1943

#22 to #27

Planet Comics

Covers

Planet Comicswas a science fiction comic-book title

produced by Fiction House and issued

from Jan. 1940 (issue 1) to Winter 1953

(issue 73). Like many of Fiction House's

early comics titles, Planet Comics was a

spinoff of a pulp magazine, in this case

Planet Stories, which featured space

operatic tales of muscular, heroic space

adventurers who were quick with their 'ray

pistols' and always running into gorgeous

females who needed rescue from bug-

eyed space aliens or fiendish interstellar

bad guys.

Planet Comics #1 (January 1940)

Planet Comics was considered by noted fan Raymond Miller to be "perhaps the best of the

Fiction House group," as well as "most collected and most valued." In Miller's opinion, it

"wasn't really featuring good art or stories... in the first dozen or so issues," not gaining most

of "its better known characters" until "about the 10th issue." "Only 3 of its long running strips

started with the first issue... Flint Baker, Auro - Lord of Jupiter, and the Red Comet."

Planet Comics Story

PLANET COMICS

# 22 to # 27

COVERS 1943

# 22 # 23Dan Zolnerowich cover. Dan Zolnerowich cover.

PLANET COMICS

# 22 to # 27

COVERS 1943

# 24 # 25 Dan Zolnerowich cover.Another stellar Dan Zolnerowich cover,

PLANET COMICS

# 22 to # 27

COVERS 1943

# 26 # 27Joe Doolin succeeded Dan Zolnerowich as the main cover artist with this issue, and was responsible for some of the more memorable interplanetary "good girl" covers of the Golden Age, not the least of which is this bondage scene featuring Gale Allen.

Joe Doolin's second cover for the title showed he was a worthy successor to Dan Zolnerowich.