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 144 titles and 3,944 issues in our 'Science Fiction Category' for you to enjoy.
Science Fiction Comics, Books and Radio Shows
| Rocket Comics |
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| Available: | 3 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 3 |
| From: | Mar 1940 |
| To: | May 1940 |
| Seq: | 1 - 3 |
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| Publisher: | Hillman |
| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Rocket Kelly |
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| Available: | 5 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 5 |
| From: | 1945 |
| To: | Oct 1946 |
| Seq: | 1 - 5 |
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| Publisher: | Fox Feature Syndicate |
| Categories: | Science Fiction | Aviation |
| Description: | ROCKET KELLY (Fox)
1944, one issue [nn]
also:
1945 Series.
No. 1, Fall 1945 - no. 5, Oct-Nov 1946. |
| Rocket Stories |
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| Available: | 3 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 3 |
| From: | Apr 1953 |
| To: | Sep 1953 |
| Seq: | 1 - 3 |
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| Section: | Science Fiction |
| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | Rocket Stories is a short lived American pulp magazine published by Space Publications based in New York. It only ran for three issues in 1953. It was edited by the writer Lester Del Rey (Marooned on Mars) for the first two issues and by the writer Harry Harrison ... |
| The Rover |
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| Available: | 957 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | Mar 1922 |
| To: | Jan 1961 |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | Adventure | Crime | Science Fiction | Sports | School |
| Description: | The Rover was published by D.C. Thomson based in Dundee, Scotland.
The Rover was the second of the 'Big Five' it was first published on 4th March 1922. It ran to a total of 1855 issues with 'Rover' in the title.
After nearly a forty year run as 'The ... |
| Saturn |
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| Available: | 1 Book |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | Mar 1957 |
| To: | Jun 1965 |
| Seq: | 1 - |
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| Section: | Science Fiction |
| Categories: | Science Fiction | Horror | Mixed Bag |
| Description: | Saturn, Magazine for Science Fiction and Fantasy is a short lived American pulp magazine published by Candar Publishing Company based in Holyoke, Massachusetts. It ran for five issues from March 1957 to March 1958.
Despite contributions from authors of the calibre ... |
| Science Wonder Quarterly |
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| Available: | 3 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 3 |
| From: | 1929 |
| To: | 1930 |
| Seq: | v1 1 - v1 3 |
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| Section: | Wonder Stories - Hugo Gernsback |
| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | Apparently not content with his monthly issues of Science and Air Wonder Stories, Hugh Gernsback very quickly launched Science Wonder Quarterly. The first issue was published in the Fall of 1929.
This quarterly companion only ran for 3 issues due to the merger ... |
| Science Wonder Stories |
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| Available: | 12 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 12 |
| From: | Jun 1929 |
| To: | May 1930 |
| Seq: | v1 1 - v1 12 |
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| Section: | Wonder Stories - Hugo Gernsback |
| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | The first of the Wonder Stories titles to appear was Science Wonder Stories, published May 5, 1929.
The name was allegedly chosen by potential subscribers, who replied to a mailing announcing the new venture and asking them to vote for a name.
Hugh Gernsback ... |
| Scientific Detective Monthly |
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| Section: | Science Fiction |
| Categories: | Crime | Detective | Science Fiction |
| Description: | Scientific Detective Monthly was a pulp magazine published by Techni-Craft Publishing Co. of New York for the first ten issues, and then by Fiction Publishers, Inc., also of New York. It ran for fifteen issues beginning in January 1930 until August 1931.
It ... |
| Scoops |
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| Available: | 15 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 1 |
| From: | 1934 |
| To: | 1934 |
| Seq: | 20 - 20 |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | Science Fiction | Adventure | Classic Tales | Monsters |
| Description: | Scoops was a weekly British science fiction magazine published by Pearsons in tabloid format in 1934. It is considered the first British S.F. magazine, although, at the time it was sometimes referred to as a comic. This is a rare title nowadays and of great ... |
| Space Action |
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| Available: | 3 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 3 |
| From: | Jun 1952 |
| To: | Oct 1952 |
| Seq: | 1 - 3 |
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| Publisher: | Ace Magazines |
| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | SPACE ACTION (Ace) 1952 Series.
No. 1, Jun 1952 - no. 3, Oct 1952.
