Space Adventures (1952 1st series) comic books 1956-1969

Reprints Fawcett's Destination Moon. First Trip to the Moon - Written by Otto Binder (adapted from the film by Rip Van Ronkel, Robert Heinlein and James O'Hanlon). Art and Cover by Dick Rockwell and Sam Burlockoff . Scientist Charles Cargreaves and General Thayer are bound and determined to put an American rocket on the Moon. And they have to leave now...before the government can stop them! Plus: 3-page text article "Moon Victory" with art by Lou Morales! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Charles Nicholas and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Humans stranded on an alien planet struggle to communicate with the strange globe-like creatures who live there. An astronaut goes on a 90-day tour around the solar system. In a comedic story, aliens from Mercury go joy-riding in their borrowed spaceship and explore the weird people of Earth. Symbiosis!; Solo Flight; Anyone Could Have Done It?; Meddlers from Mercury; The Peace Planters. Final issue under this title; series continues as War at Sea (1957) #22, while Nyoka The Jungle Girl (1955 Charlton) becomes Space Adventures with issue #23 two years later. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Reprints Fawcett's Destination Moon. First Trip to the Moon - Written by Otto Binder (adapted from the film by Rip Van Ronkel, Robert Heinlein and James O'Hanlon). Art by Dick Rockwell and Sam Burlockoff. Cover by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Scientist Charles Cargreaves and General Thayer are bound and determined to put an American rocket on the Moon. And they have to leave now...before the government can stop them! Plus: 3-page reprint text article "Moon Victory"! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia and John Severin. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. A man traveling to the moon hears of a new robot that is indistinguishable from a human, in a story with early art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Scientists investigate strange saucer sightings, in a story with art by EC legend John Severin. Johnny studies all the possible ways the world could end. Moon-Run!; Out of This World; Worlds End; My Moon; The Metallic Visitor, Man's Best Friend. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia and Sal Trapani. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Venus tries to keep tabs on its warlike neighbor planet Earth, in a story with early art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Astronauts struggle to make repairs after a meteor strikes their ship, in a story that presents life in space fairly accurately for 1956. Drought-stricken Martians seek water and help from Earth, in a story with early art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. The First Satellite; Rescue in Outer Space; Dredge from the Unknown; Gordons Genius; The Great Martian Drought; The Agent Among Us. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Steve Ditko and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Aliens find they are invisible on Earth and try to observe its people, in one of three stories in this issue featuring early art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. In another Ditko story with some cool spaceships but dubious ethnography, a Chinese teacher reveals that the Chinese people are actually survivors of an advanced alien race. The third Ditko story involves an attack by the Moon people on ancient Atlantis. A Visit to Planet 3; The Men From Hsin-Chiu; Destination Earth; Footprints of Fear; Menace From the Moon; Return From Saturn. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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.

Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Vince Alascia, Bill Molno and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. The crew of Spaceship 90 finds a strange object in deep space, in a story with early art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Mad scientist Professor Scraggs holds the world hostage with his ultra-powerful doomsday device. Humans abandon the Earth for space after a strange fungus destroys all food crops. The Deadly Cargo of Spaceship 90; Colossus from the Skies; Half a World?; The Last Ship from Earth; Visitor from the Void. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Bill Molno and Joe Gill. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. In his first appearance, with early art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko, a hapless worker trapped on an experimental rocket is transformed into the atomic-powered superhero Captain Atom. Assigned to investigate an Earthlike planet, Earth astronauts are drawn to a nearby planet instead. The enslaved Kukons struggle to escape the aliens who have conquered their world. The Galactic Scourge; Introducing Captain Atom; Venture in Ventura; The Captive World. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani and Joe Gill. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Captain Atom uses his new atomic powers to enter space and save the first Russian cosmonaut, in a story with early art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Space Patrol officers find a derelict craft that has fallen prey to a mysterious metal-devouring force, and realize too late that it has spread to their own ship. Astronauts exploring the next solar system over realize that an alien planet is alive...and it's hungry. Captain Atom: The 2nd Man in Space; Derelict of Doom; The Insatiable Monster Planet; Message from Mars. