Space Adventures (1967 2nd series) comic books 1979-1981
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Issue #12
Published Jan 1979 by Charlton Comics Group.$4.00
$4.00
Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko and Joe Gill. Sometimes listed as Space Adventures #71. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. This issue reprints more of the earliest adventures of Captain Atom, and other vintage (pre-Spider-Man) Steve Ditko stories. Captain Atom learns he can cure radiation sickness. Assigned to take important documents to the embassy in West Berlin, Captain Atom is captured by Soviet agents. Captain Atom encounters The Silver Lady from Venus, a sort of space-siren who mesmerizes Earth's military forces. The Boy and the Stars; An Ageless Weapon; Test Pilots Nightmare; The Silver Lady from Venus; A Strange Kiss! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.
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Issue #13
Published Mar 1979 by Charlton Comics Group.$3.49
Cover by Pat Boyette. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Pat Boyette, Vince Alascia, Charles Nicholas, and Joe Gill. Sometimes listed as Space Adventures #72. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Major Nathaniel Rudd discovers a new planet and sets out to become its ruler, in a story with early art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Astronauts land on The Planet That Has Everything and are captured by aliens. A strange man called Elder Smythe arrives from space to prevent Earth's involvement in a Space War. His Own Little World; The Planet Which Had Everything—Almost!; The Third Planet! Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.40.
