Classics Illustrated Special Issue
#165A - To The Stars!
(December 1961)
- Price
- 0.35 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- June and December
- On-sale Date
- 1961
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Gilberton Company Inc.
- Brand
-
Classics Illustrated
- Editing
- Roberta Strauss
To the Stars!
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Norman Nodel (sourced) (painting)
- Inks
- Norman Nodel (sourced) (painting)
- Colors
- Norman Nodel (sourced) (painting)
Indexer Notes
Painted cover.
To the Stars
illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- math & science
- Synopsis
- Montage of modern rocket and space capsule, with Mesopotamian winged creature
- Reprints
- Keywords
- astronomy; fact; Space
in Indexer Notes
Torres pencils and inks verified by Angelo Torres (7 Aug 2021).
Man in the Skies
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- math & science
- Characters
- Daedalus; Icarus; Domingo Gonsales; Robert H. Goddard; Yuri Gagarin; Alan Shepherd
- Synopsis
- Legends, speculation, and pioneers of space travel, from Daedalus and Icarus through X-15, Vostok, and Project Mercury
- Reprints
- Keywords
- astronaut; cosmonaut; fact; mythology; rocket; satellite; Space
Earth in Space
comic story / 2 pages
The Magic Eye
comic story / 5 pages
The Giant of Palomar
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- math & science
- Characters
- James Gregory; George Ellery Hale; glass workers; truck drivers
- Synopsis
- Professor George Ellery Hale proposes a telescope with a 200-inch mirror, then supervises its construction through great difficulties. The telescope is installed at Mount Palomar after Hale's death.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- astronomy; California; Corning; Corning Glass Works; fact; flood; glass; New York; Palomar; Pyrex; Space; telescope
Indexer Notes
Final page is a full-page cutaway sketch of the telescope and observatory
A Simple Telescope
activity / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Lines and Signals
text article / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- math & science
- Synopsis
- Illustrated explanation of spectroscopes and radio telescopes
- Reprints
Viewing the Spectrum
text article / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Our Neighbor -- the Moon
comic story / 5 pages
The Copper Moon
comic story / 1 page
The Inner Planets
illustration / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jo Albistur
- Inks
- Jo Albistur
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- math & science
- Synopsis
- Splash page showing the four inner planets
- Reprints
- Keywords
- astronomy; fact; Space
Indexer Notes
Title fonts show the next four stories to be subheadings under "The Inner Planets." They are here treated separately. Albistur credit per Dan Malan from his book The Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated. Previous indexer credited Charles Berger on pencils.
The Inner Planets: The Gods' Messenger
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jo Albistur
- Inks
- Jo Albistur
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Albistur credit per Dan Malan from his book The Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated. Previous indexer credited Charles Berger on pencils.
The Inner Planets: The Goddess
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jo Albistur
- Inks
- Jo Albistur
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- math & science
- Synopsis
- Description of planet Venus
- Reprints
- Keywords
- astronomy; fact; Space; Venus
Indexer Notes
Albistur credit per Dan Malan from his book The Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated. Previous indexer credited Charles Berger on pencils.
The Inner Planets: The Green World
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jo Albistur
- Inks
- Jo Albistur
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Albistur credit per Dan Malan from his book The Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated. Previous indexer credited Charles Berger on pencils.
The Inner Planets: The Red Planet
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jo Albistur
- Inks
- Jo Albistur
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- math & science
- Synopsis
- Description of planet Mars
- Reprints
- Keywords
- astronomy; fact; Mars; Space
Indexer Notes
Albistur credit per Dan Malan from his book The Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated. Previous indexer credited Charles Berger on pencils.
The Giants
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- math & science
- Synopsis
- Description of planets Jupiter and Saturn.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- astronomy; fact; Space
Indexer Notes
Glanzman pencils per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Charles Berger with pencils.
The Georgian Planet
comic story / 4 pages
Uranus
comic story / 1 page
Neptune
comic story / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Possible Glanzman art per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Charles Berger with pencils.
Planet X
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jo Albistur
- Inks
- Jo Albistur
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- math & science
- Characters
- Percival Lowell; Clyde Tombaugh
- Synopsis
- Following Percival Lowell's lead, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Arizona; astronomy; fact; Flagstaff; Lowell Observatory; Space; telescope
Indexer Notes
Albistur credit per Dan Malan from his book The Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated.
Pluto
comic story / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Glanzman art per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Charles Berger with pencils.
Are There Other Planets?
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jo Albistur
- Inks
- Jo Albistur
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- math & science
- Characters
- Clyde Tombaugh
- Synopsis
- Description of the asteroids.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- asteroid; astronomy; fact; Space
Indexer Notes
Albistur credit per Dan Malan from his book The Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated.
Fiery Streaks and Tails
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- math & science
- Synopsis
- Description of comets and meteors.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- astronomy; fact; Space
Indexer Notes
Glanzman credit per Dan Malan from his book The Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated. Previous indexer credited Charles Berger on pencils.
Figures in the Sky
comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- math & science
- Synopsis
- Description and star maps of major constellations: Ursa Minor; Ursa Major; Gemini; Cassiopeia; Andromeda; Perseus; Cepheus; Hercules; Orion; Canis Major; Scorpius; Cygnus; Lyra; Aquila
- Reprints
- Keywords
- astronomy; constellation; fact; Space
Indexer Notes
Glanzman credit per Dan Malan from his book The Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated.
Star Facts
comic story / 5 pages
Our Nearest Star
comic story / 3 pages
The Disappearing Sun
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- math & science
- Synopsis
- Description of solar eclipses.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- astronomy; eclipse; fact; Space
Indexer Notes
Nodel credit per Dan Malan from his book The Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated.
Light Years
comic story / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Nodel credit per Dan Malan from his book The Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated. Previous indexer credited George Evans.
The Universe
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- math & science
- Synopsis
- Description of the Earth's place in the universe.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- astronomy; fact; Space
Indexer Notes
Nodel credit per Dan Malan from his book The Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated. Previous indexer credited Charles Berger with pencils.
The Universe and Life
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- math & science
- Synopsis
- Theories on the formation of the universe, and the likelihood of life elsewhere in it.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- astronomy; fact; Space
Indexer Notes
Nodel credit per Dan Malan from his book The Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated. Previous indexer credited Charles Berger with pencils.
The Swiss Patent Clerk
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Synopsis
- Life of Albert Einstein.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Einstein; fact; physics; relativity
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To the Stars!
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1.
["Come Along to the Days of the Civil War"]
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2.
To the Stars
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3.
Man in the Skies
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4.
Earth in Space
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5.
The Magic Eye
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6.
The Giant of Palomar
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7.
A Simple Telescope
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8.
Lines and Signals
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9.
Viewing the Spectrum
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10.
Our Neighbor -- the Moon
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11.
The Copper Moon
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12.
The Inner Planets
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13.
The Inner Planets: The Gods' Messenger
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14.
The Inner Planets: The Goddess
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15.
The Inner Planets: The Green World
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16.
The Inner Planets: The Red Planet
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17.
The Giants
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18.
The Georgian Planet
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19.
Uranus
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20.
Neptune
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21.
Planet X
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22.
Pluto
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23.
Are There Other Planets?
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24.
Fiery Streaks and Tails
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25.
Figures in the Sky
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26.
Star Facts
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27.
Our Nearest Star
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28.
The Disappearing Sun
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29.
Light Years
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30.
The Universe
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31.
The Universe and Life
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32.
The Swiss Patent Clerk
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33.
Days and Years
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34.
["Classics Illustrated Junior"]
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35.
["Own the Greatest Stories by the World's Greatest Authors"]
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- Nick Caputo
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- Kirk House
- Jim Van Dore
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