Race for the Moon #17

([1964])

Large Album & Stamp Collection (Table of Contents: 1)

Broadway Approvals / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside Front Cover.

Advertisement from Broadway Approvals. Large Album & Stamp Collection. All only 1/- worth 5/6.

Journey's End! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Gill ?

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed)

Letters

Jon D'Agostino

Job Number

2814

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In the beginning they had made robots to help their race!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Ejvan (peoples' leader)

Synopsis

Ejvan tells his people that they should not have so many robots and is shouted down. Unable to convince his people he builds a giant spaceship. The robots rise up as feared and Ejvan leads his people off their planet. They approach Earth full of misgivings in case they are met with violence. They land, step out on to the ground and are surrounded by tanks and other weapons. They wait for the weapons to fire and then Ejvan's child toddles forward carrying a rag doll. A little Earth child comes forward and they start to play together. The tension is gone and they find welcome on Earth.

Reprints

• from Out of This World (Charlton, 1956 series) #9 (August 1958)

Keywords

alien; robot; spaceship

The Lost Tribe! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Gill ?

Pencils

Carl Burgos ?

Inks

Carl Burgos ?

Letters

?

Job Number

3617

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Bill Judson's television program "We Accept the Challenge" was a popular show and much of the credit had to go to young Dick Travers, chief cameraman!

Genre

adventure

Characters

Dick Travers; Dick Travers' boss; Galu (local guide); Inca leader, Inca tribesman

Synopsis

Dick Travers is sent by his boss to Peru to film a lost tribe. Travers says if they're there he'll film them. Three days later Travers is in Peru. Galu refuses to take him further as his tribe are afraid to go in the hills. Travers goes on alone and meets an Inca tribesman. He is shown a village and offered a drink before he starts filming. The village is primitive. When he later shows the film to his boss there is only the tribesman in the picture. Back in Peru the tribesman tells his leader that the potion never fails. The leader says this way they will keep their existence secret.

Reprints

• from Out of This World (Charlton, 1956 series) #9 (August 1958)

Keywords

Incas; Peru; potion

The Impossible (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Marvin Stein

Inks

Marvin Stein

Letters

Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I must be out of my mind! How did I get here?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

John Sawyer; police sergeant

Synopsis

Sawyer wakes up on the floor of a room he's never seen before. He focuses by recalling his name, he's a research scientist and he's from 1958. Looking outside he sees futuristic buildings and goes to the police who tell him it's 2008. They take him to his house but it is now a condemned ruin. The sergeant tries to take Sawyer back but Sawyer escapes and goes back to the room where he finds a notebook. The sergeant appears and takes the book while Sawyer escapes again. Sawyer follows the sergeant home and learns that he hasn't time travelled but has been rejuvenated by his own experiment.

Reprints

• from Black Magic (Prize, 1950 series) #v6#5 [38] (May-June 1958)

Keywords

rejuvenation; time travel

The Test (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ted Galindo

Inks

Ted Galindo

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sometimes even people in love do not know how much they mean to each other until they are faced with...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Ted; Margo; Mr Rêve

Synopsis

Ted and Margo are lost on honeymoon in a car. Ted tells Margo that the Cajuns have a legend that those in love must come to the Bayous to be tested. The find a beautiful house and ask if there is accommodation. Mr Rêve says yes and that he can see that they are in love but it has not yet faced the test. They climb the stairs, a bat scares Margo who falls down. Ted carries her outside and a storm whips up. Ted tells Margo they will live or die together. They wake up in the car and drive off. They see a car with Mr Rêve inside who tells them they have passed and this is not a dream now.

Reprints

• from Black Magic (Prize, 1950 series) #v6#5 [38] (May-June 1958)

Keywords

honeymoon

Indexer Notes

Rêve in English is dream.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Amazing Speeds! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Julius Schwartz

Pencils

Morris Waldinger ?

