Issue: #4
Published: November 1952, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US Paper Stock: Newsprint Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: 175 Fifth Avenue, NY NY. Printed in Canada. 2nd class postage permit in Buffalo.
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| Cover (1 page) |
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| Synopsis: |
Grotesque gliding monsters swoop down from their mountain home to capture humans. |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Day of Doom! |
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In 1993 tensions between the democracies of the west and the communists of the east are at an all time high. Suddenly aliens decide to attack the Earth from their outpost on the planet Zebob. While the alien ships decimate the communists and their cities, the western ships then attack and defeat the aliens. The western ships leave Earth as the defeated aliens blow up the Moon decimating most of the Earth. A few years later the Earthlings return from space and discover that the geological upheavels had caused Atlantis to reappear. They then decide to settle there and start over again. |
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Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
The Engine That Came Through Time |
| Synopsis: |
In 2733, a being from the year 5070 named Ranu gives Arthur Bergholm the Interstellar Drive he was planning to build before he would have been killed so man can travel faster than the speed of light and traverse to other worlds. While testing this drive out, Bergholm and his crew reach a planet 400 light years away in just four days. When they get back to Earth, they realize 400 years have passed and Earth has been destroyed. Ranu explains this had to happen in order for his people to be born. Bergholm and the others then decide to rebuild society on Alpha Centuari to begin life anew. |
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Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
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Jumpin' Jupiter |
| Synopsis: |
While on vacation, Jumpin' Jupiter brings laughter to a world full of grim beings that live in a society where happiness and fun is outlawed. |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Speck of Stardust |
| Synopsis: |
Two space pilots named Scotty and Bill head to Venus because Bill wants to marry a beautiful Venusian woman named Yye. As he brings her back to Earth she begins to age rapidly due to the cooler climate. Not wanting to marry an old crone and refusing to go back to Venus, Bill tries to kill her. Scotty (who had fallen in love with Yye and hated how Bill was exploiting her) kills Bill to save her. He dumps Bill's corpse outside the ship and flies back to Venus. Not only does Yye's beauty return, but she and Scotty get married and have a family. |
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Horror-suspense |
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