Digital Comic Museum - Race for the Moon 02


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Kirby and Williamson art

8-July-2008 2:13 pm	\|
Username:	Geo
Comment:	This issue's claim to fame besides having the wonderful Jack Kirby/Al Williamson art (which is one of the many great artist team ups over time) is the one story, "The Face on Mars" which shows an expedition examining a face on Mars years before the NASA's spacecraft had taken pictures of the mysterious "Face on Mars" in 1976, which NASA later debunked as a natural formation. September 1958, Vol. 1 No. 2, c2c scan.
6-March-2016 11:08 pm	\|
Username:	Atomic_Scout
Comment:	Erred in my rating - I loved this comic. The artwork is super, and the Face On Mars was rather prescient. A couple of the tales ended too soon, hence my not rating it higher than a '9'- but I really did enjoy Race For The Moon 02. Also, a very good scan!

Issue: #2
Published: September 1958, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Leon Harvey (editor and vice-president); Alfred Harvey (president); Robert B. Harvey (vice-president and business manager)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Credits:	Pencils: Jack Kirby; Joe Simon ? \| Inks: Al Williamson; Joe Simon ? \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Science Fiction

Table Of Contents (1 page)	In This Issue
Credits:	Script: Jack Kirby ? \| Pencils: Jack Kirby \| Inks: Marvin Stein \| Letters: Joe Rosen
Genre:	Science Fiction

Comic Story (5 pages)	The Thing on Sputnik 4
Synopsis:	A triangular meteor is captured and brought on board a space station. Captain Kelly cuts into the meteor and finds a walnut shaped object inside. Major General Holt cautions Kelly against thinking they've found life. The lab technician investigates further but then there's a beep-beep sound and an explosion rocks the lab. There are more explosions accompanied by the beeps. Kelly is outside and sees an old Sputnik satellite which is beeping and then sees a space creature clinging to it. The walnut object appears and reunites with the space creature and they fly off in a triangular meteor.
Credits:	Script: Jack Kirby \| Pencils: Jack Kirby \| Inks: Marvin Stein \| Letters: Joe Rosen (p 1); Artie Simek (pp 2-5)
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Captain Kelly Major General Holt Bio-Chemical Lab Technician

Comic Story (1 page)	Turmoil in the Heavens!
Genre:	Science Fiction

Comic Story (1 page)	The Golden Rocket
Synopsis:	A rocket floating in outer space comes near to a space station. The commander is unwilling to take it on board and radios to the rocket for the inhabitants to show their faces. The crewman says he thinks it is unmanned and so they bring it on board. They open the rocket up and find that all the materials inside are unknown to them. There is a radio which shows signals are being received. The crewman says that the signals are coming from Pluto. But it is thought that nothing could be living on Pluto.
Credits:	Script: Jack Kirby ? \| Pencils: Paul Reinman \| Inks: Paul Reinman ? \| Letters: Joe Rosen
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Space Station Commander Space Station Crewman

Comic Story (5 pages)	Lunar Trap
Synopsis:	Ward Stratton is caught in a trap in Lunar Crater Tycho. He is arrested and taken to Colonel Alexandrovna who accuses him of being a spy and saboteur. Stratton is pleased that this is a lady but denies this. Alexandrovna orders Petrov to take Stratton to the site of the damage. Stratton again denies that it was his fault and Alexandrovna threatens to shoot him if he does not confess. Rocks rain down on the car and the pair just escape into a cave. They see that the assailant is a moon creature. A Russian rescue party drives the creature away and Alexandrovna and Stratton shake hands.
Credits:	Script: Jack Kirby ? \| Pencils: Jack Kirby \| Inks: Al Williamson \| Letters: Joe Rosen
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Ward Stratton (American Lunar Mineralogist) Colonel Alexandrovna (Russian Commandant) Petrov (Russian Soldier)

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page)	Men! Boys!
Credits:	Pencils: Jack Kirby; John Severin \| Inks: Joe Simon; John Severin

Comic Story (5 pages)	Island in the Sky
Synopsis:	Bill Fenner hated the Red Spot of Jupiter. An accident in space kills Bill and his body is fired into Jupiter. The Red Spot returns Bill's body in a transparent cylinder. When the cylinder is opened Bill sits up unaware of anything that has happened to him. After an electrical blow-up, when Bill takes all the power in his body, and then returning from an outside job in space with an empty oxygen tank, Bill is taken by the medics for examination. There is a small organism in his brain which protects him. Bill's body is better than new and he might live to 1000.
Credits:	Script: Jack Kirby ? \| Pencils: Jack Kirby \| Inks: Al Williamson \| Letters: Joe Rosen
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Bill Fenner Mike Baker Doctor Johnson

Text Story (1 page)	Four on Planet X
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Science Fiction

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (0 pages)	My Robot Plants
Featuring:	Alarming Tales
Credits:	Pencils: Fred Kida; John Severin \| Inks: Fred Kida; John Severin

Text Story (1 page)	Why Mars?
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Science Fiction

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (0 pages)	The Visitor!
Featuring:	Black Cat Mystic

Comic Story (5 pages)	The Face on Mars
Synopsis:	The group of four are climbing a gigantic carved statue of a face found on Mars. Fisher steps through an eye socket and finds himself in a lush green city with breathable air and sees giant Martians. A fleet of spaceships attack and destroy the city. The giants have a meeting and point to a space map - there is a planet between Mars and Jupiter. The giants launch a missile to destroy this planet. Fisher suddenly can't breathe properly and then he is found on the surface of modern day Mars. On their way through space they stop in the asteroid belt - the remnants of a destroyed planet.
Credits:	Script: Jack Kirby ? \| Pencils: Jack Kirby \| Inks: Al Williamson \| Letters: Joe Rosen (p 1); Artie Simek (pp 2-5)
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Ben Fisher Koski Brennan Lake

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