Planet Comics Covers # 1 to # 9
1940
Planet Comics Story Planet Comics was 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 bugeyed 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 1940 COVERS # 1 to # 9
#1
Will Eisner and Lou Fine cover. The origin of Auro, Lord of Jupiter by Dick Briefer is the focus of this Fiction House first issue. Joining Auro are Flint Baker and the Red Comet. Comic greats Will Eisner and Lou Fine deliver the cycloptic space cover with interior art by Alex Blum and Henry Kiefer.
#2
Lou Fine cover art.
PLANET COMICS 1940 COVERS # 1 to # 9
#3
Will Eisner cover.
#4
Gerber credits this issue's cover to Charles Sultan, and we credit Sultan with a creative idea -- why zap an alien with a ray gun when you can just punch him out?
PLANET COMICS 1940 COVERS # 1 to # 9
#5
Lou Fine and Will Eisner cover.
#6
Will Eisner cover.
PLANET COMICS 1940 COVERS # 1 to # 9
#7
Another great Powell cover,
#8
Cover artist Charles Sultan created one of his best (a robot cover!) for this issue.
PLANET COMICS 1940 COVERS # 1 to # 9
#9
Nick Viscardi (aka Nick Cardy) cover.