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Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) 55

  • Issue #55
    Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) 55
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4277685023
    • Heavy water damage, cover oxidation (brittle), piece of front cover detached, but present.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    • INCOMPLETE. Missing first five pages (affect "Winter In July" story). Full length spine split through most interior wraps. Extra staple holes in some pages.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by J. F. Byrne. Stories and art by George Evans, Enrico Bagnoli, Joe Doolin, Frank Doyle, Maurice Whitman, Murphy Anderson and Matt Baker. The first true science fiction comic, Planet Comics featured classic space opera with square-jawed heroes, rockets, rayguns and bug-eyed aliens of every stripe. In the Lost World, Hunt and Lyssa investigate when Boston is frozen over in the middle of July; Mysta assumes a new secret identity as Technician 3A, in a story by good-girl art legend Matt Baker; While seeking spare rocket parts, Auro saves a space princess from a gang of jewel thieves. Another classic Mysta cover by Joe Doolin. The Lost World; Futura; Mysta of the Moon; Auro Lord of Jupiter; Murder on Mercury; Life On Other Worlds: Neptune; Space Rangers; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.