Captain's Library: BROKEN ARROW "Kingdom of Terror" Part 1

Actor Michael Ansara passed away last week...

...and, while most of the obits mentioned his guest appearances on three Star Trek series (Classic, Deep Space 9, and Voyager) as Kang, few listed his breakthrough role as the real-life Apache chief Cochise on the 1950s TV series Broken Arrow, based on the novel Blood Brother by Elliot Arnold.

Will Jeffords and Cochise help "Serafina" to escape?

Can they escape?

And what of Chala, still held captive and enslaved?

Visit our "brother" blog Western Comics Adventures™ later today for the answer!

This story from Dell's Four Color Comics  #855 (1957) was adapted from the script of the TV episode of the same name broadcast Jan. 14, 1958...and was published a couple of months before the episode aired.

Captain's Library & Theatre: DESTINATION MOON Conclusion

When Last We Left Our Astronauts...

Four people.

One spaceship.

A race to the Moon to beat the Communists.

(Now you know where Stan Lee and Jack Kirby got the basic premise for The Fantastic Four!)

Surviving a perilous journey, the world's first astronauts reach the Moon and are about to land...

Trivia: John Archer (wealthy industrialist Jim Barnes) played wealthy playboy Lamont Cranston for a season (1944-45) on The Shadow radio show!

Dick Wesson (Joe Sweeney) made his film debut in Destination Moon. He acted in numerous war and western flicks, usually playing a "fish-out-of-water" comedy relief character. Dick became a writer-director-producer with numerous credits including Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, and Maude!

Here's a couple of nifty treats for you...
First, the trailer for the flick...

and an audio adaptation of the film from the radio show Dimension X!
Click on the link which will open a new window!

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Captain's Library; DESTINATION MOON Part 2

When Last We Left Our Heroes...

The second (1958) reprint of this tale. Art by Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia.

"We must beat the Commies to the Moon!"

That's the mandate wealthy industrialist Jim Barnes is given by the US government to build a prototype spacecraft designed by Professor Cargraves.

But, when they're told to postpone the test flight, Barnes, Cargraves, military liason General Thayer, and engineer Joe Sweeney launch the ship...

Tomorrow: 

Lunar landing!

Crisis!

Conclusion!

(but no bug-eyed aliens)

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Shooting Destination Moon
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Captain's Library: DESTINATION MOON Part 1

Remember when the future was fantastic?

One of the main reasons was movie producer George Pal, who refused to go "Flash Gordon", and presented flix using then-state-of-the-art sfx and the most accurate theories about outer space science could offer at the time, like this Oscar-winning movie from 1950!

Witness the journey...tomorrow!

Script by Otto Binder, pencils by Dick Rockwell, inks by Sam Burlockoff.

The movie is loosely based on Robert A Heinlein's 1947 novel Rocket Ship Galileo. 

Heinlein was also a co-writer of the movie's screenplay.

In addition, Heinlein wrote an adaptation of the movie's script, which was published in Short Stories Magazine. and a behind-the-scenes article "Shooting Destination Moon" for Astounding Science Fiction.

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