Digital Comic Museum - Planet Comics 001 (diff ver)


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Scanned for the 12th Anniversary of the Digital Comic Museum.

Issue: #1
Published: January 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Malcolm Reiss (editor); Will Eisner [as William E. Eisner] (art director); S. M. Iger (feature editor)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	The One-Eyed Monsters of Mars
Featuring:	Flint Baker
Credits:	Pencils: Lou Fine \| Inks: Lou Fine
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Flint Baker

Advertisement (1 page)	Read About This Amazing Free Offer
Credits:	Script: ? (ad copy) \| Pencils: Leo Morey \| Inks: Leo Morey \| Letters: typeset

Comic Story (15 pages)	The One-Eyed Monster Men from Mars
Featuring:	The Planetary Adventures of Flint Baker
Synopsis:	Flint has completed the rocket ship begun by his father and is ready to take off for Mars, but first has three prison convicts freed to serve as his crew. They land on Mars and find the corpse of a former explorer, who left a letter warning anyone finding his note to stay away from the dark side of Mars.
Credits:	Script: Dick Briefer (signed) \| Pencils: Dick Briefer (signed) \| Inks: Dick Briefer (signed)
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Fletcher "Flint" Baker (introduction, Origin) Harry Parks (freed Convict, Introduction) Phil Godwin (freed Convict, Introduction) Cliff Grant (freed Convict, Introduction, Death) Mimi Wilson (New York Globe Reporter, Introduction) King Of Mars [aka The Ruler Of Ru] (introduction) Princess Viga (the King's Daughter, Introduction) Sarko (villain, Introduction, Death) Sarko's Monster Horde (villains, Many Die)

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Auro Lord of Jupiter
Synopsis:	After a rocket ship crash that kills his parents, Auro is raised by a saber-tooth tiger. He is approached by a young woman named Martha to help save her friends who have been taken as slaves by the fiendish ruler of Neptune.
Credits:	Pencils: Malcolm Kildale \| Inks: Malcolm Kildale
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Auro [Hardwich] (introduction, Origin) Tara (pet Saber-tooth Tiger) Professor John Hardwich (Auro's Father, Introduction, Death) Mrs. John Hardwich (Auro's Mother, Introduction, Death) Martha Gale (an Assistant Pilot, Introduiction) King Of Neptune (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (5 pages)
Featuring:	The Red Comet
Synopsis:	While the public is amazed and elated that no crimes have been committed for two weeks, the police feel that their jobs are less secure because of the crime busting activities of the Red Comet. His magical powers seem to draw him like a magnet to the criminal element, and he has rounded them up with amazing speed, taking each to a different uninhabited but inhabitable planet and dropping them off to fend for themselves.
Credits:	Script: Ken Jackson (signed) \| Pencils: Ken Jackson (signed) \| Inks: Ken Jackson ?
Genre:	Fantasy Science Fiction
Characters:	The Red Comet (introduction) Un-named Police Captain (introduction) The Munitions King [J.G.] (villain, Introduction, Death) Munition King's War-profiteers (villains, Introduction For All, All Die)

Comic Story (15 pages)
Featuring:	Captain Nelson Cole of the Solar Force
Synopsis:	The loss of several Solar Ships forces the President of the Solar Congress to appoint Captain Cole to lead a force against the enemies from outer space. They are captured and the dictator, Zan, intends to turn them into dehumanized robots.
Credits:	Pencils: Alex Blum [as Alex Boon] (signed) \| Inks: Alex Blum [as Alex Boon] (signed)
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Captain Nelson Cole (introduction) Bud (Cole's Sidekick, Introduction) Unnamed President Of The Solar Congress Zan (villain, Dictator Of Volcus, Introduction) Zan's Woman (villain, Introduction) Zan's Army Of Robots (villains, Introduction For All)

Comic Story (7 pages)	The War Lords of the Moon
Featuring:	Spurt Hammond, Planet Flyer
Synopsis:	Spurt and his companions must fend off the attacks of the Luzerons, who occupy the polar regions of the Moon, and who are in the business of robbing interplanetary transports.
Credits:	Pencils: Henry Kiefer \| Inks: Henry Kiefer
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Spurt Hammond (introduction) The Lunerzons (villains, Women Warriors, Introduction For All) The Mooniacs (villains, Introduction For All)

Comic Story (4 pages)
Featuring:	Buzz Crandall and the Space Patrol
Synopsis:	Buzz and his crew must face the Sharkmen, semi-intelligent living under the murky waters of Neptune, who have captured Dr. Curan and other members of his Neptune expedition.
Credits:	Script: ? [as Bob Jordan] (credited)
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Buzz Crandall (introduction) Dr. Curan (scientist, Introduction) Nancy Curan (Dr. Curan's Daughter, Introduction) The Sharkmen (villains, Introduction, Death)

Comic Story (12 pages)	The Man Who Stole a World!
Featuring:	Quorak, Space Pirate
Synopsis:	A former Earth scientist takes up residence on a far distant planetoid and threatens to rule the universe, destroying all traces of civilization. His first target is Pluto, which he attempts to pull from its orbit with his strange infra-red ray invention.
Credits:	Pencils: Alvin Charles [as Albert Charles] (signed) \| Inks: Alvin Charles [as Albert Charles] (signed)
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Quorak (villain, Earth Scientist, Introduction) Lt. Gary Blake (introduction) Dean (astronomer, Introduction) Joan Perry (introduction, Radio Operator, Only Appearance) Unnamed World President (introduction)

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page)
Credits:	Pencils: Lou Fine; Will Eisner \| Inks: Lou Fine \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Adventure Jungle

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Credits:	Script: ? (ad copy) \| Letters: typeset

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