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Planet Comics comic books issue 44

  • Issue #44
    Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) 44
    Auction opens July 6
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4423957009

    Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by J. F. Byrne. Stories and art by Lily Renee, Joe Doolin, Bob Lubbers, Murphy Anderson, Ruben Moreira and Chester Martin. 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's ruins of Miami, Hunt and Lyssa race to warn the humans about an approaching hurricane; An amusing Murphy Anderson strip speculating about what life on Jupiter's moon Callisto might look like; Mysta and her robot defeat an attack by four-armed space apes, but it turns out to be a ruse by The Face. Girl-in-a-bubble cover by Joe Doolin. Life on Other Worlds: Callisto; The Lost World; Futura; Mysta of the Moon; Auro Lord of Jupiter; Telecast From the Future?; Space Rangers; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.