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Space Hero Saturdays SPACEHAWK "and the Uncanny Underwater Tank!"

As we saw last time, SpaceHawk was reassigned by Uncle Sam himself to protect Earth......specifically, the United States of America, from harm...as you can tell from the strip's new sub-head!

Here's where the problem begins!

It's clear the underwater tank's crew are unfamiliar with rocket ships!

But the SpaceHawk strip was set in the future, where the entire solar system (including Earth) utilized advanced technology!
The previous story offered no indication that SpaceHawk was in the 1940s instead of his own time, but this tale from Novelty's Target Comics V2N3 (1941), showing an American fleet of battleships with smoke-spewing engines, and crewmen of an underwater tank who don't know about rockets, is a pretty clear indication our Space Hero is now in the "present day" (1940)!
BTW, the fact the underwater tank exists isn't proof the series is still in the future!
Pop culture (including comics, pulps, movies, and radio shows) showed both the Allies and Axis using advanced weaponry during WWII (as shown HERE and HERE)! 
In review the remaining SpaceHawk tales, we see our hero remains Earthbound for the remainder of the run, thus, he's no longer a "Space Hero"!.
So it is with a heavy heart that we'll be discontinuing his adventures after one final appearance two weeks from now!

But why are we waiting?

Be here in two weeks to see!

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Friday Fun TOM CAT COMICS "Dog Daze"

It's hard to believe the Comics Code Authority OKed this rather violent and vicious tale!

But, apparently, having "funny" animals do it to each other renders the violence acceptable!

The identities of the writer and artist(s) of this tale from Charlton's Tom Cat Comics #4 (1956) have been lost to the mists of time, which may be just as well...

Tales Twice Told STRANGE WORLDS "A Nation is Born"

As we mentioned last Tuesday, here's the original Golden Age version...

..of a Bronze Age b/w magazine story we already ran!

Illustrated by Golden Age journeyman Rafael Astarita, this tale appeared in Avon's Strange Worlds #4 (1951) and was reprinted in IW's Strange Planets #9 (1959).

It was then re-illustrated, with only minor changes to the script (including a re-titling), in Eerie Publications' Strange Galaxy V1N8 (1971) as we showed on Tuesday.

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Wednesday Worlds of Wonder 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 despotic ruler of another world...

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

Written by Frank Ashley, illustrated by Stanley Pitt.

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