Space Hero Saturdays JET POWERS "InterPlanetary War"

Like any respectable Space Hero, Magazine Enterprises' Jet Powers visited Mars...

...and ran right into the middle of an interplanetary war...but one that, for a change, didn't involve Earth!

But, the Queen doesn't realize a danger threatening not only Mars, but Earth as well, lurks within her own court...in a sequel tale to this one by writer Gardner Fox and artist Bob Powell from ME's Jet Powers #3 (1951)!
Jet Powers was a typical all-American scientist/pilot/adventurer who fought foes of democracy on Earth, in space, and even other dimensions!

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Monday Madness HOME RUN "Daffy Dodgers"

This year is the 65th Anniversary of baseball's Dodgers deserting my beloved Brooklyn (sob) for Los Angeles...

...so let's look at a few of the most infamous moments of the "Da Bums" during their long stay in the illustrious County of Kings!

Rendered by Bob Powell in his rarely-seen humorous style, this piece appeared in Magazine Enterprises' Home Run #3 (1953)...which was the only issue of that title!

Note: Almost everybody attempted one or more sports-themed titles to show comics were still wholesome, all-ages appropriate entertainment during this period as "comics cause juvenile delinquency" mania swept America!

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Reading Room ALARMING ADVENTURES "New Star"

Things aren't always what they seem...

...as this story, with a Twilight Zone-style ending proves!

Ah, the old "it's Earth and we didn't realize it!" trope!

Did artist Bob Powell also write this never-reprinted tale from Harvey's Alarming Adventures #2 (1962)?

His studio was supplying a lot of comics material to several different publishers, and even from his earliest work for Fox back in the late 1930s, Powell would sometimes write the stories as well!

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Space Hero Saturdays VIC TORRY AND HIS FLYING SAUCER "Chapter Three - Catastrophe!"

We Have Already Seen...

Ace test pilot Victor Torry and his aviation-enthusiast girlfriend Laura are bequeathed a flying saucer by a dying alien.

Operating on automatic pilot, the spacecraft returns to its' home on Mercury, where they discover a civil war under way against the tyrant Szzz, who has plans to conquer the entire solar system!

Vic and Laura manage to commandeer another ship, override the controls and leave.

But now, they are returning to Mercury...

Art by Golden Age great Bob Powell.

The tale has been reprinted only once, in Eclipse's Mr Monster's Hi-Voltage Super-Science (1987)...

...with this new, super-kool cover by Michael Gilbert!

Vic himself appears in a cameo in the SkyWolf back-up story "Bachelor Party" in AirBoy #36 (1986)

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Space Hero Saturdays VIC TORRY AND HIS FLYING SAUCER "Chapter Two: The Evil of Szzz!"

When Last We Left Our Hero...

Ace test pilot Victor Torry and his aviation-enthusiast girlfriend Laura are testing a new jet when they encounter a flying saucer!
They pursue it and, when it lands in the desert, they also land, then go aboard the alien ship where they meet an elderly alien.
Unable to return to Mercury (his home world) in time to regenerate, he bequeaths the spacecraft to Vic and Laura, then disintegrates.
Exploring the ship, they accidentally activate the propulsion system and the ship, operating on automatic pilot, returns to Mercury, with them aboard.
It lands, and a group of Mercurians greet the ship.
They are not pleased to see Earthlings instead of one of their own exiting the ship...

Script by Roy Ald, who also edited Fawcett's Captain Video!

Art by Golden Age great Bob Powell.

Be here next Saturday for the final chapter of Vic Torry!

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Space Hero Saturdays VIC TORRY AND HIS FLYING SAUCER "Chapter One: The Captive Planet"

One of the weirdest one-shot comics ever...

...featuring art by Golden Age great Bob Powell!

We'll come back to Vic and Laura...
...Next Saturday!

Published in 1950 during the flying saucer craze caused by UFO sightings at Roswell in 1947, Vic Torry and His Flying Saucer was probably going to be an ongoing series, but never got past the first issue.
I have that impression because this issue is primarily an intro, detailing how Vic came into possession of the alien ship, as well as setting up an ongoing antagonistic situation with at least one extraterestrial race.
It's possible that the comic was intended as a lead-in to a toy line and/or live-action TV series which never developed.

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