Space Adventures (1952 1st series) comic books

Cover pencils by Al Fago, inks by Lou Morales. "The Mad-Man of Mars," art by Lou Morales; The Space Rangers track down Nucleo, a shape-shifting Martian. He takes the figure of Captain Arax, and thusly his leisure cruise spaceship, the Staritania. "Invasion from the Moon," art by Frank Frollo; When the preying mantis-like moon insects begin to attack Lunar Station X-32, the Space Rangers discover a plot by Halgo, leader of the Outerplanetary Circle, is waking up the underground creatures; Halgo plans to steal destructive mirrors, old Earth weapons buried on the moon. "Room to Live" text story. "Mummers from Mercury," pencils by Albert Tyler, inks by Dick Giordano; Boss Kipley and his cohort Pete intercept alien radio signals; Boss Kipley arranges to have Modo, Master of Mercury, land with his invasion force of aliens. "Visits the City of Brass"; With the assistance of Professor Eon Tempus, Hap Holliday, Time Skipper, designs and builds his "Year in an Instant" yacht, In their first outing, the pair visit the year 100,001; They encounter a dry seabed with giant crab-like creatures and a giant, land-traversing octopus. "The Birth of the Moon" half-page story, art by Lou Morales. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Frank Frollo. "Talk About Speed" one-page story, art by Frank Frollo. "Operation Pluto," art by Art Cappello; Queen Anyana is leader of the country of Delonia on the planet Pluto; Two space traders, Wix and Gurkus, have taken over Delonia; The Space Rangers, including Rex Clive and Speed Lansing are sent with their scout crafts in the cargo hold of a massive ship called the Solario; It is threatened by Wix, the self-proclaimed ruler of Pluto. "Trouble on Phobos," art by Dick Giordano; Captain Norgo is attempting to smuggle a powerful alcohol called Fluvia to Mercury; Fluvia is illegal on the planet of destination; Space Rangers Barry and Jones investigate his ship. "The Graveyard of the Sky," art by Frank Frollo; Tyranno, with his assistant Fodor, operates a plan to take over the governorship of the planetary system from one of Jupiter's moons, Ganymede; To do so, he uses radar to trick the Staritania to Jupiter. "Down to Earth" text story. "Revolt of the Robots," art by John Belfi; Newlyweds Jak and Maida Barv go to Decima, the tenth moon of Jupiter, to run an iron mine; They are alone except for the robot labor force; A robot tries to kidnap Maida. "The Smugglers of Callisto," pencils by Frank Frollo, inks by John Belfi; The Space Rangers run across a scheme by Soq to steal methane shipments from Jupiter. "The Land of Perpetual Light" half-page story, art by Frank Frollo. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Dick Giordano. "The Crazy Planet" one-page story, art by Frank Frollo. "The Hollow World," art by Art Cappello; Ships mysteriously disappear near the planet Marduk; Marduk is five times the size of Earth but has extremely low gravity; Captain Larq of the Lunex Luna sends a message as his craft is pulled in; Clive and Lansing investigate. "The Vixens of Venus," art by John Belfi; The Vixens of Venus, with their chief Delva, intend to invade the Earth; They must first plant Venusian vegetation to feed the giant insects that thrive on their planet; Rex Clive and Speed are captured while investigating the island where the Venusian Vixens have planted their flora. "War Cry of Mirza" text story. "The Cloudships of Magonia," art by Dick Giordano. "Convoy to Mars," art by Dick Giordano and Rex Clive; Space King leads the Space Rangers through the narrow pass between the Sun and Mercury, attempting to discover the hijackers there; The passage is taken as the best option to get to Mars at distant spots in its orbit. "The Time Skipper Travels to Ancient Rome"; The Time Skipper ends up in ancient Rome with Queen Ula and Professor Tempus; They encounter Cleopatra, who hears a prophesy from the absurdly-wrong soothsayer Rapidus. