GEORGE ASHTON
Real Name: Unrevealed
Identity/Class: Extraterrestrial
(Martian) (1950s era)
Occupation: Secret agent
Group Membership: Martian intelligence agency
Affiliations: Fellow Martian intelligence
agents
Enemies: Those opposed to Martian invasions
Known Relatives: Wife, child (names unrevealed)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Earth;
formerly Mars
First Appearance: Space Squadron#3/3
(October, 1951)
Powers/Abilities: George Aston is an
advanced Martian crustacean lifeform, but has used the Martian
shapeshifting trait of adopting the shape and language patterns of
native inhabitants of alien species. Ashton is ruthless in eliminating
threats to Martian invasion forces and does so more because he longs to
return to his family on Mars.
Height:
Unrevealed (presumably average male human height)
Weight: Unrevealed (presumably
average male human weight)
Eyes: Unrevealed
Hair: Unrevealed
History:
(Space Squadron#3/3 (fb) - BTS) - A Martian
Intelligence officer was assigned to Earth ahead of a planned Earth
invasion from Mars; his covert mission was to intercept any traitorous
Martians to the military Martians' cause. Using the crustacean
Martians' innate language-thought patterns, he adopted the identity of
George Ashton on Earth and took additional effort to carefully blend in with
human society (location unrevealed; presumably USA). Meanwhile, a
Martian scientist who had developed a powerful force screen to repel
Martian forces fled Mars to warn and equip Earth; however, the
scientist's disguise was clumsy.
(Space Squadron#3/3) - Ashton had been waiting
several hours in the bar, moderately drinking and smoking, when the
disheveled but human-looking scientist came in and blurted to Ashton
that he was a Martian and warned of an imminent invasion. Ashton
pretended to humor him and said he would call the local psychiatric
hospital to be sure the scientist wasn't an escaped patient and he
was okayed. Ashton feigned disbelief at life on Mars and space travel,
but this got the scientist more agitated, just as the ambulance
arrived. Ashton indicated the unkempt"man" was the patient, and he was
easily restrained by the two attendants and taken away in a
straitjacket. Ashton walked out into the street and wondered how many
other fugitives were on Earth, trying to tell humans, but then he saw
in the distance a torpedo-like object he interpreted as a Martian
spacecraft and was excited that the Martian invasion would begin soon
and he could return home to his family.
Comments: Creator(s) not credited.
It's unrevealed if "George Ashton" was a completely
new identity or one stolen from an existing human.
This text story was later reprinted in Spaceman#5
(May,
1954). There were three images in the original print, but I suggest
that they're not actually intended for the story, but instead plundered
from another story or were unused art. The reprint has a small panel showing
distinctly old-school armed mechanical robots standing amid ruins; these
do not relate to the story (unless the robots were part of the invasion
force).
It remains to be explained how so many different races/beings allegedly originated from Mars:
Profile by Grendel Prime.
CLARIFICATIONS
:
George Ashton has no known connections to:
Appearances:
Space Squadron#3/3 (October, 1951) - uncredited writer, editor
First posted: 07/14/2026
Last updated:
07/14/2026
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