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| Roaring Rockets! Jack Kirby's "Cosmic Carson" leaps off the pages. The layouts, character design, and hardware concepts are light-years beyond anything else in the book. Even at this early date you could tell this guy was going to do great things. |
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| This downloads Weird Comics #13, not Science Comics #4. |
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| Publication | May 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Featuring | Cosmic Carson |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Cosmic Carson |
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| Comic Story | The Wire of Doom (12 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Leader (first appearance; villain) |
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| Comic Story | Prof. Piccardo Will Ascend Into Stratosphere (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Eagle |
| Credits | Script:? [as Lester Raye] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: G-13 and other spies (first appearance; villains; death); Prof. Piccardo (first appearance) |
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| Comic Story | The Attack of Iako (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Cosmic Carson |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Cosmic Carson; Elramis (introduction); Major Lang (introduction); Iako (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Storyline never resolved.
"Joe Simon?" removed from inks credit.
Pencils and inks credits by Greg Theakston.
Letters credit identified by Greg Theakston and later Harry Mendryk on the Jack Kirby Museum web page http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/2369, 31 October 2008 (retrieved 15 December 2014). |
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| Comic Story | The Stolen City (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Perisphere Payne |
| Credits | Script:? [as Arnold Hardy] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Bonto (first appearance; villain; death); Janice (first appearance) |
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| Comic Story | Ivory City (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Marga, The Panther Woman |
| Credits | Script:? [as James T. Royal] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Marga; Ashta (first appearance; villain; death) |
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| Text Story | The Capellian War Monster (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Comet Frank |
| Credits | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Comet Frank (first appearance) |
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| Comic Story | Attack on Jupiter (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Dr. Doom |
| Credits | Script:? [as Richard Crater] (credited) |
| Content | Characters: Dr. Doom (villain); Jan (hero); Wanda (heroine) |
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| Comic Story | Trapped By the Prime Minister (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Navy Jones |
| Content | Characters: The Prime Minister (villain); Sharks Finn (first appearance; villains); Queen Nina (first appearance) |
| Notes | Navy Jones revealed as the great-great-grandson of Davy Jones (locker also revealed) |
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