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Issue: Four Color #421
Publication Date: August 1952
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Issues: #421 of 1333 Issues (1484 Printings)
Title: Tom Corbett, Space Cadet
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 1952
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "TOM CORBETT, SPACE CADET, No. 421". Code number is S.C.O.S. #421-528. Copyright 1952 by Videofeatures, Inc. This is the third Tom Corbett Four Color issue. The title continues in Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (Dell, 1953 series) with #4 (November 1952-January 1953). Based on the 1950-52 TV series "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet."
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Adult Image
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Tom Corbett; Roger Manning
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDisco Voador #2 published March 1954
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pencils, inks, and colors credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Space Academy

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Space Academy the University of the Planets!
Character(s): Tom Corbett (photo of Frankie Thomas); Astro the Venusian (photo of Al Markin); Roger Manning (photo of Jan Merlin); Alfie Higgins (photo of John Fiedler)
Synopsis: Academy classroom photo from TV show.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDisco Voador #2 published March 1954
as Academia do Espaço [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black and white. One photo and typeset text.
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Colonists of Io

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Tom Corbett; Roger Manning; Astro the Venusian; Alfie Higgins; Commander Awkright; Capt. Steve Strong; Dr. Joan Dale
First Line: I don't have to tell you how long and dangerous a voyage to the planet Jupiter is!
Synopsis: A headstrong swashbuckler, Skip McKay, is in command of a spaceship of colonists bound for Jupiter's moon, Io. Capt. Strong and the cadets accompany them in a separate ship to see that the colony is set up according to law. The colonists make it to Io, but McKay discovers uranium there and causes trouble.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDisco Voador #2 published March 1954
as Os Tiranos de Vênus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 34
Disclose Notes: Story continues on inside back cover and concludes on back cover. A similar plot is used in the Grosset & Dunlap Tom Corbett book "Space Pioneers" (1954) by Carey Rockwell (a house name, who may or may not be Joe Greene or Richard Jessup.) Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records (July 22, 2007).

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