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Issue: Planet Comics #52 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1948
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Issues: #52 of 73 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand: Fiction House MagazinesView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Love Romances Pub. Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Every other month
Content Items: 9 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): J. F. Byrne (managing editor)
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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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Mystery of the Time Chamber!

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 of the Moon
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Pages: 1
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Devastate! Plunder! Enslave!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Thornecliffe Herrick] (credited)
Penciller(s): George Evans [as Evans] (signed)
Inker(s): George Evans [as Evans] (signed); Bob Lubbers ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): The Lost World
Character(s): Guest Stars: Igor; Sr. Juarez (intro); Villains: Voltamen; Mangla (intro; death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: This story is set in Mexico.
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Mystery of the Time Chamber!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Ross Gallun] (credited)
Penciller(s): Maurice Whitman [as M. Whitman] (signed)
Inker(s): Maurice Whitman [as M. Whitman] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Mysta of the Moon
Character(s): Mysta of the Moon (origin retold); Guest Star: Bron II; Villain: Dr. Riktor (intro; death)
First Line: Trouble on Vitan! So flashed a terror-filled voice...
Synopsis: Dr. Riktor comes to Mysta for help against sentient plant monsters, and she gives him the knowledge he needs. Later, she decides to test her new time machine to go into the future and see if Riktor has succeeded, but she learns that he used her knowledge for evil purposes. After Riktor is defeated and Mysta returns to the present, she and Bron agree to destroy the time machine.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
Story includes the retelling of Mysta's origin, with her brother Nors renamed Nels.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Dick Charles] (credited)
Penciller(s): Joe Doolin
Inker(s): Joe Doolin; John Celardo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Auro Lord of Jupiter
Character(s): Auro Lord of Jupiter; Guest Stars: Claudia; President of Earth (intro); Villain: Goz
First Line: On the rotting plains of the dead planet...
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Len Dodson]
Penciller(s): Murphy Anderson; John Celardo (page 1, 2/3 of page 8)
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson; John Celardo (page 1, 2/3 of page 8)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Star Pirate
Character(s): Star Pirate; Terra (intro; villain)
First Line: These are the boots--the wonder boots--the...
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From Content Item: FlagPlanet Comics #33 published November 1944
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Framing sequence by Celardo adds Blacky telling the story of how Star acquired his boots as told in issue #33.
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The Moon Ants

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Thornecliffe Herrick] (credited)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as John Douglas] (credited)
Penciller(s): Walter Palais [as Walt. Palais] (signed)
Inker(s): Walter Palais [as Walt. Palais] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Futura
Character(s): Futura [Marcia Reynolds]; Guest Star: The Keeper; Villains: Mentor; Cymridians
First Line: Hark to that music in the air...to...
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Vizigraph
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Hugh Fitzhugh]
Penciller(s): Frank Doyle
Inker(s): Frank Doyle
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Space Rangers
Character(s): The Space Rangers [Flint Baker]; Guest Stars: Mary; Hercules; Villain: Borg (intro; death?)
First Line: In the frigid, icy regions deep under terra...
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Reef Ryan is not in this story

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