Space Squadron, Space Patrol, Star Rangers, Space Sentinels...
...with all those law-enforcement organizations prowling the spaceways of 1950s sci-fi, it's surprising there were
any villains who dared commit crimes in the Milky Way!
This premiere appearance (but second printing) of
Kenton of the Star Patrol is from
Avon's Strange Worlds #1 (1950) is written by
Gardner Fox, and illustrated by Joe Kubert.
It first appeared in
Avon Publishing's Out of This World Adventures #2 (1950), a weird half-comic/half pulp magazine experiment that lasted only two issues.
Kenton was one of only two ongoing strips in
Strange Worlds, an anthology for both sci-fi/fantasy and the occasional horror tale.
(The other one was
Crom the Barbarian.)
You'll be seeing Kenton's entire short-lived series here over the next few weeks.
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