Captain Science (1950) comic books
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Issue #1
$400.00
View scans- Margin piece torn out.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Other items consigned by Bud Plant
Cover by Walter Johnson. Stories and art by Wally Wood, Walter Johnson and Gustav Schrotter. Sci-fi adventure from Youthful Magazines. While visiting New Mexico, scientist Gordon Dane is given an advanced supercomputer by the alien survivor of a flying-saucer crash, which he uses to become science-hero Captain Science. Using the computer, Captain Science learns that Hitler and other Axis leaders were actually aliens, and they have a new invasion planned for planet Earth. Archaeologist Tayne is transported by a strange crystal to another world, where he is welcomed as a legendary hero, in a story with early art by the legendary Wally Wood. Tracking the Flying Saucers; Traitors to the Earth; Destination Moon; The Monster God of Rogor; The Spawn of Saturn. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #2
Auction opens June 10- Paper: Cream to off white
- Label #23-11DB1D1-002
- Missing top staple (not manufacturing). Centerfold detached.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Other items consigned by humble cow
- Margin pieces missing (slightly affects panel edge). Centerfold detached. Interior tearing.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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- INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story. Brittle.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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Cover by Walter Johnson. Stories and art by Walter Johnson and Gustav Schrotter. Sci-fi adventure from Youthful Magazines. When the alien supercomputer warns of danger from the dark side of the moon, Captain Science and Rip use the flying saucer to investigate, leaving beautiful alien Luana to coordinate the action with the Cortexon. But their return is delayed when the Cat Men of Phoebus abduct Luana, hoping to lure Captain Science and the supercomputer into their grasp. Interplanetary private eye Brant Craig investigates after the Venusberg Freight line is targeted by the Space Pirates of Lanthus IV. The Dark o the Moon; The Space Pirates of Lanthus IV; Nightmare!; The Cat Men of Phoebus; Robots of Ra. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #3
$385.00
View scans- Cover loose at staples.
Cover by Walter Johnson. Stories and art by Don Perlin and Gustav Schrotter. Sci-fi adventure from Youthful Magazines. The Beast Men of Rak open a new attack on the Earth, using giant robots, and only Captain Science can stop them. Interplanetary private eye Brant Craig gets a call from the moon on his unlisted Space-o-phone, leading to a murder and a confrontation with the Dwarfs of Deimos. In 2115, a researcher discovers ghosts (actually more like zombies) living under the surface of the Earth, in a story featuring early art by future Marvel legend Don Perlin. Action-packed bondage cover by Walter Johnson. The Metal Monsters; Brant Craig: The Deadly Dwarfs of Deimos; The City of the Ancients; The Lost World of Mindanao; Ghosts from the Underworld. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #5
$1,100.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Label #0703779001
$500.00
View scans- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Other items consigned by Bud Plant
Cover by Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. Stories and art by Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. Sci-fi adventure from Youthful Magazines. Captain Science learns that Plutonians may one day conquer Earth, unless he can stop them now. Captain Science and Rip travel to the Sahara Desert to battle a powerful wizard with a yen for world conquest. Captain Science art and cover by legendary artists Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. Interplanetary private eye Brant Craig battles the Shark Pirates of Pisces, who look as you might expect, but have perhaps one of the coolest names in early sci-fi comics. Plus an article about real-life scientific fakes through history. Time Door of Throm; The Flower of Death!; Scientific Fakers; Science vs. Sorcery; Brant Craig: Shark Pirates of Pisces. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
