Spaceman (Dell)
(Dell, 1962-1964, 1972)
™ and ©1963 Dell Publishing Co.
Spaceman (subtitled “A Fantastic Flight to Another Planet!!!”) was issued irregularly by Dell Comics starting in the mid-1960s, presumably to capitalize on public interest in space flight and exploration. Part Star Trek, part Space Family Robinson, Spaceman was undistinguished by either artwork or writing and appeared to be just another “comic product” that Dell published in its waning years to take up shelf space at the corner drugstore. The anonymous artist of Spaceman appears to have been told to draw like Dell’s resident comic-art master, Alex Toth, with the result being a lot of spare-looking figures and heavy blacks but none of Toth’s sense of design.
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Painted cover
Jun 1962
Cover: $0.15
W: Ken Fitch · A: Jack Sparling
Series continued from appearance in Four Color Comics #1253
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Painted cover by John Schoenherr
Sep 1962
Cover: $0.12
W: Ken Fitch · A: Jack Sparling
No copies available
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Painted cover
Mar 1963
Cover: $0.12
W: Ken Fitch · A: Jack Sparling
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Painted cover
Jun 1963
Cover: $0.12
W: Joe Gill · A: Jack Sparling
No copies available
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Painted cover
Sep 1963
Cover: $0.12
W: Joe Gill · A: Jack Sparling
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Painted cover
Dec 1963
Cover: $0.12
W: Joe Gill · A: Jack Sparling
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Painted cover
Mar 1964
Cover: $0.12
A: Jack Sparling
Jack Sparling usually drew himself into his stories. Colonel Hooper, one of the main characters in The Souless One, is actually a caricature of Sparling.
No copies available
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Painted cover
Jul 1972
Cover: $0.15
A: Jack Sparling
Reprints Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #1253; Reprints Space Man #1 from Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #1253
No copies available
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Painted cover
Oct 1972
Cover: $0.15
A: Jack Sparling
Reprints Space Man #2
No copies available