Comic books March 1944

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Cover art by Joe Musial. The Phantom strips, scripts by Lee Falk, art by Ray Moore. Pete the Tramp strips by Clarence D. Russell. Jungle Jim strips, art by Alex Raymond. Katzenjammer Kids strips, art by H.H. Knerr. Tim Tyler's Luck strips, art by Lyman Young. Family Portraits strips, art by Norman Lynd. Blondie strips, art by Chic Young. Prince Valiant strips, art by Hal Foster. Teddy and Sitting Bull strips, art by Joe Musial. Tillie the Toiler strips, art by Russ Westover. Just Kids strips, art by A.D. Carter. Private Breger Abroad strips by Dave Breger. Curley Harper at Lakespur strips, art by Lyman Young. Barney Google strips, art by Billy DeBeck. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Jack Burnley and Stan Kaye. Superman Takes a Holiday, script by Don Cameron (signed as Jerry Siegel), pencils by Sam Citron (signed as Joe Shuster). A Challenge from the Pyramids starring Vigilante, art by Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.). The Forest Primeval starring Congo Bill, art by John Daly. Words are Weapons starring Americommando, script by Joseph Greene, art by Bernard Baily. Clouds of Crime starring Zatara. 60 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cover price $0.10.

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March 1944. 7" x 9.75", 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Spring 1944. The Justice Society of America star in "The Movie That Changed a Man's Life." Plot by Gardner Fox and Sheldon Mayer, script by Fox. Art by Joe Gallagher plus individual chapters featuring Hawkman (art by Sheldon Moldoff), the Spectre (art by Bernard Baily), the Atom (art by Joe Gallagher), Dr. Mid-nite (art by Aschmeier), Starman (art by Aschmeier), and Johnny Thunder (art by Gallagher). Wonder Woman cameo. Two-page Hop Harrigan text story, "Ghost Plane." Tootsie Roll back cover ad, "Captain Tootsie and the Secret Weapon" by Rod Reed and C.C. Beck. Gallagher cover. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Letter-to-editor by 15-year-old Philip K. Dick.

Volume 18, Issue 2 - March, 1944. Science fiction stories by Robert Bloch, Mort Weisinger (of DC Comics fame), Don Wilcox, Leroy Yerxa, Robert Moore Williams, Helmar Lewis, Ed Earl Repp, and Berkeley Livingston. This issue also contains a story, "The Superman," by Meyer Friedenson; it was the winning entry of a contest sponsored by the magazine. (One of the runner-ups was Eando Binder.) Letter-to-editor by 15-year-old Philip K. Dick. Illustrations by J. Allen St. John, Virgil Finlay, Hadden, Malcolm Smith, Magarian, and Robert Fuqua. Cover by St. John. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 214 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Dick Sprang. "The Streamlined Rustlers!", script by Jack Schiff, art by Dick Sprang; Batman and Robin head west to see if they can stem the tide of cattle rustling, which has been caused by war-time rationing, and is the source of black market beef. "Blitzkrieg Bandits!", script by Don Cameron, art by Dick Sprang (as Bob Kane); The Caped Crusaders must stop a criminal mastermind who uses a genius in military science to actually plan crimes for gems and other loot, thinking the crook is writing a series of newspaper articles on him. 2-page Brother story by Paul Fung. "His Lordship's Double!", script by Alvin Schwartz, art by Dick Sprang (as Bob Kane); The Caped Crusaders have to outwit a criminal element which targets a Lord Burleigh, a man who has come to America to interest an American oil company in his discovery of a cheaper process for obtaining rubber from petroleum. "Hero's Mission" text story by George Brandon. 1-page Jerry the Jitterbug story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Three Eccentrics!", script by Joseph Greene, pencils by Ed Kressy (layouts) and Dick Sprang (as Bob Kane), inks by Dick Sprang (as Bob Kane); Batman must outwit the Penguin, who has invented a small motion picture camera with telescopic lenses, which is precise enough to see combinations to wall safes as they are being opened. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Instructional booklet from Bell Aircraft Corporation featuring instructive cartoons on safety and operations. 5.5" x 8.5", B&W w/ Green. NOTE: All copies were 4-hole punched five publisher for binder insertion; this is not a defect.

