Planet Comics #19

Planet Comics #19 is an anthology issue featuring multiple science fiction stories set across alien worlds and space. "Gale Allen and Her Girl Squadron" by Douglas McKee involves a jailbreak on Venus with revolt and murder, as Gale and her patrol seize small ships to aid escaping convicts while a prison is destroyed. "Red Comet" follows the adventures of Rusty and Dolores as they explore space, encountering wrecked ships and discovering that Elva has crashed on a treacherous planet; Rusty searches for her body while Red Comet's new compass-like instrument is demonstrated for exploring uncharted worlds. "Star Pirate" features Trody confronting a ghost-like moll and encountering a pirate in a safe-cracking sequence, leading to action involving a ray torch and a confrontation that leaves the pirate apparently dead, while a ghost subsequently appears.