Space Adventures (1952 1st series) comic books 1959

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, Bill Molno and Dick Giordano. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Visitors from Neptune find Earthlings too warlike to communicate with, in one of three stories in this issue featuring early art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. In another Ditko story, Venusians steal Earth's Moon. The third Ditko story has a visitor to Earth struggling to make himself understood. The Hostile Planet; The Moon Snatchers; The Wrong Planet; Elixir of Youth; The Great Escape. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Vince Colletta, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, Bill Molno and Ernie Hart. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. A macho astronaut and his wimpy brother crash-land on the Moon and are captured by a space pirate, in a story featuring early art by comics legend Matt Baker. Aliens return to Earth after thousands of years to reclaim their ancient idol, New Hampshire's Old Man of the Mountain. A scientist discovers that alien "Galactites" have invaded the Earth, disguised as ordinary humans. Plus a vintage ad for a replica hand grenade. Moon Trap; Visitor from the Void; Space Shift; An Idol of Their Own; The Invaders. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Maurice Whitman. Stories and art by Dick Giordano and Ernie Hart. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Astronauts visiting Mars are captured by the Martians, and imprisoned with the astronauts of many visiting worlds. Hyper-speed beings from Saturn visit the Earth, puzzle over the slow-moving Earthlings, and collect some shrubbery. The US military captures a flying saucer, and tries to figure it out before the mother ship returns. First Stop... Mars!; The Long Wait; The Space Master; In a Twinkling; Captive from Space. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Vince Colletta, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. The crew of UN Space Patrol ship No. 72 must survive being stranded in the Asteroid Belt. The appearance of a strange, lens-like disc in the sky causes the people of a warring world to unite and try to figure out what it is. The first humans on the Moon realize that it is actually a gigantic egg, once it begins to hatch. Marooned in Space; Peril in the Sky; The Monstrous Egg; So Easy!; Fugitive from Mars. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, Bill Molno and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. A spoiled 26th-century adventurer finds new direction when he discovers a damsel in distress on an exotic alien planet, in a story with early art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Astronauts set out to learn what lies at the edge of the universe, and find a Bizarro-like cube planet and a strange barrier beyond. The Space Patrol tries to figure out how to keep a gigantic meteor from destroying the Earth. The Edge of Space; The Enchanted Planet; Nightmare in Space; Professor Accuracy; Juggernaut of Doom. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.