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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