Space Adventures #40

Charlton Comics Group

United States

Published
June 1961
Page count
36
Cover price
0.10 USD
Colour
Colour
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/154390

Credits

Editing
Pat Masulli (Executive Editor)

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Untitled (Captain Atom) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Captain Atom
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Captain Atom [Captain Adam]

Credits

Art
Steve Ditko
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio ? (see Notes)
Letters
typeset

Notes

Images taken from interior stories. Center image of Captain Atom may be new artwork by Mastroserio.

Show/hide 1. The Crisis (Captain Atom) Comic story, 7 pages

Featuring

Feature
Captain Atom
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Captain Atom [Captain Adam]; Mr. Haynes; Malnov; Odeva

Credits

Script
Joe Gill
Art
Steve Ditko
Letters
typeset

Synopsis

Captain Atom helps get Mr. Haynes to the peace confererance and also removes all the threats of the enemy missiles.

Notes

Gill credit confirmed by Robin Snyder.

Show/hide 2. The Friendly Planet Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Code
A-237

Credits

Script
Joe Gill ?
Art
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
Letters
typeset
Show/hide 3. The Stolen Hero Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Code
A-56

Credits

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Bill Molno
Inks
Vince Alascia
Letters
Jon D'Agostino
Show/hide 4. Wandida the Witch Text story, 2 pages

Featuring

Genre
Fantasy

Credits

Author
Letters
typeset
Show/hide 5. The Boy and the Stars (Captain Atom) Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Captain Atom
Genre
Superhero
Code
A-84
Characters
Captain Atom [Captain Adam]; M/Sgt Willkie Scott

Credits

Script
Joe Gill
Art
Steve Ditko
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

Reprint history

Also printed
United States
Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #77 (October 1965)
The Boy And The Stars
 
Australia
Planet Series 1 (Murray, 1977 series) #7 ([April 1978?]) —Captain Atom
The Boy and the Stars
 
United States
Action Heroes Archives (DC, 2004 series) #Volume 1 (2004)
The Boy And The Stars

Synopsis

Captain Atom cures M/Sgt. Willkie Scott's son who was dying from gamma ray radiation.

Notes

Gill credit confirmed by Robin Snyder.


Status

AusReprints ID

  • 77655

Entry created

  • 13/02/2013

Cover added

  • 13/02/2013

Index completed

  • 24/09/2019

Last updated

  • 24/09/2019