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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published August-September 1950
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Julius Schwartz (actual)

Cover Details - "Destination: Moon"

Genre science fiction

10 page Chris KL-99 story "The Menace of the Green Nebula"

Characters Chris KL-99 (intro)
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman

1 page Superboy public service announcement "Superboy-Job Counselour"

Genre superhero
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer

8 page Darwin Jones story "The Girl Who Couldn't Die"

Characters Darwin Jones
Genre science fiction
Script David V. Reed (signed)
Pencils Paul Norris
Inks Bernard Sachs
Notes title corrected per Steven Grant 2/23/09

5 page story "Mr. Future"

Characters H. G. Wells
Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils Dick Sprang [as Richard Sprang]
Inks Dick Sprang
Editing Jack Schiff
Notes story about HG Wells
Reprinted from Real Fact Comics (DC, 1946 series) #3

8 page story "The Second Deluge"

Genre science fiction
Script Gardner Fox (signed)
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Sy Barry
Notes writer correction 2/23/09 from Steve Grant

Half page Pioneers In Science filler

Genre fact
Script Julius Schwartz
Pencils Morris Waldinger
Inks Tommy Nicolosi

2 page text story "The Man Who Lived 2000 Years"

Pencils Raymond Perry
Inks Raymond Perry
Notes text

8 page story "Destination: Moon"

Characters Jim Barnes; Dr. Charles Cargraves: General Thayer
Genre science fiction
Script Gardner Fox (adaption); Robert Heinlein (original story)
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks John Fischetti
Editing Jack Schiff
Notes adaptation of the 1950 George Pal movie

Half page Through The Telescope filler "Return of a Comet"

Genre fact
Script Julius Schwartz
Pencils Morris Waldinger
Inks Tommy Nicolosi