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Issue Details

Issue #378
Published February 1952
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "TOM CORBETT, SPACE CADET, No. 378." Code number is S.C.O.S. #378-522. Copyright 1952 by Videofeatures Company. First of three Tom Corbett Space Cadet Four Colors. Based on the "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet" TV series.

Cover Details

Characters Tom Corbett
Genre science fiction
Pencils Alden McWilliams (painting)
Inks Alden McWilliams (painting)
Colors Alden McWilliams (painting)

1 page Tom Corbett Space Cadet foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Space Academy: The University of the Planets!"

Synopsis Brief description of the Space Academy and its mission of training Space Cadets to become Solar Guards.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Alden McWilliams ?
Inks Alden McWilliams ?
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. One illustration with typeset text.

32 page Tom Corbett Space Cadet story "Training Flight to Titan"

Characters Tom Corbett; Astro; Roger Manning; Commander Awkright; Captain Strong; Dr. Joan Dale
Synopsis In the year 2351, Captain Strong and three Space Cadets, Tom Corbett, Astro, and Roger Manning, are sent on a training mission to Titan, Saturn's largest moon. The quartet must convince the inhabitants of Titan that they aren't spies from Earth, planning to take the radioactive ore that provides life-sustaining heat to their cities.
Genre science fiction
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils Alden McWilliams
Inks Alden McWilliams
Letters typeset
Notes Introduction to series. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records. (July 22, 2007)

1 page filler "Mars"

Synopsis Photo of Mars with brief description of climate.
Genre fact
Pencils American Museum of Natural History, N.Y. (photo)
Inks American Museum of Natural History, N.Y. (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Large photo with brief typeset text.

1 page illustration "Space Scene"

Synopsis Scene of rocket blasting off from crater-marked moon, with Saturn in the background.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Alden McWilliams [as A. McWilliams] (signed) (painting)
Inks Alden McWilliams [as A. McWilliams] (signed) (painting)
Colors Alden McWilliams [as A. McWilliams] (signed) (painting)
Notes Back cover.