Boys' and Girls' March of Comics #352 [No Ad]

(November 1970)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Captives of Space (Table of Contents: 2)

Space Family Robinson / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Dan Spiegle

Inks

Dan Spiegle

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Lost in Space, Earth's first space station is intercepted by war ships of the "Union of Forbidden Planets"

Feature Logo

Space Family Robinson Lost in Space ["Lost in Space" Bolded, Single Line]

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Craig Robinson; June Robinson; Tim Robinson; Tam Robinson; Mitlar (young captive); various prisoners from different planets; Union of Forbidden Planets soldiers and guards; Union of Forbidden Planets spaceport commandant; Sugundo (commandant's second in command)

Synopsis

The Robinsons join captives from several other planets as prisoners of the despotic Union of Forbidden Planets. Tim Robinson and a young alien counterpart, "Mitlar", escape the Union's caged prison camp and employ an unusual strategy against the Union's spaceport commandant in order to free the other prisoners.

Keywords

escape; outer space setting; prisoners; rescue; space station

Indexer Notes

Formatted for March of Comics smaller size as two tiers per page, with a full-page opening splash.

Oddly, the "Union of Forbidden Planets" might very well have derived its name from the popular and groundbreaking 1956 science fiction film "Forbidden Planet", which starred Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, a pre-comedic Leslie Nielsen, and introduced sci-fi staple "Robby the Robot", and was an undeniable influence on both Star Trek and the television version of Lost in Space.

Lost in Space (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Dan Spiegle

Inks

Dan Spiegle

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Help Tim and Tam find their way back to the space station.

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Tim Robinson; Tam Robinson

Keywords

maze puzzle; outer space setting; space station; spacemobile

Indexer Notes

Draw a way through a maze to allow Tim and Tam's spacemobile to reach Space Station One.

What's the Weather Puzzler (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Dan Spiegle

Inks

Dan Spiegle

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Robinsons watch the weather carefully, no matter where the space station takes them.

Genre

science fiction

Keywords

crossword puzzle; outer space setting; space station; spacemobile

Indexer Notes

Fill in the words that describe various weather conditions, in crossword puzzle style.

No characters appear, just an illustration of Space Station One and a spacemobile flying into a cloud bank.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[Spacemobile Excursion] (Table of Contents: 6)

Space Family Robinson / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dan Spiegle

Inks

Dan Spiegle

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Craig Robinson; June Robinson; Tim Robinson; Tam Robinson

Synopsis

All four Robinsons travel in their spacemobile.

Keywords

outer space setting; spacemobile

Indexer Notes

Illustration shares back cover space with logo and ad copy for whichever firm is distributing the issue as a giveaway premium. Illustration comprises top third of page, lower two thirds can be blank if no named sponsor.