Some stories are truly a "product of their time"...
...such as this Silver Age story that reflects the pacifist attitudes of the 18-30 year-olds of the era.
That's how the tale ended in the idealistic 1960s.
If they re-did it today, in the far more cynical 2020s, one (or both) commanders would have had a strike force ready to attack the second the other side disarmed.
This tale from the Charlton one-shot Outer Space (1968) was illustrated by Pat Boyette.
As to who wrote it, it could have been Boyette (who had already proven himself as a writer with several stories for Charlton's anthologies as well as a couple of issues of Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt), or Joe Gill, who co-created several pacifist heroes including Peacemaker with Boyette, and GunMaster with Dick Giordano!
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I came across this blog post as I was looking for some comic book stories I recall from the late 50s/early 60s. They've ahunted me for decades. Since the editor of this blog seems to have an enclyclopedic knowledge of the SF comics of that era, I'd like to ask about them here. One is a story where some space explorers come across a world with a great deal of technology and activity going on, but their exploration reveals no living creatures. They conclude the people on the planet died out and their machines kept going. The other was a story where a man discovers a portal to another world. While figuring out what the portal does, he throwns a ball of clay through. It comes back with a handprint on it. He throws a flute through, and then hears misci being played. He then steps through and meets a beautiful woman. Any help identifiying these stories would be much appreciated
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