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CATALOG RECORD

Planet Comics #44

Fiction House · Series began 1940 · September 1946

WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

  • Bron II (Fiction House / AC) — introduction
  • The Face (Fiction House / AC) — villain, introduction

Dates

Cover date
September 1946
On sale
June 6, 1946
Pages
52

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Joe Doolin, Lily Renée, Chester Martin, Murphy Anderson, Bob Lubbers, Ruben Moreirainks: Joe Doolin, Lily Renée, Chester Martin, Murphy Anderson, Bob Lubbers, Ruben Moreirascript: Thorncliffe Herrick, John Douglas, Dick Charles, Hugh Fitzhugh, Len Dodson, Ross Gallun

Stories

  • Callisto · 1 pages
  • Astral World of the Mind Stealers · 6 pages
  • Telecast From the Future? · 2 pages
  • The Impostor: Part 1 · 8 pages

    The Face sends a spy to replace the winner of a contest to become Mysta's pupil so that he can learn her scientific secrets. After a time, Bron, the spy, decides not to obey the Face and sides with Mysta instead, though he fears the villain will expose him.

Characters

AuroChet EdsonDornaMysta of the MoonBron IIClaudiaThe Face

Reprinted in

Jumbo Comics (1938), Good Girl Art Quarterly (1990), Golden-Age Greats (1994), Gwandanaland Comics (2016), Futura (2025)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).