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Comic Book, Dell, "Men Into Space"

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    Object Details

    Publisher

    Dell Publishing Co., N.Y.

    Designer

    Western Printing & Lithographing Co.

    Summary

    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.

    Credit Line

    Gift of John. C. Fredriksen, Ph.D.

    Inventory Number

    A20140038000

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    MEMORABILIA-Popular Culture

    Materials

    Paper
    Ink
    Ferrous Alloy

    Dimensions

    Overall: 18.4 × 26 × 0.5cm (7 1/4 × 10 1/4 × 3/16 in.)

    Country of Origin

    United States of America

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    Location

    National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

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    Data Source

    National Air and Space Museum

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9a715950a-a36d-4bed-b6df-4e9c3f85e788

    Record ID

    nasm_A20140038000

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