The origins of science fiction comics can be traced back to the superheroes
who launched the whole industry. One in particular, Superman, holds all the key ingredients
that would later spawn the whole genre.
Amongst the major titles here are two long runners
Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds and Planet Comics. Rod Hathaway, AKA Space Detective was not so
fortunate, but is well worth a browse.
It is not all serious stuff. For a bit of fun we have Fatman the Human Flying Saucer, Jetta and the rocket travelling
rodent Space Mouse.
This section also has examples of spin-offs from early radio and TV shows with
Tom Corbett Space Cadet, Space Patrol and Captain Video.
Strange titles that are must read include Space Western. As the title suggests it is
an attempt at cross-genre between sci-fi and western. Even more bizzare is Lars of Mars,
a martian who crashes to earth and finds a film role playing a martian! Sadly,
he only lasted two issues.
We have 143 titles and 3,936 issues in our 'Science Fiction Category' for you to enjoy.
Science Fiction Comics, Books and Radio Shows
| 2000 Plus |
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| Available: | 15 Shows |
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| Broadcasting History |
| Shows: | 92 |
| From: | Mar 1950 |
| To: | Jan 1952 |
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| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | 2000 Plus (aka Two Thousand Plus and 2000+) was an American old-time radio series that ran on the Mutual Broadcasting System from March 15, 1950 to January 2, 1952 in various 30-minute time slots. A Dryer Weenolsen production, it was the first adult science ... |
| Ace O'Hara |
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| Section: | Newspaper Comic Strips |
| Categories: | Science Fiction | Adventure |
| Description: | Originally appearing in the Daily Dispatch, a British newspaper, and the Melbourne Australian Age. The strip started in 1954. The Daily Dispatch folded in 1955.
Story by Conrad Frost, art by Basil Blackaller. Blackaller died in 1958 when Tony Speer took over ... |
| Air Wonder Stories |
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| Available: | 11 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 11 |
| From: | Jul 1929 |
| To: | May 1930 |
| Seq: | v1 1 - v1 12 |
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| Section: | Wonder Stories - Hugo Gernsback |
| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | The first edition of Air Wonder Stories followed hot on the heels of Science Wonder Stories.
The July issue making it to the newsstands 5 June 1929. Again Hugh Gernsback was the editor-in-chief and David Lasser the editor.
Lasser appears to have been given ... |
| Alarming Tales |
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| Available: | 6 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 6 |
| From: | Sep 1957 |
| To: | Nov 1958 |
| Seq: | 1 - 6 |
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| Publisher: | Harvey Comics |
| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | ALARMING TALES (Harvey) 1957 Series.
No. 1, Sep 1957 - no. 6, Nov 1958.
SERIES COMPLETE!!!
Artists on this title include Matt Baker, Bob Brown, Fred Kida, Jack Kirby, Bob Powell, Paul Reinman, George Roussos, Ernie Schroeder, John Severin, Doug ... |
| All-New Comics |
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| Available: | 15 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 12 |
| From: | Aug 1943 |
| To: | Mar 1947 |
| Seq: | 4 - 15 |
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| Publisher: | Harvey Comics |
| Categories: | Mixed Bag | Science Fiction | Crime |
| Description: | (1943 series)
Jan 1943 to Mar 1947
Issues: #1-15
Notes: ALL-NEW SHORT STORY #1-3/ ALL-NEW COMICS #4-15 |
| Amazing Adventures |
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| Available: | 6 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 6 |
| From: | 1950 |
| To: | 1952 |
| Seq: | 1 - 6 |
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| Publisher: | Ziff-Davis |
| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | (1950 Series)
1950 - Fall 1952
COMPLETE SERIES!
Issues published:
1-6 |
| Amazing Stories |
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| Available: | 166 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | Apr 1926 |
| To: | Mar 2005 |
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| Section: | Science Fiction |
| Categories: | Adventure | Science Fiction |
| Description: | Amazing Stories is an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing. Ziff-Davis took over publication in April 1938. It ran for 284 issues until it finished in March 1953.
