Planet Comics #24 for Sale - First Appearance of Hunt Bowman - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series)
Issue: #24
Publication date: May 1943
Key date: 1943-05-00
On-sale date: 1943-03-10
Indicia publisher: Love Romances Pub. Co. Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

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

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

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Raiders from the Red Moon	cover	1	pencils: Dan Zolnerowich; inks: Dan Zolnerowich	Flint Baker
1	The Queen of the Jungle	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: ?; typeset	Sheena Rivington, Sheena
2	-	comic story	10	script: Ross Gallun; pencils: Joe Doolin; inks: Joe Doolin	Mars, God of War; Bert Rand (villain, intro, death); Dr. Mark (intro); Dan Fletcher [Dr. Stein] (intro); Louise Mark (intro)
3	-	comic story	8	script: Hugh Fitzhugh; pencils: George Tuska; inks: George Tuska	Reef Ryan, Vara
4	-	comic story	8	pencils: George Appel; inks: George Appel	The Star Pirate
5	-	comic story	6	pencils: Rafael Astarita; inks: Rafael Astarita	Auro, Hardwich
6	Is Atlantis On the Moon?	text article	2	letters: typeset
7	-	comic story	10	script: Thorncliffe Herrick; pencils: Graham Ingels; inks: Graham Ingels	Hunt Bowman First, Lyssa First
8	-	comic story	6	script: Douglas McKee; pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee Elias	Gale Allen
9	-	comic story	6	script: Olaf Bjorn; pencils: Fran Hopper; inks: Fran Hopper	Norge Benson, Frosting
10	Raiders From the Red Moon	comic story	8	pencils: Joe Doolin; inks: Joe Doolin	Flint Baker
11	The Big Six of the Comic Magazines	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Planet Comics #65	1951	On eBay ›
Men of Mystery Comics #108	2018	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

‹ #2324 of 73#25 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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