Subject Matter
Genres:
historical, informational, non-fiction, science and technology
Character(s):
Caldwell C. Johnson [CC]; Premier Nikita Khrushchev; Chief Designer [Sergei Korolev] (death); Max Faget; President Dwight D. Eisenhower (cameo); Jules Verne (flashback); Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (flashback); Robert Goddard (flashback); Esther Goddard (flashback); Baron Magnus Von Braun (flashback); Wernher Von Braun (flashback); Private Schneikert (flashback); Joe; John Glenn; Doctor Lovelace (cameo); Yuri Gagarin; Alexei Leonov [Blondin]; Valentin Vondarenko (death); Zvezdochka [Little Star]; Shorty Powers; President John F. Kennedy; John Paup; John Houbolt; Harrison Storms; Chris Kraft; Gezenko; Valery Bykovsky; Valentina Tereshkova; Doctor Dwornik; Pavel Belyayev; Ed White (death); Jim McDivitt; Gus Grissom (death); Roger Chafee (death); Stu Roosa; Alan Bean; Vladimir Kamarov (death); Nancy Faget (cameo); Annie Faget (cameo); Guy Faget (cameo); George Low; Deke Slayton; Gene Kranz; Frank Borman; Jim Lovell; Bill Anders; Admiral John McCain; Michael Collins; Neil Armstrong; Buzz Aldrin; Fred Haise; Günter Wendt; Anatol Koritsky (cameo) Mike Collins Jr. (cameo)
Synopsis:
The stories behind the struggles to send the first men to the moon, following both the United States' and Soviet Union's programs.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
121
Notes:
The breakdown of who did what is from an interview Kevin Cannon did with the ComicBookResources web site on 2009-07-09. This is a work of historical fiction, but mostly based on fact. Some of the characters (particularly CC, Max, and Stormy) are composites combining several real people.