Planet Comics #53 for Sale - First Appearance of Futura - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series)
Issue: #53
Publication date: March 1948
Key date: 1948-03-00
Indicia publisher: Love Romances Pub. Co. Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 52

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Marcia Reynolds - 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	Dwarflings from Oceania	cover	1	pencils: Joe Doolin; inks: Joe Doolin	Hunt Bowman
1	Dwarflings from Oceania	comic story	10	pencils: George Evans; inks: George Evans	Hunt Bowman, Lyssa
2	-	comic story	8	script: Ross Gallun; pencils: Matt Baker; inks: Matt Baker	Bron II, Mysta of the Moon
3	Goz Is Coming	comic story	6	pencils: Joe Doolin; inks: Joe Doolin, John Celardo	Auro, Claudia, Dorna, Chet Edson
4	Holiday on Venus	text story	2	script: ? [as Thornecliffe Herrick] (signed); letters: typeset
5	-	comic story	6	script: Hugh Fitzhugh; pencils: Frank Doyle; inks: Frank Doyle	Flint Baker
6	The Vizigraph	letters page	0.67	letters: typeset
7	-	statement of ownership	0.33	script: J. F. Byrne
8	-	comic story	6	pencils: Walter Palais; inks: Walter Palais	Futura First, Marcia Reynolds First
9	The Fire Gem of Kal-Jmar	comic story	7	pencils: Maurice Whitman; inks: Maurice Whitman	The Star Pirate

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Thrilling Planet Tales #[nn] ISBN 1-56225-001-9	1991	On eBay ›
Thrilling Science Fiction #1	1998	On eBay ›
Men of Mystery Comics #82	2010	On eBay ›
Mysta of the Moon ISBN 978-1544746760	2017	On eBay ›
Golden-Age Science Fiction Treasury #1	2006	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #5253 of 73#54 ›

Sources

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

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