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Slave Planet; Space Islands of Destruction

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Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Flint Baker

Character(s): Flint Baker

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Pages: 1

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Genres: mystery

Feature(s): Bull's-Eye Bannon

Character(s): Bull's-Eye Bannon

First Line: Wanted! Comic magazine manhunters to join the war on crime.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Found on the inside front cover.

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

Illustrated promotional advertisement and contest from the publisher, offering $25 in prize money plus a membership in the new exclusive Junior Detective MANHUNTER Agency. Readers are told that each month Bull's-Eye would present a new case in the form of a strip at the bottom of a page in Planet, Jumbo, Jungle and Fight Comics which the readers would examine, then write out their solution to the case and submit it to the publishers along with the coupons found in each of those issues. The best solution gets $5, while the next 20 get $1 each. Deadline is May 1, 1940.

On sale date for Planet #5 (May, 1940) is listed as April 15th.

Slave Planet

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Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Flint Baker

Character(s): Fletcher "Flint" Baker; Mimi Wilson; Parks (crew member); the Great Eye (villain, introduction, death?); the Great Ear (villain, introduction); the Great Mouth (villain, introduction); space monsters (villains, creatures, some die)

First Line: Flint and Mimi are returning from an adventure on a distant planet...

Synopsis: On their way back to Earth, Flint and Mimi are attacked by a space monster as they pass the planet Jupiter, and when others threaten,the crew decides to land on Jupiter. There they face the threat of the Great Eye, the Great Ear and the Great Mouth.

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Pages: 11

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HS notes that the last three pages show evidence of involvement by Will Eisner.

Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.

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Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Auro Lord of Jupiter

Character(s): Auro [also as Thogra]; Jano (Prince of Saturn, introduction); Thogra (villain, Jano's uncle, a Saturnian, introduction, death)

First Line: Auro and his loyal followers save the universe from a diabolical plot of a power greedy Saturnian...

Synopsis: The people inhabiting Auro's planet gather to watch a strange space ship hurtling from space and landing in a lake. When Auro investigates, he discovers the ship contains a young Prince of Saturn who was shot into space by his madman uncle.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Powell's credit suggested by the Who's Who.

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Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): The Red Comet

Character(s): The Red Comet; unnamed Earth explorers

First Line: Speeding on his strange, adventurous journey among the stars and planets...

Synopsis: While cruising in outer space, the Comet spots an Earth ship heading directly toward Vegeto, the Planet of Deadly Plants. He decides to follow them down and saves them before the planet's vegetation destroys them.

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Pages: 5

Notes: Art credits suggested by the Who's Who.

Oddity: The Red Comet shrinks down and communicates with termites (ala Ant-Man).

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Writer(s): ? [as Beekman Terrill (byline)]

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Genres: science fiction

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

Character(s): Captain Nelson Cole; Felon (villain)

First Line: A banquet celebrating the third centenary of the Solar Police Force, is given at headquarters on Mars.

Synopsis: As Captain Cole is being recognized as guest of honor at the Third Centenary of the Solar Police Force, a death ray strikes and kills a number of dancers. Cole investigates the ray and discovers that his enemy, Felon, is behind it. Cole follows his foe to Earth, where Felon is offering his services to aggressor nations.

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Pages: 13

Notes: Art credits from Roy Thomas Presents Planet Comics (PS Artbooks, 2012 series) #1.

Mist Men of Mercury

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ? [as Arnot Bissel] (credited)

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Kirk; Hoffer (scientist); the Mist Men

First Line: Would this terrible dizziness never cease?

Synopsis: Kirk was spinning out of control through space after escaping from a concentration camp on Earth, being placed there by a mad dictator who was going to execute him for a crime he never committed. He lands on Mercury by chance and discovers the eerie Mist Men.

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Red Comet #3 published October 1961
as Mist Men of Mercury [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 2

Space Islands of Destruction

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Writer(s): ? [as Wm. S. Mott (byline)]

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Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Spurt Hammond, Planet Flyer

Character(s): Spurt Hammond; Janice Dale (introduction); Mercurian pirates (villains, introduction for all)

First Line: A young American space pilot, in the year...

Synopsis: Spurt is sent to Mercury to battle the dreaded beaked men who wear detachable bat wings and have been attacking the commerce routes and taking hostages for ransom.

