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Issue: Race for the Moon #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1958
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Issues: #2 of 3 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: A Thrill AdventureView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Western Tales, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Leon Harvey (editor and vice-president); Alfred Harvey (president); Robert B. Harvey (vice-president and business manager)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby; Joe Simon ?
Inker(s): Al Williamson; Joe Simon ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: He was drifting into Jupiter's big red eye!
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In Issue: FlagRace for the Moon #2 published January 1962cover
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Taken from splash of "Island In the Sky", with alterations likely by Joe Simon.
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In This Issue

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Marvin Stein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: contents page
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The Thing on Sputnik 4

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Marvin Stein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Rosen (p 1); Artie Simek (pp 2-5)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Captain Kelly; Major General Holt; Bio-Chemical Lab Technician
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.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Simon and Kirby #[nn] published May 2009
as The Thing on Sputnik 4 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Simon and Kirby Library #[nn] published March 2013
as The Thing on Sputnik 4 [Illustration on Dustjacket]
In Content Item: FlagThe Simon and Kirby Library #[nn] published March 2013
as The Thing on Sputnik 4 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Turmoil in the Heavens!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 1
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The Golden Rocket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby ?
Penciller(s): Paul Reinman
Inker(s): Paul Reinman ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Space Station Commander; Space Station Crewman
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.
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Pages: 1
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Lunar Trap

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Al Williamson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Ward Stratton (American Lunar Mineralogist); Colonel Alexandrovna (Russian Commandant); Petrov (Russian Soldier)
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.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Simon and Kirby Library #[nn] published March 2013
as Lunar Trap [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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Men! Boys!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby; John Severin
Inker(s): Joe Simon; John Severin
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Black and white house ad for Race for the Moon (Harvey, 1958 Series) #2 (September 1958); Warfront (Harvey, 1951 Series) #34 (September 1958); and Alarming Tales (Harvey, 1957 Series) #5 (September 1958), with covers shown and advertised as "Now On Sale!"
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Island in the Sky

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Al Williamson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Bill Fenner; Mike Baker; Doctor Johnson
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.
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In Content Item: FlagA1 Annual #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2013
as Island in the Sky [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Simon and Kirby Library #[nn] published March 2013
as Island in the Sky [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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Four on Planet X

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 0.8
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My Robot Plants

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Kida; John Severin
Inker(s): Fred Kida; John Severin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Alarming Tales
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Pages: 0.2
Disclose Notes: House ad for Alarming Tales (Harvey, 1957 Series) #34 (September 1958), specifically the My Robot Plants story, with interior panel art and cover shown, and advertised as "Now On Sale".
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Why Mars?

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 0.8
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The Visitor!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Black Cat Mystic
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Pages: 0.2
Disclose Notes: House ad for Black Cat Mystic (Harvey, 1957 Series) #63 (May 1958), specifically the The Visitor! story, with interior panel art and cover shown, and advertised as "Now On Sale". Despite "Now On Sale", however, the issue pictured was never published, at least, not in that form.
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The Face on Mars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Al Williamson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Rosen (p 1); Artie Simek (pp 2-5)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Ben Fisher; Koski; Brennan; Lake
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.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Simon and Kirby Library #[nn] published March 2013
as The Face on Mars [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5

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