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Dick Giordano. "They Say It Really Happened" one-page story, art by Dick Giordano; Steve and another prospector are confronted by the landowner when they discover a meteorite filled with diamonds. "The Devil Masters of Algol," script by Walter Gibson, art by Dick Giordano; Rex and Speed of the Space Rangers investigate a strange ship; They discover it is from the distant planet of Dox; Leading the expedition is a Doxian woman named Erda. "The Moon Hoppers," pencils by Art Cappello, inks by Dick Giordano; Noxor, intent on becoming the Mighty Monarch of the Saturnian Satellites, is using "Repello Rays" to knock "Moon Hoppers" spaceships out of the sky. "Mars for the Martians" text story, art by Art Cappello. "The Monsters of Kalypso," art by Frank Frollo; Mighty Voz, is the leader of the half-robot, half-human creatures called the Mechans; The Mechans were forgotten miners of the planet, Kalypo; Van and Loa are captured human slaves. "The Great Gravitex Robbery," art by Art Cappello; Rex Clive investigates the disappearance of the gravity-repelling Plutonian product, Gravitex; Gravitex is formed by manipulating Cosmium ore mined by robots on Pluto. "The Man Who Saved Four Worlds" one-page Spiro the Space Spy story, art by John Belfi. "The Space Bandits," art by Lou Morales; Rujon and Dzartz hijack a load of gold leaving the tiny planet Juno, where gravity makes the bars extremely light; Stella Dawn confronts them, but is taken prisoner. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Stan Campbell. Stories and art by Stan Campbell, Art Cappello, John Belfi and Dick Giordano. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. A derelict spaceship from the 20th century returns to Earth in 2301, threatening to level Washington DC when it crashes. Rex Clive and his interplanetary space officers set out to capture space smugglers near Saturn. Rex sides with the planet Doz when "Choq, newly appointed master devil of the devil masters," from its twin planet Zod, threatens to "bombard them into submission with our volcanic tube-guns." That's some genuinely classic dialogue. Space Report; Smugglers of Saturn; Stronghold in Space; Rex Clive: The War Between the Worlds; The Creatures of Jarga. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Stan Campbell. "Two Worlds," art by Dick Giordano. "Invasion from Venus," art by Frank Frollo; Drox, the Viceroy of Venus, attacks the Earth by planting enormous Venusian plants in New York city; The fresh water is cut off from city supplies and the plants, some 600-feet-tall, die out when the roots reach ocean water. "Commander Rex Clive and the Twelfth Moon" text story. "The Uncharted Planet," art by Art Cappello; Kenneth Baker and Robert Larkin have been out prospecting in space for three years; A license for their space ship is delinquent 30 months; Bob Larkin wants to call it off and return to Earth; They spot an uncharted asteroid and decide to check it out. "The Black Doom," pencils by Dick Giordano, inks by Art Cappello; The Earth's climate is freezing, caused by the sun's inexplicable, sudden dying; Rex and Speed must solve the mystery; An alien race in the ionic atmosphere is responsible, focusing Black Ray on the capital city of Earth. "Race to the Moon" one-page story, art by Tony Tallarico. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Dick Giordano. "Transformation," art by Dick Giordano; Anticipating nuclear war that would leave Earth barren of life, Lars Kranston convinces his colleagues to go to Mars; His paramour Betty Stone insists that she go as well; The ship crashes on Mars. "The Doomed Civilization," script by Carl Memling, pencils by Frank Frollo, inks by Vince Alascia; Commander Krait's crew begins receiving transmissions from an inhabitable planet called X-3-Z; Dr. Triple interprets the message; The message states society living there faces immanent destruction through war; Krait sends ships to stop the senseless destruction. "Simtone Saves the Space Officers" text story. "Homecoming," art by Stan Campbell; In the summer of 1953, Edmund Cranston presents his designs for a rocket ship to Dr. Corning at a large aircraft corporation; Cranston's only request is to be on the spacecraft maiden voyage to the moon. "Fateful Fluid," art by Art Cappello; When a professor perfects an elixir to transmute all it touches into gold, Kryn uses a "paralyzo ray" to freeze the professor; Kryn takes the potion for his own purposes. "Eternity in Space," art by Art Cappello; The Earth-Moon space station is a city floating between the Earth and the Moon; The city is constructed on an artificial wheel; Dr. Tero and Dr. Orso create two synthetic children; One is named Nors, the other Gri. Lars works on a fuel for spaceships; Both plan to win a contest for amazing feats. "Invasion" one-page story, art by Tony Tallarico. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Dick Giordano. "All for Love," script by Carl Memling, pencils by Dick Giordano, inks by Art Cappello; Jason Casan is rescued from his wrecked spaceship when it crash lands on an asteroid named Vulca; His rescuers are the aged Doctor Artuk and the young and beautiful blonde woman named Clio. "Pet Hate," art by Stan Campbell; A group of settlers land on the planet Pharisee; They encounter a large predator dubbed a piranosaur attacking a small, cute creature; The expedition leader calls it a winky due to its rapid eye blinking; The colonists attach to their winkies as pets. "World without Children" text story by Dick Giordano. "The Cycle of Death," pencils by Frank Frollo, inks by John Belfi; Peter Fresno and Hugh Mason explore a desolate city on Mars; They discover a museum and a statue; The statue informs them by telepathy that the Martians were wiped out by a deadly red dust. "First Contact" one-page story, art by Tony Tallarico; Foodie Somak and his friends are taken aboard a spacecraft by aliens called the Denebians; The extra-terrestrials can't survive in the atmosphere; Instead they take the trio along with them to their planet, saying they intend no harm. "Flower from Pharaoh," pencils by Frank Frollo; World War V has ended. The people of Earth-2 in a solar system where they fled to escape the dying sun now face overpopulation; A space station is built; Dr. Flyk returns with a flower from the planet Pharaoh. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Dick Giordano. "Speed-Up!", script by Carl Memling, art by Art Cappello; The aggressive and ambitious Dr. Eric Bruno, along with his assistant Norman Durocher, creates a microscopic society similar to the Neanderthals of Earth's past; Speeding up the process, Bruno and Durocher watch as the microscopic society develops in a progression nearly identical to that of humanity; Progressing past the atom, hydrogen, and cobalt bombs, Bruno pushes the society to the year 2153. "A Fistful of Doom," script by Carl Memling, art by Dick Giordano; Astro-Botanist, Ned Brovo, wealthy Carl Monat, and veteran space pilot Burt Loog take a trip to Venus; The purpose is to recover an example of the nearly-extinct Spider Flower of Venus, for which a million dollar reward is promised. "The Thought Space Ship" text story. "Out in Space" one-page story, art by Tony Tallarico. "The Good Old Days," script by Carl Memling, pencils by Frank Frollo, inks by Vince Alascia; War threatens Earth in the year 1995; Vann tries to protect Lori, but the pair are separated; Lori returns to the lab of her scientist father who works with Dr. Kron; They escape the planet's demise in a spaceship and head for the planet Mantor, the only planet that can sustain human life. "The Day Fido Sang," script and art by Carl Memling; Herman Lindsay gives his new dog, Fido, an injection to cause the canine to talk; Fido learns to read and write; Herman tells the dog he is to stay with his friends, Ted and Marion Kent. "Discovery," Tony Tallarico. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Carl Memling, Seymour Moskowitz, Frank Frollo, Vince Alascia and Dick Giordano. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Canterbury invents a camera that can photograph tomorrow, but he still doesn't foresee the ironic twist that awaits him. Space colonists prepare for a centuries-long journey to a new world, in one of Ditko's first stories for his longtime publisher Charlton. When robot servants take over the world, a desperate group of humans plans to escape into outer space. Typically top-notch cover by Ditko may have been his first ever. Canterburys Camera; Homecoming…; Buccaneers of Space; The Visitors; Back to Earth. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Steve Ditko. "Interplanetary Safari!", pencils by Bill Molno (as Joe Shuster), inks by Dick Giordano; Ron Adams, Interplanetary "Bring 'Em Back Alive" Explorer, demands a half-million dollars to build a spaceship and go to the planet Xarto; There he hopes to capture a giant, carnivorous plant that is worth a great deal of money. "You Are the Jury," art by Steve Ditko; Ogu is an alien assigned a guard post in space; He notes a small planet, Earth in actuality, and goes there to investigate; He runs across a circus. "Moment of Decision" one-page story, art by Steve Ditko. "Machines versus Mars" text story. "Dead Reckoning!", art by Steve Ditko; Airman Andor is a police officer in space; He goes to a disturbance call; An elderly man is angry at his maid for attempting to steal his treasure map; She is a young and attractive blonde woman named Kyt. "Case of the Sweating Swami" one-page story, art by Tony Tallarico. "Legions of Atlantis," art by Seymour Moskowitz; The Navy submarine R-93 dives; Something goes wrong and it goes too deep; Captain Small, Huey, and Robert Crane are rescued by fishmen from the city of Atlantis. