Safety Sunday! (or The Captain Was A Lieutenant (There Can Be Only One))

I do believe we're overdue for an Un-Comic; it's been a fair bit.

For the unfamiliar, Un-Comics is what we call comics that didn't appear in standard comic books. They may have appeared in magazines, books, industry publications, etc.,.

Today, we've got a major comics star doing some public service work - Captain Marvel and the Lieutenants Of Safety. (actually written by Otto Binder and drawn by C.C. Beck!) versus Demon Danger and the terrible hazards of Kite Flying -

Don't you feel safer now?

There were three of these public service comics published in 1950. Next times, the deadly dangers of Climbing and Darkness!

Be good, stay safe, and take your meds -

page art by C.C. Beck from Captain Marvel And The Lieutenants Of Safety #1 (1950)

The Six Three Rocketeers

Three Rocketeers - Count 'Em!

1...2...3...

...4...5...6!

Hmm...

This trio got there first, back in 1952 -

But that was all there was.

A half dozen years later, a new Trio claimed the title with a tolerably awesome support trio - Jack Kirby and Al Williamson, with Joe Simon running Mission Control -

Unfortunately, they debuted in the final issue of Race For The Moon. It would be another 7 years before their adventures continued in Blast-Off -

(By the way - you can also find a couple tales from Larry Ivie in Blast-Off #1, illustrated by Al Williamson and Reed Crandall.)

However, Blast-Off lasted only a single issue, so it was another year before we saw them again in Unearthly Spectaculars as Otto Binder tells us how they got together, with Mike Sekowsky on pencils -

Amazingly, at this point, that was not Unearthly Spectacular's final issue. 

They lasted one more...

And so, apparently they parked the ship in the garage and never went speeding again.

page art by Vic for Atom Age Combat #3 and Jack Kirby, Al Williamson, Mike Sekowsky, and Bill Draut for Race For The Moon #3, Blast-Off #1, and Unearthly Spectaculars #s 2 & 3 (1952, 1958, 1965, 1966, 1967)