A comparison to the covers for #s 378 and 400 (the later signed by McWilliams) shows clearly that this cover isn't Alden McWilliams' work. Neither are any of the rest of the series covers, even though the GCDB gives A McW a blanket credit for the entire run.
Indicia title is "TOM CORBETT, SPACE CADET, No. 421". Code number is S.C.O.S. #421-528. Copyright 1952 by Videofeatures, Inc. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1952 Pamphlets, page 1098. This is the third Tom Corbett Four Color issue. The title continues in Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (Dell, 1953 series) with #4 (November 1952-January 1953). Based on the 1950-52 TV series "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet."
Cover
1 page
Genre
Science Fiction
Characters
Roger Manning
Pencils
Al McWilliams (painting)
Inks
Al McWilliams (painting)
Colors
Al McWilliams (painting)
Notes
Pencils, inks, and colors credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Text Article
Space Academy the University of the Planets! / Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1 page)
Synopsis
Academy classroom photo from TV show.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Science Fiction
Characters
Astro the Venusian (photo of Al Markin); Roger Manning (photo of Jan Merlin); Alfie Higgins (photo of John Fiedler)
First Line
Every Space Cadet is on duty 24 hours a day.
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. One photo and typeset text.
Comic Story
Colonists of Io / Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (34 pages)
Synopsis
A headstrong swashbuckler, Skip McKay, is in command of a spaceship of colonists bound for Jupiter's moon, Io. Capt. Strong and the cadets accompany them in a separate ship to see that the colony is set up according to law. The colonists make it to Io, but McKay discovers uranium there and causes trouble.
Genre
Science Fiction
Characters
Roger Manning; Astro the Venusian; Alfie Higgins; Commander Arkwright; Capt. Steve Strong; Dr. Joan Dale; Skip McKay
Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Al McWilliams
Inks
Al McWilliams
First Line
I don't have to tell you how long and dangerous a voyage to the planet Jupiter is!
Notes
Story continues on inside back cover and concludes on back cover. A similar plot is used in the Grosset & Dunlap Tom Corbett book "Space Pioneers" (1954) by Carey Rockwell (a house name, who may or may not be Joe Greene or Richard Jessup.) Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records (July 22, 2007).
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