Space Adventures (1952 1st series) comic books 1960-1962

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.

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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 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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.