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Issue: Planet Comics #8 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1940
 
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFiction House
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Indicia Publisher: Love Romances Pub. Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/24/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
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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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Golden Amazons of Venus

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Flint Baker
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Miscellaneous
1
Watch your newsstand for Wings Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Wings of America Club
Ad for the Wings Club of America and indicia.
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
Mystery of the Vanishing Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Arthur King]
? (shop)
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
The Red Comet
Carol (introduction); Jim (introduction); other scientists (introduction); A tyrant of Mysto (villain, introduction); a monster (villain, introduction, death); Red Comet
The mysterious Red Comet discovers an ancient planet...
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Miscellaneous
10
The story title is take from the cover blurb.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Fred Nelson]
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Gale Allen
Jack North (guest-star); Rana Joyce (introduction); Crab Men of Mercury (villains, introduction, death); Gale Allen; Pete
High in the stratosphere, Gale Allen flies the...
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Miscellaneous
4
Golden Amazons of Venus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Starr Gayza]
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Flint Baker
Queen Futura (not the heroine beginning in issue #43, introduction); the Golden Amazons (introduction); The Metal Men (villains, introduction, death); Flint Baker; Mimi; Mac
Flint is about to take off from a...
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Miscellaneous
6
The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Allison Brant]
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Fero Interplanetary Detective
Congressman Thompson (introduction); Eric (introduction); A gang of crooks (villains, introduction, death); Fero briefly becomes a monster (villain, last appearance)
Attempting to prevent an impending crime, Fero shoots...
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Miscellaneous
5
The War of the Electronic Universe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as G. O. Garsh]
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Don Granval
The King of the Electronic World (villain, introduction); Don Granval; Claire; Venusians
Don Granval and his fiancee, Claire, spend a quiet evening in Don's laboratory.
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Miscellaneous
8
Cradle of the World

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Lin Davies]
?
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
Dexter Ames
Dexter Ames; Dr. Phillips; Morgan; Hatch
The space ship Discoverer hummed and groaned from the force of the shock.
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Miscellaneous
2
Robot Raiders of Mars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Beekman Terrill]
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Captain Nelson Cole of the Solar Force
Tobor (villain, introduction, death); Nelson Cole
A brazen raid on the treasury by amazing...
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Miscellaneous
6
The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
The Fiery World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Orson Herr]
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Spurt Hammond
Queen of Venus (introduction); Org (introduction); King of Mars (villain, introduction); Martians (villains); Spurt Hammond
One day, seething flames shoot into the sky.
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Miscellaneous
5
The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Buzz Crandall of the Space Patrol
Sophus (villain, introduction, death); Buzz Crandall; Sandra West
Even in the remotest recesses of space and...
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Miscellaneous
5
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Jack Smiley]
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Laff Riots
I'll teach you to leave fingerprints!
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Crash Barker and the Zoom Sled
The Sky Pirates (villains, introduction, death); Crash Barker; Betty; Barrow; Joe
Crash Barker, world's greatest test pilot, lands his...
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Miscellaneous
5
This continues the story from the previous issue, Planet Comics #7.
War-Gods of Tomorrow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Dusty Rhodes]
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Planet Payson
Planet Payson (last appearance) Rix (villain, last appearance)
In an effort to obtain information about the period between 1800 and 1950...
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Miscellaneous
7
The story title is taken from the cover blurb. New York said to have been destroyed in 20th Century.
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Sheena
The bull's-eye on the cover means
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover. House ad for Fight, Jumbo and Jungle Comics. Includes winners of the May Planet Comics Contest.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Underwater submarine fishing
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Miscellaneous
1
Back cover. Ad for various mail order novelty items from Johnson Smith & Company.

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