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| Thank you, titansfan, for this great upload of this awesome comic! |
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| What a brilliant collection of old toffee! Brave earthmen, evil aliens, mad scientists, tho' I don't see any beautiful princesses yet... Thanks titansfan, for preserving this wonderful piece of comics history. |
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| Publication | January 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: every other month |
| Notes | Lou Fine cover pencil and ink credits confirmed by one-time owner of the original art, Roger Hill, and confirmed to him by a conversation he had with Will Eisner (5 January 2010). |
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| Cover | The One-Eyed Monsters of Mars |
| Featuring | Flint Baker |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Flint Baker |
| Notes | Lou Fine cover pencil and ink credits confirmed by one-time owner of the original art, Roger Hill, and confirmed to him by a conversation he had with Will Eisner (5 January 2010). |
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| Advertisement | Read About This Amazing Free Offer (1 page) |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Found on the inside front cover.
Indicia lists Thurmond T. Scott as President, Malcolm Reiss as Editor, Will Eisner as Art Director, and S. M. Iger as Feature Editor.
Illustrated advertisement for a 7" x 9" full color reproduction of the color art to "British Bombers Over Wilhelm Shaven", illustrated by Leo Morey. Readers can send in one coupon from Jumbo, Planet, Fight and Jungle Comics (listing their favorite character from each magazine), OR choose to send in 50 cents total to the publisher. |
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| Comic Story | The One-Eyed Monster Men from Mars (15 pages) |
| 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. |
| Featuring | The Planetary Adventures of Flint Baker |
| Content | 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) |
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| 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. |
| Featuring | Auro Lord of Jupiter |
| Content | 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) |
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| 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. |
| Featuring | The Red Comet |
| Content | 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) |
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| 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. |
| Featuring | Captain Nelson Cole of the Solar Force |
| Content | 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) |
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| Comic Story | The War Lords of the Moon (7 pages) |
| 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. |
| Featuring | Spurt Hammond, Planet Flyer |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Spurt Hammond (introduction); The Lunerzons (villains, women warriors, introduction for all); The Mooniacs (villains, introduction for all) |
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| 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. |
| Featuring | Buzz Crandall and the Space Patrol |
| Credits | Script:? [as Bob Jordan] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Buzz Crandall (introduction); Dr. Curan (scientist, introduction); Nancy Curan (Dr. Curan's daughter, introduction); The Sharkmen (villains, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Possible artists for this strip in 1940 include Nick Cardy, Gene Fawcette, and Charles Sultan. |
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| Comic Story | The Man Who Stole a World! (12 pages) |
| 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. |
| Featuring | Quorak, Space Pirate |
| Content | 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) |
| Notes | Artist's identity suggested by the Who's Who. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Jungle |
| Notes | Illustrated house advertisement for Jungle Comics #1, Fight Comics #1, and Jumbo Comics #11, all covers reproduced. |
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| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Found on the back cover.
Illustrated advertisement from Johnson Smith and Company in Detroit, Michigan, inviting readers to order a wide variety of products, to include a 30-shot B-B pistol, a vest pocket folding camera, an electric telephone set, and much more. |
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