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1January 1940
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Planet Comics #1

Fiction House · January 1940

First appearance: AuroFirst appearance: HardwichFirst appearance: Flint BakerOrigin: Flint Baker
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Identification plate

Series
Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
January 1940
Key date
1940-01-00
Indicia publisher
Love Romances Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Auro - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Hardwich - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Flint Baker - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: Flint Baker.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Flint Baker and the One-Eyed Monsters of Marscover1pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou FineFlint Baker First
2The One-Eyed Monster Men from Marscomic story15script: Dick Briefer; pencils: Dick Briefer; inks: Dick BrieferFlint Baker First
3-comic story6pencils: Malcolm Kildale; inks: Malcolm KildaleAuro First, Hardwich First
4-comic story5script: Ken Jackson; pencils: Ken Jackson; inks: Ken JacksonThe Red Comet (introduction); un-named police captain (introduction); The Munitions King [J.G.] (villain, introduction, death); Munition King's war-profiteers (villains, introduction for all, all die)
5-comic story15pencils: Alex Blum; inks: Alex BlumCaptain Nelson Cole (introduction); Bud (Cole's sidekick, introduction); unnamed President of the Solar Congress; Zan (villain, dictator of Volcus, introduction); Zan's woman (villain, introduction); Zan's Army of robots (villains, introduction for all)
6The War Lords of the Mooncomic story7pencils: Henry Kiefer; inks: Henry KieferSpurt Hammond (introduction); The Lunerzons (villains, women warriors, introduction for all); The Mooniacs (villains, introduction for all)
7-comic story4script: ? [as Bob Jordan] (credited)Buzz Crandall (introduction); Dr. Curan (scientist, introduction); Nancy Curan (Dr. Curan's daughter, introduction); The Sharkmen (villains, introduction, death)
8The Man Who Stole a World!comic story12pencils: Alvin Charles; inks: Alvin CharlesQuorak (villain, Earth scientist, introduction); Lt. Gary Blake (introduction); Dean (astronomer, introduction); Joan Perry (introduction, radio operator, only appearance); unnamed world president (introduction)
9-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Lou Fine, Will Eisner; inks: Lou Fine

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Planet Comics #1
ISBN 0-943128-07-2
1984On eBay ›
Men of Mystery Comics #922014On eBay ›
The Comic Book in America: An Illustrated History #[nn]
ISBN 0-87833-659-1
1989On eBay ›
Flint Baker & Reef Ryan Space Rangers: Volume 1
ISBN 978-1976543395
2017On eBay ›
The Complete Planet Comics: Volume 1
ISBN 978-1545146811
2017On eBay ›
Lost Heroes of Planet Comics
ISBN 978-1724064455
2018On eBay ›
The Golden Age of Comic Books #[nn]
ISBN 0-345-25535-6-695
1977On eBay ›

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Sources

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