"Mars and Beyond" Disney classroom guide (1958)

Mars and Beyond is the last of the classroom guides I found.

Mars and Beyond appeared on Disneyland December 4, 1957.  It was also a comic book and a 1959 classroom text.

 "Suggested for upper and secondary level science; also business, industry and the general public..."

Respond Martians (1968) (part 2)

To continue with illustrations from Respond Martians (1968) a wonderful soviet space book. The second half of the book is about the planned manned exploration of Mars.

 Illustrations of early Mars probes, both planned and conceptual. Part of the preparation for manned exploration.

 So her is their vision of what manned exploration might be like:

 The possibility that the Martian civilization is still under the ground hidden from sight.

 The books ends with some nice endplates of the constellations that I wanted to share with you.  Hoped you liked "Respond Martians."

Timothy's Space Book (1961)

Allward, Maurice. Illustrated by North, T.E. Timothy's Space Book. London : Collins. (44 p.) 21 cm. Illustrated Boards. 1961

ID. Primary. B&W and color drawings and paintings. Basic text includes a history of space flight, basic rocket theory, and plans for Project Mercury. Contains many beautiful illustrations of rockets, spacesuits, space stations, the surface of the Moon, and the planets.

Here is another lost gem of a children's book.  Maurice Allward was a well known and prolific writer of British non-fiction children's books.

It covers both the, current at the time, space efforts and the potential for future exploration.



Colliers Part 8 : April 30, 1954

The reprinting of the final issue of the 8 part Collier's "Man will conquer space soon!"  series is here.

The 8th part of the 8 part Colliers "Man will conquer space soon!" series has been put online in the September/October 2013 issue of IAAA Houston Newsletter "Horizons". This one covers the Collier’s magazine space articles from April 30, 1954,

Can We Get to Mars? Is There Life on Mars?

There are also a couple of reprints of illustrations published in this blog!

These are the best digital versions of these illustrations you will ever see. Be sure to check them out.
http://www.aiaahouston.org/newsletter/

A Trip to Outer Space with Santa (1952)

Always grab the good stuff even if it is in poor condition. I had not seen this comic before and having been saving it for my Christmas post this year.  It has been a very long and complicated year for me with many joys and disappointments.  But the holidays are finally here and life seems to be settling down.

Here are my past Xmas postings:

The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/01/moon-christmas-coloring-book-1970.html

Woolworth's Jolly Christmas Book (1951)
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/01/moon-christmas-coloring-book-1970.html

A Trip to Outer Space with Santa was a 1952 department store give-away. A department store could print their own logo on a comic and give it to their customers.

The story is very simple (maybe the inspiration for Santa Claus vs the Martians?) where Santa needs to go to Mars.



Santa seems to have a lot of problems getting the toys made so Mars seems like a logical solution.  Since space flight was trendy among children at the time, the comics has a space game in the middle about the journey to Mars.

The drawings show the Buck Rogers future is on Mars. The other thing that charms me about this item is the space suits and Santa ship. Here is your own Christmas ornaments!  Illustrations you can (print-out) and cut-out to make your own explorer and ship.

Santa finds what he needs on Mars, (imported labor) and I love the  Martians with jet packs heading home.





I hope you have a grand holiday and are with those you love.  I will see you again in 2013 with more cool space stuff.