Space police/military organizations were ubiquitous in 1950s sci-fi...
...and this story was the second one featuring the short-lived Perimeter Patrol Service.
You can read their premiere tale HERE!
BTW, note the painted cover is by the story's illustrator, Bernie Krigstein...who rarely did painted covers!
Considering the three tales were done by the artists who also did SpaceBusters, we wonder if this was intended as a backup series for that title.
This never-reprinted story from Ziff-Davis' Amazing Adventures #6 (1952) is a superb example of pulp/comic space opera of the era with all the classic elements:
Scantly-clad women!
Square-jawed heroes!
Rockets & ray-guns!
And, instead of bug-eyed monsters...space pirates!
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It was the opportunity Krigstein had to paint the cover that was unusual, not that he could do it. He left comics to spend the time as a painter. (Also teacher.)
ReplyDeleteBetter question: Who gave him the OK to do the cover? Jerry Siegel? Or was Siegel already gone from Z-D?