Here’s another Atlas comic I’ve wanted to read for a long time and never thought I would, Speed Carter, Spaceman. You could say this was just another example of the Atlas Comics “philosophy” of identifying trends and fads then trying to get comics out exploiting them before the bandwagon came to a complete stop. In this instance it was the then going full blast “space” fad (perpetuated by such TV shows as Tom Corbet, Space Cadet, Captain Video, etc.). And while it’s certainly a knockoff it’s at least a very good knockoff, beginning with a cover by Bill Everett…

The Speed Carter stories were written by Hank Chapman and drawn by Joe Maneely.

And the Famous Explorers of the Space feature was written by Chapman and drawn (and signed) by John Romita.

Other than its “good”, I admittedly don’t have a lot else to say about Speed Carter. Except I hope you enjoy it as much I did.