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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published November - January 1953
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Painted covers. Covers for FC421 and #4-11 by same artist. Issues #1-3 in the Four Color series as 378, 400, 421.

Cover Details

Characters Tom Corbett
Genre Science Fiction
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)
Notes Painted covers. Covers for FC421 and #4-11 by same artist. Issues #1-3 in the Four Color series as 378, 400, 421.

1 page Tom Corbett, Space Cadet foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Space Academy The University of the Planets"

Characters Tom Corbett; Captain Steve Strong; Cadet Roger Manning
Synopsis Photo from Tom Corbett TV series.
Genre Science Fiction
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Letters Typeset

34 page Tom Corbett story "Captain Steve Strong and his space cadet squad report the failure of their mission..."] [The Beggar's Secret

Characters Tom Corbett; Cadet Astro; Cadet Roger Manning; Captain Strong; Professor Thornton; Commander Arkwright
Synopsis Tom and the other cadets go in search of missing Professor Thornton and run into a Martian picpup (which can create illusions) and the Bor Borito's people.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Paul Newman
Pencils Paul Norris
Inks Paul Norris
Letters Typeset
Notes Story takes up all interior pages, inside back cover (black and white) and back cover of comic. Paul Newman credit from Comicbook Marketplace (January 1997) [according to http://www.solarguard.com/tccomic.htm]. Paul Norris credit from http://www.solarguard.com/tccomic.htm and comparison with art in issue 5 and 6 (which GCD had as Paul Norris.) Original indexer had Frank Thorne has penciller and inker.