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Series: Planet Comics

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Publisher: Fiction House

Title: Planet Comics
Issue: 57
Page Count: 52
Publish Date: November 1948
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Contributors: Editor: J. F. Byrne (managing editor)

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Planet 57 Crippen Copy
Owner: cheetah

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Planet Comics #57 CGC 9.4 Highest Graded Copy
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Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Pages:1
Pencils:Joe Doolin; John Celardo (male characters bottom left) ?
Inks:Joe Doolin; John Celardo (male characters bottom left)
Genre:science fiction


Story Title: You Asked for It! - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:1


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:The Lost World
Pages:10
Pencils:George Evans (signed)
Inks:George Evans (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Martho (introduction); the Jovians (introduction); Voltamen (villain); Hunt Bowman; Lyssa
Synopsis:Hunt Bowman and Lyssa meet a group from Jupiter who help them battle the Voltamen.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Futura
Pages:7
Pencils:Enrico Bagnoli
Inks:Enrico Bagnoli
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Futura [Marcia Reynolds]; Petra (introduction); Omma (villain); Yrina (villain)
Synopsis:Futura, still disguised as Yrina, escapes from the Space Pirates.


Story Title: A Thing of Beauty - text story
Pages:2
Letters:typeset
Genre:science fiction


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Auro Lord of Jupiter
Pages:6
Pencils:Graham Ingels
Inks:Graham Ingels
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Auro Lord of Jupiter; Slizo (introduction); Marva (introduction); Mistress Suba (introduction); Gotar (introduction; dies); Chet Edson
Synopsis:Auro lands on a planet where Gotar uses electric shock to drive the people in a prison insane.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Space Rangers
Pages:6
Pencils:Frank Doyle [as Doyle] (signed)
Inks:Frank Doyle [as Doyle] (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Characters:The Space Rangers [Flint Baker; Herc]; Dr. Abitz (introduction; dies); Jarvo (villain, introduction); Jara (villain, introduction, dies)
Synopsis:Jarvo and Jara blackmail a planet by removing most of its oxygen and demanding payment for its return.


Story Title: Mercury - comic story
Features:Life on Other Worlds
Pages:2
Pencils:Frank Doyle ?
Inks:Frank Doyle ?
Genre:science fiction


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Star Pirate
Pages:7
Pencils:Maurice Whitman [as M. Whitman] (signed)
Inks:Maurice Whitman [as M. Whitman] (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Star Pirate; Calgora (villain, introduction); Blackie
Synopsis:Blackie is cheated at a rigged space casino but Star Pirate saves the day.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Mysta of the Moon
Pages:7.5
Pencils:Matt Baker
Inks:Ray Osrin ?
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Mysta of the Moon [Technician 3A]; Dirk Garro; Lor Vanning (villain; introduction, death); Yar (villain, introduction, death); mutants (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis:Mysta battles Lor Vanning, who is importing illegal mutants for slave labor on Earth.


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Mail Mart Inc.
Pages:0.5
Letters:typeset


Story Title: The Who's Who of 1948 Football - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: Tulip Offer - advertisement
Features:Michigan Bulb Company
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


View this comic at comics.org. Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

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