Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Wednesday Cover(s): SPACE DETECTIVE

Joe Orlando/Wally Wood
If ever there was a comic book tailor-made to my tastes, it has to be Avon's Rod Hathaway, Space Detective, published from July of 1951 to July of '52 - for a total of four issues. I've never actually seen or read a copy, but from the covers - Issue #1 by Joe Orlando, inked by Wally Wood! - and the story titles featured thereon ("Opium Smugglers of Venus," "Sea Nymphs of Neptune," "Metal Murderers of Mars," et al), I suspect I'd love every page! Here's all four covers for your enjoyment!

Wally Wood/Joe Orlando
Everett Raymond Kinstler
Gene Fawcette
Cover scans and credits courtesy of the Grand Comics Database.
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2 comments:

  1. Britt Reid2:52 PM

    You CAN read the adventures of Space Detective!
    Here's some background about him along with the inside front covers for his four-issue run, which are as cool as the covers...
    http://atocom.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-coming-ofspace-detective.html
    And here's the first adventure...
    http://atocom.blogspot.com/2013/01/reading-room-space-detective-bandits-of.html
    ...written by Walter Gibson (aka Maxwell Grant, author of The Shadow pulp series) and illustrated by Orlando & Wood!

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  2. El Vox11:04 AM

    Those do looking interesting. Great art.

    Thanks for the head's up too BrittReid

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