The first issue featured stories ... |
| Amazing Stories Quarterly |
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| Available: | 20 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 22 |
| From: | Jan 1928 |
| To: | Oct 1934 |
| Seq: | v1 1 - v7 2 |
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| Section: | Science Fiction |
| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | Sister publication to Amazing Stories. Published originally by Experimenter Publishing Co. From January 1928 to October 1934, it ran for 22 issues. It was taken over by Ziff-Davis who published it from July 1940 to January 1951 for a further 27 issues. A total ... |
| Astounding |
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| Section: | Science Fiction |
| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | Started in 1930 by Clayton, Street & Smith continued the series in 1933. It went through a few title variations: Astounding Stories of Super-Science, Astounding Stories, Astounding Stories of Science Fiction, Astounding Science Fiction, etc. But for simplicity's ... |
| Astounding Stories Compilations |
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| Section: | Science Fiction Compilations |
| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | Astounding Stories began publishing in Jan 1930 as Astounding Stories of Super Science by Clayton Magazines, then subsequently by Street & Smith Publications. Names in later years included Astounding Stories and Astounding Science Fiction. The magazine ... |
| Authentic Science Fiction |
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| Available: | 11 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 85 |
| From: | Jan 1951 |
| To: | Oct 1957 |
| Seq: | 1 - 85 |
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| Section: | Science Fiction |
| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | Authentic Science Fiction was a British science fiction magazine published in the 1950s.
At this time, science fiction magazines had been published successfully in North America for over twenty years, but little progress had been made in establishing British ... |
| The Avenger |
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| Categories: | Crime | Science Fiction |
| Description: | The Avenger is a fictional character whose original adventures appeared between September 1939 and September 1942 in the pulp magazine The Avenger, published by Street and Smith Publications. Five additional short stories were published in Clues Detective magazine ... |
| The Black Dwarf Archives |
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| Section: | Comic Book Compilations |
| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | Ex-Professional football player 'Shorty' Wilson retired from the game and decided to use his skills to 'turn the heat on the Underworld'. Taking the name 'The Black Dwarf' he dons a wide brimmed gaucho hat, a monk's robe and a red-lined ... |
| Buck Rogers |
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| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | Buck Rogers first appeared in Armageddon 2419 A.D. by Philip Francis Nowlan in the August 1928 issue of the pulp magazine Amazing Stories as Anthony Rogers. A sequel, The Airlords of Han, was published in the March 1929 issue. Philip Nowlan and the syndicate ... |
| Captain Starr of Space |
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| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | Captain Starr of Space ran from 2 June 1953 to 27 May 1954. The 30 minute show was broadcast on the American Broadcast Corporation network on twice weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Each episode began with: "From out of the future comes Captain Starr of Space-Space-Space-ace-ace-ace ... |
| Captain Video |
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| Available: | 6 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 6 |
| From: | Feb 1951 |
| To: | Oct 1951 |
| Seq: | 1 - 6 |
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| Publisher: | Fawcett |
| Categories: | Science Fiction | Spinoff |
| Description: | (1952 series)
February 1951 - October 1951
Issues: #1-6
Notes: Based on the popular television series (1949-1955) that aired on the DuMont Network/ All covers feature photos from the televsion series/ Issue #2 contains stories or illos used in SEDUCTION ... |
| Cesar Meteor |
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| Available: | 9 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 9 |
| From: | 1956 |
| To: | 1956 |
| Seq: | 1 - 9 |
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| Non-English: | Spanish Language Books |
| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | A run of 9 issues forming part of the collection, Hombres Intrépidos, (#67 - 75)published by Ediciones Toray, Barcelona, 1956. Art by Rafael Cortiella.
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| Chris Welkin |
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| Available: | 4 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | 1952 |
| To: | 1964 |
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| Section: | Newspaper Comic Strips |
| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | Chris Welkin, Planeteer was distributed by the Newspaper Enterprise Association
from 1952 to 1964. It was created by Art Sansom and Russ Winterbotham. As Sansom recollects:
"I inherited a weekly strip called Peggy and then about 1950, NEA decided cowboys ... |
| Diego Valor |
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| Available: | 10 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | 1955 |
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| Non-English: | Spanish Language Books |
| Categories: | Science Fiction | Adventure | Monsters |
| Description: | Diego Valor was a hugely popular Space hero not only in comics but on radio. Sort of the Spanish Flash Gordon.