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Cover by Tom DeAngelo. Stories and art by Tom De Angelo, Jeff MacHamer, Ham Fisher, Gardner Fox, Ogden Whitney, Kermit Jadiker and Charles Zerner (credited as Paine), Elmer Wexler, Frank Tinsley, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Sparky Watts must escort officials to a secret military conference, which seems like no problem for a man with cosmic-ray superpowers. Vic Jordan is captured by Nazi agent Major Koenig, leading to a rescue by Adrienne and a battle to the death. Skyman's plane barely survives an encounter with a mechanic named "Gremlin," in an early use of the "gremlin" legend that originated just before WWII. Vic Jordan; Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Captain Yank; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; The Face; Skyman; All in a Lifetime; Hollywood Husband; Return to Mindanao. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Headline For Homicide," art by Clem Weisbecker; An editor starts his own crime newspaper--The Daily Crime Record--and the Black Hood is about to make the front page. "The Riddle of Sergeant McGinty's Voice," art by Clem Weisbecker; Sergeant McGinty is accused of making false radio alarms, and the crooks behind it are about to broadcast the demise of the Black Hood. "New Director of Orphan Asylum," art by Bill Vigoda; The Black Hood visits a local orphanage to stop a gang of hoods from abusing the kids. "The Crime of the Centuries," script by Otto Binder, art by Bob Fujitani; Hangman goes 100 years into the future to catch a killer. "Bait For Murder" text story by Alf Corsican. "Bill Vigoda Unfair To Villains!", art by Bill Vigoda; Bill Vigoda, the artist of the strip, helps Dusty find some thugs to scrap with. 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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World War II cover. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Paper drive public service announcement starring Batman, script by Jack Schiff, pencils by Jerry Robinson, inks by George Roussos. News From Belgium, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; the commandos deliver a newspaper press to the Belgian underground. The Jackals of Jawnpore!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; the commandos assist an India rajah in his efforts to control crime in his city. Action Along the Adriatic!, art by Louis Cazeneuve [ghosting for Jack Kirby]; the commandos go on a mission to aid partisans in the Balkans. Captain Tootsie and the Secret Weapon! ad for Tootsie Rolls, art by C.C. Beck. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bill Boynansky, Murray Tobin, Carl Pfeufer, John Jordan, Jerry Stern and Dic Barr. No issue number on cover or indicia, but this was the first issue. Aviator hero Captain Flight battles the Axis by air during World War II. Captain Flight and his sidekick Tom try to rescue ex-spy Lilly Duval after she is abducted by enemy agents. Reporter Ace Reynolds blows the whistle on enemy spies. Criminologist Professor X (no relation to the X-men character) reveals how criminals are undone by their own misdeeds. Captain Flight; Ace Reynolds, War Correspondent; Professor X, Crime Doctor; Heroes Are Born!; Dash, the Avenger. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Don Rico, Herman C. Browner, Jack Grogan, Jack Alderman, and C. R. Schaare. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 2 #10. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. Cat-Man heads to Europe when Hitler unleashes the Four Horsemen of Doom themselves. Blackout learns of a new Nazi secret weapon, sort of aerial napalm, developed by a lunatic and tested on British POWs. The Hood tracks Lady Satan, who targets defense workers, but she plans to get the drop on him first by abducting Ray. Cat-Man & Kitten; The Deacon: Fate Turns the Combination; Ragman; Little Leaders; The Hood: The Adventure with Lady Satan; Gum for a Gumshoe; Blackout: Firebrand of Disaster; The Siren's Wail; I Knew Billy the Kid. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Les Miserables, 3rd Printing, Classics Comics. (HRN 18, 3/44). Cover price $0.15.

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Rip Van Winkle, 13th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 158). Cover price $0.15.

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Hunchback of Notre Dame, 1st Printing, Island edition, Classics Comics. (HRN 17, 3/44). Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Tony DiPreta. Stories and art by Art Seymour, Charles Tomsey, Dave Curtis, Tony DiPreta, and John Cassone. Forgotten superheroes from the Golden Age of comics, featuring early work by Dan Barry and other comics legends. Zippo, Nightmare and Sleepy were all listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. The Boy King, Giant and Muggsy battle Dr. Plasma, a sinister Nazi tattoo artist who uses the backs of spies to transmit secret data. Micro-Face investigates why thugs are stealing lampshades from various places around town. Twilight goes into action when wild animals stalk the city streets. The Boy King and the Giant; Nightmare and Sleepy; Stupid Manny's One-Man Gym; Micro-Face; The Fussy Killer; Zippo: The Goblin's Playground; Jackie Law and the Boy Rangers: The Underground Gold Factory; Two-Faced Town. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Joker cover art by Dick Sprang. The Joker's Double starring Batman and Robin, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Ed Kressy and Dick Sprang, inks by Dick Sprang. Batman and Robin public service announcement about paper. Three-Ring Binks story, script and art by Jack Farr. The Lone Wolf's Number starring The Crimson Avenger, art by John Daly. The Perfumed Diamonds starring Slam Bradley, art by Martin Naydel. The Short Wave of Crime starring Air Wave, script by Joe Samachson, art by George Roussos. Superman March of Dimes public service announcement, art by Joe Shuster. The Saboteur text story by Eric Carter. Curtain Call for Action starring The Boy Commandos, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Klein. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 27, 1st Printing - "Steps to Murder". Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Gus Ricca. Stories and art by Charles Sultan and Fred Schwab. Issues #4 - #7 were not called Dynamic Comics, but may have been part of another series. An early comics anthology published by Harry Chesler, featuring superhero and adventure stories. Axis wizard the Yellow Spot kills an American scientist, but not before he can activate his greatest creation, the superhero Dynamic Man, who quickly finds the Spot's weakness. A strange force gives playboy Ray Cardell X-ray vision and powerful eyebeams, which he uses to battle crime as Master Key. Voice-throwing superhero The Echo investigates claims of a murderous monster stalking the moors, aided by his sister Cora and his scientist brother named "Dr. Doom." Freaky faces cover by Gus Ricca. Yankee Boy; Lil Arthur; Dynamic Man; The Record Quarter Mile; Lucky Coyne: The Case of the Screaming Idiots; Boss of the Ranch; Introducing the Master Key; Stamp-O-Grams; The Echo; Yankee Doodle Jones: The Case of the Strangling Hair; The Forbidden Fruit; Dan Hastings. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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March 1944. Cover and illustrations by Lawrence. "The Man Who Was Thursday (A Nightmare)" by G. K. Chesterton and "The Ghost Pirates" by William Hope Hodgson. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white; 144 newsprint pages. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Claude Lapham and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Robert Webb, Alex Blum, and Arnold Hicks. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Senorita Rio suspects a stage mentalist is involved in a plot against a government official; A criminal gang tries to get a signed confession away from Hooks Devlin before he turns it in to police; The final adventure of comedic teen military mascot Dusty Rhodes. Exceptionally gory pre-Code cover by Joe Doolin. Shark Brodie; Dusty Rhodes; Senorita Rio; Rip Carson; The Lieutenant Meets a Lady; Kayo Kirby; Hooks Devlin. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Flash stars in "The Saga of Sven Scarface," written by Gardner Fox, art by Martin Naydel. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "The Volcano People" with art by Frank Harry; Johnny Thunder in "This is a House" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; The Whip in "The Man Who Talked Too Much" with art by Homer Fleming; "Swoon Song" by Ed Wheelan; Justice Society March of Dimes public service announcement; and Hawkman in "Crime on the Wing" by Fox and Sheldon Moldoff. Cover art by Moldoff. 60 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 26, Issue 2 - Spring, 1944. 6.75" x 9.75", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 3 #3 - Mar. 1944. Mostly single-panel cartoons and some text jokes. 10 1/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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March 12, 1944. The Grit "Story Section" was originally issued weekly as part of the Grit newspaper. "This Right I Claim" by Doris Hume begins. Other fiction stories by Alma & Paul Ellerbe, Hope Dahle Jordan. W.H.B. Kent, Allen F. Herdman, Harry Harrison Kroll, and Robert Plate. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/2-in., 32 pages, black and white text with illustrations.

