(August 2014)
Boardman Books,
2014 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 19.95 USD
- Pages
- 80
- On-sale Date
- 2014-08-07
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Boardman Books
- ISBN
-
978-0-692-26826-1; 0-692-26826-X
- Barcode
- 9780692268261 90000
- Editing
- Matthew H. Gore
- Color
- Four Color
- Dimensions
- 8.5" x 11"
- Paper Stock
- High quality
- Binding
- Perfect Bound
- Publishing Format
- One-Shot
[Space Ace #5]
Space Ace / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Space Ace
- Reprints
[Cover Gallery]
Space Ace / illustration / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Features cover reprints from Jet Powers (Magazine Enterprises, 1950 series) #1,Jet Powers (Magazine Enterprises, 1950 series) #2, Jet Powers (Magazine Enterprises, 1950 series) #3, Jet Powers (Magazine Enterprises, 1950 series) #4, Major Inapak the Space Ace (Magazine Enterprises, 1951 series) #1.
[no title indexed]
Space Ace / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When the atomic bomb exploded in the face of a stunned world...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Jet Black; Prism Pirate; Tel Han; Jak Tal
- Synopsis
- The Prism Pirate has a prism that concentrates cosmic rays, which he uses to attack Space Patrol ships.
- Reprints
- from Manhunt (Magazine Enterprises, 1947 series) #1 (October 1947)
-
- Keywords
- cosmic rays; Mars; Tycho Crater; uranium
The Thing in the Box
Space Ace / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Space Ace [Jet Black]; Jak Tal; Por Tan; Viceroy Farragut; Myrrl
- Synopsis
- A strange black box comes from outer space to take over the minds of everyone on Mars except for Space Ace and Jak Tal.
- Reprints
- from Manhunt (Magazine Enterprises, 1947 series) #2 (November 1947)
-
- Keywords
- anti-gravity; Mars
[no title indexed]
Space Ace / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Somewhere off the Mars-Jupiter run...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Space Ace [Jet Black]; Jak Tal
- Synopsis
- Space Ace goes on a mission to locate the secret hideout of a band of space criminals.
- Reprints
- from Manhunt (Magazine Enterprises, 1947 series) #3 (December 1947)
-
[no title indexed]
Space Ace / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the Marsador, a new hot spot...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Space Ace [Jet Black]; Mark Treak; Fan San; Jak Tal
- Synopsis
- Space Ace must catch the criminal that has stolen the Neverfade Emeralds.
- Reprints
- from Manhunt (Magazine Enterprises, 1947 series) #4 (January 1948)
-
- Keywords
- gravity belt
The Adventure of the Invisible Pirates
Space Ace / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Space Ace [Jet Black]; Jak Tal; Nev Ran
- Synopsis
- Jet Black and Jak Tal fake a fight, causing the Invisible Pirate gang to take Jak Tal into their confidence.
- Reprints
- from Manhunt (Magazine Enterprises, 1947 series) #5 (February 1948)
-
The Men from Deep Space
Space Ace / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Space Ace [Jet Black]; Jak Tal
- Synopsis
- Space Ace and Jak Tal, with the help of a handshake-buzzer, defeat an alien invasion.
- Reprints
- from Manhunt (Magazine Enterprises, 1947 series) #6 (March 1948)
-
The Harp of Death!
Space Ace / comic story / 6 pages
- Characters
- Space Ace [Jet Black]; Jak Tal; Yanal; Bird-Men of Jupiter
- Synopsis
- Space Ace and Jak Tal discover plants that are being used by the Bird-Men of Jupiter to kill their enemies.
- Reprints
- from Manhunt (Magazine Enterprises, 1947 series) #7 (April 1948)
-
- Keywords
- Mars
The Desert Devils!
Space Ace / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lawrence Woromay [as LW] (signed)
- Inks
- Lawrence Woromay [as LW] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Space Ace; The Keeper of the Sands (death); The Desert Devils (villains); Monster Robots (villains, some die)
- Synopsis
- Space Ace is on the trail of some space robbers, who are shooting down cargo planes over Mars. It seems that whenever cargo liners flew over the area where the robots were, their photoelectric cells were activated and the robots went on the attack. Space Ace discovers a now deceased "Keeper of the Sands", whose job it was to keep the robots in check, had passed away, but his control panel was still active.
- Reprints
- from Jet Powers (Magazine Enterprises, 1951 series) #1 [A-1 #30] ([January 1951])
-
- Keywords
- Mars; robot; United Business
Indexer Notes
Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur, though artist appears to be swiping Wayne Boring (April 2009).
The Invisible Death!
Space Ace / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Space Ace; Storm Farrilee
- Synopsis
- Space Ace discovers the secret of the Ocean of Diamonds on Saturn's moon Titan.
- Reprints
- from Jet Powers (Magazine Enterprises, 1951 series) #2 [A-1 #32] ([April-June] 1951)
-
The Nothing Weapon
Space Ace / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Space Ace; Flor; Gayta
- Synopsis
- Space Ace finds an ancient weapon of great power.
- Reprints
Death in Deep Space!
Space Ace / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Space Ace; Dalla; Flor; Benton Thorpe Ace
- Synopsis
- Space Ace sets out to collect the reward for finding missing scientist Benton Thorpe, but instead finds a woman drifting in space. He rescues Dalla and hears her tell how her ship was invaded by aliens and Thorpe was captured. He follows her ship to Titan, but Dalla's story was all just part of a trap planned by Flor to capture him. Flor, the leader of the space pirates, intends to get revenge on Space Ace for tricking her in a previous scheme.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Credits from The Al Williamson Reader (Pure Imagination, 2008 series) #[nn] indicate that this story was inked by Wally Wood.
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Space Ace -
1.
[Space Ace #5]
Space Ace -
2.
[no title indexed]
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3.
Introduction
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4.
[Cover Gallery]
Space Ace -
5.
["When the atomic bomb exploded in the face of a stunned world..."]
Space Ace -
6.
The Thing in the Box
Space Ace -
7.
["Somewhere off the Mars-Jupiter run..."]
Space Ace -
8.
["In the Marsador, a new hot spot..."]
Space Ace -
9.
The Adventure of the Invisible Pirates
Space Ace -
10.
The Men from Deep Space
Space Ace -
11.
The Harp of Death!
Space Ace -
12.
The Desert Devils!
Space Ace -
13.
The Invisible Death!
Space Ace -
14.
The Nothing Weapon
Space Ace -
15.
Death in Deep Space!
Space Ace
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- Matthew H. Gore
- Mike Nielsen
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