Issue Details

Issue	#12
Published	May 1941
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Malcolm Reiss (Editor); Gene Fawcette (Art Director)

Cover Details - "The Two-Faced Monsters of Planetoid Zero"

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	John Celardo (signed)
Inks	John Celardo (signed)

7 page The Red Comet story "So, my friend, you intend to overcome us giants."

Characters	V: Saturnian giants (I)
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Sy Thatcher]
Pencils	Dan Zolnerowich
Inks	John Celardo?

6 page Gale Allen story "Circling over a little-known part of Venus which..."

Characters	V: The Horned Men (I), Queen of Venus (I); GS: Jack North
Script	? [as Douglas McKee]

6 page Crash Parker story "Crash Parker finds himself trapped in a cosmic..."

Characters	I: Koolen and the Chief Councillor (her father); V: the Polar People of Uranus (I)
Script	? [as S.A. Selwyn]
Pencils	Pierce Rice
Inks	Arturo Cazeneuve

6 page Spurt Hammond story "Far underground to escape the terrific heat of..."

Characters	last appearance; V: Outcasts of Mercury (I, D); I: King of Mercury, Dr. Jon, Lisa
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Doc Tully]

6 page Buzz Crandall of the Space Patrol story The Outlaw Amazons of Saturn's Twelfth Moon ["Terror rules Ued, Saturn's twelfth moon. The S.P. ace..."]

Characters	GS: Marna; V: Kurmen; I: Da
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as William Hyer]
Notes	The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

2 page text story "Slaver of the Space Lanes"

Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Bjorn Tagens]
Pencils	? (2 panels art)
Inks	? (2 panels art)
Letters	typeset

9 page Captain Nelson Cole of the Air Force story "The Queen of the Red Degmen"

Characters	V: Uveg and the Red Degmen (I, D) and their Queen (I)
Script	? [as Aurelius]
Pencils	Don Lynch
Inks	Don Lynch

5 page Auro Lord of Jupiter story "Auro wanders in the forests of a remote..."

Characters	V: The Black Priest (I, D); I: Roane, Duane, and Lora
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Nick Charles]
Pencils	Don Rico
Inks	Don Rico

5 page Norge Benson story "Norge Benson, a 'wrong-way Corrigan' of the space-ways..."

Characters	I: Norge Benson
Genre	science fiction
Script	?
Pencils	Al Walker
Inks	Al Walker

5 page The Star Pirate story "From his hiding place in Saturn's ring, an..."

Characters	I & O: The Star Pirate; I: Trodelyte (aka Trody; app. in most stories to #31); V: A girl and other smugglers (I for all)
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Leonardo Vinci]
Pencils	Al Gabriele
Inks	Al Gabriele?; George Appel?

7 page Flint Baker story The Two-Faced Monsters of Planetoid Zero ["Amazing stories of a lost party of Earthmen..."]

Characters	V: Casper (I, D), Mogo (I, D), Guala (I), and other Two-Faced Men (I)
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Al Schmidt]
Pencils	Nick Cardy
Inks	Nick Cardy
Notes	The story title is taken from the cover blurb.