(January 1953)
Charlton,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Capitol Stories Inc.
- Editing
- Walter Gibson (assistant editor); Ed Levy (credited) (publisher); Al Fago (credited as Alfred V. Fago) (editor); Burton Levey (credited as Burton N. Levey) (editor, managing editor); John Santangelo (credited) (business manager)
[no title indexed]
Rex Clive, the Space King / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Rex Clive; Speed Lansing
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Art taken from page 7 of the story "The Devil Masters of Algol".
They Say It Really Happened
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Steve
- Synopsis
- Steve and another prospector are confronted by the landowner when they discover a meteorite filled with diamonds. All three are killed when they shoot it out. Two men arrive at the scene and conclude nobody will bother with the meteor as they walk away. The meteor opens and the real owner of the meteorite peeks his head out. It is a space traveler with wings and a mechanical box on his chest. He says the meteor was his and he had brought it all the way from Jupiter.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
inside front cover
The Devil Masters of Algol
Rex Clive, the Space King / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Walter Gibson
- Pencils
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Commodore Rex Clive; Adjutant Speed Lansing; Erda; Dav; Master Devil Master
- Synopsis
- Rex and Speed of the Space Rangers investigate a strange ship. They discover it is from the distant planet of Dox. Leading the expedition is a Doxian woman named Erda. Her bodyguard is Dav. Dox revolves around the star of Algol. Dox is involved in a defensive war against the Devil Masters of its sister planet, Zod. Rex and Speed assist the Doxians in defeating the Zodian fleet.
- Reprints
The Moon Hoppers
Rex Clive / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Rex Clive; Speed Lansing; Noxor; Orj; Stella Dawn
- Synopsis
- Noxor, intent on becoming the Mighty Monarch of the Saturnian Satellites, is using "Repello Rays" to knock "Moon Hoppers" spaceships out of the sky. Rex, Speed, and Stella defeat the plans, calling the Space Rangers down on Noxor's noggin.
The Monsters of Kalypso
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Mechans; Voz; Loa; Van
- Synopsis
- Mighty Voz, is the leader of the half-robot, half-human creatures called the Mechans. The Mechans were forgotten miners of the planet, Kalypo. Van and Loa are captured human slaves. They overcome the mastery of the Mechans when Van devises a slave rebellion with the other human slaves against the Mechans, He manages to cause a flood, putting quit to the Mechans.
- Reprints
-
in Planet Series (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #v3#11 ([1980])
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The Great Gravitex Robbery
Rex Clive, the Space King / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Rex Clive; Stella Dawn; Nucleo, the Mad Martian; Pojo
- Synopsis
- Rex Clive investigates the disappearance of the gravity-repelling Plutonian product, Gravitex. Gravitex is formed by manipulating Cosmium ore mined by robots on Pluto. With the aid of his henchman Pojo, Nucleo tries to get away with the theft.
The Man Who Saved Four Worlds
Spiro the Space Spy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Spiro, the Space Spy; Invaders from Galaxy Q-7
- Synopsis
- Invaders from Galaxy Q-7, based on Pluto, plan to take over the rest of the solar system by invading Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. Spiro reports the plans, and the invaders are roundly defeated.
- Reprints
-
in Out of This World (Alan Class, 1963 series) #5 -
in Space Adventures (Charlton, 1952 series) #19 (December 1955)
-
The Space Bandits
Stella Dawn / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Dzartz; Rujon; Stella Dawn; Jim Jones; Bob Barry; Rex Clive
- Synopsis
- Rujon and Dzartz hijack a load of gold leaving the tiny planet Juno, where gravity makes the bars extremely light. Stella Dawn confronts them, but is taken prisoner. They load their ship, a fast space cruiser named the Zodiac. Space Rangers Bob Barry and Jim Jones surprise the crew of the Zodiac, using gold bars to defeat the thieves.
- Reprints
- in Planet Series (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #v3#11 ([1980])
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[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.25 page
- Script
- Burton Levey (credited as Burton N. Levey) (editor)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
On the inside-back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Rex Clive, the Space King -
1.
They Say It Really Happened
-
2.
The Devil Masters of Algol
Rex Clive, the Space King -
3.
The Moon Hoppers
Rex Clive -
4.
Mars for the Martians
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5.
The Monsters of Kalypso
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6.
The Great Gravitex Robbery
Rex Clive, the Space King -
7.
The Man Who Saved Four Worlds
Spiro the Space Spy -
8.
The Space Bandits
Stella Dawn -
9.
[no title indexed]
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- Gregory Fischer
- Mike Nielsen
- Kevin Olson
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Thomson
- Len Wolinsky
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