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Issue: Planet Comics #6 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1940
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Issues: #6 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: 04/17/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Malcolm Reiss (editor); Will Eisner [as William E. Eisner] (art director); S. M. Iger (feature editor)
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 451878.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Will Eisner
Inker(s): Will Eisner; Will Eisner Shop
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: While the cover has several story title blurbs, the scene depicted reflects none of the interior stories.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Don't miss this sensational offer!
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Pages: 1
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Giant of Jupiter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Arthur King]
Penciller(s): Alex Blum
Inker(s): Alex Blum
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): The Red Comet
Character(s): A Jovian giant (villain, introduction)
First Line: From Jupiter, an enormous rocket ship lands on Earth!
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Fred Nelson]
Penciller(s): Bob Powell
Inker(s): Bob Powell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Gale Allen of the Girl Patrol
Character(s): Blaga Daru (villain); Jack North; Chub (introduction)
First Line: Pirate Prince Blaga Daru, in his plan to...
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Pages: 4
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The Dinosaur Men of Mercury

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Starr Gayza]
Penciller(s): Arthur Peddy
Inker(s): Arthur Peddy
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Flint Baker
Character(s): Mimi Wilson; Mercurians (villain, introduction, death)
First Line: Flint Baker and Mimi rocket to the unexplored...
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Pages: 7
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Hans Corben]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Auro Lord of Jupiter
Character(s): Ogre (villain, introduction); the Bug-Men (villain, introduction); Jane (introduction)
First Line: Auro encounters the fanged ruler of bug-men and...
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Pages: 5
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The Destruction of the Atomic Universe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as G. O. Garsh]
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy?
Inker(s): Nick Cardy?; ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Don Granval
Character(s): Don Granval (introduction): Claire (introduction); John (introduction); Queen of a micro-world (introduction); Monsters of the micro-world (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The title blurb on the cover calls this "King of the Atom Empire."
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Herman Bolstein ? [as Dusty Rhodes]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Planet Payson
Character(s): Pytho (villain, introduction)
First Line: An interplanetary transport company hires trouble-shooter Payson who...
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: HS sees traces of Witmer Williams. Previous entry here had Bolstein listed as the artist.
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The Star Pirates

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Lin Davies]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Dexter Ames
Character(s): Captain Dexter Ames
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Bob Jordan]
Penciller(s): Gene Fawcette (signed)
Inker(s): Gene Fawcette (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Buzz Crandall of the Space Patrol
Character(s): Torga (villain, introduction)
First Line: In the observatories throughout the world scientists observe...
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Pages: 6
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The Ray Pirates of Venus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Orson Herr]
Penciller(s): Henry Kiefer
Inker(s): Henry Kiefer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Spurt Hammond
Character(s): Queen Veloptan (of Venus) (introduction); Dr. Escalda (introduction); Lacidar (introduction); King Todrax (of Mercury) (villain, introduction, death)
First Line: Spurt Hammond, who pilots a rocket transport, is...
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The story title is taken from the cover burb.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Allison Brant]
Penciller(s): Gene Fawcette ?
Inker(s): Gene Fawcette ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Fero Interplanetary Detective
Character(s): A Grand Councilman (introduction); Brenda (councilman's daughter, introduction); An alien king (villain, introduction)
First Line: Fero, the great interplanetary detective, has his office...
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles Quinlan ?
Penciller(s): Charles Quinlan (signed)
Inker(s): Charles Quinlan (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Crash Barker and the Zoom Sled
Character(s): Crash Barker (introduction, origin); Wheel Barrow (introduction, origin); Betty (introduction, origin); Bart Clay (villain, introduction); Hugo and other enemy agents (villain, introduction)
First Line: At the airport in Clay, a tiny midwestern...
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Beekman Terrill]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Captain Nelson Cole of the Solar Air Force
Character(s): President of Earth; Gregor (villain, introduction)
First Line: The hand of war moves destructively on towards...
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Pages: 6
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: If you want quality comic magazines--
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