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The One-Eyed Monsters of Mars

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Lou Fine

Inker(s): Lou Fine

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Flint Baker

Character(s): Flint Baker

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Planet Comics #1 published January 2000

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Planet Comics #1 published July 1984
as Collector's Edition - Legendary 1st Issue [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Planet Comics #1 published July 1984
as Blue Dolphin Enterprises, Inc. [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 1

Notes: Lou Fine cover pencil and ink credits confirmed by one-time owner of the original art, Roger Hill, and confirmed to him by a conversation he had with Will Eisner (5 January 2010).

Read About This Amazing Free Offer

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? (ad copy)

Penciller(s): Leo Morey

Inker(s): Leo Morey

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Notes: Found on the inside front cover.

Indicia lists Thurmond T. Scott as President, Malcolm Reiss as Editor, Will Eisner as Art Director, and S. M. Iger as Feature Editor.

Illustrated advertisement for a 7" x 9" full color reproduction of the color art to "British Bombers Over Wilhelm Shaven", illustrated by Leo Morey. Readers can send in one coupon from Jumbo, Planet, Fight and Jungle Comics (listing their favorite character from each magazine), OR choose to send in 50 cents total to the publisher.

The One-Eyed Monster Men from Mars

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Dick Briefer (signed)

Penciller(s): Dick Briefer (signed)

Inker(s): Dick Briefer (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): The Planetary Adventures of Flint Baker

Character(s): Fletcher "Flint" Baker (introduction, origin); Harry Parks (freed convict, introduction); Phil Godwin (freed convict, introduction); Cliff Grant (freed convict, introduction, death); Mimi Wilson (New York Globe reporter, introduction); King of Mars [aka the Ruler of Ru] (introduction); Princess Viga (the King's daughter, introduction); Sarko (villain, introduction, death); Sarko's monster horde (villains, many die)

First Line: When Fletcher Baker's scientist father died, Fletcher was left with the task of completing his rocket ship, to be sent to Mars.

Synopsis: Flint has completed the rocket ship begun by his father and is ready to take off for Mars, but first has three prison convicts freed to serve as his crew. They land on Mars and find the corpse of a former explorer, who left a letter warning anyone finding his note to stay away from the dark side of Mars.

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Pages: 15

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Malcolm Kildale

Inker(s): Malcolm Kildale

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Auro Lord of Jupiter

Character(s): Auro [Hardwich] (introduction, origin); Tara (pet saber-tooth tiger); Professor John Hardwich (Auro's father, introduction, death); Mrs. John Hardwich (Auro's mother, introduction, death); Martha Gale (an assistant pilot, introduiction); King of Neptune (villain, introduction)

First Line: Early in the twenty-first century, a cruise ship...

Synopsis: After a rocket ship crash that kills his parents, Auro is raised by a saber-tooth tiger. He is approached by a young woman named Martha to help save her friends who have been taken as slaves by the fiendish ruler of Neptune.

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Pages: 6

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Ken Jackson (signed)

Penciller(s): Ken Jackson (signed)

Inker(s): Ken Jackson ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): The Red Comet

Character(s): The Red Comet (introduction); un-named police captain (introduction); The Munitions King [J.G.] (villain, introduction, death); Munition King's war-profiteers (villains, introduction for all, all die)

First Line: Hurtling through space with the speed of light...

Synopsis: While the public is amazed and elated that no crimes have been committed for two weeks, the police feel that their jobs are less secure because of the crime busting activities of the Red Comet. His magical powers seem to draw him like a magnet to the criminal element, and he has rounded them up with amazing speed, taking each to a different uninhabited but inhabitable planet and dropping them off to fend for themselves.

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Pages: 5

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Alex Blum [as Alex Boon] (signed)

Inker(s): Alex Blum [as Alex Boon] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Captain Nelson Cole of the Solar Force

Character(s): Captain Nelson Cole (introduction); Bud (Cole's sidekick, introduction); unnamed President of the Solar Congress; Zan (villain, dictator of Volcus, introduction); Zan's woman (villain, introduction); Zan's Army of robots (villains, introduction for all)

First Line: Sudden danger threatens the inhabitants of the solar...

Synopsis: The loss of several Solar Ships forces the President of the Solar Congress to appoint Captain Cole to lead a force against the enemies from outer space. They are captured and the dictator, Zan, intends to turn them into dehumanized robots.

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Pages: 15

The War Lords of the Moon

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Henry Kiefer

Inker(s): Henry Kiefer

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Spurt Hammond, Planet Flyer

Character(s): Spurt Hammond (introduction); The Lunerzons (villains, women warriors, introduction for all); The Mooniacs (villains, introduction for all)

First Line: There is a war on the moon, which is overrun by warlords, much the same as in present day China..

Synopsis: Spurt and his companions must fend off the attacks of the Luzerons, who occupy the polar regions of the Moon, and who are in the business of robbing interplanetary transports.

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Pages: 7

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Bob Jordan] (credited)

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Buzz Crandall and the Space Patrol

Character(s): Buzz Crandall (introduction); Dr. Curan (scientist, introduction); Nancy Curan (Dr. Curan's daughter, introduction); The Sharkmen (villains, introduction, death)

First Line: Crossing through space in their atom-powered ship, Buzz...

Synopsis: Buzz and his crew must face the Sharkmen, semi-intelligent living under the murky waters of Neptune, who have captured Dr. Curan and other members of his Neptune expedition.

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Pages: 4

Notes: Possible artists for this strip in 1940 include Nick Cardy, Gene Fawcette, and Charles Sultan.

The Man Who Stole a World!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Alvin Charles [as Albert Charles] (signed)

Inker(s): Alvin Charles [as Albert Charles] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Quorak, Space Pirate

Character(s): Quorak (villain, Earth scientist, introduction); Lt. Gary Blake (introduction); Dean (astronomer, introduction); Joan Perry (introduction, radio operator, only appearance); unnamed world president (introduction)

First Line: The planetoid, Spectremus, on the outer edge of the universe...

Synopsis: A former Earth scientist takes up residence on a far distant planetoid and threatens to rule the universe, destroying all traces of civilization. His first target is Pluto, which he attempts to pull from its orbit with his strange infra-red ray invention.

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Pages: 12

Notes: Artist's identity suggested by the Who's Who.

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Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Penciller(s): Lou Fine; Will Eisner

Inker(s): Lou Fine

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, jungle

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Pages: 1

Notes: Illustrated house advertisement for Jungle Comics #1, Fight Comics #1, and Jumbo Comics #11, all covers reproduced.

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? (ad copy)

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Notes: Found on the back cover.

Illustrated advertisement from Johnson Smith and Company in Detroit, Michigan, inviting readers to order a wide variety of products, to include a 30-shot B-B pistol, a vest pocket folding camera, an electric telephone set, and much more.