Inks

Tom Nicolosi ?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

One of the newest army devices is the "Buck Rogers", a personal rocket belt that enables troops to run at least 35 miles an hour for several seconds without tiring;

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #105 (February-March 1959)

Indexer Notes

Science fact on army "Buck Rogers" personal rocket belt, the speed of an electron in a hydrogen atom and how long an eye takes to blink

Beyond the Reach of Time! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Leo Morey

Inks

Leo Morey

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The year was 1942, and as young Tom Powers said goodbye to those he loved, unknown to him he stood on the brink of a strange and mystifying experience!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Tom Powers; Madge; Mrs Powers (Tom's mother); Henry Powers (Tom's father); Doctor Balsom (practicing psychiatrist); Gloria Saunders

Synopsis

Tom says goodbye to his parents and girlfriend as he goes off to war. Upon return he is polite to Madge but not in love and they stop seeing each other. Tom's mother regrets this but Henry says Tom is just the same. As the years pass he doesn't age! He goes to Doctor Balsom who hypnotises him. Doctor Balsom says that Tom needs to visit England. Tom hears church bells and remembers that he met Gloria and they fell in love. A bomb exploded and when Tom came round he forgot Gloria and went back to his unit. Gloria shows up and she and Tom embrace. Tom suddenly reverts to his true age.

Reprints

• from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #70 (September 1958)

Keywords

amnesia; WW II

The Last Role (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ted Galindo (signed as Ted)

Inks

Ted Galindo (signed as Ted)

Letters

Ben Oda

First Line of Dialogue or Text

He was a lonely old man who had nothing left except some yellowed news clippings in a crumbling scrap book and his memories...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Bill Saunders; Ted; Lew Chase; Caroline (Lew's wife in a photograph)

Synopsis

On a film set Bill complains to Ted about the cameras not rolling. Ted says that the man they hired hasn't shown up and they need a replacement. He suggests Lew Chase. Bill is doubtful since Lew's wife died. Ted discloses that Lew is his father. Ted persuades his father to appear. Later Lew promises his wife's photo that he will make her proud and then collapses. Next day Lew shows up, says he has an important appointment and quickly performs his routines. Tired, he goes to the dressing room from which he disappears. A phone call from Lew's landlady then reveals he died last night.

Reprints

• from Black Magic (Prize, 1950 series) #v6#5 [38] (May-June 1958)

Keywords

film set

Story of a Miser! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Rosenberger

Inks

John Rosenberger

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It was as strange an adventure as had ever befallen a man, when Mark Brinkley was sent back into his own past---

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Mark Brinkley; Eleanor Brinkley (Mark's wife); Wayne Brinkley (Mark's ancestor); Edward Brinkley (Mark's father); Mrs. Brinkley (Mark's mother); Abraham Lincoln; native Indian chief

Synopsis

Mark Brinkley only wants to make money and appears to care for no-one else - except Eleanor, whose ring he wears. She has said no to marriage for 20 years because of his meanness. At home Mark falls from a ladder moving a painting of Wayne Brinkley. Wayne appears and then takes Mark through history to look at various events to show him the value of friendship over money. At each stage Mark tries to make money but is caught out. Eventually he realises his mistake and gives Wayne his ring. He wakes up and proposes to Eleanor who accepts. The painting now shows Wayne wearing Mark's ring.

Reprints

• from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #70 (September 1958)

Keywords

time travel

The Mystic (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

George Klein

Inks

George Klein

Letters

Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text

He could foretell the future - but an ironic twist of fate was to turn his own power against...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Indian mystic; Paul Anderson; Lewis (Paul's ex-boss at a jewellers)

Synopsis

The mystic tells Anderson he can teach him no more and it should be used for good. Back in New York Paul uses his ability to take revenge on Lewis who fired him for incompetency. He punches Lewis out, steals money and then simply walks out. He then walks in to a bank and takes the opportunity to steal from the vault when the guard collapses. He takes a train out but then gets a feeling there will be a crash. He pulls the emergency cord and jumps out but is trapped when another train crashes in the back. In hospital the police tell him that it was pulling the cord that caused the crash!

