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6June 1940
$0.10

Planet Comics #6

Fiction House · June 1940 · on sale 1940-04-17

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Series
Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series)
Issue
#6
Publication date
June 1940
Key date
1940-06-00
On-sale date
1940-04-17
Indicia publisher
Love Romances Pub. Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner, Will Eisner Shop
1-promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
2Giant of Jupitercomic story5pencils: Alex Blum; inks: Alex BlumA Jovian giant (villain, introduction)
3-comic story4pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob PowellBlaga Daru (villain); Jack North; Chub (introduction)
4The Dinosaur Men of Mercurycomic story7pencils: Art Peddy; inks: Art PeddyMimi Wilson; Mercurians (villain, introduction, death)
5-comic story5script: ? [as Hans Corben]Auro, Hardwich
6The Destruction of the Atomic Universecomic story7pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick CardyDon Granval (introduction): Claire (introduction); John (introduction); Queen of a micro-world (introduction); Monsters of the micro-world (villain, introduction)
7-comic story7script: Herman BolsteinPytho (villain, introduction)
8The Star Piratestext story2script: Lin DaviesCaptain Dexter Ames
9-comic story6script: Bob Jordan; pencils: Gene Fawcette; inks: Gene FawcetteTorga (villain, introduction)
10The Ray Pirates of Venuscomic story5pencils: Henry Kiefer; inks: Henry KieferQueen Veloptan (of Venus) (introduction); Dr. Escalda (introduction); Lacidar (introduction); King Todrax (of Mercury) (villain, introduction, death)
11-comic story4script: Allison Brant; pencils: Gene Fawcette; inks: Gene FawcetteA Grand Councilman (introduction); Brenda (councilman's daughter, introduction); An alien king (villain, introduction)
12-comic story6script: Charles Quinlan Sr.; pencils: Charles Quinlan Sr.; inks: Charles Quinlan Sr.Crash Barker (introduction, origin); Wheel Barrow (introduction, origin); Betty (introduction, origin); Bart Clay (villain, introduction); Hugo and other enemy agents (villain, introduction)
13-comic story6script: ? [as Beekman Terrill]President of Earth; Gregor (villain, introduction)
14-promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset

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