CHARLTON - SPACE ADVENTURES VOLUME 9 : (1958 Series) ISSUES 42 - 46 October 1961 - July 1962 SPACE ADVENTURES #42 saw the last appearance CAPTAIN ATOM - but don't worry - the iconic space-age superhero created by Joe Gill and Steve Ditko will return in his very own comic a few years later! So you better keep watching future sightings - who knows when he'll next orbit our world! SPACE ADVENTURES #43 . . .Report From Space A-OKAY! Updates us with the history of the first American manned space flight with Alan Shepard as pictured on the cover! SPACE ADVENTURES #44 introduces us to Merco, the MERCURY MAN - the last survivor of Mercury - who travels to Earth in a bid to stop wars and save mankind! So join the crusade pilgrims and don't miss your place on this shuttle - because if you wanna get on board the space station you better be quick, cos these rockets will soon be out of this world!