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Issue Details

Issue #1148
Published October 1960
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "I AIM AT THE STARS, No. 1148." Code number is I.A.AT.STARS.O.S. #1148-6010. Copyright 1960 by Columbia Pictures Corporation. Adapted from the 1960 movie "I Aim at the Stars."

Cover Details - "I Aim at the Stars"

Characters Wernher von Braun (as played by Curt Jurgens, photo)
Genre fact; bio
Pencils ? (painting); ? (photo)
Inks ? (painting); ? (photo)
Colors ? (painting); ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Indicia title is "I AIM AT THE STARS, No. 1148." Code number is I.A.AT.STARS.O.S. #1148-6010. Copyright 1960 by Columbia Pictures Corporation. Adapted from the 1960 movie "I Aim at the Stars."

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "I Aim at the Stars"

Characters Wernher von Braun (as played by Curt Jurgens, photo);
Synopsis Preview of the story.
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Five photos from the movie plus a partial cast list.

32 page story "I Aim at the Stars"

Characters Wernher von Braun; Dr. Hermann Oberth; Elizabeth Beyer; Anton Reger; Heinrich Himmler; Major William Taggart; Adolf Hitler (cameo); Benito Mussolini (cameo)
Synopsis The life of rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, from his youth in Germany through his involvement with the Nazi V-2 rockets; and then his participation in the United States rocket development program.
Genre bio
Script Jay Dratier; George Froeschel; H.W. John; Udo Wolter (screenplay); ? (comic adaptation)
Pencils Jack Sparling
Inks Jack Sparling
Notes The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Adapted from the 1960 movie "I Aim at the Stars."

1 page filler "The Rocket in History"

Characters Wernher von Braun (cameo)
Synopsis The history of rockets from their invention in China in 1040 A.D.
Genre fact
Pencils Jack Sparling
Inks Jack Sparling
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white.

1 page filler "Types of Rocket Propulsion"

Synopsis Descriptions and diagrams of various types of propulsion that could be used in rockets.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover.