Race for the Moon #2 (1958) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Series: Race for the Moon (Harvey, 1958 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: September 1958
Key date: September 1958
On-sale date: 1958
Indicia publisher: Western Tales Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby, Joe Simon; inks: Al Williamson, Joe Simon	Bill Fenner; Mike Baker
2	In This Issue	table of contents	1	script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Marvin Stein; letters: Joe Rosen
5	The Thing on Sputnik 4	comic story	5	script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Marvin Stein; letters: Joe Rosen, Artie Simek	Captain Kelly; Major General Holt; Bio-Chemical Lab Technician
6	Turmoil in the Heavens!	comic story	1
7	The Golden Rocket	comic story	1	script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Paul Reinman; inks: Paul Reinman; letters: Joe Rosen	Space Station Commander; Space Station Crewman
8	Lunar Trap	comic story	5	script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Al Williamson; letters: Joe Rosen	Ward Stratton (American Lunar Mineralogist); Colonel Alexandrovna (Russian Commandant); Petrov (Russian Soldier)
12	Men! Boys!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby, John Severin; inks: Joe Simon, John Severin
13	Island in the Sky	comic story	5	script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Al Williamson; letters: Joe Rosen	Bill Fenner; Mike Baker; Doctor Johnson
14	Four on Planet X	text story	0.8	letters: typeset	Gregson; Jason; The Professor
15	My Robot Plants	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.2	pencils: Fred Kida, John Severin; inks: Fred Kida, John Severin
16	Why Mars?	text article	0.8	letters: typeset
17	The Visitor!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.2	letters: ?; typeset
18	The Face on Mars	comic story	5	script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Al Williamson; letters: Joe Rosen, Artie Simek	Ben Fisher; Koski; Brennan; Lake

Plus 9 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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