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But the final story of the issue, "World War III with the Ants" by unknown creators, is the real stand-out story here.  An overlooked issue from the atomic age, there's a high-grade Captain Science #6 (Youthful Magazines, 1951) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages up for auction in the 2024 May 30 Adventures in[...]

The last time we posted about an issue of the obscure Pre-Code Horror title Captain Science, it turned out to be an absolute gem of an issue that fused science fiction and horror in a way that only 1950s-era American Cold War pop culture could achieve.  Captain Science #7 is another surprisingly great entry in[...]

We've talked quite a bit here over the years about the impact of atomic bomb testing at Bikini Atoll and the Eniwetok Atoll on media and popular culture at large after such testing began in 1946.  Such testing ultimately helped inspire the Silver Age origins of both the Sub-Mariner and Aquaman, among countless other things. [...]