Issue Details

Issue	#70
Published	[Spring] 1953
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	J. F. Byrne (Managing Editor); Jerry Iger (Art Director)
Notes	Cover title and illustration do not relate to any interior feature - although Star Pirate is about a planet of women and Space Rangers is about a cargo. This comic has no text story.

Cover Details - "Cargo for Amazonia"

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Maurice Whitman
Inks	Maurice Whitman
Notes	Cover title and illustration do not relate to any interior feature - although Star Pirate is about a planet of women and Space Rangers is about a cargo. This comic has no text story.

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)
Reprinted	from PLANET COMICS #41 - March, 1946.

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
Reprinted	from PLANET COMICS #41 - March, 1946.

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

Characters	Star Pirate; 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)
Reprinted	from PLANET COMICS #41 - March, 1946.

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

Characters	The Space Rangers [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]
Reprinted	from PLANET COMICS #41 - March, 1946.