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Issue: T-Minus: The Race to the Moon #[nn]
Publication Date: May 2009
 
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Publisher: FlagSimon and Schuster
Brand: Aladdin Paperbacks
Indicia Publisher: Aladdin
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 132
ISBN: 9781416949602
UPC/EAN: 978141694960251299
Price: $16.99 CAD
$12.99 USD
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Content Items: 8 (2 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: The story of the race to the moon and the people who made it happen, both in the rockets and behind the scenes.

Library of Congress Control Number: 2009920999.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: 7" x 9" (17.8 cm x 22.9 cm)
Paper Stock: cardstock cover
Binding: squarebound; softcover
Publishing Format: graphic novel
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: historical, informational
Character(s): John Glenn; Yuri Gagarin
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Disclose Notes: Art is from the inside of the book (pages 41, 45, 49, 53, 56, and 100).
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Glossary

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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: On inside front and back covers. At the bottom of the second page is a mini-biography of Jim Ottaviani, Zander Cannon, and Kevin Cannon.
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Dedication and Acknowledgments

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T-Minus

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Genres: historical, informational
Character(s): Caldwell C. Johnson [CC]; Premier Nikita Khrushchev; Chief Designer [Sergei Korolev] (death); Max Faget; President Dwight D. Eisenhower (cameo); Jules Verne (flashback); Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (flashback); Robert Goddard (flashback); Esther Goddard (flashback); Baron Magnus Von Braun (flashback); Wernher Von Braun (flashback); Private Schneikert (flashback); Joe; John Glenn; Doctor Lovelace (cameo); Yuri Gagarin; Alexei Leonov [Blondin]; Valentin Vondarenko (death); Zvezdochka [Little Star]; Shorty Powers; President John F. Kennedy; John Paup; John Houbolt; Harrison Storms; Chris Kraft; Gezenko; Valery Bykovsky; Valentina Tereshkova; Doctor Dwornik; Pavel Belyayev; Ed White (death); Jim McDivitt; Gus Grissom (death); Roger Chafee (death); Stu Roosa; Alan Bean; Vladimir Kamarov (death); Nancy Faget (cameo); Annie Faget (cameo); Guy Faget (cameo); George Low; Deke Slayton; Gene Kranz; Frank Borman; Jim Lovell; Bill Anders; Admiral John McCain; Michael Collins; Neil Armstrong; Buzz Aldrin; Fred Haise; Günter Wendt; Anatol Koritsky (cameo) Mike Collins Jr. (cameo)
Synopsis: The stories behind the struggles to send the first men to the moon, following both the United States' and Soviet Union's programs.
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Disclose Notes: The breakdown of who did what is from an interview Kevin Cannon did with the ComicBookResources web site on 2009-07-09. This is a work of historical fiction, but mostly based on fact. Some of the characters (particularly CC, Max, and Stormy) are composites combining several real people.
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Did All of this Really Happpen?

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Disclose Notes: Talks about the characters in the book, including that some are composites. Also points to various references to get more information.
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Epilogue

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Genres: historical, informational
Character(s): Caldwell C. Johnson [CC]; Ivy
Synopsis: CC looks ahead at Apollo-Soyuz
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A Space Race

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Disclose Notes: Promotes the contents of this book, and credits the cover designers and illustrators.

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