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Issue 51 (40 pp) Summer 2020 | Page | Contents - Issue 51 |
Front | Did you know that Dan Dare had a daughter? Neither did we, but, then, we don't know everything. John M Burns did, though, and he has given us a very fine illustration, as part of a montage. |
2 | "From the Editor", plus a realisation of the Phant food capsules in a container. Looks yummy. |
3-8 | Dan Dare, in "Voyage of the Ankum", Episodes 4-6, written by John Bailey, adapted by Richard Woods, drawn by William Naylor, with text and editing by Des Shaw, and colouring by Martin Baines. |
9-15 | "Spacesuits and Gymslips!", by Andrew Darlington, who explores the science fiction and fantasy strip stories published in girls' comics in the second half of the 20th century. |
16-17 | Hats off to Tim Booth, a tribute, by Rod Barzilay. Tim Booth has supplied splendid, engaging illustrative artwork to Spaceship Away for 13 years. |
18-19 + 22,38 | Space News: New measurements confirm that Milky Way has a bar at its centre (wonder what beers they serve there...), the crumbling of a comet, an ancient titanic explosion, the growing problem of light pollution from satellites, the Psyche mission to a bare planetary core, and the first astronaut crew to the International Space Station aboard a commercial flight makes history, by Ray Wright. |
20-21 | Centrespread: A montage, featuring Dan Dare's daughter, visualised by John M Burns. |
23-27 | Jeff Hawke - Selena, Episode 2. Story and art originally by Sydney Jordan. Originally in monochrome, coloured for Spaceship Away. |
28-31 | Voyage to Venus - Jet Ace Logan. David Ashford takes a Space Strip Journey through the Comet and Sun. |
32-35 | Target: Earth Episode 2. A squadron is sent out to Beta, to investigate the invasion threat. Story by Gordon Coombs, Art by Harry Winslade |
36-38 | The Frontiers of Space, as viualised in the 1950s Part 4. The notion of hollowing out an asteroid to make a "space ark", and adding ion propulsion is many decades old. |
39 | "Earthward Bound", Episode 6, Continuing capers of the cheese mites from the Moon. |
Back | Models of Phant food transport spaceships (Dan Dare - "Rogue Planet" story), created by Sid Clarke |