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28January 1944
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Planet Comics #28

Fiction House · January 1944 · on sale 1943-10-13

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Series
Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series)
Issue
#28
Publication date
January 1944
Key date
1944-01-00
On-sale date
1943-10-13
Indicia publisher
Love Romances Pub. Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
60

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Slavers of the Red Starcover1pencils: Joe Doolin; inks: Joe Doolin
1-comic story10pencils: Graham Ingels; inks: Graham IngelsVoltamen (villain); The Red-Bearded Men and the Hairless Men (introduction)
2-comic story8script: Ross Gallun; pencils: Joe Doolin; inks: Joe DoolinLeonardo (villain, introduction, death); The Paxians (introduction)
3-comic story7script: Douglas McKee; pencils: Fran Hopper; inks: Fran HopperKing of Skor (villain, introduction, death); Gathor (introduction)
4-comic story8pencils: George Appel; inks: George AppelCadar the Wrecker (villain, introduction)
5Can the Creatures of Space Enslave Us?text article3script: ? [as Prof. Theobald Parker]; letters: typeset
6-comic story6script: John Charles; pencils: Alex Blum, Arnold Hicks; inks: Arnold HicksAuro, Hardwich
7-comic story6script: Olaf Bjorn; pencils: Lily Renée; inks: Lily RenéeThe Eo Master and his henchman (villain, introduction)
8Slavers of the Red Starcomic story8script: Hugh Fitzhugh; pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee Elias, Anthony CataldoProfessor Kender and his Disk Men (villain, introduction); Alicia Brown (introduction); Gordon Blackthorne (a Disc Man, introduction)

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