Jack North (guest-star); Rana Joyce (introduction); Crab Men of Mercury (villains, introduction, death); Gale Allen; Pete
First Line: High in the stratosphere, Gale Allen flies the...
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Pages: 4
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Golden Amazons of Venus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Starr Gayza]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Flint Baker
Character(s): Queen Futura (not the heroine beginning in issue #43, introduction); the Golden Amazons (introduction); The Metal Men (villains, introduction, death); Flint Baker; Mimi; Mac
First Line: Flint is about to take off from a...
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Allison Brant]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Fero Interplanetary Detective
Character(s): Congressman Thompson (introduction); Eric (introduction); A gang of crooks (villains, introduction, death); Fero briefly becomes a monster (villain, last appearance)
First Line: Attempting to prevent an impending crime, Fero shoots...
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Pages: 5
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The War of the Electronic Universe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as G. O. Garsh]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Don Granval
Character(s): The King of the Electronic World (villain, introduction); Don Granval; Claire; Venusians
First Line: Don Granval and his fiancee, Claire, spend a quiet evening in Don's laboratory.
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Pages: 8
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Cradle of the World

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Lin Davies]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Dexter Ames
Character(s): Dexter Ames; Dr. Phillips; Morgan; Hatch
First Line: The space ship Discoverer hummed and groaned from the force of the shock.
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Pages: 2
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Robot Raiders of Mars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Beekman Terrill]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Captain Nelson Cole of the Solar Force
Character(s): Tobor (villain, introduction, death); Nelson Cole
First Line: A brazen raid on the treasury by amazing...
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Pages: 6
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The Fiery World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Orson Herr]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Spurt Hammond
Character(s): Queen of Venus (introduction); Org (introduction); King of Mars (villain, introduction); Martians (villains); Spurt Hammond
First Line: One day, seething flames shoot into the sky.
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Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Buzz Crandall of the Space Patrol
Character(s): Sophus (villain, introduction, death); Buzz Crandall; Sandra West
First Line: Even in the remotest recesses of space and...
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Jack Smiley]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Laff Riots
First Line: I'll teach you to leave fingerprints!
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Crash Barker and the Zoom Sled
Character(s): The Sky Pirates (villains, introduction, death); Crash Barker; Betty; Barrow; Joe
First Line: Crash Barker, world's greatest test pilot, lands his...
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: This continues the story from the previous issue, Planet Comics #7.
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War-Gods of Tomorrow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Dusty Rhodes]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Planet Payson
Character(s): Planet Payson (last appearance) Rix (villain, last appearance)
First Line: In an effort to obtain information about the period between 1800 and 1950...
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The story title is taken from the cover blurb. New York said to have been destroyed in 20th Century.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Sheena
First Line: The bull's-eye on the cover means
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. House ad for Fight, Jumbo and Jungle Comics. Includes winners of the May Planet Comics Contest.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Underwater submarine fishing
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for various mail order novelty items from Johnson Smith & Company.

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