Issue Details

Issue	#3
Published	March 1940
Cover Price	$0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Malcolm Reiss (Editor); William E. Eisner (Art Director); S. M. Iger (Feature Editor)

Cover Details - "The Weird Void of Outer Space"

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner

13 page Flint Baker story "Bidding goodbye to their Martian friends and Princess..."

Characters	GS: Mimi Wilson; V: The Plutonians and their king (I)
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Starr Gayza]
Pencils	Witmer Williams?; Bob Powell?; Dick Brieffer?
Inks	? [shop]

12 page Amazona the Mighty Woman story "In the vast cold reaches of the far..."

Characters	I & O: Amazona; I: Blake Manners; only appearance
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Wilson Locke]
Pencils	Alex Blum?; Dan Zolnerowich?
Inks	?; shop

5 page Red Comet story "Red Comet, mystery explorer of the universe, cruising..."

Characters	V: Golo (I)
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Major Thorp]
Notes	HW suggests Don Lynch or Newt Alfred as possibilities for penciler.

7 page Spurt Hammond story "...is passing through space within the orbit of..."

Characters	V: Radgio (I, D); I: Princess Zilla
Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Henry Kiefer
Inks	Henry Kiefer

2 page text story "The Lizard-Men of Alpha Astra"

Script	? [as Lin Davies]
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	in B&W in PLANET STORIES #4 [11/1961], published in the UK by Davenport Askew & Co. Ltd.

5 page Buzz Crandall story "Lieutenant of the Space Patrol, Buzz Crandall's life..."

Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Bob Jordan]

12 page Captain Nelson Cole story "Pirate ships attack defenseless space transports."

Characters	V: Felon (I)
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Beekman Terrill]
Pencils	Leonard Frank?; Dick Briefer?
Inks	Leonard Frank?; ?

Half page filler "The Case of the Diamond Death: Case 1: File-A: Clue No. 4"

Genre	mystery
Pencils	Bob Powell
Inks	Bob Powell

6 page Auro Lord of Jupiter story "Auro, an Earthman, is King of Jupiter, by..."

Characters	V: The Dragon Man (I, D)
Genre	science fiction
Pencils	R.L. Golden (signed)
Inks	R.L. Golden (signed)

Half page Mysteries of the Universe filler "There is no surface on the sun, it..."

Genre

fact