#space squadron

[chernobog13]

SPACE SQUADRON (vol. 1) #4 (December, 1951). Cover by Werner Roth and Stan Goldberg.

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5 Random Atlas Comics

[oldschoolsciencefiction]

Some rather confused world building from the first issue of “Space Squadron” (June 1951). 

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Mystic Maroon: What confuses you, and why?

“In Space Squadron 6: Search for the Silver Quasar, after Captain Daxter retrieves the star-sword of his grandfather after finding the remains on his ship on Guiax-9, but is ordered to turn it in to the Galactic Archives due to it being an object of Federation significance. Yet later, when he goes to get it back during the whole “family legacy” monologue, he just… walks in and takes it? Don’t get me wrong, the whole fight with him wielding the star-sword is amazing, but you’d think they’d at least have some sort of monitoring system in place to make sure people don’t nab things like that. And it’s not like similar stuff hasn’t happened before-- when Nara Dremeer tried to get access to the Cruxicon for study back in Space Squadron 3, they were quick to turn her down, saying she had to go through ‘official channels’ before she could even look at the thing. Yet Jay Daxter strolls right in and takes it, no questions asked. Why did they have him turn in the star-sword at all? Why not just put it in storage on your ship and retrieve it from there? The scene would have had the same effect, you could grandfather in the exposition on it somewhere else, and the need to explain how he was able to take it with him would be moot.

That being said, I’d still highly recommend any of the Space Squadron movies to anyone that asks. What can I say? I’m a sucker for sci-fi space romps.”

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Space Squadron #1, June 1951, Pencils: Sol Brodsky, George Tuska, Inks: Chris Rule, George Tuska, Colors: Stan Goldberg

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SPACE SQUADRON #5 (1952)

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Space Squadron (1951)

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5 Random Comics