(February 1952)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- A Dell Comic
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "TOM CORBETT, SPACE CADET, No. 378." Code number is S.C.O.S. #378-522. Copyright 1952 by Videofeatures Company. First of three Tom Corbett Space Cadet Four Colors. Based on the "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet" TV series.
Space Academy: The University of the Planets!
Tom Corbett Space Cadet / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Alden McWilliams ?
- Inks:
- Alden McWilliams ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Synopsis:
- Brief description of the Space Academy and its mission of training Space Cadets to become Solar Guards.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. One illustration with typeset text.
[Training Flight to Titan]
Tom Corbett Space Cadet / comic story / 32 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Paul S. Newman
- Pencils:
- Alden McWilliams
- Inks:
- Alden McWilliams
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Tom Corbett; Astro; Roger Manning; Commander Awkright; Captain Strong; Dr. Joan Dale
- Synopsis:
- In the year 2351, Captain Strong and three Space Cadets, Tom Corbett, Astro, and Roger Manning, are sent on a training mission to Titan, Saturn's largest moon. The quartet must convince the inhabitants of Titan that they aren't spies from Earth, planning to take the radioactive ore that provides life-sustaining heat to their cities.
Indexer Notes
Introduction to series. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records. (July 22, 2007)
Mars
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- American Museum of Natural History, N.Y. (photo)
- Inks:
- American Museum of Natural History, N.Y. (photo)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Synopsis:
- Photo of Mars with brief description of climate.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Large photo with brief typeset text.
[Space Scene]
illustration / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Alden McWilliams [as A. McWilliams] (signed) (painting)
- Inks:
- Alden McWilliams [as A. McWilliams] (signed) (painting)
- Colors:
- Alden McWilliams [as A. McWilliams] (signed) (painting)
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Synopsis:
- Scene of rocket blasting off from crater-marked moon, with Saturn in the background.
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
Space Academy: The University of the Planets!
Tom Corbett Space Cadet -
2.
[Training Flight to Titan]
Tom Corbett Space Cadet -
3.
Mars
-
4.
[Space Scene]
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- Merlin Haas
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- Craig Delich
- James Ludwig
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Kenneth Blair
- Mike Nielsen
- David Porta
- Matthew Torrance
- Ken Kwilinski
- Gary L. Watson
- Gregg Whitmore
- Max Capp
- Tony R. Rose
- Lou Mazzella
- Rodney Hinkle
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Donald Dale Milne
- Karl Wilcox
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