He's the one-shot hero whose name has been usurped by many others since...
...but this is the never-reprinted, original Captain Rocket!
Accept no substitutes or imitations!
The lead story of PL's Captain Rocket #1 (1951) tosses us right into the action with just a one-paragraph synopsis to introduce the character.
It's not bad, but nothing to rave about either.
Written and illustrated by Harry Harrison who left comics when the Dr Wertham-led "Seduction of the Innocent" mania almost destroyed the comics industry in the mid-1950s.
Harry became a sci-fi/fantasy writer and editor whose credits included the Stainless Steel Rat novels and the novel Make Room! Make Room! which was the basis for the movie Soylent Green!
Cap would appear in two more stories, but only one was a comic!
Curious as to how that could be?
It's not bad, but nothing to rave about either.
Written and illustrated by Harry Harrison who left comics when the Dr Wertham-led "Seduction of the Innocent" mania almost destroyed the comics industry in the mid-1950s.
Harry became a sci-fi/fantasy writer and editor whose credits included the Stainless Steel Rat novels and the novel Make Room! Make Room! which was the basis for the movie Soylent Green!
Cap would appear in two more stories, but only one was a comic!
Curious as to how that could be?
Keep following Space Hero Saturdays and you'll find out!
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