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Issue Details

Issue #41
Published March 1946
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing J. F. Byrne (Managing Editor)

Cover Details - "Medusa Men from Mars"

Genre science fiction
Pencils Joe Doolin
Inks Joe Doolin

2 page text story "Creatures of the Mind World"

Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Reynold Morgan]
Letters typeset
Notes Printed on inside covers.

8 page The Lost World story "There it stood, grim and brooding, symbol of..."

Characters Lyssa; Hunt; Voltamen (villains); Dr. Schultz (introduction, dies)
Synopsis Hunt and Lyssa are trying to escape some Voltamen and discover Dr. Schultz, so they enlist his aid in destroying a Volta power station.
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Thornecliffe Herrick]
Pencils Lily Renee (signed)
Inks Lily Renee (signed)
Notes Synopsis and character information from Donald Dale Milne, 10/13/2006. Last page of story also contains the Ownership Statement.
Reprinted in Planet Comics (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #1

8 page Gale Allen story "There was nothing to fear--nothing Gale could..."

Characters Gale Allen; Itecs (introduction, villains); Lor [Itec High Priest] (introduction, dies)
Synopsis The planet Itec has returned to its orbit after being lost for aeons, and is now capturing spaceships. Gale is mistaken for a legendary queen and manages to hypnotize Lor.
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Douglas McKee]
Pencils Joe Doolin
Inks Joe Doolin
Notes Synopsis and character information from Donald Dale Milne, 10/13/2006.
Reprinted in Planet Comics (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #1

5 page Auro Lord of Jupiter story "l965. Almost 20 years have passed since the..."

Characters The new Auro (old Auro's body w/ mind & spirit of Chester Edson, introduction); Dorna (introduction, appears in all subsequent stories); Rogo (introduction and villain); Claudia (introduction); Nelson (introduction)
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Dick Charles]
Pencils August Froehlich
Inks August Froehlich; ?

2 page filler "Revolt of the Insect World"

Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Kelsey Morrison, M.S., PhD.]
Reprinted from Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #21 (November, 1942) [Art is reprinted from text feature "Will the Insects Conquer the World?" The text is a drastic condensation.]

7 page Star Pirate story "Fer the luvva luna, Star, head home! I'm..."

Characters Star; Blackbeard; The Plastimen (introduction, villains)
Synopsis Star takes a spaceship of male colonists to a forgotten world populated only by women. People age very slowly there and the colonists decide to stay on with the women, while Star and Blackbeard continue to roam the universe.
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Len Dodson]
Pencils Murphy Anderson (signed)
Inks Murphy Anderson (signed)
Notes Synopsis and character information from Donald Dale Milne, 10/13/2006.
Reprinted in Planet Comics (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #1

8 page Mysta of the Moon story "Above in her citadel of science, she calmly..."

Characters The "Hand-Master" (introduction, villain, dies); Rogers (introduction, dies); Prof. Brown (dies)
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Ross Gallun]
Pencils Fran Hopper (signed)
Inks Fran Hopper (signed)
Notes The cover title and image are unrelated to this story.

8 page Space Rangers story "What a cargo! Reef rubbed his hands at..."

Characters Reef Ryan; Flint Baker; Huldane (villain, introduction, dies); Igor
Synopsis Huldan escapes prison posing as a robot in a load of others being delivered by Reef. Flint follows and together they thwart a plot of Huldane's to transform women into plant-being slaves.
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Hugh Fitzhugh]
Notes Art is probably by the same artist as drew this feature in issue #40. Synopsis and character information from Donald Dale Milne, 10/13/2006.
Reprinted in Planet Comics (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #1