Space Hero Saturdays STAR HUNTERS "Part 2: Beyond the Solar Rim" Part 1

Assembled (some might say blackmailed) by The Corporation...

...a black ops team consisting of talented, but somewhat eccentric, specialists heads into space.

Well, that can't be good...

Be here next Saturday for the thrilling finale, and see if Yano will survive her first space walk...

It appears this was originally intended as the second issue of Star Hunters, before being combined with the first issue in the double-sized comic DC Super-Stars V2 #18 (1977), to cover more ground at one time during the audience's intro to the characters.

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Space Hero Satudays BRANT CRAIG: INTERPLANETARY DETECTIVE "Space Pirates of Lanthus IV"

He's not the first "Interplanetary Detective"...

...that honor goes to Planet Comics' Fero: Planetary Detective (who went "inter"planetary in his second appearance)!

But Brant Craig was the longest-lasting, with seven appearances!

Yeah, let's not worry about the innocent spacemen who were just killed during this raid, or their families.

They're just collateral damage...

This never-reprinted premiere from Youthful's Captain Science #2 (1951) was probably illustrated by Bill Molno.

The writer is unknown.

Brant Craig continued through the remaining five issues of Captain Science.

When the book was re-titled Fantastic, Brant (and Captain Science) made their final bows in the first issue.

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Space Hero Saturdays SILVER STARR "Operation Space Disc" Conclusion

When Last We Left Flash...

...er...Silver...the handsome, blond, muscular, square-jawed space hero's beautiful girlfriend and stalwart bearded scientist ally had fallen captive to a sneering planetary dictator who lusted for the girlfriend (not the scientist)...

You'll be able to follow more of Australian comic strip hero's never-reprinted in America adventures by writer Frank Ashley and illustrator Stanley Pitt if you bookmark this blog!

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Space Hero Saturdays SILVER STARR "Operation Space Disc" Part 3

When Last We Left the Blond, Muscular, Handsome Space Hero who (we pinky-swear) isn't Flash Gordon...

Original b/w art of the cover for this premiere issue of Silver Starr by Stanley Pitt

 ...traveling to Mongo...er...Spherule, Flash...I mean Silver...joins forces with Barin....err...Miduan to overthrow Ming...no, no, that's dictator Gorla...oh, heck...just read it...

Next Saturday: the BIG Finale!

Written by Frank Ashley, beautifully-illustrated by Stanley Pitt.

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Space Hero Saturdays SILVER STARR "Operation Space Disc" Part 2"

When Last We Left Flash...er...Silver...

...the handsome, square-jawed, muscular, blond hero, his girlfriend, and their bearded scientist buddy meet the goateed, gloating despotic ruler of another world (who is definitely, positively, not Ming the Merciless)...

And on that diverting note, we bid the visitors to Mongo...I mean Spherule..."adieu" until next Saturday...

Written by Frank Ashley, illustrated by Stanley Pitt.

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Space Hero Saturdays SILVER STARR "Operation Space Disc" Part 1

A blond space adventurer with a hot girlfriend and bearded scientist buddy...

 ...you were expecting, maybe, Flash Gordon?
Don't be silly!
This guy's nothing like that guy!

To be continued...
NEXT SATURDAY!

An illustrator in the classic Alex Raymond/Austin Briggs/Mac Raboy vein, Australian Stanley Pitt worked on a number of beautifully-rendered, commercially-successful strips that could charitably be called "carbon copies" of previous series.

Ironically, his most innovative strip, Gully Foyle (based on Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination, failed to make it to market. (Read why HERE.)

Written by Frank Ashley, illustrated by Pitt for Silver Starr #1 (1952)

BTW, note that, in an era where most Australian comic books were b/w or two-color, Silver Starr got the more-expensive full color treatment!

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