Space Busters #2 Values

Publisher: Ziff-Davis, 1952

About Space Busters #2

Painted bondage / branding iron torture cover by Allen Anderson. Contains a text feature on UFOs by Harry Harrison. Story art by Murphy Anderson, John Prentice, and Everett Raymond Kinstler.

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COVER DETAILS

Pencils: Allen Anderson (painted)

Inks: Allen Anderson

Colors: Allen Anderson

Notes: Art ID by Norman Saunders' son David posted on a CGC forum.

STORY DETAILS

(7 Stories)

Title: Victory on Valda

Characters: Captain Brett Crockett; Lieutenant April Wing; Sergeant Bolo; Lieutenant Castro; Menso; Rada; Lazar

Synopsis: Captain Crockett's troops have a hard time convincing the freedom fighters of the planetoid Valda that they're not just as bad as the Belzarians, until nurse Wing saves Menso's daughter Rada.

Pages: 7.000

Pencils: Murphy Anderson

Inks: Murphy Anderson

Title: Remember Makano

Characters: Captain Brett Crockett; Sergeant Bolo; Senstral

Synopsis: After the traitor Senstral leads an attack of the Utani ape-men on the outpost on Makano, Captain Crockett leads a select platoon that decimates the Utani barracks and destroys the Belzarian death ray tank corps.

Pages: 6.000

Pencils: Murphy Anderson

Inks: Murphy Anderson

Title: Life in the Solar System

Synopsis: Mercury is too hot, Jupiter is too cold, but they hold out the possibility of life on Venus ("the coldest parts of Venus have the same temperature as our equator") and Mars ("the warmest climate of Mars resembles our sub-Arctic').

Pages: 1.000

Pencils: Everett Raymond Kinstler

Inks: Everett Raymond Kinstler

Title: Mission to Baldor!

Characters: Sabra; Abba; Senstral; Caldo; Captain Brett Crockett; Sergeant Bolo; Lieutenant April Wing

Synopsis: Capt. Crockett befriends Sabra, the leader of the guerilla movement on the planetoid Baldor. Together, they deliver a decisive defeat to Senstral and his Mashon troops.

Pages: 6.000

Pencils: Marvin Stein (signed) [as M. Stein]

Inks: Marvin Stein (signed) [as M. Stein]

Title: The Batmen of Luna

Characters: Lieutenant Steve Halden; Kara Lane; Captain Dane Bartok

Synopsis: Captain Bartok has a chance to repair his tarnished reputation when the Batmen attack Earth.

Pages: 7.000

Pencils: John Prentice

Inks: John Prentice

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	4	5	4	6	2	4	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	4	5	4	6	2	4	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43

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