Issue Details

Issue	#22
Published	January 1943
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Larabie Cunningham (Editor); Gene Fawcette (Art Director)
Notes	Several other features are given titles on the cover.

Cover Details - "Inferno on the Fifth Moon"

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Dan Zolnerowich (signed)
Inks	Dan Zolnerowich (signed)
Notes	Several other features are given titles on the cover.

10 page Mars, God of War story "Under the impenetrable, cloud-hidden surface of the planet..."

Characters	Bill Taylor (intro); Flo Davis (an old scientist; intro; death); Zagro (intro; death; villain); Saturnians (villains)
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Ross Gallun]
Pencils	Joe Doolin
Inks	Joe Doolin

8 page Reef Ryan story Sorceress of Xalan ['Exploring Neptune's strange and adventurous inner world, Reef..."]

Characters	Reef Ryan; Vara, Tabess of Xalan (guest star); Barda (intro; villain); Wasel (intro)
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Hugh Fitzhugh]
Pencils	Pagsilang Rey Isip
Inks	Pagsilang Rey Isip
Notes	The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
Reprinted	in Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #67

6 page Gale Allen and Her Girl Squadron story Mad Master of Venus ["In the unknown vastness of outer space, Gale..."]

Characters	Gale Allen; Girl Squadron; High Priestess (intro; death; villain); High Priest (intro; villain); Bull god worshippers (intro)
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Douglas McKee]
Pencils	Saul Rosen
Inks	Saul Rosen?; ?
Notes	The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

7 page Auro Lord of Jupiter story "What fantastic wizardry takes place in the bowels..."

Characters	Auro; The Frog People and their leader (intro; death; villains)
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Dick Charles]
Pencils	Rafael Astarita
Inks	Rafael Astarita

3 page text story "The Ultimate Earthman"

Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Montague Truex, Ph.D.]
Letters	typeset

7 page The Lost World story "Earth was a shambles when Hunt Bowman, the..."

Characters	Villains: Tak Bar (intro); Snagg (intro) Lupa (intro); Nizto (intro); Iqor (all Voltamen); Basil
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Thorncliffe Herrick]
Pencils	Nick Viscardi (signed)
Inks	Nick Viscardi (signed)
Notes	One vertical third of one page is comprised of an ad.
Reprinted	in Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #67

6 page Norge Benson story "Norge, Frosting, and Jolie return to Pluto after..."

Characters	Norge Benson; Guest Star: Jolie; Villain: Icthysaurus Tyrannosaurus Giganticus (intro; death; a dinosaur)
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Olaf Bjorn]
Pencils	Al Walker (signed)
Inks	Al Walker (signed)

8 page Star Pirate story "Star Pirate, bold Robin Hood of the space lanes..."

Characters	Star Pirate; Roger (intro); Margo (daughter of Dictator; intro); Villains: Robber Red (intro); the Dictator of Zev (intro)
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Leonardo Vinci]
Pencils	George Appel
Inks	George Appel
Reprinted	in Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #67

8 page Flint Baker story "Inferno on the Fifth Moon"

Characters	Intro: Xuak and other miners; Queen Tenya; Gorelle; Madlyn (death); other Lunar Amazons
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Huxley Haldane]
Pencils	Art Saaf
Inks	Art Saaf
Reprinted	in Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #67