Space Adventures (1952 1st series) comic books 1954-1956

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.