kav Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Old Sci Fi books with the Earth in odd situations! Add your own! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 Oh yeah-and shouldn't they be worth more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hekla Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 I like the idea of 1950's train cars being repurposed for space travel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruzin' Thru Comics Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Yea, most DC Sci Fi undervalued. I keep all I get. Great covers and stories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 I'd like to know how they built towing ships that are far larger than the Moon!!!! With letters the size of countries on it! That is a lot of paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 Yea, most DC Sci Fi undervalued. I keep all I get. Great covers and stories DC had Marvel beat hands down in the sci fi dept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 Here's some more beauties: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsilverjanet Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Yea, most DC Sci Fi undervalued. I keep all I get. Great covers and stories DC had Marvel beat hands down in the sci fi dept. KirbyJack and greggy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 Yea, most DC Sci Fi undervalued. I keep all I get. Great covers and stories DC had Marvel beat hands down in the sci fi dept. well thats a superhero book not a sci fi book also its mostly just photos I still stand by my statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 DC had Infantino, Murphy Anderson, Frank Frazetta, Virgil Finley-Marvel couldn't compete with this and the writing was top notch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Great thread. i've never collected these, but have long thought it a cool sub-genre. Up there with Ape covers when it comes to DC sci-fi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 There's a GN collection 251 pages in full color and it's got an ape and the earth on the cover: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xmystery+in+space+fireside.TRS2&_nkw=mystery+in+space+fireside&_sacat=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquareChaos Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Yea, most DC Sci Fi undervalued. I keep all I get. Great covers and stories DC had Marvel beat hands down in the sci fi dept. well thats a superhero book not a sci fi book also its mostly just photos I still stand by my statement. What is the distinction? None of them were 'hard sci fi', they all probably fit better into the same category as Star Wars - FF included - over generic sci-fi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mijael.Levy Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 (edited) my favourite one Edited January 17, 2017 by Mijael.Levy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzMan Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 It's funny how the earth is always positioned to show the Americas and a part of Africa, at times, but apparently most of Europe, Asia and Australia is within sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Yea, most DC Sci Fi undervalued. I keep all I get. Great covers and stories DC had Marvel beat hands down in the sci fi dept. well thats a superhero book not a sci fi book also its mostly just photos I still stand by my statement. What is the distinction? None of them were 'hard sci fi', they all probably fit better into the same category as Star Wars - FF included - over generic sci-fi. +1 Science heroes, using advanced technology in their adventures. Reed Richards, Hank Pym, Tony Stark, as good examples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthBane Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 kav. Shouldn't these sci-fi books be worth more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 Yea, most DC Sci Fi undervalued. I keep all I get. Great covers and stories DC had Marvel beat hands down in the sci fi dept. well thats a superhero book not a sci fi book also its mostly just photos I still stand by my statement. What is the distinction? None of them were 'hard sci fi', they all probably fit better into the same category as Star Wars - FF included - over generic sci-fi. +1 Science heroes, using advanced technology in their adventures. Reed Richards, Hank Pym, Tony Stark, as good examples. Not all the books had Adam Strange. In fact overall, few did. And when he was in a book there were 2 other stories. They were all hard science fiction short stories. No heroes besides the occasional Atomic Knights. For an example the first book I posted, 'The sky High Man' was about a space traveller who returns to Earth after a long voyage and discovers the part of the universe he was in was expanding faster than the part where Earth was so when he returned he was too big! This is hard sci fi. This is typical of 90% of the DC sci fi stories and there is no science hero involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelangelo Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 (edited) I love 'em too.. They remind me of old sci-fi movie posters from the 50's, which I have a few of at home for instance (from 1951) Edited January 17, 2017 by Michelangelo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Love those sci-fi great art great stories by some of the best silver guys going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...