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March 19, 1944. The Grit "Story Section" was originally issued weekly as part of the Grit newspaper. Fiction stories by Doris Hume, Alma & Paul Ellerbe, Florence Russell Christian, W.H.B. Kent, Phyllis Moore Gallagher, Maxine Curtis, and Edward Price. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/2-in., 28 pages, black and white text with illustrations.

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March 26, 1944. The Grit "Story Section" was originally issued weekly as part of the Grit newspaper. Fiction stories by Richard Sale, Doris Hume, Mabel Ruth Jackson, Kenneth H. Lunsford, W.H.B. Kent, Allen F. Herdman, and Dorothy Marie Davis. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/2-in., 32 pages, black and white text with illustrations.

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Volume 2, Issue 5 - March, 1944. Goldwyn Girls photo cover. Long running magazine that features song lyrics, celebrity gossip, articles, and fan letters. This issue features songs from motion pictures such as; "Choo Choo Swing" starring Count Basie, "Swing Fever" starring Kay Kyser, Marilyn Maxwell and William Gargan, "Pistol Packin' Mama" starring Ruth Terry, and many more. 8.5" x 11", 18 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Big Brain starring the Human Torch, art by Al Gabriele; Hitler orders his special agent The Brain, who is a senator turned traitor, to begin a campaign of sabotage; He falls to his death in battle with Torch and Toro at an industrial plant he had hoped to destroy. Nazi Poison Fiend starring the Human Torch. Testing Ground text story. The Dog Tag Horror starring the Human Torch, pencils by Al Gabriele. Yellow Fang's Unholy Mission starring the Sub-Mariner. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Henry Sahle, inks by Theresa Woik. Untitled Super Duck the Cock-Eyed Wonder story, art by Dave Higgins; The Wolf invites the chickens to a party. Untitled It Shouldn't Happen To A Dog story, art by Ed Goggin (as Dogface Goggin); Trouble is bothered by a bee. Untitled Lil Chief Bugaboo story, art by Dave Higgins; Once again Bugaboo tries to catch a wily fish. Untitled Snuggy the Bug In the Rug story, art by Dave Higgins; A couple termites try to move into Snuggy's home. Archie Comics ad. Untitled Goony the Gremlin story, art by Red Holmdale; Goony tries to get into a meeting of assembled gremlins. "The Vitamin Mixup," script by Gog, art by Ed Goggin; Super tries to get his Vitamins A to Z refilled, but the clerk gives him the wrong pills. Untitled Willy the Wise-Guy story, art by Red Holmdale; Willy tries to get a cat out of a tree. Black Hood house ad. Untitled Judge Owl's Fables story, art by Ed Goggin; Mopsy bells the cat. Untitled story; Since they can't get fish to bite their hooks, Woody builds a diving bell to go after the fish. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Doolin. "The Golden Lion of Genghis Khan," art by Jim Mooney; Seeking radium for medical purposes, Gordon enters the Khafu country with Kaänga, Ann, and N'geeso; The queen of the Khafus captures Ann and plans to kill her by exposing her to radium, but Kaänga comes to Ann's rescue and the queen suffers the fate she had planned for Ann. Untitled story; During a native lion hunt, Simba's cub is killed; In the village, the old chief dies and the witch doctor Dwando assumes his place. Cover pencils by Ruben Moreira; Tabu comes across a conquistador who has been drinking from a fountain of youth for hundreds of years; However, he is overdue for a drink so he and Tabu hurry through the jungle and barely make it in time to save the Don's life. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; A brain-damaged British flyer kidnaps the daughter of scientists who are visiting Wambi's jungle to collect snake venom; Wambi and his jungle friends rescue the girl and the scientists agree to treat the flyer. "Elephant Code" text story. Untitled story, art by George Appel; An old friend of Fantomah's father leads her to a treasure cached by her father in her youth. