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Space Family Robinson was a comic book published by Gold Key between Dec 1962 and May 1982. Midway through its run, it was (semi-) retitled Lost In Space.
As with the Lost In Space TV series, the comic stories dealt with the adventures of the Robinson family as they tried to get back to Earth. In the comic, the Robinsons were: scientist father Craig, scientist mother June, and early teens Tim (son) and Tam (daughter), along with pets Clancy (dog) and Yakker (parrot). They lived in Space Station One, a spacious moving craft with hydroponic gardens, observatory, and 2 small shuttle crafts (Spacemobiles). In the second issue, a cosmic storm deposited them far from Earth and they had adventures while they tried to make their way home.
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Space Family Robinson was published as a total of 59 issues, from 1962 to 1982. The first issue was published in December 1962. With issue #15 (January, 1966), the "Lost in Space" title was added to the cover. The title was cancelled with #36 (October, 1969). It would then be brought back in October, 1973, in part due to the popularity of Star Trek. At this point, all issues between #37 and #44 had the tag "On Space Station One" added as well. The title was again cancelled with #54 (December, 1977) (with #49 being a reprint of #38). A further new story was published in Gold Key Champion #1 (1978). In 1981, the title was revived as a reprint title for issues #55-59 (1981-82) under the "Whitman Comics" line.
The comic was created by writer Del Connell and artist Dan Spiegle. Gaylord Du Bois became the sole writer of Space Family Robinson once he began chronicling the Robinsons' adventures with Peril on Planet Four in issue #8. He had already begun the Captain Venture second feature beginning with Situation Survival in issue #6. As was typical of Gold Key's adventure comics, all cover-art was painted.
A backup series, entitled "Captain Venture and the Land Beneath the Sea", ran through issues #6-36 (1964-69). Gold Key would publish 2 reprint issues in 1968/69.
For some years the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide has a notion that the series was created by famed Disney comic book artist/writer Carl Barks. In fact Barks did suggest a Swiss Family Robinson in space comic to his editor Chase Craig in about 1960 but nothing came of it and the subsequent series was originated by people who hadn't heard of Barks' concept (which would have been more adventure oriented).[1]
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