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Captain Science (1950) comic books

  • Issue #2
    Captain Science (1950) 2
    • Missing top staple (not manufacturing). Centerfold detached.
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    • Margin pieces missing (slightly affects panel edge). Centerfold detached. Interior tearing.
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    • INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story. Brittle.
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    Cover by Walter Johnson. Stories and art by Walter Johnson and Gustav Schrotter. Sci-fi adventure from Youthful Magazines. When the alien supercomputer warns of danger from the dark side of the moon, Captain Science and Rip use the flying saucer to investigate, leaving beautiful alien Luana to coordinate the action with the Cortexon. But their return is delayed when the Cat Men of Phoebus abduct Luana, hoping to lure Captain Science and the supercomputer into their grasp. Interplanetary private eye Brant Craig investigates after the Venusberg Freight line is targeted by the Space Pirates of Lanthus IV. The Dark o the Moon; The Space Pirates of Lanthus IV; Nightmare!; The Cat Men of Phoebus; Robots of Ra. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    Captain Science (1950) 3
    • Cover loose at staples.
    • Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Tracing indentations on cover.

    Cover by Walter Johnson. Stories and art by Don Perlin and Gustav Schrotter. Sci-fi adventure from Youthful Magazines. The Beast Men of Rak open a new attack on the Earth, using giant robots, and only Captain Science can stop them. Interplanetary private eye Brant Craig gets a call from the moon on his unlisted Space-o-phone, leading to a murder and a confrontation with the Dwarfs of Deimos. In 2115, a researcher discovers ghosts (actually more like zombies) living under the surface of the Earth, in a story featuring early art by future Marvel legend Don Perlin. Action-packed bondage cover by Walter Johnson. The Metal Monsters; Brant Craig: The Deadly Dwarfs of Deimos; The City of the Ancients; The Lost World of Mindanao; Ghosts from the Underworld. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #4
    Captain Science (1950) 4
    • Interior complete. REMAINDERED COPY.

    Cover by Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. Stories and art by Myron Fass, Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. Sci-fi adventure from Youthful Magazines. Responding to a call for help from Martian scientists, Captain Science must battle slavers who have taken control of Martian atmosphere plant. Captain Science and Rip go back in time to face the menace from another dimension, the insidious Doctor Khartoum. Captain Science art and cover by legendary artists Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. Interplanetary private eye Brant Craig battles a Saturnian bank robber who reanimates the dead, as the influence of horror comics seeps into the sci-fi comics. Plus an article about the real-life history of belief in vampires and werewolves. The Martian Slavers; The Insidious Doctor Khartoum; Vampires: Truth or Fiction?; Brant Craig: The Legion of the Dead; When Time Stood Still. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #5
    Captain Science (1950) 5
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #0703779001
    • 6" Cumulative spine split (chew). Tape and staples added (not manufacturing). Staples added (not manufacturing).
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    • Interior is complete. Water saturation. Cover detached. Staple rust, rust migration. Mold.
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    Cover by Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. Stories and art by Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. Sci-fi adventure from Youthful Magazines. Captain Science learns that Plutonians may one day conquer Earth, unless he can stop them now. Captain Science and Rip travel to the Sahara Desert to battle a powerful wizard with a yen for world conquest. Captain Science art and cover by legendary artists Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. Interplanetary private eye Brant Craig battles the Shark Pirates of Pisces, who look as you might expect, but have perhaps one of the coolest names in early sci-fi comics. Plus an article about real-life scientific fakes through history. Time Door of Throm; The Flower of Death!; Scientific Fakers; Science vs. Sorcery; Brant Craig: Shark Pirates of Pisces. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #6
    Captain Science (1950) 6

    Stories and art by Tex Blaisdell and Vince Napoli. Sci-fi adventure from Youthful Magazines. An alien scientist warns Captain Science and the gang that the military forces on his dying world have taken control, and plan to invade Earth next. Humanity is conquered by giant space-ants, until a resistance movement can form, in a war that lasts until the far-off year of 2052. Interplanetary private eye Brant Craig investigates the murder of the solar system's most famous actor and discovers a Martian secret agent - "a Red spy" - in a story featuring some good-girl art, possibly by Bill Molno and Rocco Mastroserio. Plus an article about real-life magician Harry Houdini, ghost sightings, and fake mediums. Classic girl-tied-to-rocket bondage cover by an unknown artist. Spawn of Pathor; Brant Craig: The Red Devils of Mars!; Do You Believe in Ghosts?; Invisible Tyrants of Calot III; World War III with the Ants. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.