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Series: Planet Comics

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Publisher: Fiction House

Title: Planet Comics
Issue: 21
Page Count: 68
Publish Date: November 1942
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Contributors: Editor: Larabie Cunningham (Editor); Gene Fawcette (Art Director)

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Story Title: The Green Legions of Xalan - cover
Features:Reef Ryan
Pages:1
Pencils:Dan Zolnerowich [as Zolne Rowich] (signed)
Inks:Dan Zolnerowich [as Zolne Rowich] (signed)
Genre:science fiction


Story Title: [ no title ] - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:1
Pencils:Dan Zolnerowich; Pagsilang Rey Isip
Inks:Dan Zolnerowich; Pagsilang Rey Isip
Characters:Glory Forbes; Randy; Yaki Su; Toko
Synopsis:House ad for "Rangers of Freedom Comics" 7 (October 1942).


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Mars, God of War
Pages:10
Pencils:Joe Doolin
Inks:Joe Doolin
Genre:science fiction
Characters:A first mate (villain, introduction); Capt. Jim Defi (introduction); Dave (introduction); an old man (introduction); Princess Neo (introduction); Mars, God of War
Synopsis:Captain Defi's spaceship lands on Venus. He and his men meet Princess Neo and her people. Mars causes Defi's first mate and the rest of the crew--except for old Sam and cabin boy Dave--to attack and plunder the Venusians. Princess Neo tricks the villains into drinking the juice of a local plant, which causes them to pass out. Defi will go back to Earth and his crew will be charged with mutiny.


Story Title: The Green Legions of Xaltan - comic story
Features:Reef Ryan
Pages:8
Pencils:Pagsilang Rey Isip
Inks:Pagsilang Rey Isip
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Reef Ryan; Vara; Xalanites (introduction); Tab (introduction); Tabess of Xalan (introduction); Tab of Guirtha (villain, introduction, death); Rooka (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:In the Inner-World of Neptune, Reef and Vara are captured and sold as slaves to rival chieftains. Reef saves his "owner," the Tab of Xalan, from an assassination plot and is rewarded with his freedom. He asks help in recovering Vara. In a battle, the Tab of Xalan is mortally wounded by the Tab of Guirtha; the dying king asks Reef to aid his wife the Tabess in her fight against the Guirthites. Tab and Vara are reunited and promise to help her.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Gale Allen and Her Girl Squadron
Pages:6
Pencils:Saul Rosen
Inks:Saul Rosen ?; ?
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Lief (introduction); Vormants (villain, introduction); Jed Hukk (villain, introduction, death); Gale Allen
Synopsis:The Vormants raid a mining town on the rim of Venus. Gale and her squadron arrive and join young Lief, son of the discoverer of the mine. He says his father's foreman Jed is behind the attack. Gale and the others are captured by the Vormants but Leif drugs the bandits with sugar that makes them drunk. Leif kills Jed and will take over the mine once more.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Auro Lord of Jupiter
Pages:7
Pencils:Rafael Astarita
Inks:Rafael Astarita
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Haga (villain, introduction); Dasa (introduction); Tona (introduction); King of the Sun People (introduction); Auro
Synopsis:Tona loves Dasa, daughter of the king of Jupiter's Sun People. She steals a radium jewel that will allow them to survive in the forbidden valley--which has "dense air"--and the couple flees. They are captured by Haga's Mist People. Auro intervenes on the side of the Sun People: he exiles Haga and destroys the machines that "densify" the air in the valley, which will now be available to all people. The King says Tona and Dasa may wed.


Story Title: Will the Insects Conquer the World? - text story
Pages:3
Letters:typeset
Genre:science fiction


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:The Lost World
Pages:8
Pencils:Rudy Palais
Inks:Rudy Palais
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Hunt Bowman (introduction, origin); Lyssa (introduction, origin); Iqor (villain, introduction); the Voltamen (villains, introduction); Basil (villain, introduction); Akan
Synopsis:"Ravaged by planet wars and the resulting plague, Earth in the 33rd century is uninhabited by human life," except "lone archer" Hunt Bowman. He is captured by Iqor, a creature from Volta. Hunt and Lyssa, another prisoner, take over the Volta ship and crash on her planet, the "Lost World." Lyssa's subject Basil fears Hunt wants to become king and revolts, attempting to sacrifice Hunt and Lyssa to the Spirax monster. Hunt kills the monster with an arrow and Basil flees.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Norge Benson
Pages:6
Pencils:Al Walker (signed)
Inks:Al Walker (signed)
Genre:humor; science fiction
Characters:Norge; Jolie (guest-star); The Amazon Ambassador of Amazonia (introduction); Ambassador Fourflush of Mars (introduction); Secretary Minx of Jinx (introduction); Frosting
Synopsis:Princess Jolie sends Norge and his polar bear Frosting from Pax to Jupiter on a peace mission. On their way, they are captured by Amazons and stop off at the planet Indigo. Norge promises the warring factions many things and takes them to Pax, but they're arguing again when they arrive. Norge, Frosting and Jolie leave hurriedly, but crashland on Pluto.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Star Pirate
Pages:8
Pencils:George Appel
Inks:George Appel
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Muigela (villain, introduction, death); Gurn (villain, introduction); Mika (villain, introduction, death); Wista (introduction); Sir Gayda (introduction); Star Pirate; Trody
Synopsis:Star Pirate and his sidekick Trody visit the deserted planetoid where they cache their booty and discover Sir Gayda and Wista stranded there. When pirate Muigela's ship lands, Star Pirate learns the villain is dead and defeats Gurn and Mika to become the crew's new leader. The pirates attack a space liner but the crew mutinies when Star Pirate orders no one harmed. The Space Patrol captures them all. Star is sentenced to hang but Sir Gayda reveals himself to be the king of Pluto and pardons him.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Flint Baker
Pages:8
Pencils:Art Saaf
Inks:Art Saaf
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Axtur (villain, introduction); his Locust Men (villains, introduction); Quinn (villain, introduction, death), Dr. Quinn (villain, introduction, death); Flint Baker; Col. Stone; Mimi
Synopsis:Flint Baker and Mimi are sent to prevent "Milky Way guerrilla chief" Axtur and his locust men from raiding a defense outpost on Saturn. Thanks to traitor Quinn, Axtur captures Flint and Mimi and uses Flint's ship to attack the outpost. Flint gets the upper hand and captures Axtur.


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