Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum

Sky Masters of the Space Force. A frolicking test chimp sets fire to the "top secret" experimental rocket at Cape Hope

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Resource type	Image
Creator	Wood, Dave Kirby, Jack, 1917-1994
Description	Eleven panel color comic strip. Penciler: Jack Kirby Writer: Dave Wood
Subject	Rockets (Aeronautics) Rockets (Aeronautics)--Launching Fire
Rights statement	Copyright Not Evaluated
Language	eng
Identifier	Digital ID: d_14525 Finding Number: CGA.SFC255
Summary	Sky and Jumbo flee from the burning rocket. Jiot comes along in a Jeep to save them, and they race away. In the mountains nearby, Sparrow watches as the rocket fails to take off. As it falls over, Sparrow realizes it holds a top secret control system which he can pillage if he beats the Space Force crew to the wreckage.
Source Collection	San Francisco Academy of Comic Art Collection
Collection identifier	SPEC.CGA.SF
Repository	Ohio State University. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
File Format	image/tiff
Date issued	September 6, 1959
Rights note	This item, made available for research and educational purposes, may be protected by copyright; the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status.
Version	clippings
Medium	newsprint ink
Syndicate	The George Matthew Adams Service
Permanent link	https://hdl.handle.net/1811/56591941-2dbb-42b6-aab8-fcc43532d378
Time period (Topic)	1950s (1950-1959)
Genre	comic strips newspapers
Extent	36.5 x 27.1 cm

Credit line: San Francisco Academy of Comic Art Collection, The Ohio State University, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum

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