Pre-Code Classics: Space Adventures

A welcome archival reprint series from PS Artbooks, Pre-Code Classics: Space Adventures collects the earliest issues of the 1950s science-fiction anthology from publisher Charlton Comics. Spanning just three issues, this 2019-present project preserves the atomic-age wonder and Cold War anxieties of the pre-Comics Code era. The series highlights the work of pioneering artists like Steve Ditko and Vince Alascia, who filled these stories with alien encounters, ray-gun battles, and eerie cosmic mysteries. For fans of vintage comics, it’s a compact but vital glimpse into the raw, unregulated imagination that defined early space-age storytelling.