Wednesday Worlds of Wonder UNKNOWN WORLDS OF SCIENCE FICTION "Vision of Venus"

Though not as prolific as Edgar Rice Burroughs or Robert E Howard...

...Otis Adelbert Kline deserves a place on any bookshelf of "scientific romances/high adventure"!

Weird Observation: Why do so many of these early writers have three names?

This never-reprinted tale from Marvel's Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction #4 (1975) by writer/artist Tim Conrad adapts one of Kline's Venus stories.

Like ERB and others, Kline did multiple stories set on Venus, Mars, and the Moon.

(His lunar-located novel, Maza of the Moon, was adapted into the one-shot comic Rocket to the Moon, which we presented HERE!)
Sadly, none of Kline's other works have ever been presented in graphic form.
This text piece might offer a clue as to why...

Hopefully, someday, some publisher will take a shot at a new adpataion!
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Wednesday Worlds of Wonder ROCKET TO THE MOON Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

The first appearance of Maza of the Moon. Art by Robert A. Graef

...Held captive by P'an-Ku, Ted Dustin, along with scientist Shen Ho, plan their escape...

Note: May be NSFW due to racial stereotypes common to eras of both the original novel and the comic.

While there was the potential for one or more sequel stories to this "scientific romance", none was ever done either in prose or comic form.

However, the novel does fit into a "Kline-verse" that links it to OAK's other tales set on other worlds as show HERE.

Note: 

This 1951 one-shot comic from Avon Comics , based on the novel Maza of the Moon by Otis Adelbert Kline, was scripted by Walter (The Shadow) Gibson and illustrated by the legendary Joe Orlando and Wally Wood.

Now that's a pop culture pedigree!

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Maza of the Moon

by Otis Aldelbert Kline

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder ROCKET TO THE MOON Part 3

When Last We Left Our Space-Spanning Hero, Ted Dustin...

...he had arrived on the Moon to try to negotiate with the inhabitants, who are bombarding Earth after they mistook a reconnaissance missile sent by Ted as an attack from Earth!

Note: May be NSFW due to racial stereotypes common to eras of both the original novel and the comic.

Can Ted escape?
Is Earth doomed?
Be here next Wednesday for the astounding finale!

This 1951 one-shot comic from Avon Comics was scripted by Walter (The Shadow) Gibson and illustrated by Joe Orlando and Wally Wood, based on the high-adventure sci-fi novel Maza of the Moon by Otis Adelbert Kline..

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Maza of the Moon

by Otis Aldelbert Kline

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder ROCKET TO THE MOON Part 2

When Last We Left Our Spacegoing Hero...

...well, now you know the source material for the comic!

(And isn't that a kool Frank Frazetta cover?)

Brilliant young scientist Ted Dustin sends an unmanned test rocket to the Moon, and the inhabitants of the satellite, believing it to be an attack, respond with missiles of their own.

Despite being able to make video contact with the Moon people, the language barrier proves insurmountable and the bombardment of Earth continues.

In desperation, Dustin launches himself in an experimental rocket to the Moon...

Note: May be NSFW due to racial stereotypes common to eras of both the original novel and the comic.

What does Ted encounter?
Be here next Wednesday and find out!

This 1951 one-shot comic from Avon Comics was scripted by Walter (The Shadow) Gibson and illustrated by Joe Orlando and Wally Wood.

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder ROCKET TO THE MOON Part 1

Here's a comic story adapted from a sci-fi high adventure novel...

...see if you can guess which one?

Hint: the comic's name is not the same as the novel's!

Note: May be NSFW due to racial stereotypes common to eras of both the original novel and the comic.

Be here next Wednesday, when the story truly lives up to its' title!

And, if you haven't figured out what novel this story is adapted from, you'll see the cover of the book!
(We'll give you a clue, the novel was written in the same era as Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter/Barsoom and Carson of Venus stories by an author who also wrote high adventure series set on Mars and Venus!
This 1951 one-shot comic from Avon Comics was scripted by Walter (The Shadow) Gibson and illustrated by Joe Orlando and Wally Wood, who shared penciling and inking duties!