Digital Comic Museum - Space Adventures 004 (inc)


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Issue: #4
Published: January 1953, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Alfred Fago; Walter Gibson (assistant)
Color: Full Color Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U.S Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Rex Clive, the Space King
Credits:	Pencils: Dick Giordano (signed) \| Inks: Dick Giordano (signed)
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Rex Clive Speed Lansing

Comic Story (1 page)	They Say It Really Happened
Synopsis:	Steve and another prospector are confronted by the landowner when they discover a meteorite filled with diamonds. All three are killed when they shoot it out. Two men arrive at the scene and conclude nobody will bother with the meteor as they walk away. The meteor opens and the real owner of the meteorite peeks his head out. It is a space traveler with wings and a mechanical box on his chest. He says the meteor was his and he had brought it all the way from Jupiter.
Credits:	Pencils: Dick Giordano (signed) \| Inks: Dick Giordano (signed)
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Steve

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Devil Masters of Algol
Featuring:	Rex Clive, the Space King
Synopsis:	Rex and Speed of the Space Rangers investigate a strange ship. They discover it is from the distant planet of Dox. Leading the expedition is a Doxian woman named Erda. Her bodyguard is Dav. Dox revolves around the star of Algol. Dox is involved in a defensive war against the Devil Masters of its sister planet, Zod. Rex and Speed assist the Doxians in defeating the Zodian fleet.
Credits:	Script: Walter Gibson \| Pencils: Dick Giordano (signed) \| Inks: Dick Giordano (signed)
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Commodore Rex Clive Adjutant Speed Lansing Erda Dav Master Devil Master

Comic Story (5 pages)	The Moon Hoppers
Featuring:	Rex Clive
Synopsis:	Noxor, intent on becoming the Mighty Monarch of the Saturnian Satellites, is using "Repello Rays" to knock "Moon Hoppers" spaceships out of the sky. Rex, Speed, and Stella defeat the plans, calling the Space Rangers down on Noxor's noggin.
Credits:	Pencils: Art Cappello \| Inks: Dick Giordano
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Rex Clive Speed Lansing Noxor Orj Stella Dawn

Text Story (2 pages)	Mars for the Martians
Credits:	Pencils: Art Cappello \| Inks: Art Cappello \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Science Fiction

Comic Story (4 pages)	The Monsters of Kalypso
Synopsis:	Mighty Voz, is the leader of the half-robot, half-human creatures called the Mechans. The Mechans were forgotten miners of the planet, Kalypo. Van and Loa are captured human slaves. They overcome the mastery of the Mechans when Van devises a slave rebellion with the other human slaves against the Mechans, He manages to cause a flood, putting quit to the Mechans.
Credits:	Pencils: Frank Frollo \| Inks: Frank Frollo
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Mechans Voz Loa Van

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Great Gravitex Robbery
Featuring:	Rex Clive, the Space King
Synopsis:	Rex Clive investigates the disappearance of the gravity-repelling Plutonian product, Gravitex. Gravitex is formed by manipulating Cosmium ore mined by robots on Pluto. With the aid of his henchman Pojo, Nucleo tries to get away with the theft.
Credits:	Pencils: Art Cappello \| Inks: Art Cappello
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Rex Clive Stella Dawn Nucleo, The Mad Martian Pojo

Comic Story (1 page)	The Man Who Saved Four Worlds
Featuring:	Spiro the Space Spy
Synopsis:	Invaders from Galaxy Q-7, based on Pluto, plan to take over the rest of the solar system by invading Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. Spiro reports the plans, and the invaders are roundly defeated.
Credits:	Pencils: John Belfi \| Inks: John Belfi
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Spiro, The Space Spy Invaders From Galaxy Q-7

Comic Story (4 pages)	The Space Bandits
Featuring:	Stella Dawn
Synopsis:	Rujon and Dzartz hijack a load of gold leaving the tiny planet Juno, where gravity makes the bars extremely light. Stella Dawn confronts them, but is taken prisoner. They load their ship, a fast space cruiser named the Zodiac. Space Rangers Bob Barry and Jim Jones surprise the crew of the Zodiac, using gold bars to defeat the thieves.
Credits:	Pencils: Lou Morales \| Inks: Lou Morales
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Dzartz Rujon Stella Dawn Jim Jones Bob Barry Rex Clive

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