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Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) 42

  • Issue #42
    Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) 42
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4389389004
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by J. F. Byrne. Stories and art by Lily Renee, Joe Doolin, August Froehlich, Murphy Anderson, Fran Hopper, and Joey Cavallo. The first true science fiction comic, Planet Comics featured classic space opera with square-jawed heroes, rockets, rayguns and bug-eyed aliens of every stripe. In the Lost World, the Voltamen brainwash a human to strike at Hunt and Lyssa's rebellion from the inside; A look at possible sports of the future, including remote-control robot fights on "televisor screen"; The Star Pirate meets his match in a female space pirate. Featuring art by pioneering female artists Fran Deitrick/Hopper and Lily Renee. Good-girl/space-alien cover by Joe Doolin. Sports of Tomorrow; The Lost World; Gale Allen; Mysta of the Moon; Auro Lord of Jupiter; The Mental Monsters of Havoc; Space Rangers; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.