(June 1967)

Western, 1966 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1967-04-20
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
K. K. Publications Inc.
Brand
Gold Key
Dell/Western Eight-Digit Code
10031-706
Printer
Western Printing and Lithographing Company
Editing
Del Connell

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1967 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

Operation Time-Shift (Table of Contents)

Space Family Robinson / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Wilson (painting)
Inks
George Wilson (painting)
Colors
George Wilson (painting)
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Craig Robinson; Tim Robinson

Energy for the Future (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
A listing of various types of energy: solar, fuel, hydraulic, geothermal, and nuclear.
Keywords
energy

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Panels with text underneath.

Operation Time-Shift (Table of Contents: 2)

Space Family Robinson / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Dan Spiegle (signed)
Inks
Dan Spiegle (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Craig Robinson; June Robinson; Tim Robinson; Tam Robinson
Synopsis
The Robinsons' spaceship is captured by an alien ship racing to escape a nearby star's nova. The aliens help the Robinsons repair a phase-shift machine that had been damaged earlier. The machine takes the Robinsons' ship back to our solar system, but a defect also takes them back in time.
Keywords
aliens; nova; spaceship; time shift

Indexer Notes

Continued in next issue. Art is signed in the last panel of the story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Space Station #1 / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Del Connell ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Chris Rucker; Jim Dinehart; Brandon King; Norman Eldridge; and Gary Walters. Also a list of 20 more readers who had written letters. Dan Spiegle is given credit for being the artist for both Space Family Robinson and Captain Venture.

Lava Trap (Table of Contents: 4)

Captain Venture / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Dan Spiegle (signed)
Inks
Dan Spiegle (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Rex Venture; Scotty Mackay
Synopsis
Brought down by a guided missile, Venture's spaceship lands in a cavern on a volcanic island, where the crew is attacked by the cavern dwellers. Venture and Mackay escape the attack in a scout module, but a volcanic eruption ruins the spaceship and destroys the island.
Keywords
cavern; ray-gun; spaceship; volcano

Indexer Notes

Art signed in last panel of story.

Sounds from the Sky (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Two half-page articles, one about the Goldstone Antenna in California, the other a general article on radio telescopes.
Keywords
radio telescopes

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Text with one illustration for each article.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Operation Time-Shift
    Space Family Robinson
  2. 1. Energy for the Future
  3. 2. Operation Time-Shift
    Space Family Robinson
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Space Station #1
  5. 4. Lava Trap
    Captain Venture
  6. 5. Sounds from the Sky
This issue was modified by, among others
  • mike clark
  • Steve Coates
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore