THERE was a veritable Golden Age of superheroes before World War II and one of the greatest was The SKYMAN! After battling criminals, Nazis, mad scientists and monsters, the Aerial Avenger went on his most exciting mission ever... into outer space! Soon after his service in the Pacific after World War II, artist OGDEN WHITNEY returned to his character Skyman and created an incredible science fiction epic, catapulting his hero into the cosmos, facing alien adversaries and finding the most fiendish villain of all hiding on the moon… HITLER!

        Skyman’s interplanetary odyssey ran in 27 issues of BIG SHOT comics from August, 1946 to October, 1948. Now, after 70 years, this Golden Age classic is collected for the first time!

        The serial is spread over 5 issues, each with a new cover by MORT TODD, inspired by Ogden Whitney and the sci-fi pulp magazines of the era. (Mort Todd wrote The Return of the Skyman, drawn by STEVE DITKO in 1987.)

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SPACE WARS #1

Extra-length First Issue Collectors’ Edition! SKYMAN blasts off into outer space in his experimental atomic-powered spaceship… unaware that his gal pal, Fawn Carroll, is a stowaway! After a crash landing, they learn of an insidious evil on the moon! 44 pages in full Golden Age color.

       

  

   

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SPACE WARS #2

Trapped on the moon with Nazis, aliens and Fawn, SKYMAN is cornered in underground tunnels by giant moon rats! Meanwhile, Hitler plans to take over a colony of Martian exiles! And if that’s not bad enough, America has just launched a rocket hurtling to the moon to test atomic bombs! 32 pages in full Golden Age color.

   

   

   

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SPACE WARS #3

Subdued by Martian radicals in a plot to overthrow their king, SKYMAN is captured by Hitler and injected with a hypnotic truth serum! Planning to get the Aviation Ace to aid the Führer in building atomic weapons, all of the hero’s secrets are revealed in front of Fawn Carroll! 32 pages in full Golden Age color.

   

   

   

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SPACE WARS #4

Commandeering Hitler’s spaceship, SKYMAN plans to return to Earth with Fawn, until she is kidnapped by the mysterious “Iron Men” from Venus! After ditching the ship in a Venusian sea, we discover Fawn, along with other Earth people, has been abducted by Captain Slogga! 32 pages in full Golden Age color.

 

   

   

   

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SPACE WARS #5

The Earth abductees enter a lethal lottery to see which unlucky human will be sacrificed at the Palace of the Sun Goddess by the evil Captain Slogga! One escapes only to have the horned Dogs of War released… just in time for the vicious canines to come across SKYMAN! 32 pages in full Golden Age color.

   

   

   

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NOTE: These stories have been reproduced from the vintage comics of over 70 years ago. Attempts have been made to clean up the pages to make them look as close to the original printed experience as possible, flaws and all!

    SPACE WARS is a 5 issue color comic extravaganza of the first great sci-fi space opera from the Golden Age of Comics! All 27 episodes that ran in Big Shot Comics from August, 1946 to October, 1948, restored and collected for the first time!  Incredible art by the legendary Ogden Whitney! This comic will not be available in stores, only through mail order. Digital download also available.

 

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