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| Murphy Anderson sure poured all his Buck Rogers enthusiasm into this book. Great issue! |
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| Publication | Fall 1952 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Quarterly |
| Notes | Art ID by Norman Saunders' son David posted on a CGC forum. |
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| Credits | Pencils: Allen Anderson (painted) | Inks: Allen Anderson | Colors: Allen Anderson |
| Notes | Art ID by Norman Saunders' son David posted on a CGC forum. |
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| Credits | Letters: Typeset |
| Notes | Ad for The Electric Game Co. |
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| Comic Story | Victory on Valda (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain Crockett's troops have a hard time convincing the freedom fighters of the planetoid Valda that they're not just as bad as the Belzarians, until nurse Wing saves Menso's daughter Rada. |
| Featuring | Space Busters |
| Credits | Pencils: Murphy Anderson | Inks: Murphy Anderson |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Captain Brett Crockett; Lieutenant April Wing; Sergeant Bolo; Lieutenant Castro; Menso; Rada; Lazar |
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| Character profile | Every Space Buster a One-Man Army (1 page) |
| Featuring | Space Busters |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
| Notes | Everything you want to know about their metallo-plastic helmets, thermo rifle, proton pistol, micro-grenades, and Space Buster Academy outside Luna City on the Moon. "Only three applicants out of every thousand are accepted for Space Buster training -- and only 40% of these recruits finish the full two years' training." |
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| Comic Story | Remember Makano (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | After the traitor Senstral leads an attack of the Utani ape-men on the outpost on Makano, Captain Crockett leads a select platoon that decimates the Utani barracks and destroys the Belzarian death ray tank corps. |
| Featuring | Space Busters |
| Credits | Pencils: Murphy Anderson | Inks: Murphy Anderson |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Captain Brett Crockett; Sergeant Bolo; Senstral |
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| Notes | House ad for Amazing Adventures #6 |
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| Text Story | The True Story of Flying Saucers (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Harry Harrison | Letters: Typeset |
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| Comic Story | Life in the Solar System (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Mercury is too hot, Jupiter is too cold, but they hold out the possibility of life on Venus ("the coldest parts of Venus have the same temperature as our equator") and Mars ("the warmest climate of Mars resembles our sub-Arctic'). |
| Credits | Pencils: Everett Raymond Kinstler | Inks: Everett Raymond Kinstler |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
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| Comic Story | Mission to Baldor! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Capt. Crockett befriends Sabra, the leader of the guerilla movement on the planetoid Baldor. Together, they deliver a decisive defeat to Senstral and his Mashon troops. |
| Featuring | Space Busters |
| Credits | Pencils: Marvin Stein (signed) [as M. Stein] | Inks: Marvin Stein (signed) [as M. Stein] |
| Content | Characters: Sabra; Abba; Senstral; Caldo; Captain Brett Crockett; Sergeant Bolo; Lieutenant April Wing |
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| Comic Story | The Batmen of Luna (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain Bartok has a chance to repair his tarnished reputation when the Batmen attack Earth. |
| Credits | Pencils: John Prentice | Inks: John Prentice |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Lieutenant Steve Halden; Kara Lane; Captain Dane Bartok |
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| Comic Story | Peenemünde (1 page) |
| Synopsis | The race of the American, British, and Russian forces to secure the rocket research site on the Baltic Sea in 1945. |
| Credits | Pencils: Everett Raymond Kinstler | Inks: Everett Raymond Kinstler |
| Content | Genre: War |
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| Credits | Letters: Typeset |
| Notes | Ad for Jowett Institute of Physical Training |
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| Credits | Letters: Typeset |
| Notes | Ad for Novelty Mart |
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