{"product_id":"pre-code-classics-space-action-world-war-iii","title":"PRE-CODE CLASSICS SPACE ACTION \u0026 WORLD WAR III","description":"\u003cp\u003eAce Magazines’ two short-lived titles, with additional contributors \u003cstrong\u003eKen Rice, Bill Molno, Rocco Mastroserio\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the legendary \u003cstrong\u003eMike Sekowsky\u003c\/strong\u003e of \u003cem\u003eJLA\u003c\/em\u003e fame, who became a go-to artist at DC. Collects \u003cem\u003eSpace Action\u003c\/em\u003e #1-3, 1952; \u003cem\u003eWorld War III\u003c\/em\u003e #1-2, 1952-53. The latter boasts an atomic bomb blast cover; #2 was used in \u003cem\u003eParade of Pleasure\u003c\/em\u003e. All five issues have outstanding \u003cstrong\u003eLou Cameron\u003c\/strong\u003e artwork, including his iconic, highly collectible covers for \u003cem\u003eSpace Action \u003c\/em\u003e#1, used as the cover here, and #2.\n\n\u003cem\u003eWorld War III \u003c\/em\u003eis one of a very unusal sub-genre of comics. Filled with tales of “future” combat, atomic bombs and nuclear weapons, flying soldiers and advanced weaponry as imaged at the beginning of the Atomic Age. \u003cem\u003eSpace Action \u003c\/em\u003eis an above-average sci-fi title, competing with the great books that Ziff-Davis was producing, such as \u003cem\u003eAmazing Adventures, \u003c\/em\u003eas well as DC’s newest titles, \u003cem\u003eStrange Adventures \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eMystery in Space. \u003c\/em\u003eIt nicely updated the more old-fashioned work in Fiction House’s long-running \u003cem\u003ePlanet Comics \u003c\/em\u003ewith more modern sci-fi that kids of the early 1950s could relate to.\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eOut of Print.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCondition: Very Fine.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PS Artbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59643777089822,"sku":"RB7462","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/RB7462-pre-code-classic-space-action.jpg?v=1784519563","url":"https:\/\/shop.budsartbooks.com\/products\/pre-code-classics-space-action-world-war-iii","provider":"Bud's Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}