Chapter 8 September 1947Planet Comics #50

Planet Comics #50 (September 1947) is where

things take a turn for the simplistic creatively

and the story kind of loses direction. The

dream-like quality of the Futura Saga is

emphasized over the next several issues

keeping with the premise put forth in the

premiere story even as the content artistically

begins to parallel the quality typical to the

perceived disposable comic book entertainment

of the era.Planet Comics #50 (September 1947)

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 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."