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani and Joe Gill. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Captain Atom's young friend Billy has a secret existence in outer space with a giant alien bird, in a strange story with early art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Alien agents try to decide if planet Earth is ripe for invasion. Future Earth wages interplanetary war against the forces of Pluto. Spies from Another World; The Enigma of Pluto; Captain Atom: The Unexpected Visitor; The Little Wanderer; Where Are They? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Steve Ditko. "The Wreck of X-44," script by Joe Gill, art by Steve Ditko; The rocket-ship that Captain Atom is testing has been sabotaged. "The Galactic Souvenir," art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. "Penetro" text story. "The Omnipotent Robot," pencils by Bill Molno, inks by Vince Alascia; A scientist Siroco created Tondo, the Omnipotent robot, for space exploration; The planet where Tondo was created is not named, but a man whom Sirco calls 'Your Excellency' desires to use Tondo to explore possible worlds to invade and spread despotism. "Captain Atom On Planet X," script by Joe Gill, art by Steve Ditko; Captain Atom guards a new orbital satellite from enemy missiles. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Steve Ditko. "The Space Prowlers," script by Joe Gill, art by Steve Ditko; Captain Atom stops an alien invasion; President of the United States app. "Flight 101 to Nowhere," art by Bill Molno. "The Super-Men from Space," art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. "Enemy Overhead," pencils by Bill Molno, inks by Vince Alascia. "Quaxonite" text story. "A Victory for Venus," script by Joe Gill, art by Steve Ditko; Captain Atom travels to Venus to see who destroyed an American satellite. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Steve Ditko. "One Second Of War," script by Joe Gill, art by Steve Ditko; Captain Atom must stop Dr. Claudius Jaynes from firing nuclear missiles at all the big cities on Earth. "Backfire," script by Joe Gill, art by Steve Ditko; Captain Atom must stop the missles launched at the U.S. by Gustav Borlin and Dr. Skafic. "Common Denominator," pencils by Bill Molno, inks by Vince Alascia. "Martians, I Greet You!" text story. "The Force Beyond," script by Joe Gill, art by Steve Ditko; Captain Atom must stop an alien warship trying to start a nuclear war on Earth. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Steve Ditko. "Test-Pilot's Nightmare," script by Joe Gill, art by Steve Ditko; Captain Atom must save a test pilot when his experimental rocket-plane has problems. "The Third Man," pencils by Bill Molno, inks by Sal Trapani. "Peace Envoy," art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio; Captain Atom must stop an alien invasion. "The Magic Box" text story. "An Ageless Weapon," script by Joe Gill, art by Steve Ditko; Captain Atom is captured by some East German agents while taking important papers to the West Berlin embassy. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and Joe Gill. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Atomic-powered superhero Captain Atom tries to escort a dignitary to a peace conference, in a story with early art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. In another Ditko story, Captain Atom learns he can cure radiation sickness. A man visits New York City, capital of the world in the far future year of 1995. Captain Atom: The Crisis; The Friendly Planet; The Stolen Hero; Captain Atom: The Boy and the Stars. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Molno, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and Vince Alascia. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Space forces capture a fugitive "Ugling" alien during a war between the planets. A future astronaut makes an emergency landing on the Moon, only to encounter its long-hidden inhabitants. A man tries to sabotage a treaty between the people of Earth and those of the Moon. The Ugly One; I Am from Earth; Something Called Honor; The Android Maker; The Moon Trap. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Bill Molno, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Joe Gill and Vince Alascia. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Captain Atom encounters The Silver Lady from Venus, a sort of space-siren who mesmerizes Earth's military forces, in a story with early art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. In another story, Captain Atom learns the truth about UFOs when he meets them in combat. These stories are accompanied by a non-fiction piece about the state of rocket science in 1961. Captain Atom: The Saucer Scare; They Said He Would Die; The Rocket Comes of Age; Captain Atom: The Man in Saturn's Moon; The Other Side of the Mirror; Captain Atom: The Silver Lady from Venus. