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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published March 1952
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Cover date is Spring 1952; indicia date is March 1952.

Cover Details - "Mission Thru Space"

Genre science fiction
Pencils Allen Anderson (painting)
Inks Allen Anderson (painting)
Colors Allen Anderson (painting)
Notes Cover art credit authenticated by article in ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE No. 18 Winter 2007.

1 page filler "Peek Into the Future"

Genre fact; science

8 page Crusader from Mars story "Mission Through Space"

Genre science fiction
Pencils Marvin Stein?
Notes Origin story for Tarka (Crusader from Mars), who was found guilty of murdering a rival for a woman's affections. He is sent to Earth to fight crime as his penance.

6 page Crusader from Mars story "Death in the Soil"

Genre science fiction

2 page text article "Noise! Tomorrow's Secret Weapon"

Genre fact; science
Letters typeset

6 page story "The Tower of Jacob Dis"

Genre science fiction
Pencils George Roussos
Inks George Roussos

6 page story "Escape to Nowhere"

Genre science fiction

2 page Professor Birdbrain story "The Pest Invention"

Genre humor