CREATOR

Name: Dell Publishing Co. (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1921. Stopped in 1973. Formed partnership with Western Publishing from 1938 to 1962. First editor was Harry Steeger.
Other creations
: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Dell in the Creators section.
Successors
: None.
Comments
: Dell divided their comic book activities between original stories and stories based on films.

 

 

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1953. Stopped in 1954 after 8 issues.

The series stars Tom Corbett, who, with several other colleagues from the Space Academy use their rocket cruiser named Polaris for travels in space. Usually, they are searching for a missing person or finding strange civilizations on faraway planets.

The series is a spinoff from 4 TV series that ran from 1950 to 1955.

The full title of the series is Tom Corbett Space Cadet.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTER

Tom Corbett

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#4 - 1953

#5 - 1953

#7 - 1953

#9 - 1954

#10 - 1954

#11 - 1954

 

 

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