SERIES COMPLETE!!! |
| Space Man |
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| Available: | 6 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 10 |
| From: | May 1962 |
| To: | Oct 1972 |
| Seq: | 1 - 10 |
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| Publisher: | Dell Comics / Western Publishing |
| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | Four Color 1253 was the first issue though issue 10 with 9 reprinting Four Color issue 10 reprinting issue 2. Through number 7 are pre-1964 and not renewed so they are PD. |
| Space Patrol |
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| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | Space Patrol is a science fiction adventure series that was originally aimed at juvenile audiences of the early 1950s via television, radio, and comic books. However, it soon developed a sizable adult audience such that by 1954, the program consistently ranked ... |
| Space Rangers Archives |
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| Section: | Science Fiction Compilations |
| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | The Space Rangers first appeared in Planet Comics #26 (Sept 1943) published by Fiction House.
Due to wartime paper shortages, the page count on Planet Comics was reduced. Fiction House rather than drop any of their regular characters, decided to combine two of their ... |
| Space War |
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| Available: | 28 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 27 |
| From: | Oct 1959 |
| To: | Mar 1964 |
| Seq: | 1 - 27 |
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| Publisher: | Charlton |
| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Spaceman |
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| Available: | 2 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 15 |
| From: | 1953 |
| To: | 1954 |
| Seq: | 1 - 15 |
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| Section: | UK Comic Books |
| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | Short-lived sci-fi series. |
| Startling Stories |
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| Available: | 2 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | Jan 1939 |
| To: | Oct 1955 |
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| Section: | Science Fiction |
| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | Startling Stories was an American pulp science fiction magazine, published from 1939 to 1955 by publisher Ned Pines' Standard Magazines. It was initially edited by Mort Weisinger, who was also the editor of Thrilling Wonder Stories, Standard's other ... |
| Swift Morgan |
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| Available: | 4 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 7 |
| From: | Mar 1948 |
| To: | Apr 1951 |
| Seq: | 1 - 38 |
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| Publisher: | T.V. Boardman Ltd/Popular Press |
| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | Swift Morgan was a British science fiction hero created in 1948 by Denis McLoughlin and his brother Colin and first published by Boardman Books in their series of rotogravure comic books (1948-1954). Swift, with his plucky girl companion Silver, faced all manner ... |
| Tom Corbett, Space Cadet |
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| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | Joseph Lawrence Greene of Grosset & Dunlap developed Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, inspired by the Robert A. Heinlein novel Space Cadet (1948) but based on his own prior work. Greene had submitted a radio script for "Tom Ranger" and the "Space ... |
| The Wizard |
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| Available: | 269 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | Sep 1922 |
| To: | Nov 1963 |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | Adventure | Crime | Science Fiction | Sports | School |
| Description: | One of the Big Five boys' story papers from D.C. Thomson. Featuring illustrated stories of adventure, sports, schooldays, crime, s.f. plus jokes. This paper ran from Sep 1922 for 1970 issues. The run ended in Nov. 1963.
They bear no relation to the American ... |
| Wonder Stories |
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| Available: | 66 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 66 |
| From: | Jun 1930 |
| To: | Apr 1936 |
| Seq: | v2 1 - v7 8 |
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| Section: | Wonder Stories - Hugo Gernsback |
| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | Wonder Stories began its run in June 1930, the result of merging two titles Science Wonder Stories and Air Wonder Stories.
Although the reason for this amalgamation is uncertain, it was probably due to a variety of reasons:
• The owner Hugo Gernsback ... |
| Wonder Stories Quarterly |
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| Available: | 11 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 11 |
| From: | 1930 |
| To: | 1933 |
| Seq: | v1 4 - v4 2 |
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| Section: | Wonder Stories - Hugo Gernsback |
| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | After merging the monthly Air and Science Wonder Stories into Wonder Stories, quite logically Hugo Gernsback also renamed Science Wonder Stories Quarterly to Wonder Stories Quarterly. There was no Air Wonder equivalent.
The title lasted eleven issues, but was scrapped ... |
| X Minus One |
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| Categories: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | X Minus One was a half-hour science fiction radio drama series broadcast from April 24, 1955 to January 9, 1958 in various timeslots on NBC.
Initially a revival of NBC's Dimension X (1950-51), the first 15 episodes of X Minus One were new versions of Dimension ... |
