The Eager Beaver Space Book (1962)

 

As I keep digging in my collection I have found Space Beavers! This was a promotional comic book from Cities Service gasoline. It probably was a give-away with purchase. It reflects the early 60s where the Mercury launches had taken place and we were looking ahead to the future. The whole premise is a beaver who is invited to go on one of the early space voyages. The twist is that his son falls asleep during discussions about space facts and dreams of a moon trip. It is campy and strange in the best way and I am sure unfamiliar to most of you. Just the kind of thing I love to find and share.

The Eager Beaver Space Book. (Promotional comic from Cities Service Gasoline.) (32 P.) 1962. 

Space Ship to the Moon (1952)

 

Happy New Year!

A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the illustrations in this book. The story is OK but the visions of spacecraft, a space station and mining on the Moon are worth seeing. This is a relatively low cost book used so if you like it it is easy to search out a copy.

Reichert, Edwin C. Illustrated by Bilder, Arthur K. Space Ship to the Moon. Chicago: Rand McNally and Co. (27 p.) 1952.