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| Love Fletcher Hanks who is credited as Henry Fletcher in this Planet Comics on the Buzz Crandall story. |
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| Publication | July 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: every month |
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| Cover | Invasion of the Cyclops-Men of Mars |
| Featuring | Flint Baker |
| Credits | Pencils: Bob Powell | Inks: Bob Powell |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
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| Synopsis | House competition and issue indicia. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Jumbo Jim] | Letters: typeset |
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| Featuring | The Red Comet |
| Credits | Script:? [as Thomas Marlin] | Pencils: Alex Blum | Inks: Alex Blum |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: The Stickers (villains, introduction, death); Red Comet |
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| Featuring | Captain Nelson Cole |
| Credits | Script:? [as Beekman Terrill] | Pencils: Dan Zolnerowich?; Arthur Peddy? | Inks: Dan Zolnerowich?;? [shop] |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Crag (villain, introduction, death); the Golden Avengers (villains, introduction, death); Nelson Cole; President Largo |
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| Featuring | Auro Lord of Jupiter |
| Credits | Script: Herman Bolstein? [as Jed Ganey] |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Agh (villain, introduction, death); Auro; Auro's lieutenant |
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| Comic Story | The Rockmen of Jupiter (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Spurt Hammond |
| Credits | Pencils: Henry Kiefer | Inks: Henry Kiefer |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: The Rock Men of Jupiter (villains, introduction); Mary Joyce (introduction); Spurt Hammond; President of Earth; Commander Pary |
| Notes | The cover blurb specifically lists the Spurt Hammond story as "Pre-Historic Beasts of Pluto." Go figure. |
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| Synopsis | Lepus the Fiend tries to destroy the Earth and Venus by altering their orbits so that the two planets collide into each other. |
| Featuring | Buzz Crandall of the Space Patrol |
| Credits | Script: Fletcher Hanks [as Bob Jordan] | Pencils: Fletcher Hanks [as Bob Jordan] | Inks: Fletcher Hanks [as Bob Jordan] | Letters: Fletcher Hanks |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Buzz Crandall; Sandra Hale; Lepus the Fiend (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Oddly, the Buzz Crandall feature is listed on the cover as "Revolt of the Rock-Men," a title more apt for the Spurt Hammond story. |
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| Text Story | Lost World of Time (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dexter and his crew, on the spaceship Discoverer, are en route to the asteroid Medona to make repairs when they suddenly find the planet Earth in their path - only the Earth is supposed to be over 2 million miles away. Adding to the mystery, the crew of the Discoverer find that they have traveled to the past to the time of the Roman Empire. |
| Featuring | Dexter Ames |
| Credits | Script:? [as Lin Davies] | Pencils: Witmer Williams? | Inks: Witmer Williams;? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Dexter Ames; Dr. Phillips; Morgan; Gunner Hatch |
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| Synopsis | Fero hunts down the person who assassinated the King of Mars. |
| Featuring | Fero Interplanetary Detective |
| Credits | Script:? [as Allison Brant] |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Prime Minister of Mars (villain, introduction); King of Mars (introduction, death); Fero |
| Notes | Mars; Saturn |
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| Comic Story | The Menace of the Magno-Universe (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Don Granval |
| Credits | Script:? [as Walt Scott] | Pencils: Sid Greene? | Inks: Sid Greene? |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Explorer from a macro-universe (introduction); woman from a macro-universe (introduction); Dr. Don Granval; Claire |
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| Featuring | Crash Barker and the Zoom Sled |
| Credits | Script: Charles Quinlan? | Pencils: Charles Quinlan (signed) | Inks: Charles Quinlan (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Bart Clay (villain, death); Hugo (villain, death); other spies (villain, death); Jim; Crash Barker; Betty; Barrow |
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| Featuring | Planet Payson |
| Credits | Script:? [as Morley Starr] | Pencils: Witmer Williams | Inks: Witmer Williams |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Hal (villain, introduction); gang of smugglers (villains, introduction); Planet Payson; Kneely; Jim |
| Notes | Hawken Field; ionite |
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| Comic Story | Invasion of the Cyclops-Men of Mars (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Flint Baker |
| Credits | Script:? [as Starr Gayza] | Pencils: Arthur Peddy | Inks: Arthur Peddy |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: A Martian Cyclops (villain, introduction, death); Flint Baker; Mimi |
| Notes | The story title is taken from the cover blurb. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Sheena |
| Notes | Inside back cover. House ad for Jumbo, Jungle, Fight and Planet Comics. |
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| Featuring | Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. Ad for the Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter. |
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