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Issue Details

Issue #1234
Published 1961
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing Don Arneson
Notes Indicia title is "THE PHANTOM PLANET, No. 1234." No code number. Copyright 1961 by Four Crown Productions, Inc. Labeled "Movie Classic" on the cover. Painting with photo from movie as insert. Adapted from the 1961 movie "The Phantom Planet."

Cover Details - "The Phantom Planet"

Characters Richard Kiel (as a Solarite, photo)
Genre science fiction
Pencils ? (painting); ? (photo)
Inks ? (painting); ? (photo)
Colors ? (painting); ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Indicia title is "THE PHANTOM PLANET, No. 1234." No code number. Copyright 1961 by Four Crown Productions, Inc. Labeled "Movie Classic" on the cover. Painting with photo from movie as insert. Adapted from the 1961 movie "The Phantom Planet."

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "The Phantom Planet"

Characters Dean Fredericks (as Frank Chapman, photo); Richard Weber (as Ray Makonnen, photo); Richard Kiel (as a Solarite, photo)
Synopsis Preview of the story.
Genre science fiction
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Five photos from the movie plus a cast list.

32 page story "The Phantom Planet"

Characters Capt. Frank Chapman; Lt. Ray Makonnen; Sesom; Herron; Zetha; Solarite (villain)
Synopsis An earthman lands on an uncharted asteroid, Rheton, only to find it inhabited by miniature people. The atmosphere shrinks him to their size and he gets involved in a romantic triangle with two women and has to fight a duel. The asteroid is then menaced by alien Solarites, who aim to destroy it.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Jack Lehti
Inks Jack Lehti
Notes Adapted from the 1961 movie "The Phantom Planet."

1 page filler "August 1960: The Greatest Month in Space History"

Synopsis Events of August 1960, which include the launching of the Echo satellite, the launching and recovery of Discoverer XIV, and the launching and recovery of Sputnik V, which had animals aboard which survived the trip.
Genre fact
Pencils John Lehti ?
Inks John Lehti ?
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Text and illustrations.

1 page filler "Killer Rays in Space"

Synopsis Theories about harmful radiation during space travel.
Genre fact
Pencils John Lehti ?
Inks John Lehti ?
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Text and illustrations.