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Carl Memling, Vince Alascia, Joe Shuster, John Belfi, Seymour Moskowitz and Dick Giordano. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Mad scientist Dr. Cabot uses his new shrinking serum on his wife and his assistant after learning that they've been having an affair. An experimental vessel probes beneath the Earth's crust for the most dangerous element ever discovered, in a story with art by Superman co-creator Joe Shuster. Quentin's new invention is a chemical treatment that will grow hair anywhere, but that's not always a good thing. Another legendary (and hilarious) cover by Ditko. Too Much to Swallow; The Unknown Element; Devolution; Saucers from Saturn; The Morning After; The Alien Raider. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Carl Memling, Vince Alascia, Joe Shuster, John Belfi, Seymour Moskowitz and Dick Giordano. Ahead of the Comics Code, Space Adventures switches from horrific tales of sci-fi to super-heroics, reviving 1940s hero Blue Beetle, in what proved to be a long and influential series for both Charlton and the Blue Beetle himself. In the far-off future year of 1988, Blast Baker and Astra Adams of the Planet Police battle a tentacled monster from outer space. Someone tries to frame reporter Joan Mason by planting a bag of cocaine in her purse. Blue Beetle: Murder in the Ring; The Thing in Outer Space; From Planet Rathe to Planet Earth; The Beauty Parlor Murders; Minit Mystery; Heritage. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Jack Kamen, Seymour Moskowitz and Art Helfant. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Filmmakers frustrated trying to make a film of the Blue Beetle's adventures decide to use the real Blue Beetle, and put him in real danger. A scientist's assistant is sent into the future year of 1964, only to learn that all laws have been abolished; each trip forward (to 1974 and 1984) reveals a progressively more hellish Earth, including one filled with radioactive zombies. Female reporter Joan Mason investigates a series of arsons at art galleries, in a story with early art by EC legend Jack Kamen. Blue Beetle: Perils of Blue Beetle; The New Look; Mystery of the Wealthy Puppet; Rubbernose Randolph Proves His Point; Reproduction of Terror. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ted Galindo and Vince Alascia (with a photo of Richard Crane as Rocky Jones). Stories by Joe Gill? and unknown. Art by Ted Galindo, Vince Alascia, Dick Giordano, Frank Frollo and unknown. Featuring: Rocky Jones, Space Ranger in "Space Infantry," "Velocity X," "First Landing" and "Too Many Meteors"! Plus: Space Facts filler "Now You Can Fly a Real Down-to-Earth Space Ship" by Michael Ressner; Inventions of Tomorrow filler by Ressner; 2-page text story "Space Ship Courage"; 1-page fillers "The Ringed Planet," "Broadcast to the Universe" and "Earth's Veiled Sister"; and the 1-page story "Out-Post of Empire"! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ted Galindo? and Dick Giordano. Stories by Joe Gill? and unknown. Art by Ted Galindo, Dick Giordano, Bernard Krigstein, Tony Tallarico, Frank Frollo and unknown. Featuring: Rocky Jones, Space Ranger in "The Forbidden Frequency" and "The Petrified Man"! Plus: "Jealousy on Kano"; 1-page "Inventions of Tomorrow" by Michael Ressner; 2-page text story "Room to Live"; and the fillers "Secret of the Sun," "Weather Is a Weapon," "Worlds of Ice" and "The Land of Perpetual Light"! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ted Galindo and Ray Osrin. Stories by Joe Gill? and unknown. Art by Ted Galindo, Ray Osrin, John Belfi, Frank Frollo and unknown. Featuring: Rocky Jones, Space Ranger in "Fate of the Treasure Seekers," "The Ark" and "The Invisibles"! Plus: "Action on Uranus"; 2-page text story "Down to Earth"; 1-page reprint story "Talk about Speed"; and the 1-page "Inventions of Tomorrow" by Michael Ressner! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Giordano and Jon D'Agostino. Stories by Joe Gill? and unknown. Art by Ted Galindo, Ray Osrin, Dick Giordano and Tony Tallarico. Featuring: Rocky Jones, Space Ranger in "The Prison Planetoid" and "Gravity-Plus"! Plus: "Two Worlds" reprint story; 2-page text story "Robinson Crusoe of Space"; 1-page "Inventions of Tomorrow" by Michael Ressner; and the 1-page reprint story "Race to the Moon"! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories by Joe Gill? and unknown. Art by Joe Shuster?, Dick Giordano, Vince Alascia, John Belfi and Sal Trapani. Featuring: "These Are the Proud Ones"; Rex Clive in "Menace of the Midget Robots"; "Common Touch"; 2-page text story "Raider Ramtos"; "Time Lag"; reprint story "The Cloudships of Magonia"; and Spiro the Space Spy in the 1-page reprint story "The Man Who Saved Four Worlds"! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Reprints Fawcett's Destination Moon. First Trip to the Moon - Written by Otto Binder (adapted from the film by Rip Van Ronkel, Robert Heinlein and James O'Hanlon). Art and Cover by Dick Rockwell and Sam Burlockoff . Scientist Charles Cargreaves and General Thayer are bound and determined to put an American rocket on the Moon. And they have to leave now...before the government can stop them! Plus: 3-page text article "Moon Victory" with art by Lou Morales! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Charles Nicholas and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Humans stranded on an alien planet struggle to communicate with the strange globe-like creatures who live there. An astronaut goes on a 90-day tour around the solar system. In a comedic story, aliens from Mercury go joy-riding in their borrowed spaceship and explore the weird people of Earth. Symbiosis!; Solo Flight; Anyone Could Have Done It?; Meddlers from Mercury; The Peace Planters. Final issue under this title; series continues as War at Sea (1957) #22, while Nyoka The Jungle Girl (1955 Charlton) becomes Space Adventures with issue #23 two years later. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Reprints Fawcett's Destination Moon. First Trip to the Moon - Written by Otto Binder (adapted from the film by Rip Van Ronkel, Robert Heinlein and James O'Hanlon). Art by Dick Rockwell and Sam Burlockoff. Cover by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Scientist Charles Cargreaves and General Thayer are bound and determined to put an American rocket on the Moon. And they have to leave now...before the government can stop them! Plus: 3-page reprint text article "Moon Victory"! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia and John Severin. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. A man traveling to the moon hears of a new robot that is indistinguishable from a human, in a story with early art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Scientists investigate strange saucer sightings, in a story with art by EC legend John Severin. Johnny studies all the possible ways the world could end. Moon-Run!; Out of This World; Worlds End; My Moon; The Metallic Visitor, Man's Best Friend. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia and Sal Trapani. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Venus tries to keep tabs on its warlike neighbor planet Earth, in a story with early art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Astronauts struggle to make repairs after a meteor strikes their ship, in a story that presents life in space fairly accurately for 1956. Drought-stricken Martians seek water and help from Earth, in a story with early art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. The First Satellite; Rescue in Outer Space; Dredge from the Unknown; Gordons Genius; The Great Martian Drought; The Agent Among Us. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Steve Ditko and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Aliens find they are invisible on Earth and try to observe its people, in one of three stories in this issue featuring early art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. In another Ditko story with some cool spaceships but dubious ethnography, a Chinese teacher reveals that the Chinese people are actually survivors of an advanced alien race. The third Ditko story involves an attack by the Moon people on ancient Atlantis. A Visit to Planet 3; The Men From Hsin-Chiu; Destination Earth; Footprints of Fear; Menace From the Moon; Return From Saturn. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, Bill Molno and Dick Giordano. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Visitors from Neptune find Earthlings too warlike to communicate with, in one of three stories in this issue featuring early art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. In another Ditko story, Venusians steal Earth's Moon. The third Ditko story has a visitor to Earth struggling to make himself understood. The Hostile Planet; The Moon Snatchers; The Wrong Planet; Elixir of Youth; The Great Escape. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Vince Colletta, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, Bill Molno and Ernie Hart. