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Issue: Space Adventures #53
Publication Date: January 1954
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Issues: #53 of 8 Issues
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Publisher: FlagL. Miller & Son
Brand: L. Miller & Son Ltd LondonView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: L. Miller & Son Ltd.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 28
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Price: 6.0 pence GBQ 0-0-6
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Alfred Fago; Walter Gibson
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: colour covers; black and white interior
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Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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FlagSpace Adventures #2 published September 1952 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Frank Frollo
Inker(s): Frank Frollo
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Space Adventures
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Pages: 1
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Talk About Speed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Frollo (signed)
Inker(s): Frank Frollo (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
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Pages: 1
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Operation Pluto

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Art Cappello (signed)
Inker(s): Art Cappello (signed)
Letterer(s): Jon D'Agostino ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Rex Clive and His Space Officers
Character(s): Rex Clive; Speed Lansing; Wix; Gurkus; Queen Anyana
Synopsis: Queen Anyana is leader of the country of Delonia on the planet Pluto. Two space traders, Wix and Gurkus, have taken over Delonia. The Space Rangers, including Rex Clive and Speed Lansing, are sent with their scoutcrafts in the cargo hold of a massive ship called the Solario, it is threatened by Wix, the self-proclaimed ruler of Pluto. Wix blows up the Solario, unleashing the Space Rangers on the would-be despot's ragtag group of spacecraft. The Space Rangers handily destroy Wix's fleet. Things work out as well for Gurkus as the failed Wix. Rex and Speed are welcomed to Pluto by Queen Anyana.
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Pages: 8
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Trouble on Phobos

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
Feature(s): Space Officers
Character(s): Speed Lansing; Bob Barry; Captain Norgo
Synopsis: Captain Norgo is attempting to smuggle a powerful alcohol called Fluvia to Mercury, where Fluvia is illegal. Space Rangers Barry and Jones investigate his ship, but are locked in the cargo hold. They dump Fluvia from the cargo into the ship's engines. The Fluvia causes the ship to veer from course. It is then intercepted by Adjutant Lansing.
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Pages: 3
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Down to Earth

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Revolt of the Robots

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Belfi (signed)
Inker(s): John Belfi (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Jak Barv; Maida Barv; Greg Dant
Synopsis: Newlyweds Jak and Maida Barv go to Decima, the tenth moon of Jupiter, to run an iron mine. They are alone except for the robot labor force. Jak's assistant, Greg Dant, left before they arrived. A robot tries to kidnap Maida, forcing Jak to attempt to fight it off. The robots get belligerent. Jak must fight for them. Jak hears Maida cry for help as she is kidnapped by a robot. He runs to save her. Throwing a large boulder at a robot, Jak finds out that Greg Dant is disguised in the robot skin. He controlled the robots by shortwave. Dant had found gold and attempted to get rid of the Marvs.
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The Smugglers of Callisto

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Frollo
Inker(s): John Belfi
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): The Space Officers
Character(s): Commodore Rex Clive; Adjutant Speed Lansing; Bob Barry; Jim Jones; Captain Cypol; Soq; Kara-Soq's daughter
Synopsis: The Space Rangers run across a scheme by Soq to steal methane shipments from Jupiter. The unmanned cargo craft seemingly explode in the asteroid belt, yet Soq and his daughter Kara are behind it.
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Pages: 8

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