Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	March 1952
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	?
Notes	Cover date is Spring 1952; indicia date is March 1952.

Cover Details - "Mission Thru Space"

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Allen Anderson (painting)
Inks	Allen Anderson (painting)
Colors	Allen Anderson (painting)
Notes	Cover art credit authenticated by article in ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE No. 18 Winter 2007.

1 page filler "Peek Into the Future"

Genre

fact; science

8 page Crusader from Mars story "Mission Through Space"

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Marvin Stein?
Notes	Origin story for Tarka (Crusader from Mars), who was found guilty of murdering a rival for a woman's affections. He is sent to Earth to fight crime as his penance.

6 page Crusader from Mars story "Death in the Soil"

Genre

science fiction

2 page text article "Noise! Tomorrow's Secret Weapon"

Genre	fact; science
Letters	typeset

6 page story "The Tower of Jacob Dis"

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	George Roussos
Inks	George Roussos

6 page story "Escape to Nowhere"

Genre

science fiction

2 page Professor Birdbrain story "The Pest Invention"

Genre

humor