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Flash Gordon is the hero of a space opera comic strip created in the 1930's, aiming to compete with the already established Buck Rogers adventure strip. It is regarded as one of the most influential American adventure comic strips, aimed for young…

This is the cover and a sample page of an issue of Amazing Adventures featuring Killraven, a man who has been experimented on by Martians for the purpose of gladiatorial combat. This issue provides an example of a key aspect of SF comics and…

Hard science fiction depicting the fall of Earth. Humans are forced to explore space and find a new home.

One of the first hard science fiction pieces to explore the possibility of man leaving Earth. Speculated on advancements that would come soon after.

Vivid story taking place on an ocean planet whose inhabitants occupy cities built on islands of seaweed. These inhabitants are capable of interstellar travel as well as diplomacy with other intergalactic species.

The Female Man by Joanna Russ is an influential piece of feminist science fiction. It's publication emphasized this subgenre and gave female authors of science fiction more prominence.

Deadly Image follows a man transported from the 20th century to the future where man has become reliant upon machines and androids. This reliance could lead to complacency among the human race, allowing the androids to eventually take over, and they…

"The Emissary" is a novelette written by Jim Brown and first published in the July 1952 edition of Astounding Science Fiction. The story focusses on an alien taken captive by humans after humans invade the alien's home planet, Sirius A.

Cyborg is about Steve Austin, an astronaut and test pilot. After suffering a catastrophic crash, a secret department in the US government uses bionic implants to "fix" his body and turn him into a living weapon. It relates to the collection as it…