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Issue: Space Adventures #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1953
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Issues: #4 of 21 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagCharlton
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Capitol Stories, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Alfred Fago; Walter Gibson (assistant)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: full color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U.S
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Rex Clive, the Space King
Character(s): Rex Clive; Speed Lansing
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In Content Item: FlagCharlton Spotlight Classic Reprint Comics #2 published January 2011
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art taken from page 7 of the story "The Devil Masters of Algol".
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They Say It Really Happened

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Steve
Synopsis: Steve and another prospector are confronted by the landowner when they discover a meteorite filled with diamonds. All three are killed when they shoot it out. Two men arrive at the scene and conclude nobody will bother with the meteor as they walk away. The meteor opens and the real owner of the meteorite peeks his head out. It is a space traveler with wings and a mechanical box on his chest. He says the meteor was his and he had brought it all the way from Jupiter.
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In Content Item: FlagUnusual Tales #1 published November 1955
as They Say It Really Happened [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCharlton Spotlight Classic Reprint Comics #2 published January 2011
as They Say It Really Happened [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover
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The Devil Masters of Algol

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Gibson
Penciller(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Rex Clive, the Space King
Character(s): Commodore Rex Clive; Adjutant Speed Lansing; Erda; Dav; Master Devil Master
Synopsis: Rex and Speed of the Space Rangers investigate a strange ship. They discover it is from the distant planet of Dox. Leading the expedition is a Doxian woman named Erda. Her bodyguard is Dav. Dox revolves around the star of Algol. Dox is involved in a defensive war against the Devil Masters of its sister planet, Zod. Rex and Speed assist the Doxians in defeating the Zodian fleet.
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In Content Item: FlagCharlton Spotlight Classic Reprint Comics #2 published January 2011
as The Devil Masters of Algol [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Moon Hoppers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Art Cappello
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Rex Clive
Character(s): Rex Clive; Speed Lansing; Noxor; Orj; Stella Dawn
Synopsis: Noxor, intent on becoming the Mighty Monarch of the Saturnian Satellites, is using "Repello Rays" to knock "Moon Hoppers" spaceships out of the sky. Rex, Speed, and Stella defeat the plans, calling the Space Rangers down on Noxor's noggin.
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Pages: 5
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Mars for the Martians

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Art Cappello
Inker(s): Art Cappello
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 2
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The Monsters of Kalypso

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Frollo
Inker(s): Frank Frollo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mechans; Voz; Loa; Van
Synopsis: Mighty Voz, is the leader of the half-robot, half-human creatures called the Mechans. The Mechans were forgotten miners of the planet, Kalypo. Van and Loa are captured human slaves. They overcome the mastery of the Mechans when Van devises a slave rebellion with the other human slaves against the Mechans, He manages to cause a flood, putting quit to the Mechans.
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Pages: 4
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The Great Gravitex Robbery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Art Cappello
Inker(s): Art Cappello
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Rex Clive, the Space King
Character(s): Rex Clive; Stella Dawn; Nucleo, the Mad Martian; Pojo
Synopsis: Rex Clive investigates the disappearance of the gravity-repelling Plutonian product, Gravitex. Gravitex is formed by manipulating Cosmium ore mined by robots on Pluto. With the aid of his henchman Pojo, Nucleo tries to get away with the theft.
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Pages: 8
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The Man Who Saved Four Worlds

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Belfi
Inker(s): John Belfi
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Spiro the Space Spy
Character(s): Spiro, the Space Spy; Invaders from Galaxy Q-7
Synopsis: Invaders from Galaxy Q-7, based on Pluto, plan to take over the rest of the solar system by invading Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. Spiro reports the plans, and the invaders are roundly defeated.
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In Content Item: FlagSpace Adventures #19 published December 1955
as The Man Who Saved Four Worlds [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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The Space Bandits

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lou Morales
Inker(s): Lou Morales
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Stella Dawn
Character(s): Dzartz; Rujon; Stella Dawn; Jim Jones; Bob Barry; Rex Clive
Synopsis: Rujon and Dzartz hijack a load of gold leaving the tiny planet Juno, where gravity makes the bars extremely light. Stella Dawn confronts them, but is taken prisoner. They load their ship, a fast space cruiser named the Zodiac. Space Rangers Bob Barry and Jim Jones surprise the crew of the Zodiac, using gold bars to defeat the thieves.
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Pages: 4

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