Outer Space comic books issue 1

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "May 1958 to March 1959!" Collects Outer Space Vol. 1 (1958 Charlton) #17-21.

You're gonna have to trust me on this gem (formerly THIS MAGAZINE IS HAUNTED) from Charlton Comics cos it's a bona fide brute and one not to be missed a jot. But, hey, don't listen to me, just take a look at the cover of this issues in this sumptuous volume and then try convince both me and your own good self that, nah, you won't bother with this one.

Yeah, right, with writers and artists including Rocco Mastroserio, Pat Masulli, Charles Nicholas, Paul Reinman, Dick Giordano, Maurice Whitman, Sol Brodsky, Matt Baker, Bill Molno, and Ernie Hart plus the ever dependable Al Williamson and Steve Ditko. There's gold in them there interstellar asteroid hills, astronaut-lovers, further evidence that there were plenty of other houses of ideas way beyond Stan and Marvel.

Gee whiz, it's a great world.

Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $55.99.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $6.49

Story and art by Bill Ellison. 5 1/2-in x 8 1/2-in. 22 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.50.

1st Printing. From the early days of the cinema, we have been fascinated by visitors from other worlds. Slimy, malevolent and often melodramatic, they have scrambled from their flying saucers and threatened us with ray-guns in some of the most popular movies ever made. The science-fiction boom of the 50's brought us such notable classics as The Day the Earth Stood Still and War of the Worlds, then came Kubrick's 2001, Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Independence Day. With a wealth of information and many rare photos, we examine these and more, meeting some old friends along the way and battling some old enemies. Softcover, 8" x 11.5", 144 pages, color and B&W. Cover price $19.99.