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Future astronauts encounter space-knights who hail from warring castle-planets whose inhabitants have medieval dress and speech and futuristic technology. A comics history of astronaut Alan Shepard's first flight into space, based on the book First American into Space by Robert Silverberg. The Crusader's Sword; First In Flight; A-Okay. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Vince Alascia, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and Joe Gill. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Veterans of a centuries-long space war learn the truth about the alien race that humanity has been fighting all these years. Future astronauts encounter a disabled ship and its alien pilot, who looks like a beautiful human woman. Scientist Dr. Erika Penn learns that the mysterious force preventing wars on Earth is Mercury Man, last survivor of the planet Mercury and Earth's newest superhero. The Underdog; The Human Element; Magic Skates; Introducing: The Mercury Man!; Make Mine Moonport. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. A very special space cop sets out to solve the murder of the scientist who invented human-like robots. A serious look at the possibility of life on other planets reveals the attitudes of the era (1960). Mercury Man takes some of Earth's military leaders to Mercury see the results of the war that wiped out his people. Galactic Assassin; When the Day Comes; Judgment Day. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Bill Molno. Stories and art by Bill Molno and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. A Soviet space-spy in an everlasting Cold War encounters aliens while trying to deliver a message to his superiors. A serious look at the first manned mission to the moon correctly predicts that the Cold War will produce a Space Race, but misses the mark when it comes to the killer Lunar robots. Joe loves fishing so much, he is transformed into a fish. The Message!; Unknown Friends; The Fisherman; Above the Iron Curtain; Spaceship Success; Man on the Moon. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Rocke Mastroserio. Stories and art by Bill Molno and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. A mad scientist is exiled from Earth for plotting to replace world leaders with robot duplicates, but all is not as it seems. Humanity collectively freaks out when a second moon suddenly appears in the night sky, and astronaut Johnny Meade is sent into space to find out what it is. Space colonists on the supposedly idyllic planet Bardo discover a horrifying monster. Man or Pseudo-Man?; One More Moon; Wars End; The Empty Seat; The Beast of Bardo. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Bill Molno and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. A human astronaut doesn't trust his robot crew will prioritize his safety when they get caught in a space skirmish. A robot ambassador from Earth is sent to meet with the people of an alien planet to decide if they are friend or foe. Invaders from space look exactly like trees...but they move much faster. A True Friend; The Ambassador From Earth; Silent World; Space Speech; The Lively Forest. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Space tramp Nate Carstairs finds the first alien life encountered in centuries of space exploration, and she looks like a beautiful Earth woman. Aliens land on Earth, only to find everyone frozen into living statues by the effects of a strange super-weapon. An astronaut gets left behind on an ice planet, and then he meets the inhabitants. Unknown Hero; The Key to Life; The Three Throgas of Threma; Good-Will Ambassador; His Own Kind. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Olsen is so fed up with the world, he takes off for space, but returning is not so easy. Lt. Lind crashes on an alien planet and is nursed back to health by Ishduba, who appears to be a beautiful redheaded human woman. An astronaut meets the Lutudanians, who look disturbingly like human crocodiles. The Space Dreamer; A Nice Place to Visit; The Incredible Brat; Dream On; Vanni the Vanisher; The Trip Back. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Bill Molno and Maurice Whitman. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Only one man knows that human-appearing robots are plotting the takeover of Earth. An astronaut's cousin is contacted by strange aliens in his dreams, in a story that makes an early reference to "the NASA." Gary and Paula are captured by aliens collecting human specimens. Plus a comics biography of frontiersman Daniel Boone. Dream On; Terror Dynasty; Never Talk to Strangers; The Thought Taker; The Visitors; You Could Be One; American Pioneer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Strange bubbles descend from space and cause millions of Earth's citizens to vanish. His ship shot down, an astronaut crashes on a strange planet, unarmed and at the mercy of the winged men of Odna, who look like Adam Strange's Thanagarians, but with Angel's wings. A human and a cat-man must join forces to escape a hostile planet in the Silent Galaxy. Bubble Barrage; Death Has No Voice; Unknown Cosmos; The Strangest Story; Wings Of Odna; Ordeal. