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Issue: Space Detective #1
Publication Date: July 1951
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Issues: #1 of 4 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagAvon
Brand: An Avon Publication
Indicia Publisher: Avon Periodicals Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Sol Cohen
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was on-going series
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Joe Orlando
Inker(s): Wally Wood
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Space Detective
Character(s): Avenger [Rod Hathaway]; Teena
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSpace Detective #8 published January 1958
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagWally Wood: Strange Worlds of Science Fiction #[nn] published January 2012
as Cosmic Cover Collection [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagPre-Code Classics: Space Detective #[nn] published October 2014
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagPre-Code Classics: Space Detective #[nn] published October 2014
as Space Detective #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Orlando
Inker(s): Wally Wood
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Space Detective
Character(s): Avenger [Rod Hathaway]; Teena
First Line: Meet the Avenger and Teena, interplanetary crime fighters!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPre-Code Classics: Space Detective #[nn] published October 2014
as [untitled] [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Inside Front Cover (IFC)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover
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Bandits of the Starways

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Gibson
Penciller(s): Joe Orlando
Inker(s): Wally Wood
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Space Detective
Character(s): The Avenger [Rod Hathaway] (first appearance); Teena [Dot Kenny] (first appearance); Maag (villain; first appearance)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagStrange Planets #10 published January 1963
as Bandits of the Starways [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Wallace Wood Reader #[nn] published January 2004
as Bandits of the Starways [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWally Wood: Strange Worlds of Science Fiction #[nn] published January 2012
as Bandits of the Starways [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagPre-Code Classics: Space Detective #[nn] published October 2014
as Bandits of the Starways [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The Avenger may be billed as "Space Detective" to keep him from infringing on ME's Avenger character.
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The Opium Smugglers of Venus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Gibson
Penciller(s): Joe Orlando
Inker(s): Wally Wood
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Space Detective
Character(s): The Avenger [Rod Hathaway]; Teena; Maag (villain)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagStrange Planets #10 published January 1963
as Opium Smugglers of Venus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDoc Weird's Thrill Book #3 published January 1988
as Opium Smugglers of Venus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Wallace Wood Reader #[nn] published January 2004
as The Opium Smugglers of Venus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWally Wood: Strange Worlds of Science Fiction #[nn] published January 2012
as The Opium Smugglers of Venus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagPre-Code Classics: Space Detective #[nn] published October 2014
as The Opium Smugglers of Venus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Trail to the Asteroid Hideout

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Gibson
Penciller(s): Joe Orlando
Inker(s): Wally Wood
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Space Detective
Character(s): The Avenger [Rod Hathaway]; Teena; Maag (villain)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagStrange Planets #10 published January 1963
as Trail to the Asteroid Hideout [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Wallace Wood Reader #[nn] published January 2004
as Trail to the Asteroid Hideout [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWally Wood: Strange Worlds of Science Fiction #[nn] published January 2012
as Trail to the Asteroid Hideout [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagPre-Code Classics: Space Detective #[nn] published October 2014
as Trail to the Asteroid Hideout [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Something For the Kids

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPre-Code Classics: Space Detective #[nn] published October 2014
as Something For the Kids [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Terror in the Night

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Warren Kremer
Inker(s): Warren Kremer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Lucky Dale
Character(s): Lucky Dale (introduction)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagStrange Planets #10 published January 1963
as Terror in the Night [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagPre-Code Classics: Space Detective #[nn] published October 2014
as Terror in the Night [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagThe Saint #4 published January 1948
was Terror in the Night [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Officer Skelly

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Officer Skelly
Character(s): Officer Skelly
Synopsis: One-page gag strip about a beat cop
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagStrange Planets #10 published January 1963
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagPre-Code Classics: Space Detective #[nn] published October 2014
as Officer Skelly [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagMolly O'Day #1 published February 1945
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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