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3March 1940
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Planet Comics #3

Fiction House · March 1940 · on sale 1940-01-21

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Series
Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series)
Issue
#3
Publication date
March 1940
Key date
1940-03-00
On-sale date
1940-01-21
Indicia publisher
Love Romances Pub. Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Space Warcover1pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will EisnerFlint Baker
1Calling All Manhunters! Can You Solve a Crime?promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: ?; typesetBull's-Eye Bannon
2Space Warcomic story13script: Herman Bolstein; pencils: Bob PowellFletcher "Flint" Baker; Mimi Wilson; Plutonian King (villain, introduction); The Plutonians (villains, introduction for all)
3-comic story12script: Toni Blum; pencils: Alex Blum; inks: Dan Zolnerowich, Iger ShopAmazona (introduction, origin); Blake Manners (newspaperman, explorer, introduction, only appearance); Hennigan (Blake's newspaper Editor, introduction); unnamed cab driver (introduction); gang of jewel robbers (villains, introduction for all, most die)
4-comic story5script: Ken Jackson; pencils: Ken Jackson, Alex BlumRed Comet; Golo (villain, ruler of the giants, introduction); the Giants (villains, introduction for all, many die)
5-comic story7pencils: Henry Kiefer; inks: Henry KieferSpurt Hammond; Princess Zilla (introduction); Radgio (villain, Zilla's Prime Minister, introduction, death); Radgio's Councilmen (villains, introduction for all); Radgio's monsters (villains, introduction for all, some die)
6The Lizard-Men of Alpha Astratext story2script: Lin DaviesCaptain Dexter Ames; Doctor Phillips; Cara Phillips (the doctor's daughter); Sept Morgan (ship's Engineer); Gunner Hatch (crew member); The Lizard Men (villains, many die)
7-comic story5script: ? [as Bob Jordan] (byline)Lieutenant Buzz Crandall; Sabdra Coran; Moon Bats (villains); Lunar Land Squid (villain, death)
8-comic story12.75pencils: Leonard Frank; inks: Leonard FrankCaptain Nelson Cole; unnamed Chief of the Solar Force; Felon (villain, space pirate leader, introduction, death?); space pirates (villains, introduction for all, many die)
9The Case of the Diamond Death: Case 1: File-A: Clue No. 4comic story0.25pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob PowellBulls-Eye Bannon; Tom Peerce (mention only, death); Bonse (villain); two unnamed criminals (villains)
10The Dragon Godcomic story6script: Herman Bolstein; pencils: R. Louis Golden; inks: R. Louis GoldenAuro, Hardwich
11Mysteries of the Universecomic story0.5
13-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset

Plus 1.05 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

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