Planet Comics #43 – Key Highlights
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Publisher: Fiction House
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Publication Date: July 1945
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Editor: J. F. Byrne
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Cover Artist: Joe Doolin
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Interior Artists: Lily Renee, August Froehlich, Murphy Anderson, John Cavallo, Ruben Moreira, and Chester Martin
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Genre: Science Fiction / Space Opera
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Pages: 52
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Original Cover Price: $0.10
🔥 Key Significance
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Debut of Futura, a new science-fiction heroine who is abducted by invisible forces and taken to the mysterious space city of Cymradia.
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Features artwork by Murphy Anderson, including a fascinating feature imagining what alien life on Mercury might look like.
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Continues the celebrated Planet Comics tradition of imaginative space opera, with interplanetary heroes, alien civilizations, futuristic technology, and cosmic threats.
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Features contributions from Lily Renee, one of the pioneering female artists of the Golden Age.
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The Joe Doolin cover continues the series' distinctive blend of science-fiction adventure and striking character imagery.
📖 Story Highlights
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“Life on Other Worlds: Mercury” – A Murphy Anderson feature exploring what alien life on Mercury might look like.
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“2400 A.D.” – A futuristic science-fiction adventure.
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“The Lost World” – The alien Volta successfully plants an agent inside the human rebellion on Earth, threatening the resistance from within.
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“Futura” – The debut adventure of Futura. The future heroine is abducted by invisible forces and taken to the space city of Cymradia.
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“Mysta of the Moon” – Another adventure featuring the lunar heroine.
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“Auro Lord of Jupiter” – An interplanetary adventure featuring Auro.
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“Death-Ray from the Sun” – A science-fiction adventure involving a dangerous solar weapon.
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“Space Rangers” – A space-adventure feature.
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“The Star Pirate” – Continues the adventures of the interplanetary pirate.
📌 Additional Details
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Cover: Joe Doolin.
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Notable Debut: Futura makes her first appearance in this issue.
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Artist Lineup: The issue brings together Murphy Anderson, Lily Renee, Ruben Moreira, August Froehlich, John Cavallo, and Chester Martin.
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Series Context: Planet Comics remains one of Fiction House's signature Golden Age science-fiction titles.
An especially noteworthy Golden Age science-fiction issue thanks to the debut of Futura, a Murphy Anderson feature, and a strong lineup of Fiction House artists.
