Reading Room Annex: CAPTAIN VIDEO in "Dark Side of the Moon" Conclusion

Read the first part of this tale HERE.

 Aliens operating on the Dark Side of the Moon plan to attack Earth, and only Captain Video (with the Video Ranger) can stop them...

You may ask, "What's so special about this? It's typical sci-fi."
And you'd be right.
Except, due to it's low-budget nature, the Captain Video TV show and movie serial showed aliens who looked like this...

The "alien invasion force" from Captain Video; the Serial. Note Captain Video (Judd Holdren) and the Ranger on the left in clever disguises.

Only in the comic, unencumbered by financial or special effect restrictions, was the full, unfettered potential of the show (such as it was) realized.

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Reading Room Annex: CAPTAIN VIDEO in "Dark Side of the Moon" Part 1

Yes, Ed Norton's idol, TV's first space commander battled alien invaders as well as terrestrial threats!
From Captain Video #5, with art by George Evans & Martin Thal featuring the likenesses of tv star Al Hodge as Captain Video, and Don Hastings as the Video Ranger...

To be continued, tomorrow!

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