Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	January 1940
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	?

Cover Details - "The One-Eyed Monsters of Mars"

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Lou Fine
Inks	Lou Fine
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 (January 5, 2010).
Reprinted	in Planet Comics (Pacific Comics, 1984 series) #1

15 page Flint Baker story "The One-Eyed Monster Men From Mars"

Characters	Fletcher "Flint" Baker (introduction, origin); Harry Parks (introduction); Phil Godwin (introduction); Cliff Grant (introduction, death); Mimi Wilson (introduction); King of Mars (introduction); Princess Viga; Sarko (villian, introduction, death)
Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Dick Briefer
Inks	Dick Briefer

6 page Auro Lord of Jupiter story "Early in the twenty-first century, a cruise ship..."

Characters	Auro [Hardwich] (introduction, origin); Prof. John Hardwich (introduction, death, Auro's father); Mrs. John Hardwich (introduction, death, Auro's mother; Martha Gale; King of Neptune (villian, introduction)
Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Malcolm Kildale
Inks	Malcolm Kildale

5 page Red Comet story "Hurtling through space with the speed of light..."

Characters	The Red Comet (introduction); Zagu and the Spidermen (villian, introduction, death)
Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Ken Jackson
Inks	Ken Jackson

15 page Captain Nelson Cole of the Solar Force story "Sudden danger threatens the inhabitants of the solar..."

Characters	Capt. Nelson Cole (introduction); Bud (Cole's sidekick, introduction); Zan (villian, introduction); Zan's woman (villian, introduction)
Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Alex Blum
Inks	Alex Blum

7 page Spurt Hammond story "The War Lords of the Moon"

Characters	Spurt Hammond (introduction); The Lunerzons (villian, introduction); The Mooniacs (villian, introduction)
Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Henry Kiefer
Inks	Henry Kiefer

4 page Buzz Crandall and the Space Patrol story "Crossing through space in their atom-powered ship, Buzz..."

Characters	Buzz Crandall (introduction); Dr. Curan (introduction); Nancy Curan (Dr. Curan's daughter, introduction); The Sharkmen (villian, introduction, death)
Genre	science fiction

12 page Quorak, Space Pirate story "The Man Who Stole a World"

Characters

Quorak (villian, introduction); Lt. Gary Blake (introduction); Joan Perry (introduction, only appearance)