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Issue: Race for the Moon #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1958
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Issues: #1 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: 12 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Actual editor info per Wikipedia page of label: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Thriller
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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
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: Scoop!... Report from Space
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In Issue: FlagRace for the Moon #1 published January 1962cover
In Content Item: FlagThe Simon and Kirby Library #[nn] published March 2013
as Scoop!... Report from Space [Illustration on Cover, Wraparound]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, science fiction
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Asylum

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: For thousands of years, an advanced planet had committed horribly insane people to a far-distant planet. But this time a mission is turned back by the now highly-advanced civilization on this distant planet: the planet Earth!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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First Man on the Moon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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In Content Item: FlagShocking Tales Digest #1 published October 1981
as First Man on the Moon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Ripoff of Fredric Brown story.
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Supreme Penalty

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Chief scientist Frances; Judge Krenk
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From Content Item: FlagBlack Cat Comics #47 published December 1953
was Supreme Penalty [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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A Thrill a Minute!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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What's Up There?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Race for the Moon
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Race for the Moon #1, featuring the cover (showing that alterations were made) and also reproducing part of the page one contents page.
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Disc Jockey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Sam Webb; Lou; three Martians
Synopsis: Sam Webb is a radio station owner and a very unpopular disc jockey who will not take himself off the air. He's so bad that Martians, out of frustration, arrive and forcibly remove him from his post.
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From Content Item: FlagBlack Cat Comics #46 published October 1953
was Disc Jockey [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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So You Want to Go to the Moon

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, science fiction
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.5
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The Invasion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Bill; May; John Bronheit; General Pierce; alien conqueror
Synopsis: A couple watch a TV news broadcast chronicling an alien invasion and are terrified when Earth's military forces are quickly defeated. Fearing for their lives, they pack and literally run for the hills. They don't hear the news announcer then reveal that the invasion broadcast was an "original tele-screen drama entitled The Invasion From Mars!".
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The story is obviously inspired by Orson Welles' famous War of the Worlds radio broadcast that stunned listeners on Halloween in 1938.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: Preview: Look what's coming your way in this big issue
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Previews a page from the story "Forbidden Journey" appearing in Alarming Tales (Harvey, 1957 Series) #4 (March 1958).
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Yogi Berra Homers In the 9th - Wins Big Game!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ray Thompson [as R. T.]
Inker(s): Ray Thompson [as R. T.]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, sports
Feature(s): Yogi Berra; Cloverine Salve
Character(s): Yogi Berra; Betty and Bob
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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