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Man O' Mars #1

Fiction House · 1953 · on sale 1953-02-10

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Identification plate

Series
Man O' Mars (Fiction House, 1953 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
1953
Key date
1953-02-10
On-sale date
1953-02-10
Indicia publisher
Flying Stories Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0John Hunter of the Marsmencover1pencils: Maurice Whitman; inks: Maurice WhitmanJohn Hunter
1Man O'Marscomic story10pencils: Maurice Gutwirth; inks: Maurice GutwirthJohn Hunter; Jerry (one of Hunter's crew); Renee (female consort of Hunter); Khandor (Historian of Mars); Tarkan; Gurtil (villain, Martian War Fleet Commander, death?); Ylla (villain, consort of Gurtil, death?)
2No. 1: Uranuscomic story2pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy Anderson
3No. 2: Saturncomic story2pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy Anderson
4-comic story8script: Len Dodson; pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy AndersonThe Star Pirate
5Space Rangerscomic story6script: Hugh Fitzhugh; pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee EliasFlint Baker, Reef Ryan

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