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| Date | | Number: 8 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Planet Comics 8 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: every other month |
| Notes | The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3. |
| Cover | Golden Amazons of Venus / 1 page |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Pencils | Charles Sultan |
| Inks | Charles Sultan |
| Notes | Cover inspired by [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?60043 Planet Stories, Winter 1939], art by A. Drake. |
| Publisher advertisement | Watch your newsstand for Wings Comics (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for the Wings Club of America and indicia. |
| Feature | Wings of America Club |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
| Comic Story | Mystery of the Vanishing Men / The Red Comet (10 pages) |
| Script | ? [as Arthur King] |
| Inks | ? (shop) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Carol (introduction); Jim (introduction); other scientists (introduction); A tyrant of Mysto (villain, introduction); a monster (villain, introduction, death); Red Comet |
| Pencils | Alex Blum |
| Inks | Alex Blum ? |
| First Line | The mysterious Red Comet discovers an ancient planet... |
| Notes | The story title is take from the cover blurb. |
| Story | Gale Allen (4 pages) |
| Script | ? [as Fred Nelson] |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Jack North (guest-star); Rana Joyce (introduction); Crab Men of Mercury (villains, introduction, death); Gale Allen; Pete |
| Pencils | Bob Powell |
| Inks | Bob Powell |
| First Line | High in the stratosphere, Gale Allen flies the... |
| Comic Story | Golden Amazons of Venus / Flint Baker (6 pages) |
| Script | ? [as Starr Gayza] |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Queen Futura (not the heroine beginning in issue #43, introduction); the Golden Amazons (introduction); The Metal Men (villains, introduction, death); Flint Baker; Mimi; Mac |
| Pencils | Art Peddy |
| Inks | Art Peddy |
| First Line | Flint is about to take off from a... |
| Notes | The story title is taken from the cover blurb. Possibly inspired by the [https://isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?76864 story of same name] from Planet Stories, Winter 1939, 2 written by John Murray Reynolds. |
| Story | Fero Interplanetary Detective (5 pages) |
| Script | ? [as Allison Brant] |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Congressman Thompson (introduction); Eric (introduction); A gang of crooks (villains, introduction, death); Fero briefly becomes a monster (villain, last appearance) |
| First Line | Attempting to prevent an impending crime, Fero shoots... |
| Comic Story | The War of the Electronic Universe / Don Granval (8 pages) |
| Script | ? [as G. O. Garsh] |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | The King of the Electronic World (villain, introduction); Don Granval; Claire; Venusians |
| Pencils | John Celardo |
| Inks | Sid Greene ? |
| First Line | Don Granval and his fiancee, Claire, spend a quiet evening in Don's laboratory. |
| Text Story | Cradle of the World (2 pages) |
| Feature | Dexter Ames |
| Script | ? [as Lin Davies] |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Dexter Ames; Dr. Phillips; Morgan; Hatch |
| Pencils | John Celardo ? |
| Inks | John Celardo ? |
| First Line | The space ship Discoverer hummed and groaned from the force of the shock. |
| Comic Story | Robot Raiders of Mars / Captain Nelson Cole (6 pages) |
| Script | ? [as Beekman Terrill] |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Tobor (villain, introduction, death); Nelson Cole |
| Pencils | Bob Powell |
| Inks | Bob Powell ? |
| First Line | A brazen raid on the treasury by amazing... |
| Notes | The story title is taken from the cover blurb. |
| Comic Story | The Fiery World / Spurt Hammond (5 pages) |
| Script | ? [as Orson Herr] |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Queen of Venus (introduction); Org (introduction); King of Mars (villain, introduction); Martians (villains); Spurt Hammond |
| Pencils | Henry Kiefer |
| Inks | Henry Kiefer |
| First Line | One day, seething flames shoot into the sky. |
| Notes | The story title is taken from the cover blurb. |
| Story | Buzz Crandall (5 pages) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Sophus (villain, introduction, death); Buzz Crandall; Sandra West |
| Script | Fletcher Hanks |
| Pencils | Gene Fawcette ? |
| Inks | Gene Fawcette ? |
| First Line | Even in the remotest recesses of space and... |
| Cartoon | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Laff Riots |
| Script | ? [as Jack Smiley] |
| Genre | Humor |
| First Line | I'll teach you to leave fingerprints! |
| Story | Crash Parker (5 pages) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | The Sky Pirates (villains, introduction, death); Crash Barker; Betty; Barrow; Joe |
| Script | Charles Quinlan Sr. ? |
| Pencils | Charles Quinlan Sr. (signed) |
| Inks | Charles Quinlan Sr. (signed) |
| First Line | Crash Barker, world's greatest test pilot, lands his... |
| Notes | This continues the story from the previous issue, Planet Comics #7. |
| Comic Story | War-Gods of Tomorrow / Planet Payson (7 pages) |
| Script | ? [as Dusty Rhodes] |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Planet Payson (last appearance) Rix (villain, last appearance) |
| Pencils | Witmer Williams |
| Inks | Witmer Williams |
| First Line | In an effort to obtain information about the period between 1800 and 1950... |
| Notes | The story title is taken from the cover blurb. New York said to have been destroyed in 20th Century. |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Sheena |
| First Line | The bull's-eye on the cover means |
| Notes | Inside back cover. House ad for Fight, Jumbo and Jungle Comics. Includes winners of the May Planet Comics Contest. |
| Advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Underwater submarine fishing |
| Notes | Back cover. Ad for various mail order novelty items from Johnson Smith & Company. |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |
