| Planet Comics | |
|---|---|
 Cover to Planet Comics #53 (March 1948). Art by Joe Doolin. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Fiction House |
| Format | Anthology |
| Publication date | January 1940 – Winter 1953 |
| No. of issues | 73 |
| Main character(s) | Flint Baker and the Space Rangers Gale Allen Mysta of the Moon Spurt Hammond et al. |
Planet Comics was a science fiction comic book title published by Fiction House from January 1940 to Winter 1953. It was the first comic book dedicated wholly to science fiction.[1] Like most of Fiction House's early comics titles, Planet Comics was a spinoff of a pulp magazine, in this case Planet Stories. Like the magazine before it, Planet Comics features space operatic tales of muscular, heroic space adventurers who are quick with their "ray pistols" and always running into gorgeous women who need rescuing from bug-eyed space aliens or fiendish interstellar bad guys.
- ^ Benton, Mike. Science Fiction Comics: The Illustrated History (Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing Company, 1992), p.33