Indicia title is "SPACE MAN, No. 1253." No code number. Only "Space Man" Four Color. Continues as Space Man (Dell, 1962 series) with #2 (May-July 1962). On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.
Out into space to combat the strange anti-force that, for 10 years, has stopped all attempts to reach the moon, goes rocket ace Ian Stannard, taking with him young Johnny Mack.
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Johnny Mack; Ian Stannard; Col. Hooper; Mary Lansing; Grace Mack; Yalta Veno; Claud; John Wellman; Kall Gen
Synopsis
Two astronauts make the first manned flight to the moon, only to find a base inhabited by cyborgs under the control of Colonel Hooper, who was thought lost in a moon flight 12 years earlier. The moon base is part of a top-secret effort to train Earth men to be part of the Galactic Guard and protect the solar system from the enemy-- Garrak-Axos from Alpha Centauri.