SKY MASTERS OF THE SPACE FORCE Book 1

A newspaper comic strip features the adventures of an American astronaut, Major Sky Master. It ran in over 325 newspapers from 1958 to 1961-- created and anchored at the beginning of the space race serving as a highly stylized period when who would get into space and to the moon first, was a national obsession. The strip takes place in the not to distant future where the United States sends men into space but hasn't ventured much further yet. This strip was a newspaper syndicate strip introduced in late 1958 after the crash of the comic book market in 1954 had left Jack Kirby and Joe Simon’s short-lived Mainline Publishing out of business. It seemed to Jack that the most secure way for him to make money during the moribund market place of traditional comics was to create a syndicated strip which would allow for a larger audience and therefore a larger share of the royalties. Now Kirby’s dynamic storytelling was perfect for a strip that was created as a direct result of the Soviets having blasted a satellite into orbit called “Sputnik”, effectively beating the U.S. into space. Dick and Dave Wood, two of National’s most versatile writers, created the plot. Out of Print. Condition: Very Good. Cover has light yellowing with edge wear.