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Captain Science (1950) comic books

  • Issue #1
    Captain Science (1950) 1

    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.

  • Issue #2
    Captain Science (1950) 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.
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    • Margin pieces missing (slightly affects panel edge). Centerfold detached. Interior tearing.
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    • INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story. Brittle.
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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.

  • Issue #3
    Captain Science (1950) 3
    • 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.

  • Issue #4
    Captain Science (1950) 4

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    Cover by Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. Stories and art by Myron Fass, Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. Sci-fi adventure from Youthful Magazines. Responding to a call for help from Martian scientists, Captain Science must battle slavers who have taken control of Martian atmosphere plant. Captain Science and Rip go back in time to face the menace from another dimension, the insidious Doctor Khartoum. Captain Science art and cover by legendary artists Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. Interplanetary private eye Brant Craig battles a Saturnian bank robber who reanimates the dead, as the influence of horror comics seeps into the sci-fi comics. Plus an article about the real-life history of belief in vampires and werewolves. The Martian Slavers; The Insidious Doctor Khartoum; Vampires: Truth or Fiction?; Brant Craig: The Legion of the Dead; When Time Stood Still. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #5
    Captain Science (1950) 5
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #0703779001

    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.

  • Issue #6
    Captain Science (1950) 6

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    Stories and art by Tex Blaisdell and Vince Napoli. Sci-fi adventure from Youthful Magazines. An alien scientist warns Captain Science and the gang that the military forces on his dying world have taken control, and plan to invade Earth next. Humanity is conquered by giant space-ants, until a resistance movement can form, in a war that lasts until the far-off year of 2052. Interplanetary private eye Brant Craig investigates the murder of the solar system's most famous actor and discovers a Martian secret agent - "a Red spy" - in a story featuring some good-girl art, possibly by Bill Molno and Rocco Mastroserio. Plus an article about real-life magician Harry Houdini, ghost sightings, and fake mediums. Classic girl-tied-to-rocket bondage cover by an unknown artist. Spawn of Pathor; Brant Craig: The Red Devils of Mars!; Do You Believe in Ghosts?; Invisible Tyrants of Calot III; World War III with the Ants. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    Captain Science (1950) 7

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    Stories and art by Harry Harrison and Vince Napoli. Sci-fi adventure from Youthful Magazines. A gigantic spacecraft from another galaxy appears over the Earth, demanding fealty to The Legion of Space, and even Captain Science's alien supercomputer is outmatched. Young Jimmy is haunted by the spirits of those executed by his father, a hangman, in a creepy pre-Code horror story. Hideous blobs from space plan to devour Earth and all who dwell upon it, unless Captain Science can stop them, in another story with a strong horror bent. Plus an article about the real-life history of alchemy. Bondage cover with strong horror elements by an unknown artist. The Legion of Space; The Hangmans Son; Can Science Make Gold?; Heads of Horror!; Brant Craig: The Hot Money Space Mob! Final issue under this title; series continues as Fantastic (1952) #8. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.