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Planet Comics #5 - 1940 68 Pages
| Additional Information | |
| Publication | May 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Editing: Malcolm Reiss (Editor); William E. Eisner (Art Director); S. M. Iger (Feature Editor) |
| Cover | none |
| Featuring | Flint Baker |
| Credits | Pencils: Will Eisner | Inks: Will Eisner |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
| Notes | HS suggests that perhaps Powell had some input here. |
| Comic Story | "A treacherous plot to throw the whole solar..." (13 pages) |
| Featuring | Captain Nelson Cole |
| Credits | Script:? [as Beekman Terrill] |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Morgo (villain, introduction, death); Zirgo (villain, introduction, death); The president of Earth (introduction) |
| Comic Story | "In 1990 AD, Prince Blaga Daru, notorious interplanetary..." (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Gale Allen of the Girls' Patrol |
| Credits | Script:? [as Fred Nelson] | Pencils: Bob Powell (signed) | Inks: Bob Powell {signed} |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Gale Allen; Jack North (guest-star); Prince Blaga Daru (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | In the spirit of complete contrariety, this issue's cover lists this feature as "Gale Allen of the Women's Space Patrol." |
| Comic Story | "Fero, scientist of the occult, super-detective of the..." (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Fero, Planet Detective |
| Credits | Script:? [as Allison Brant] |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Fero (introduction); A werewolf from Pluto (villain, introduction, death); vampire from Pluto (villain, introduction, death); Dr. John Wade (introduction); Phyllis Wade (his daughter, introduction) |
| Comic Story | "An expedition from Earth, searching for the strange..." (5.75 pages) |
| Featuring | Auro, Lord of Jupiter |
| Credits | Script:? [as Jed Ganey] | Pencils: Bob Powell;? | Inks: Bob Powell?;? |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: June (introduction); other scientists (introduction) |
| Filler | Case 3: File 1: Clue 4 ["Called to the scene of Ezra Ark's death..."] |
| Featuring | Strange Case of Ezra Ark: |
| Credits | Pencils: Bob Powell | Inks: Bob Powell |
| Content | Genre: Mystery |
| Comic Story | "One man, the Red Comet, mysterious adventurer against..." (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Red Comet exiles all criminals from Earth |
| Featuring | The Red Comet |
| Credits | Script:? [as Thomas Marlen] (signed) | Pencils: Don Rico | Inks: Don Rico |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: The Red Comet; J. G. (villain, introduction, death); other warmongers (villains, introduction for all, all die) |
| Notes | Art credits verified via Rico interview in Alter Ego #114 (December 2012) and added by Craig Delich 2012-12-24. |
| Text Story | Slave of the Lizard-Men (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? [as Don Varick] |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
| Comic Story | The Doomed Universe (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Space Admiral Curry |
| Credits | Script:? [as Walt Scott] |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Space Admiral Curry (introduction); the Universal President (introduction); Rocko (villain, introduction, death) |
| Comic Story | "American pilot of an interplanetary transport rocket is..." (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Spurt Hammond |
| Credits | Script:? [as Orson Herr] | Pencils: Henry Kiefer | Inks: Henry Kiefer |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: V: Morono [king of Pluto] (villain, introduction); King Satius (introduction); his daughter (introduction) |
| Comic Story | "Trapped on a weird planet, ruled by insane..." (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Buzz Crandall of the Space Patrol |
| Credits | Script:? [as Bob Jordan] |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: The flower people of an asteroid (villains, introduction, death); Headless men of the asteroid (introduction) |
| Comic Story | Adventures on a New World (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Flint Baker |
| Credits | Script:? [as Starr Gayza] | Pencils: Arthur Peddy | Inks: Arthur Peddy |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: The Grangonians (villains); Mimi Wilson (guest-star) |
| Filler | "No, you're not on another planet, Mr. Goldbucks." (1 page) |
| Featuring | Planet Puns |
| Credits | Script:? [as Jupitor] (sic) |
| Content | Genre: Gags |
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