SPACE DETECTIVE ""Metal Murderers of Mars"

When Last We Left Our Galactic Gumshoes...

Art by Joe Orlando & Wally Wood

Note: this was at our "brother" blog, Atomic Kommie Comics™, so faithful readers of this blog haven't missed anything!
Now, on with Part 2...

The story concludes tomorrow back at  
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Nobody's been able to identify the writer or artist(s) of this middle of a kool 3-part tale from Avon's Space Detective #2 (1951).
Personally, I see elements of Wally Wood, Joe Orlando, and Joe Kubert in the art, but nothing definitive.

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SPACE DETECTIVE "Opium Smugglers of Venus"

Art by Joe Orlando and Wally Wood

When Man finally reaches deep space, it's a sure bet that criminal activity will follow.

That's the premise of this 1950s series that combined gumshoes and ray guns.

You can read a background dossier about the character HERE and see the first part of this three-part story HERE.

One you've done that, continue with the second part (originally titled "Ballet of the Living Dead") entitled...

The series opener from Avon's Space Detective #1 (1951) was written by Walter Gibson, the primary writer of The Shadow pulp novel series under the name "Maxwell Grant", and illustrated by Joe Orlando and Wally Wood.

The Space Detective story concludes tomorrow at our "brother" blog, Atomic Kommie Comics™.

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DRIFT MARLO "File of the Periled Peace-Maker" Conclusion

When Last We Left Our Space Detective...

Is an alien from space attempting to sabotage the new Anti-Missile Missile?
Detective Drift Marlo is attacked by someone...or something...near the launch pad.
Later he notices that Dr Fowler, who opposed the project had a bad leg...and the "alien" had the same limp...

This tale from Dell's Drift Marlo #1 (1962), was written by Phil Evans and illustrated by Tom Cooke, who also handled the Drift Marlo syndicated newspaper strip.

Yes, you read it right...syndicated newspaper strip.

Running for a decade from 1961 to 1971, the strip, while never a major hit, developed a dedicated audience.

The comic book, which ran only two issues, contained totally-new material, not reprints of the strips, as was so often the case with such titles including Dick Tracy, Brenda Starr, and Flash Gordon.

There have been no book reprints of the Drift Marlo comic strip, nor was the short-lived comic book ever reprinted.

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DRIFT MARLO "File of the Periled Peace-Maker" Part 1

Not the first character to be called "Space Detective"...

...but Drift Marlo was the first one to be set in the present (1962), not the future!

...and so does the "alien" Drift encountered!

Coincidence?

You'll have to wait until next week to find out!

Plus: some background on our stellar shamus!

But for now, we will tell you this tale is from Dell's Drift Marlo #1 (1962), written by Phil Evans and illustrated by Tom Cooke.

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