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Issue: Planet Comics #23 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1943
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Issues: #23 of 73 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Love Romances Pub. Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/17/1942
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Larabie Cunningham (Editor); Gene Fawcette (Art Director)
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 1.
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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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Lizard Tyrant of the Twilight World

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Reef Ryan
Character(s): Reef Ryan
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Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Rangers Comics
First Line: The original smash-hit Rangers Comics
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Pages: 0.6
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Includes blurb for Wings Comics, Fight Comics, Planet Comics and Jumbo Comics.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Peter Pan; Humpty Dumpty; Little Bo-Peep; Red Riding Hood; Jack; Jill
First Line: Boys-girls! Solve this puzzle
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Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for the Junior Sales Club.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Mars, God of War
Character(s): Black Morgan (villain, introduction, death); Vesta (villain, introduction); Jack (introduction); Ann (introduction); Ann's family (introduction); the High Interplanetary Council (introduction); the President of Earth (introduction); Rogell (introduction, death)
First Line: Having carefully weighed the evidence in the criminal...
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Pages: 8
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Lizard Tyrant of the Twilight World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Hugh Fitzhugh]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Reef Ryan
Character(s): Barda (villain); Freda (introduction, villain); Kragg and another thug (both introduction, death); the Werewile (introduction, death, villain); Tabess of Xalan (guest star); Reef Ryan; Vara
First Line: North beyond the volcano void, in the inner...
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The story title is taken from the cover blurb. While this story has traditionally been attributed to Tuska, he really only did major surgery on a very ailing art job by someone else.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Leonardo Vinci]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Star Pirate
Character(s): Magnus (introduction, death, villain); Gelda (introduction); Star Pirate; Trody; Axor
First Line: Notice to all Earthmen, all Martians, all Venusians...
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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Gale Allen and the Girl Squadron
Character(s): Capt. Saracen (introduction, villain); Viceroy of Vanam City (introduction); Gale Allen; Maurdez
First Line: SZX! Signal SZX reporting rocket scout wreck on Vandalia...
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Pages: 7
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Will Earth Be Invaded?

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Dr. Cosmo Potter]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Venusians
First Line: War! Hitler's mighty armies burst forth!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): The Lost World
Character(s): Basil (villain); the Pale People (introduction, villain); Voltamen (villain); an old man (introduction); Queen Lyssa; Hunt Bowman
First Line: Hurled by savage, tragic destiny across the fathomless...
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100 Years After

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Skip Compton; Myers; Colcord
First Line: December 7, 2041, at the space port in New Chicago, Mars...
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: war stamp promo
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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Auro Lord of Jupiter
Character(s): Basto (introduction, death, villain); Swampmen (introduction, villain); Meena (introduction); Auro
First Line: On the outskirts of a Jupiterian city, a...
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Pages: 6
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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Norge Benson
Character(s): Jolie (guest star); Master Gree (introduction, death, villain); Norge Benson; Hatrack (deer); Frosting (bear)
First Line: The inhabitants of Pluto, having welcomed the fair...
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Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: Deitrick was Fran Hopper's maiden name. One third of last page is taken up by the Ownership Statement.
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Huxley Haldane]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Flint Baker
Character(s): Zilkor (introduction, death, villain); a mobile fungus (introduction); old prospector (introduction); Flint Baker; Mimi
First Line: Flint Baker, ace of the galaxies, races toward...
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Pages: 8
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fiction House
Character(s): Kaänga; Ann Mason; Sheena; Reef Ryan
First Line: Why guess? Get the best
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. House ad for six Fiction House titles.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy); ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Bill; Tom
First Line: Yes - I'm convinced that I can make good money in radio.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad by the National Radio Institute.

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