This Dell TV Adventures comic book contains three different illustrated stories, each inspired by the television program, "Men into Space" (1959–60). In its one season of half hour black and white programs, Men into Space depicted the realistic adventures of Colonel Edward McCauley, head of a fictional American space program. Aimed at adults, executed with the cooperation of the Department of Defense, and aired on CBS, "Men into Space" offered a fact-based depiction of space flight in the near future of the budding space age. It was produced by Ziv Television Programs, Inc., a Midwestern company known as the leading producer of first-run syndicated programming. The Dell comic pledge to parents included on the last page of this book promised that Dell brand comic books offered only "clean and wholesome" adventures in their pages.
John C. Fredriksen, who is also the author of an eponymous episode guide to Men into Space, gave the comic book to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in 2013.
Display Status
This object is on display in Destination Moon at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
Object Details
Country of Origin
United States of America
Type
MEMORABILIA-Popular Culture
Publisher
Dell Publishing Co., N.Y.
Designer
Western Printing & Lithographing Co.
Dimensions
Overall: 18.4 × 26 × 0.5cm (7 1/4 × 10 1/4 × 3/16 in.)
Materials
Paper
Ink
Ferrous Alloy
Inventory Number
A20140038000
Credit Line
Gift of John. C. Fredriksen, Ph.D.
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Restrictions & Rights
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