Reprints

• from Black Magic (Prize, 1950 series) #v6#5 [38] (May-June 1958)

Keywords

premonition

The Creatures in the Volcano (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Kirby ?

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Wally Wood

Letters

Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There is a story that Grandfather used to tell me when I was a child...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Tubuai; Mauiki

Synopsis

A chief of a Pacific island tribe finds aliens in a volcano preparing to conquer Earth. He thinks his people will not believe him, so he instead agrees to sell the island to the US for nuclear tests, which destroys the aliens.

Reprints

• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #51 (March 1959)

Superstitions (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Nearly everybody has a more or less uneasy feeling that breaking a mirror will not help your luck for at least seven years.

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• from Black Magic (Prize, 1950 series) #v6#5 [38] (May-June 1958)
• in Forbidden Worlds (Thorpe & Porter, 1950 ? series) #1

Indexer Notes

A page listing various superstitions throughout the world. The first paragraph deals with superstitions surrounding mirrors. The second paragraph about rheumatism, the third paragraph about birds and the fourth about superstitions to do with Christmas.

Doctor Falsom's Discovery! (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Forte (signed)

Inks

John Forte (signed)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It was only a lump of crude quartz, but through a strange scientific accident the entire world was to be threatened by---

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Doctor Falsom; Warren; Peter Mason

Synopsis

Falsom experiments with electricity on a lump of Quartz. It tingles in his hands and then causes a microscope to disappear. Tests show it only works on inorganic items. Also no further special quartz can be created. Falsom calls a special scientific meeting. His credulous colleagues are quickly convinced and Mason, the group's President, tells Falsom he must hand the quartz over to the authorities. Falsom snatches the quartz and runs home. A foreign spy tries to steal the quartz. Two FBI agents burst in and the quartz drops to the floor, breaks into two parts which destroy each other.

Reprints

• from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #70 (September 1958)

The Ghost Ship of Space (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Sinnott

Inks

Joe Sinnott

Letters

?

Job Number

[T-156]

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The name's Frank Brandon!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Frank Brandon; Ben; Charlie; Smitty

Synopsis

A reporter investigates a series of spaceship disappearances and is captured by primitive aliens. He forces them to free him by pretending that a simple gadget is a powerful bomb.

Reprints

• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #51 (March 1959)

Indexer Notes

This story is set in 2705.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Wonders of Space / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Julius Schwartz (Science Editor)

Pencils

? (header illustration)

Inks

? (header illustration)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Science Editor: In the "Wonders of Space" feature...

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #49 (February 1959)

Indexer Notes

Letters from P.M., asking about galaxies colliding, and L.S., asking about the colour of Saturn.

For the best in Western reading select a novel from our exciting new range! (Table of Contents: 16)

Top Sellers Ltd. / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Inside Back Cover.

House advert by Top Sellers Ltd for the British range of Western novels. "only 2/6 per copy"

Four thumbnails showing the front covers of:
- "Rangers at Bay" by Bradford Scott. ("He challenged the cattle kings in a war to the death!") This might be part of series starring Walt Slade.
- "Texas Vengeance" by Paul Evan Lehman. ("It's a long, hot ride to Texas - but a short, fast trip to Hell.")
- "Traitor Guns" by Philip Ketchum. ("More than vengeance, Mel Dryden wanted justice.")
- "Texas Manhunt" by Jackson Cole. ("The blazing story of a Texas Ranger who had sworn to take the deadliest gunman in the West - Dead or Alive!")

Other novels offered include: "Bandoleer Crossing" by Frank O'Rourke; "Gunsmoke Trail" by Jackson Cole; "North of 36" by Emerson Hough; "Shield for a Killer" by Al Cody; "Wildcat Range" by Wm. Colt MacDonald.

I'll Prove You Too Can Have A Body Like Mine! (Table of Contents: 17)

Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Charles Atlas

Synopsis

Body-building ad.

Indexer Notes

Back Cover.

One of many adverts for the Charles Atlas body building programme.
This one is tailored for UK readers with an address in London.