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. A macho astronaut and his wimpy brother crash-land on the Moon and are captured by a space pirate, in a story featuring early art by comics legend Matt Baker. Aliens return to Earth after thousands of years to reclaim their ancient idol, New Hampshire's Old Man of the Mountain. A scientist discovers that alien "Galactites" have invaded the Earth, disguised as ordinary humans. Plus a vintage ad for a replica hand grenade. Moon Trap; Visitor from the Void; Space Shift; An Idol of Their Own; The Invaders. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Maurice Whitman. Stories and art by Dick Giordano and Ernie Hart. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Astronauts visiting Mars are captured by the Martians, and imprisoned with the astronauts of many visiting worlds. Hyper-speed beings from Saturn visit the Earth, puzzle over the slow-moving Earthlings, and collect some shrubbery. The US military captures a flying saucer, and tries to figure it out before the mother ship returns. First Stop... Mars!; The Long Wait; The Space Master; In a Twinkling; Captive from Space. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Vince Colletta, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. The crew of UN Space Patrol ship No. 72 must survive being stranded in the Asteroid Belt. The appearance of a strange, lens-like disc in the sky causes the people of a warring world to unite and try to figure out what it is. The first humans on the Moon realize that it is actually a gigantic egg, once it begins to hatch. Marooned in Space; Peril in the Sky; The Monstrous Egg; So Easy!; Fugitive from Mars. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, Bill Molno and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. A spoiled 26th-century adventurer finds new direction when he discovers a damsel in distress on an exotic alien planet, in a story with early art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Astronauts set out to learn what lies at the edge of the universe, and find a Bizarro-like cube planet and a strange barrier beyond. The Space Patrol tries to figure out how to keep a gigantic meteor from destroying the Earth. The Edge of Space; The Enchanted Planet; Nightmare in Space; Professor Accuracy; Juggernaut of Doom. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Vince Alascia, Bill Molno and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. The crew of Spaceship 90 finds a strange object in deep space, in a story with early art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Mad scientist Professor Scraggs holds the world hostage with his ultra-powerful doomsday device. Humans abandon the Earth for space after a strange fungus destroys all food crops. The Deadly Cargo of Spaceship 90; Colossus from the Skies; Half a World?; The Last Ship from Earth; Visitor from the Void. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Bill Molno and Joe Gill. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. In his first appearance, with early art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko, a hapless worker trapped on an experimental rocket is transformed into the atomic-powered superhero Captain Atom. Assigned to investigate an Earthlike planet, Earth astronauts are drawn to a nearby planet instead. The enslaved Kukons struggle to escape the aliens who have conquered their world. The Galactic Scourge; Introducing Captain Atom; Venture in Ventura; The Captive World. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani and Joe Gill. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Captain Atom uses his new atomic powers to enter space and save the first Russian cosmonaut, in a story with early art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Space Patrol officers find a derelict craft that has fallen prey to a mysterious metal-devouring force, and realize too late that it has spread to their own ship. Astronauts exploring the next solar system over realize that an alien planet is alive...and it's hungry. Captain Atom: The 2nd Man in Space; Derelict of Doom; The Insatiable Monster Planet; Message from Mars. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani and Joe Gill. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Captain Atom's young friend Billy has a secret existence in outer space with a giant alien bird, in a strange story with early art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Alien agents try to decide if planet Earth is ripe for invasion. Future Earth wages interplanetary war against the forces of Pluto. Spies from Another World; The Enigma of Pluto; Captain Atom: The Unexpected Visitor; The Little Wanderer; Where Are They? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Steve Ditko. "The Wreck of X-44," script by Joe Gill, art by Steve Ditko; The rocket-ship that Captain Atom is testing has been sabotaged. "The Galactic Souvenir," art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. "Penetro" text story. "The Omnipotent Robot," pencils by Bill Molno, inks by Vince Alascia; A scientist Siroco created Tondo, the Omnipotent robot, for space exploration; The planet where Tondo was created is not named, but a man whom Sirco calls 'Your Excellency' desires to use Tondo to explore possible worlds to invade and spread despotism. "Captain Atom On Planet X," script by Joe Gill, art by Steve Ditko; Captain Atom guards a new orbital satellite from enemy missiles. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Steve Ditko. "The Space Prowlers," script by Joe Gill, art by Steve Ditko; Captain Atom stops an alien invasion; President of the United States app. "Flight 101 to Nowhere," art by Bill Molno. "The Super-Men from Space," art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. "Enemy Overhead," pencils by Bill Molno, inks by Vince Alascia. "Quaxonite" text story. "A Victory for Venus," script by Joe Gill, art by Steve Ditko; Captain Atom travels to Venus to see who destroyed an American satellite. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Steve Ditko. "One Second Of War," script by Joe Gill, art by Steve Ditko; Captain Atom must stop Dr. Claudius Jaynes from firing nuclear missiles at all the big cities on Earth. "Backfire," script by Joe Gill, art by Steve Ditko; Captain Atom must stop the missles launched at the U.S. by Gustav Borlin and Dr. Skafic. "Common Denominator," pencils by Bill Molno, inks by Vince Alascia. "Martians, I Greet You!" text story. "The Force Beyond," script by Joe Gill, art by Steve Ditko; Captain Atom must stop an alien warship trying to start a nuclear war on Earth. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Steve Ditko. "Test-Pilot's Nightmare," script by Joe Gill, art by Steve Ditko; Captain Atom must save a test pilot when his experimental rocket-plane has problems. "The Third Man," pencils by Bill Molno, inks by Sal Trapani. "Peace Envoy," art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio; Captain Atom must stop an alien invasion. "The Magic Box" text story. "An Ageless Weapon," script by Joe Gill, art by Steve Ditko; Captain Atom is captured by some East German agents while taking important papers to the West Berlin embassy. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart VG- 3.5 $23.00 View scan 1" Spine split from top. Pen markings on first page. Water spotting.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $25.00 View scan Cover detached at one staple.

Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and Joe Gill. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Atomic-powered superhero Captain Atom tries to escort a dignitary to a peace conference, in a story with early art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. In another Ditko story, Captain Atom learns he can cure radiation sickness. A man visits New York City, capital of the world in the far future year of 1995. Captain Atom: The Crisis; The Friendly Planet; The Stolen Hero; Captain Atom: The Boy and the Stars. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Molno, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and Vince Alascia. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Space forces capture a fugitive "Ugling" alien during a war between the planets. A future astronaut makes an emergency landing on the Moon, only to encounter its long-hidden inhabitants. A man tries to sabotage a treaty between the people of Earth and those of the Moon. The Ugly One; I Am from Earth; Something Called Honor; The Android Maker; The Moon Trap. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $18.50 View scan 2" Cumulative spine split.

Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Bill Molno, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Joe Gill and Vince Alascia. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Captain Atom encounters The Silver Lady from Venus, a sort of space-siren who mesmerizes Earth's military forces, in a story with early art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. In another story, Captain Atom learns the truth about UFOs when he meets them in combat. These stories are accompanied by a non-fiction piece about the state of rocket science in 1961. Captain Atom: The Saucer Scare; They Said He Would Die; The Rocket Comes of Age; Captain Atom: The Man in Saturn's Moon; The Other Side of the Mirror; Captain Atom: The Silver Lady from Venus. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Future astronauts encounter space-knights who hail from warring castle-planets whose inhabitants have medieval dress and speech and futuristic technology. A comics history of astronaut Alan Shepard's first flight into space, based on the book First American into Space by Robert Silverberg. The Crusader's Sword; First In Flight; A-Okay. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Vince Alascia, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and Joe Gill. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Veterans of a centuries-long space war learn the truth about the alien race that humanity has been fighting all these years. Future astronauts encounter a disabled ship and its alien pilot, who looks like a beautiful human woman. Scientist Dr. Erika Penn learns that the mysterious force preventing wars on Earth is Mercury Man, last survivor of the planet Mercury and Earth's newest superhero. The Underdog; The Human Element; Magic Skates; Introducing: The Mercury Man!; Make Mine Moonport. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. A very special space cop sets out to solve the murder of the scientist who invented human-like robots. A serious look at the possibility of life on other planets reveals the attitudes of the era (1960). Mercury Man takes some of Earth's military leaders to Mercury see the results of the war that wiped out his people. Galactic Assassin; When the Day Comes; Judgment Day. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Bill Molno. Stories and art by Bill Molno and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. A Soviet space-spy in an everlasting Cold War encounters aliens while trying to deliver a message to his superiors. A serious look at the first manned mission to the moon correctly predicts that the Cold War will produce a Space Race, but misses the mark when it comes to the killer Lunar robots. Joe loves fishing so much, he is transformed into a fish. The Message!; Unknown Friends; The Fisherman; Above the Iron Curtain; Spaceship Success; Man on the Moon. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Rocke Mastroserio. Stories and art by Bill Molno and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. A mad scientist is exiled from Earth for plotting to replace world leaders with robot duplicates, but all is not as it seems. Humanity collectively freaks out when a second moon suddenly appears in the night sky, and astronaut Johnny Meade is sent into space to find out what it is. Space colonists on the supposedly idyllic planet Bardo discover a horrifying monster. Man or Pseudo-Man?; One More Moon; Wars End; The Empty Seat; The Beast of Bardo. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Bill Molno and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. A human astronaut doesn't trust his robot crew will prioritize his safety when they get caught in a space skirmish. A robot ambassador from Earth is sent to meet with the people of an alien planet to decide if they are friend or foe. Invaders from space look exactly like trees...but they move much faster. A True Friend; The Ambassador From Earth; Silent World; Space Speech; The Lively Forest. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Space tramp Nate Carstairs finds the first alien life encountered in centuries of space exploration, and she looks like a beautiful Earth woman. Aliens land on Earth, only to find everyone frozen into living statues by the effects of a strange super-weapon. An astronaut gets left behind on an ice planet, and then he meets the inhabitants. Unknown Hero; The Key to Life; The Three Throgas of Threma; Good-Will Ambassador; His Own Kind. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Add to cart FN- 5.5 $57.00 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Olsen is so fed up with the world, he takes off for space, but returning is not so easy. Lt. Lind crashes on an alien planet and is nursed back to health by Ishduba, who appears to be a beautiful redheaded human woman. An astronaut meets the Lutudanians, who look disturbingly like human crocodiles. The Space Dreamer; A Nice Place to Visit; The Incredible Brat; Dream On; Vanni the Vanisher; The Trip Back. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.