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Issue Details

Issue	#4
Published	November - January 1953
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	?
Notes	Painted covers. Covers for FC421 and #4-11 by same artist. Issues #1-3 in the Four Color series as 378, 400, 421.

Cover Details

Characters	Tom Corbett
Genre	Science Fiction
Pencils	? (painting)
Inks	? (painting)
Colors	? (painting)
Notes	Painted covers. Covers for FC421 and #4-11 by same artist. Issues #1-3 in the Four Color series as 378, 400, 421.

1 page Tom Corbett, Space Cadet foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Space Academy The University of the Planets"

Characters	Tom Corbett; Captain Steve Strong; Cadet Roger Manning
Synopsis	Photo from Tom Corbett TV series.
Genre	Science Fiction
Pencils	? (photo)
Inks	? (photo)
Letters	Typeset

34 page Tom Corbett story "Captain Steve Strong and his space cadet squad report the failure of their mission..."] [The Beggar's Secret

Characters	Tom Corbett; Cadet Astro; Cadet Roger Manning; Captain Strong; Professor Thornton; Commander Arkwright
Synopsis	Tom and the other cadets go in search of missing Professor Thornton and run into a Martian picpup (which can create illusions) and the Bor Borito's people.
Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Paul Newman
Pencils	Paul Norris
Inks	Paul Norris
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Story takes up all interior pages, inside back cover (black and white) and back cover of comic. Paul Newman credit from Comicbook Marketplace (January 1997) [according to http://www.solarguard.com/tccomic.htm]. Paul Norris credit from http://www.solarguard.com/tccomic.htm and comparison with art in issue 5 and 6 (which GCD had as Paul Norris.) Original indexer had Frank Thorne has penciller and inker.