Destination Moon (1950) Fawcett Movie Comic comic books 1938-1955
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Issue #1
$49.00
View scans- 2-3/8" Cumulative spine split. Water damage. Staple rust.
$120.00
View scans- Water spotting.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Story by Otto Binder , from the screenplay by Robert Heinlein, Rip Van Ronkel and James O'Hanlon. Art by Dick Rockwell and Sam Burlockoff. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on George Pal's 1950 science fiction film Destination Moon, written by legendary science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein. When government efforts fail to send an astronaut to the moon, a scientist and a military man find private funding for their own rocket to the moon. The first adaptation of a Robert Heinlein work to comics. Like the movie itself, the comic contains a cameo by Woody Woodpecker, of all people. Plus photo stills from the film. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