These files are compilations of 6 piccolos - small landscape comics which appeared weekly. |
| Dimension X |
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| Available: | 50 Shows |
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| Broadcasting History |
| Shows: | 50 |
| From: | Apr 1950 |
| To: | Sep 1951 |
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| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | Dimension X was an NBC radio program broadcast on an unsponsored, sustaining basis from April 8, 1950 to September 29, 1951. The first 13 episodes were broadcast live, and the remainder were pre-recorded. Fred Wiehe and Edward King were the directors, and Norman ... |
| Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire |
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| Available: | 7 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | 1935 |
| To: | 1941 |
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| Section: | Newspaper Comic Strips |
| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire launched as a Sunday page on October 6, 1935. It was syndicated by The Daily Eagle, a small newspaper located in Brooklyn. The series was written by Bob Moore, with Carl Pfeufer providing the artwork.
The story starts with a young ... |
| Dynamic Science Fiction |
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| Available: | 4 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 6 |
| From: | Nov 1952 |
| To: | Jan 1954 |
| Seq: | 1 - 6 |
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| Section: | Science Fiction |
| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | Dynamic Science Fiction was an American pulp magazine which published six issues from December 1952 to January 1954. It was a companion to Future Science Fiction, and like that magazine was edited by Robert W. Lowndes and published by Columbia Publications. ... |
| Escape |
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| Available: | 219 Shows |
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| Broadcasting History |
| Shows: | 230 |
| From: | Jul 1947 |
| To: | Sep 1954 |
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| Categories: | Adventure | Mixed Bag | Horror | Science Fiction |
| Description: | Escape was radio's leading anthology series of high-adventure radio dramas, airing on CBS from July 7, 1947 to September 25, 1954. Since the program did not have a regular sponsor like Suspense, it was subjected to frequent schedule shifts and lower production ... |
| Famous Fantastic Mysteries |
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| Available: | 5 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 81 |
| From: | Sep 1939 |
| To: | Jun 1953 |
| Seq: | v1 1 - v14 4 |
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| Section: | Pulp Magazines |
| Categories: | Science Fiction | Horror |
| Description: | Famous Fantastic Mysteries was published by the Frank A. Munsey Company based in New York, USA.
Published originally as bi-monthly, it had a short spell as a monthly magazine before reverting to bi-monthly. It ran from 1939 to 1953 for a total of 81 issues.
A ... |
| Fantastic Adventures |
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| Section: | Science Fiction |
| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | Fantastic Adventures was published by Ziff-Davis based in New York. It ran from May 1939 to March 1953 for a total of 129 issues.
It consisted mainly of Fantasy and Science Fiction based stories.
The cover art, mostly tended to focus on beautiful women in dramatic ... |
| Fantastic Worlds |
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| Available: | 3 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 3 |
| From: | Sep 1952 |
| To: | Jan 1953 |
| Seq: | 5 - 7 |
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| Publisher: | Better / Nedor / Standard / Pines |
| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | (1952 series)
Sept 1952 - Jan 1953
COMPLETE SERIES!
Issues: 3 (#5-7)
Standard cover imprint on #5-7.
Artists on this title include Murphy Anderson, Jon L. Blummer, Art Saaf, & Alex Toth |
| Fantasy Book |
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| Section: | Science Fiction |
| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | Fantasy Book is published by Fantasy Publishing Co. based in Los Angeles. It ran for 8 issues from 1947 to 1951.
Although classed as a pulp magazine, each issue was released in two formats - one on pulp paper, the other on better book-grade paper.
In its short ... |
| Flash Gordon |
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| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | Flash Gordon started life as a hero of a science fiction comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond. First published January 7, 1934, it as inspired by and created to compete with the already established Buck Rogers strip.
Starting April 22, 1935, the strip ... |
