Once upon a time in the 1950s...
Though many have claimed the title over the decades, Rod Hathaway is my Space Detective. Well, technically, he's the secret identity and Avenger is the Space Detective. Teena is Teena - she doesn't need the extra name.
Together they starred in four issues from Avon in 1951:
Their first adventure was written by Walter Gibson (creator of The Shadow), and drawn by comic legends Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. That's some serious pedigree papers.
Let's go ahead and take a look at that story:
The title also featured back up tales, like this one starring Lucky Dale, Girl Detective with art from Warren Kremer:
There was also the occasional bit of silly fun...
(Actually, that was a reprint from 1938's Cocomalt Big Book of Comics)
Orlando and Wood didn't stick around long on the title, just the first issue and the frontpiece for #2. Somebody did a nice job taking over for them, but nobody knows who drew most of the remaining stories. Greg Fawcette did some nice work, as seen in the 3rd frontpiece at the top of the page, but most tales are uncredited. Up until less than 10 years ago, they had been attributed to Wally Wood, but that has since been established as incorrect. Here's a short tale from #3 for a look at the work:
If only we could hire Space Detective to investigate the mystery artists...
Though many have claimed the title over the decades, Rod Hathaway is my Space Detective. Well, technically, he's the secret identity and Avenger is the Space Detective. Teena is Teena - she doesn't need the extra name.
Together they starred in four issues from Avon in 1951:
Their first adventure was written by Walter Gibson (creator of The Shadow), and drawn by comic legends Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. That's some serious pedigree papers.
Let's go ahead and take a look at that story:
The title also featured back up tales, like this one starring Lucky Dale, Girl Detective with art from Warren Kremer:
There was also the occasional bit of silly fun...
Orlando and Wood didn't stick around long on the title, just the first issue and the frontpiece for #2. Somebody did a nice job taking over for them, but nobody knows who drew most of the remaining stories. Greg Fawcette did some nice work, as seen in the 3rd frontpiece at the top of the page, but most tales are uncredited. Up until less than 10 years ago, they had been attributed to Wally Wood, but that has since been established as incorrect. Here's a short tale from #3 for a look at the work:
If only we could hire Space Detective to investigate the mystery artists...
pages from Space Detective #s 1-4 (1951)
