Tom Corbett Pillows

Remembering Tom Corbett, Space Cadet. So popular his adventures were depicted in television, radio, books, comic books, comic strips, and other media in the 1950s. And let’s not forget about the toys and lunchboxes. The stories followed Corbett, Astro, and Roger Manning, cadets at the Space Academy as they trained to become members of the Solar Guard.

Cover of a 1953 comic book.

Tom Corbett!

Pep Cereal featuring Tom Corbett!

Tom Corbett Space Gun!

An old retro logo done in 3D

Remembering Tom Corbett—Space Cadet. So popular his adventures were depicted in television, radio, books, comic books, comic strips, and other media in the 1950s. And let’s not forget about the toys and lunchboxes. The stories followed Corbett, Astro, and Roger Manning, cadets at the Space Academy as they trained to become members of the Solar Guard.

Captain Video and His Video Rangers is an American science fiction television series that aired on the DuMont Television Network and was the first series of its genre on American television. The series aired between June 27, 1949, and April 1, 1955, originally on Monday through Saturday at 7 p.m. ET, and then Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. ET. A separate 30-minute spinoff series called The Secret Files of Captain Video aired Saturday mornings, alternating with Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, from September 5, 1953, to May 29, 1954, a total of 20 episodes.