Digital Comic Museum - Planet Comics 054


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Issue: #54
Published: May 1948, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: J. F. Byrne (Managing Editor)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: On sale date for this issue was listed below the indicia and in the promotional advertisement, both on the inside front cover, in the previous issue, Planet Comics (1940 series) (Fiction House) #53 (March 1948).

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	Robots from Inferno
Featuring:	Mysta of the Moon
Credits:	Pencils: Joe Doolin \| Inks: Joe Doolin
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Mysta Of The Moon

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page)

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Comic Story (10 pages)
Featuring:	The Lost World
Synopsis:	Three humans are captured by sky-pirates. Soon the sky-pirates and the humans are forced to work together against the Voltamen.
Credits:	Script: ? [as Thornecliffe Herrick] (signed) \| Pencils: George Evans (signed) \| Inks: George Evans (signed)
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Alpha (a Pirate, Introduction) Philip (introduction) Voltamen (villains, All Die) Marko (villain, Introduction, Death)

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Futura
Synopsis:	Futura helps the Venusians against the evil tyrant Thi.
Credits:	Script: ? [as John Douglas] \| Pencils: Enrico Bagnoli \| Inks: Enrico Bagnoli
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Futura [Marcia Reynolds] (origin Retold) Venusians (intro) Thi (introduction, Villain)

Letters Page (1 page)
Featuring:	The Vizigraph
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Advertisement (0 pages)	Just Look at These Exciting New Novelties
Featuring:	Bernard Fine Co.
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Auro Lord of Jupiter
Synopsis:	Auro is captured by Azroth who plans to turn him into a slave.
Credits:	Script: ? [as Dick Charles] (credited) \| Pencils: Joe Doolin ?; John Celardo ? \| Inks: Joe Doolin ?; John Celardo
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Auro Lord Of Jupiter Mother Seven (intro Death?) Azroth (villain, Intro Death)

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Space Rangers
Synopsis:	Criminals capture Flint Baker and Herc and shrink them down to microscopic size.
Credits:	Script: ? [as Hugh Fitzhugh] \| Pencils: Frank Doyle \| Inks: Frank Doyle
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	The Space Rangers [Flint Baker Herc] Zar (villain, Intro) Xetra (villain, Intro, Death) Fish-men (villain, Intro)

Text Story (2 pages)	Time Shock
Credits:	Script: ? [as Thornecliffe Herrick] \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Science Fiction

Comic Story (7 pages)
Featuring:	Star Pirate
Synopsis:	Star Pirate and Blacky help Valda prove who killed her father.
Credits:	Script: ? [as Len Dodson] \| Pencils: Maurice Whitman [as M. Whitman] (signed) \| Inks: Maurice Whitman [as M. Whitman] (signed)
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Star Pirate Valda (intro) Blacky Rasca (villain Intro Death) Sato (villain

Illustration (1 page)	Living Death
Featuring:	Life On Other Worlds
Credits:	Pencils: Frank Doyle [as Doyle] (signed) \| Inks: Frank Doyle [as Doyle] (signed)
Genre:	Science Fiction

Comic Story (8 pages)	Robots from Inferno
Featuring:	Mysta of the Moon
Synopsis:	Not able to attend a demonstration of a telenite plant, Mysta sends a robot to record all the proceedings, not knowing that Dant Argo is planning to eliminate one vital process from the telenite plant under false pretenses.
Credits:	Script: ? [as Ross Gallun] (signed) \| Pencils: Matt Baker \| Inks: Matt Baker
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Mysta Of The Moon Bron II Jon Zettra (scientist, Introduction) Flura (villain, Argo's Secretary) Dant Argo (villain, Introduction, Death) Vago (villain)

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Featuring:	Jowett Institute of Physical Culture
Credits:	Letters: typeset

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Featuring:	Illinois Merchandise Mart

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Featuring:	Curtiss Candy Company

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