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9November 1940
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Planet Comics #9

Fiction House · November 1940

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Series
Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series)
Issue
#9
Publication date
November 1940
Key date
1940-11-00
Indicia publisher
Love Romances Pub. Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick Cardy
1Invasion from Uranuscomic story8pencils: Alex Blum; inks: Alex BlumThe Red Comet (origin); The Uranians (villains, introduction, death)
2World Without Lightcomic story6pencils: Henry Kiefer; inks: Henry KieferKing Thermo of Mercury (introduction); Baron Burno (villain, introduction)
3-comic story6pencils: Witmer Williams; inks: Witmer WilliamsJack North (guest-star); Blaga Daru (villain)
4-comic story8script: ? [as Starr Gayza]Martians (villains)
5What Are the Actual Possibilities of Space Travel?illustration1pencils: Gene Fawcette; inks: Gene Fawcette
6An Elementary Course In Astronauticscomic story2pencils: Gene Fawcette, Witmer Williams; inks: Gene Fawcette, Witmer Williams
7Moon Monstertext story2script: Jack Anthony
8Menace of the Shrinking Peoplecomic story7script: ? [as Beekman Terrill]Princess Eelo (villain, introduction, death)
9Stampede on the Star Trailcomic story6script: Bob Jordan; pencils: Charles Sultan; inks: Charles SultanJytern (villain, introduction, death)
10-comic story5pencils: Henry Kiefer; inks: Henry KieferDirk (introduction); Martians (villains)
11Death from the Deepcomic story7pencils: Witmer Williams; inks: Witmer WilliamsRogo (introduction); Rigoro (villain, introduction, death)
12-comic story6script: Ray Alexander; pencils: George Tuska; inks: George TuskaCosmo Corrigan (introduction); Plutonians (guest-star)

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Action! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn]
ISBN 9781606994948
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