Thanks to some anonymous nutcase who treasures comic book piracy, here are some beautiful, readable jpegs of a comic titled "The Planetary Adventures of Flint Baker & and the One-Eyed Monster Men of Mars," which was the first story published in the first issue of Planet Comics (#1 January 1940, Fiction House). Scripted and illustrated by Dick Briefer, this 15-page comic chronicles the adventures of Fletcher "Flint" Baker as he journeys to the Red Planet with three murderous ex-convicts and the lovely Mimi Wilson of the New York Globe, where they battle Sarko and the One-Eyed Monster Men of Mars!
I love Planet Comics, though (INHO) the internal art got much, much better in later issues. That cover, however, is awesome. And your conscious can relax, Planet Comics have long been in the public domain.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dave. Planet Comics has many great covers!
ReplyDeleteOops, "conscience" not "conscious" my overuse of spell checking instead of proofreading in action.
ReplyDeleteHi Paul,
ReplyDeleteVery nice scans!
Don't miss Flint's next martian adventures here:
http://gotomars.free.fr/flint_baker.html
Thanks for the link, Doc Mars!
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