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| This is about as good as it gets. MORE PLEASE! |
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| I love the way the main artist, Norman Light, draws spaceships and futuristic cityscapes. Sort of like combining a draughtsman's skill and Art Deco sensibilities. |
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| Looks like the costume inspired the later Adam Strange! |
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| I remember these stories well, though I think from a compendium volume. Wonderful to see them again, my thanks to the uploaders. |
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| Stirring stuff - the Best of British (well, not quite but pretty good anyway)
If you want more of Captain Future's background, there's an article here:
https://downthetubes.net/?p=22019 |
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| This was a fun time capsule. I hadn't heard of Captain Future, but he makes a dashing figure. As someone else mentioned, the look on the cover pre-empts Adam Strange, who didn't appear until 1958.
I always find it interesting to see these sci-fi comics from the 1950s, as they imagine what space travel might be like in the future. In the first Captain Future story, it was a bit unbelievable that they would put themselves so close to the collision. With all that futuristic technology, they must have realised they'd be in the path of the shock wave. The story was also wrapped up very quickly, and I'm not sure how they could claim it to be a great success, given that they lost the mothership.
I liked the other two stories a little better, though it would have been good if Velma had been given more to do than fetch the scientist.
I agree with one of the other commenters about the art, especially the more technical art involved with the spaceships and future worlds. An interesting little comic. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | [1954] | Price: 6d [0-0-6 GBP] | Pages: 1 |
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| Cover | The Collision of Stars |
| Featuring | Capt. Future |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Captain Future |
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| Credits | The Buccaneers of Space (1 page) |
| Content | Characters: Tom Ellen; Dr. Oblers; Commander Wayland; Captain Future |
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| Comic Story | The Collision of Stars (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Capt. Future |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Captain Future; Sunset; ship's crew |
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| Comic Story | The Rain Of Death (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Bill Merrill of the Scientific Investigation Bureau |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Bill Merrill; Velma; Sir James Pemberton; crew |
| Notes | Art credit courtesy of Jay Flash. |
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| Comic Story | Zar - the Trouble Maker (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Capt. Future |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Captain Future; Zar (villain) |
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| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a
Creative Commons Attribution License.
More details about this comic may be available in their page here |
