341 – Volta Yoda

The main villains of the Planet Comics feature “The Lost World” are the Voltamen – reptilian conquerors of Earth. The Voltamen speak in Yoda-speak (thirty years before Yoda was invented), often placing the verbs at the end of sentences. Here is a sympathetic Voltamen from Planet Comics #47 (December 1946).

Read More »

287 – Fran Hopper

Fran Hopper takes over drawing the salacious “Mysta of the Moon” in her second story in Fiction House’s Planet Comics #37 (April 1945). I don’t know whose arm is holding that gun!

Read More »

278 – Mysta of the Moon

Ok, it’s time to take a break from the heavy burden of thinking about World War 2 and let comic books do something they do really well: Pure unadulterated escapism. While DC Comics seem to be squarely aimed at children and youth, Fiction House published pulpy stories with curvy women in skimpy outfits focusing on […]

Read More »