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Pages: 7

Notes: Story title is taken from the cover blurb.

Story occurs in the year 25000.

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

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Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Buzz Crandall of the Space Patrol

Character(s): Lieutenant Buzz Crandall; Doctor Curan [aka Curran]; Sandra Curan (the doctor's daughter); Dr. Zynnon (villain, introduction, death)

First Line: Adventure at the center of the Moon.

Synopsis: Dr. Curan brings desperate news from the Earth to Lt. Crandall that the Moon is going to explode due to the build-up of hydrogen gas at its core. Unfortunately for them, one of the passengers invited along for the trip, Dr. Zynnon, has an intense hatred for mankind and seeks to destroy them.

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Pages: 6

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Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Kenny Carr of the Martian Lancers

Character(s): Captain Kenny Carr (introduction); Dwight (Carr's service buddy); unnamed colonel; enemy soldiers (villains, half die)

First Line: Kenny Carr's term of enlistment with the service has ended -- and he intends to go back to Earth...

Synopsis: The colonel and Dwight scheme to get Kenny to re-enlist. Unknown to them, their phony plot turns out to be real, and Carr re-ups to help repel the invaders.

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Pages: 4

Notes: Only appearance, even though the story seems to imply that this is a continued story from somewhere, and the final blurb indicates that Carr will return in the next issue.

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Writer(s): ? [as Fred Nelson (byline)]

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Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Gale Allen of the Women's Space Battalion

Character(s): Gale Allen and the Women's Space Battalion (introduction for all); Captain Jack North (Universal Space Patrol member, introduction); The Plutonians (villains, introduction for all, some die)

First Line: Captain Jack North of the Universal Space Patrol, is waiting for a scouting party, at his sub-station on a satellite of Saturn...

Synopsis: North receives an urgent SOS from a scouting party, stating that they have been captured by pirates from Pluto. North asks the commandant for help and Gale Allen and her Women's Space Battalion arrive to help out, much to his disdain.

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Pages: 4

Notes: On the cover, this feature is billed as "Gale Allen of the Girls' Space Patrol."

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Writer(s): ? [by Lunar] (signed)

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Genres: informational

Feature(s): Space Facts

First Line: The Ancient Egyptians believed that the Milky Way...

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Pages: 0.75

Notes: Amazing space facts are presented in four separate illustrated panels.

Case 2....File-A....Clue 4

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Genres: mystery

Feature(s): The Case of the Frightened Killer

Character(s): Bull's-Eye Bannon; Nora Earl (Dean's daughter-in-law); Clarence Dean (Earl's younger son); Miss Kane (a nurse)

First Line: Come on downstairs.

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Pages: 0.25

Notes: The 4th and final clue is provided in Case 2 and which Junior Manhunters of American are asked to solve and discover the identity of the true guilty person.

The Strongest Man in the Universe

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Writer(s): ? [as Ned Small (byline)]

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Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Jim Giant, the Strongest Man in the Universe

Character(s): Jim Giant (introduction); an unnamed dictator to be (villain, introduction)

First Line: Out of the frozen north, sweep hordes of savage warriors.

Synopsis: Giant must face fierce men from the North Pole who travel in strange sleds that can reach speeds of 100 mph and are armed with ray guns.

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Pages: 5

Notes: Only appearance, even though the final blurb indicates that Giant will back in the next issue.

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Genres: adventure, jungle

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Pages: 1

Notes: Found on the inside back cover.

Illustrated house advertisement for Jungle Comics #4 (Charles Sultan ? art), Fight Comics #4 (Lou Fine art), and Jumbo Comics #14 (Bob Powell art), all covers reproduced with on sale dates. Readers are asked to read all four (including unseen Planet Comics) and join in the new Manhunter contest.

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Photo illustrated advertisement from the Book Coupon Exchange in New York City, offering to Planet Comics' readers the opportunity to get the works of 25 great authors in 25 giant volumes. By sending in the coupon provided, the reader will receive the first volume, "The Complete Works of Shakespeare", in advance, then submit payment within one week for 89 cents (for the regular edition) or $1.39 (for the deluxe edition). Once payment is received, the reader will receive a form for future books in the series.