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Auction History Result #188 DESTINATION MOON comic book '50 Heinlein Date Sold 12/18/2001Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Original Vintage Movie Comic Book (measures 7 1/2" x 10") (Learn More) Destination Moon, the 1950 Irving Pichel science fiction (sci-fi) thriller ("Two years in the making!"; "See the screen's most heart-breaking farewell! Would you let your man fly to the moon?"; "See the pull of gravity crush them deep into their crash-couches as the space ship takes off as 32000 feet a second!"; "See man's greatest thrill as he finally sets foot on the moon!"; produced by George Pal; based on an original book and screenplay by Robert A. Heinlein, the superlatively talented science fiction writer who gave Hollywood a try and quit when he found they did not care about scientific accuracy, and that, under the Hollywood system at that time, promises were often made to writers, both financially and creatively, that were not kept!) starring John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson, and Erin O'Brien-Moore. Note that Robert Heinlein had become friendly with director Fritz Lang during World War II, and the two had planned to make a "space" movie together! But the project fell apart when Heinlein realized that Lang really wanted to have complete control of the project, which Heinlein would not accept, and he ended up signing a deal with George Pal, and that was still disappointing to him, and he never received all of the money he was promised either. But one wonders what that "Heinlein/Fritz Lang" movie would have been like! Also, Note that this movie was one of the very first of the 1950s science fiction movies (it would have been the first but production delays allowed Rocket Ship X-M to beat it), and it intended to accurately portray the first moon landing; at the time, people considered it wild science fiction, and yet it became science fact within 20 years! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Condition: very good. I am not a comic book dealer (although I was a full-time comic book dealer from 1967 to 1976, but the hobby has changed drastically in the past 25 years!). I know nothing about comic book grading, or the terms that are used, but I will do my best to generally accurately and conservatively describe the overall condition of each. I always offer a complete return privilege on everything thing I sell, and this comic book is included! Here is an overview of this comic's condition (see my other eBay sales where I am selling a total of 13 of these comic book adaptations of science fiction films): The comic is in good to very good condition. There are many creases any tiny tears down the spine on both the front and back, and numerous scuff marks along the edges of the front cover. There is a tiny paper chip at the very bottom of the front cover near the center. The back cover has much scuffing all around the white border. The entire comic was lightly folded down the center and there is a visible crease down the center of the top half of the cover and first few pages. The interior pages of the book are generally in very good condition, although they appear to have yellowed slightly. Learn More about condition grades 
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