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    Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) 61 CBCS 4.5

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #22-126EA0F-008

    Ended Jul 17 2023
    Winning Bid $355

    Edited by J. F. Byrne. Stories and art by George Evans, Enrico Bagnoli, Graham Ingels, Lee Elias, Frank Doyle, Leonard Starr, and Charles A. Winter. The first true science fiction comic, Planet Comics featured classic space opera with square-jawed heroes, rockets, rayguns and bug-eyed aliens of every stripe. In the Lost World, Hunt and Lyssa battle bestial humanoids released by the Volta on Earth; The Space Rangers fight a madman in an invisibility suit; Captured by the Heads of Oceania, Futura and Blargo are cast into a sand sea that transforms humans into monsters, in a story with exquisite art by Enrico Bagnoli. Terrific action-girl cover by an unknown artist, possibly Joe Doolin. The Lost World; Futura; Mysta of the Moon; Auro Lord of Jupiter; Unposted; Life On Other Worlds: Rhea; Space Rangers; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10. Grade: CBCS 4.5 explanation of grade Condition: Used (collectible)