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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Flash Gordon!

Buck Rogers!
Brick Bradford!
Even...Rocket Kelly!
Have you ever noticed that space-faring heroes almost NEVER have a first name like "Dave" or "Melvin"? (Yeah, there was DAN Dare, but his last name was "Dare" for chissakes!)
It's always something dramatic and/or futuristic!
Makes you wonder what their parents were thinking when they filled out the birth certificate..."Yeah, "Brick"! That's a good name for the kid!"

Jet Powers was one of the last of that breed of high-adventure heroes, a kick-butt, blast-first-and-ask-questions-later kinda guy who crossed space and time like you and I cross the street!
As rendered by Bob Powell, one of the most versatile illustrators of the Golden Age (He did everything, sci-fi, romance, war, horror, etc), Jet was a ruggedly-handsome guy with distinctive white hair and a nose that had been broken and reset! (Think of a combo of Bruce Willis and Peter Graves.)
Besides being good in a fight, Jet was a scientific wiz with his own mountaintop base and spacecraft!
He operated as a freelance agent for the United States, meeting the President himself at least once just to receive orders!
In four issues of his own title Jet battled Mr Sinn, an evil scientist equal to himself, who was colored bright green, but like Ming the Merciless, was an alien variation of the "Yellow Menace" villain stereotype.
Powers also met, rescued, and fell in love with Su Shan, formerly a servant of Sinn. Of course, Sinn wanted her back, so Jet had to keep rescuing her for the entire series!
You can read his exciting adventures by clicking HERE!

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Reading Room JET POWERS "Fleets of Fear"

When Last We Left Jet Powers (again)...

...oh, heck, I'll let writer Gardner Fox and artist Bob Powell explain what happened in the previous story...

He stops alien invasions and solves matters of the heart!
Jet Powers is truly a Renaissance Man!
Sadly, this was his final appearance in sci-fi...but not in comics.
When next he appeared, several months later, it was as "Army Air Ace" Jet Powers in the revival of Magazine Enterprises' title American Air Forces!
Though he looked and sounded like the space-adventure hero, there was no reference to his being a scientist, nor any use of sci-fi elements in the new Korean War-set stories!
This particular tale from Magazine Enterprises' Jet Powers #4 (1951) was one of two sequels to seperate cliffhangers featuring the hero in the previous issue.
It's unusual that a series would have two, unrelated, cliffhangers for one character in the same issue, but that's what writer Gardner Fox and artist Bob Powell did!

Considering the previous issues had inter-related stories in the same book, I wonder if this was a case of the first parts of a pair of two-part stories being completed, but the second parts weren't ready when the deadline crept up on them.

(In those days, comics had to come out on schedule since they were dependent on their status as periodicals to qualify for lower postage/shipping rates.)

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Reading Room JET POWERS "Rain of Terror"

When Last We Left Our Hero, Armageddon had Just Occured...

(No, True Believers, you didn't miss a post!

The previous part of the tale appeared in April.

Click HERE to read it.)

See, real Amerians can solve even the End of the World in only 8 pages!
This tale from Magazine Enterprises' Jet Powers #4 (1951) was one of two sequels to seperate cliffhangers featuring the hero in the previous issue.
It's unusual that a series would have two, unrelated, cliffhangers for one character in the same issue, but that's what writer Gardner Fox and artist Bob Powell did!

Considering the previous issues had inter-related stories in the same book, I wonder if this was a case of the first parts of a pair of two-part stories being completed, but the second parts weren't ready when the deadline crept up on them.

(In those days, comics had to come out on schedule since they were dependent on their status as periodicals to qualify for lower postage/shipping rates.)
Be here tomorrow when we present the other cliffhanger resolution!

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Reading Room JET POWERS "Dust Doom"

The first part of an apocalyptic tale completes our look at #3 of Jet Powers...

...in a story apparently inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Professor Challenger tale, "Poison Belt"

You'd think it was "the end"...but it isn't!

The planet is in bad shape.

The population is decimated.

Damaged/destroyed infrastructure must be rebuilt.

And then...something terrible happens...as we'll see in the sequel, next week!

It's unusual that a series would have two, unrelated cliffhangers in one issue, but that's what writer Gardner Fox and artist Bob Powell did in Magazine Enterprises' Jet Powers #3 (1951)!

Considering the previous issues had inter-related stories in the same issue, I wonder if this was a case of the first parts of a pair of two-part stories being completed, but the second parts weren't ready when the deadline crept up on them.

(In those days, comics had to come out on schedule since they were dependent on their status as periodicals to qualify for lower postage/shipping rates.)

At any rate, you'll see the two different conclusions Monday and Tuesday of next week...

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Reading Room JET POWERS "Devil Machine"

Let's return to the high-tech adventures of Jet Powers...

...beginning with the cover story about a mad scientist who ends up redefining "multi-tasking"...

Is it just me, or does Mikla look a lot like Marlon Stone from Jet Powers #2's "House of Horror", who also experimented with animals and then perished in flames?

Written by Gardner Fox and illustrated by Bob Powell, this tale from Magazine Entertainment's Jet Powers #3 (1951) was unique in being a stand-alone story.

The other two Jet tales were two-parters that began in this issue, then concluded in the following one...as you'll see tomorrow!

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