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Bill Montes and Ernie Bache. Stories and art by Maurice Whitman, Dick Giordano, Bill Molno, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. As the other planets make friendly offers to communicate, Earth's militant xenophobia leaves it isolated and shunned among the people of the galaxy. A female astronaut meets crystal-beings after crash-landing on a diamond-like planet. Invading aliens move so fast that human perception cannot register them. Island Earth; Awaiting World; Still Alive - In 1965?; The Wink of an Eye; The Men in the Moon; American Pioneer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Bill Molno and others. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. An invading alien force has technology and weapons that Earth cannot match, but humanity still has one hidden power left. A being from the future tries to explain himself to the military after his time-ship crashes in the 20th century. An Earth soldier is captured by the bug-like Xanians and interrogated telepathically, but it's all a ruse by Earth's espionage forces. The Ultimate Weapon; Come Back to Yesterday; Run 1,000,000 Miles; Meet Me on Mars; Deadly Prey; The Survivors; The Prisoner. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and Dick Giordano. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Mysterious rains cause anyone they touch to fall deeply asleep with silly smiles on their faces; then the aliens attack. In another story, aliens desiring Earth's resources just pick up the whole planet and move it to their solar system. Astronauts exploring a new planet are attacked by dinosaurs, and even more weirdly, the beasts seem controlled by a human voice. The Sleep Rain; Conversations in Space; The View from a Satellite; The Earth Snatchers; World of Terror. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Bill Molno and others. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Astronauts exploring beneath the "seas" of Jupiter are attacked by gray Gill-Man-like creatures. Eartrhmen feel they're braving the dangers of the universe to explore new worlds - but the women of the planet Lugo don't quite see it that way. One lone human is all that stands between Earth and an alien invasion. The Fishermen of Jupiter; The Captive; When the Air Froze; The Birthday Present; All Alone; Space Narcosis. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Bill Molno and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Earth disregards the ethereal aliens from Orago until they attack, using science so advanced it's like magic. They turn Earth's animals against the humans - and that's just the first offensive. Humorless aliens prepare to wipe out "frivolous" humanity for its propensity for jokes, but then they get a look at animated cartoons. An analyst struggles to understand communications from the gigantic, impossibly advanced spaceship that is approaching Earth. Spell Casters; The Reformers; Exile on Exiloso; The Intruder; Victory of the Ditros. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Bill Molno and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Hideous aliens making war on Earth learn how to disguise themselves as beautiful Earth women. All life on Earth finds it unnerving when a gigantic eye appears in space, staring down at the planet without blinking. Alien invaders turn out to be vulnerable to one of the most common Earth substances. Plus a vintage ad for "Giant 8x10 Glossy Photos of Your Favorite [Universal] Monsters"! The Guise of Beauty; The Eye in Space; Film Phantasia; The Isotope Man; We Are Among You; Black Omen. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover art by Dick Giordano. "The Imitator's War," pencils by Dick Giordano; Cydan is a planet with a race of master imitators; They seek to make the cold war between Earth and Lustra an all-out war by imitating and attacking. "Mistake of the Finites"; The Finites think that man will have evolved into a smaller weaker being; They attack Earth and find mankind larger than they are so they turn tail and fly home. "Capture Earth" text story. "The Throwbacks," pencils by Charles Nicholas, inks by Vince Alascia; An 835 year old time capsule is opened releasing three criminals into a nonviolent world; A man finally fights back and the criminals are returned to suspended animation. "City of the Future," art by Bill Molno. "Forbes Force," pencils by Charles Nicholas, inks by Vince Alascia; Earthman Forbes is captured by the Venusians and stranded on a planet; He imagines an army of his fallen comrades defeating the enemy. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Denny ONeil, Melonius Thunk, Pat Boyette, and Jim Aparo. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. A flying saucer ends a longstanding mountain-family feud and heals a dying boy. (The hilariously pen-named artist for this story, "Melonius Thunk," may actually be Norman Nodel.) Paul Mann, the new protagonist of "Space Adventures," gets help from an alien when a spy threatens to steal germ-warfare secrets. The alien then reveals himself to be from the future, seeking Paul's help in preventing a future war, in a story with early art by future Batman artist Jim Aparo. The entire issue is written by legendary comics scribe Denny O'Neil, billed as " Sergius O'Shaughnessy." Healers from Nowhere; The Plague; The Secret of the Saucer. Final issue of the series; followed by Space Adventures (1967 2nd series) less than a year later. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.