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Ben Aouli kidnaps the sheik's daughter and Terry and Andy ride to her rescue. "The Golden Death," art by George Tuska; The B'jutis' witch doctor gives tribal treasures to white treasure hunters and blames the boy, N'gat; Camilla captures the thieves and clears N'gat's name. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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March 6, 1944. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. Admiral Nimitz. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 128 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Margery McKay (sometimes credited as G. Whiz). Stories and art by Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Feg Murray, Clayton Knight, H. H. Knerr, Fran Striker, Charles Flanders, Floyd Torbert, Robert Storm, Mel Graff, Carl Anderson, Edwina Dumm, Chic Young, Bob Dunn, Frank Miller, Joe Musial, Billy DeBeck, Jimmy Thompson, Eugene L. Pollack, Tom Sims, and Bela Zaboly. Lee Falk's adventurer Mandrake the Magician gets top billing in this anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Carl Anderson's Henry gets up to silent mischief. The back cover ad offers war bonds, victory gardens, and other WWII-era homefront drive items as prizes, as well as Gene Autry accessories and a mock Gatling gun. Mandrake the Magician; Seein' Stars; Jan and Aloysius; The Romance of Flying; Bunky; The Lone Ranger; Secret Agent X-9; Henry; Little Acorns; High Spots; Popeye; Barney Baxter; Blondie; Indian Lore; Tippie and Cap Stubbs; Dinglehoofer. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 31, Issue 5 - March, 1944. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "The Terrible Handful" by Capt. George P. Hunt, "Cycles Predict the Future" by Donald Cooley, "Magic Cloak of Invisibility" by W.H. Kimball, "Continent of Tomorrow" by Henry Albert Phillips, "The Future of Electronics" by Dr. Irving Langmuir, "From Hawk to Thunderbolt" by Major J.J. Druzel, "Landing on the Enemy" by Beryl D. Kneen, and others . 6.75-in. x 9.5-in. 162 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover art by Alex Kotzky. This Is My Own, My Native Land starring Blackhawk, pencils by John Cassone, inks by Alex Kotzky. Untitled stories starring Sniper (art by Vernon Henkel), Death Patrol (art by Jack Cole as Ralph Johns), Private Dog Tag (script and art by Bart Tumey), and P.T. Boat. U.S. Shock Troops Conquer Munda featuring Secret War News, script and art by Fred Guardineer. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 6, No. 4. March 1944. Digest size magazine that offered abridgements of current bestselling books. This issue includes: "Good Night, Sweet Prince" by Gene Fowler; "A Bell for Adano" by John Hersey; "C/O Postmaster" by Thomas R. St. George; and "In Bed We Cry" by Ilka Chase. 5.25" x 7.5". 192 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.35.

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Digest format, 5.5" x 7.5", 112 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Paul Payne. Stories and art by Lily Renee, Joe Doolin, Fran Hopper, Murphy Anderson, and Lee Elias. 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. While escorting a scientific expedition to an unknown planetoid, Gale Allen encounters the enraged giants of the Pluto Cult, awakened from their long slumber. Mars, God of War meets his match when he witnesses the origin of Mysta of the Moon. In the Lost World, Hunt and Lyssa visit an abandoned amusement park and meet the hunchbacked Waxman, who has his own way of dealing with the alien Voltamen. Featuring art by pioneering female artists Fran Deitrick/Hopper and Lily Renee and legendary artist Murphy Anderson. Another classic good-girl art cover by Lily Renee. The Lost World; Gale Allen; Mars, God of War; Space Rangers; The Victory of Klon; Life On Other Worlds: Jupiter; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 9, No. 1 - March , 1944. 6.75" x 9.75", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 186, No. 5 - March 10, 1944. 6.75" x 9.75", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.