JET DIXON
Real Name: "Jet" Dixon
Identity/Class: Alternate Reality (Reality-5106) normal human
Occupation: Space Squadron captain, adventurer
Group Membership: Space Squadron, Grand Council
Affiliations: Anderson, Pete Arnolds, John
Barton, Rusty Blake, Dr. Kalandra (loose),
LLA 38, Mxxptrm
(Max),
Commander Bennett "Blast" Revere, Dawn Revere, Squires,
Unal, other Space Squadron members (all
Reality-5106)
Enemies: Barbados and his Armada of Death,
Boz, Corvel, Drag,
Drago, Dr.
Zane Emery, Fire Beings, Infra,
Lizogators,
Mer-Duo, Mer-King, Octopus-Men, Oranios, Procyonians, Edgar
Revere, Rulu kidnappers, Space
Demons, Space Pirates, Tombalo, Ud,
Ura, Vulturos, rogue VDBNs
(names unrevealed), X-1
(all Reality-5106)
Known Relatives: John Dixon (great grandfather)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Space Squadron Headquarters, Washington, DC, USA, Earth (Reality-5106, circa 2000 AD)
First Appearance: Space Squadron#1/1 (June,
1951)
Powers/Abilities: Jet Dixon has peak
athlete-level
fitness and good strength, and is an experienced hand-to-hand fighter
in several forms of combat. He is experienced in various small arms
weaponry and has a high level of accuracy. He is also a very skilled
space pilot with an excellent knowledge of interstellar space and
cartography.
Dixon is a skilled strategist with
a wide knowledge of different extraterrestrial species. He is a quick
learner and widely respected as a spaceship captain and for his
exemplary loyalty, bravery, courage and level-headedness.
Height: 6'
Weight: 190 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blond
History:
(Space Squadron#1/1 (fb) - BTS) - In Reality-5106 in the year 2000, space rocket travel dramatically advanced human society and saw Earth at the center of a solar system-wide Federation of Planets (an outgrowth of the United Nations) protected by the Space Squadron headed by Captain Jet Dixon. From aboard his spaceship Solar I, Dixon led the Squadron on many successful missions, such as stopping alien invaders, exterminating Rulu kidnappers, chasing Earth criminal Corvel across space (only to have the crook choose suicide over punishment), terminating merciless bestial Oranios, and routing intergalactic raiders.
(Space Squadron#2/6 (fb) - BTS) - Dixon captured Drag for smuggling weapons to the militaristic Martians.
(Space Squadron#5/1 (fb) - BTS) - Jet Dixon and his Solar I crew were regular winners of the annual space race that formed part of the Space Olympics.
(Space Squadron#5/1 (fb) - BTS) - At some point,
Dixon crossed paths with ambitious moon denizens Drago and the
beautiful but dangerous Ura, who both believed they should rule the
solar system.
(Space Squadron#1/1) - Space Squadron Commander Bennett "Blast" Revere called Dixon to return to base to make him second in command. Blast's daughter Dawn was relieved to hear her paramour was returning. But Blast's ambitious son Edgar was jealous and the news increased his rivalry with Dixon. The space captain rescued the last of an invading fleet of alien Tauros, which had been devastated by an invisible electro arc. Dixon returned to Earth and informed the Conference of Planetary Heads of the increasing threat of the "death band." Saturnian scientist LLA 38 deduced the threat came from the insane Uranian genius Tombalo and devised equipment to counter it, but Edgar secretly sabotaged it. Dixon and LLA 38 were lucky to escape on Tombalo's whim. LLA 38 soon devised a pilotless spaceship that would short circuit Tombalo's and the pair let loose the drone as Tombalo targeted them. Tombalo's current arc weapon returned to the villain and destroyed him. Soon after, Dixon waved at a passing space freighter fleet, glad that they were safe.
(Space Squadron#1/3) - Jet Dixon traveled to Mercury
with his fiancee Dawn Revere to pay respects at the grave of Jet's
great-grandfather John Dixon and remember his heroic deeds stopping the
alien Stygians
from obliterating Earth.
(Space
Squadron#1/6) - Spotting a spaceship of the VDBN, the elite killers of
the violent Martian people, Dixon was sent by Blast onboard the Solar I
to carefully investigate by peaceful means, despite his crew's
misgivings. Dixon boarded the VDBN spacecraft but Mxxptrm refused
Dixon's peaceful gesture of an outstretched hand as his VDBN nature was
to
only strike. Dixon chose to trust the VDBN Martian crew, who sought to
learn peace from Earth after long civil war on Mars. Despite Earth
officials' suspicions, Dixon invited the
VDBNs to a gathering to introduce the Federation Chief's daughter Dawn
Revere to him, but Mxxptrm instead desired her and challenged Dixon to
a death-duel. Mxxptrm was defeated and demanded death but Dixon
refused. As a consequence, Mxxptrm kidnapped Dawn, her father Blast
Revere and senior Federation officials, taking them alive to show he
meant peace. Dixon gave chase and Blast revealed Mxxptrm's
unusual plan. Mxxptrm had learned friendship when Dixon refused to kill
him and shook his hand in peace to fight alongside him. Dixon accepted
this and insisted that Mxxptrm call himself "Max" (as "short names are
the shortcut to friendship").
(Space Squadron#2/1 (fb) - BTS) - Max and LLA 38
joined the famous Space Squadron under Dixon's command.
(Space
Squadron#4/6 (fb) - BTS) - When Saturn was brought into the Federation,
Dixon led a mission to subdue the deadly Fire Beings. LLA 38 injected
the Fire Beings with a serum to subdue them and they were banished to
the planet's rings.
(Space Squadron#2/1) - Dixon, Blast, Max and LLA 38 toured Galaxy Academy to visit cadets and were shown classrooms by nervous star Cadet Rusty Blake. A week later, Space Squadron left on patrol, with Dawn Revere joining the regular crew of Dixon, Max and LLA 38 onboard the flagship Solar I. However, space pirate Barbados and his Armada of Death captured them. Dixon transmitted a coded message that Barbados thought would let him land and plunder Earth; the Solar I crew were dismayed, unaware of Dixon's secret code. Cadet Blake decoded the message and Barbados was eliminated. Blake then joined the Solar I crew.
(Space Squadron#2/2) - Invading Procyonian star ships
proved impervious to Space Squadron weapons, so Dixon chanced letting
them land on Earth and tackling them in a land battle. The four-armed
Procyonians emerged from their star ships and Dixon led the charge
before the army could arrive. He downed one warrior, whose helmet
smashed; exposure to Earth's atmosphere caused the Procyonian to change
into seething jelly, causing panic and complete surrender among the
aliens. Dixon ordered them to leave and never to return, as they knew
what would happen.
(Space Squadron#2/4) - Dawn Revere, in a misguided
attempt to gain female representation in Space Squadron missions, stole
Solar I, but was attacked by the giant parasitic bird-like Vulturos.
Dixon briefly resigned from Space Squadron so as not to break galactic
law, and rocketed to her aid. He was followed by other Space Squadron
members in
rocket-jets and they destroyed the threat. All returned safely to Earth.
(Space Squadron#2/6) - Dixon collaborated with LLA 38
on a new motor enhancement that would enable spaceships to go far
beyond the solar system. But ambitious Edgar teamed up with newly
released criminal Drag, who secretly sought glory for himself. Edgar
stole the prototype strato-ray and replaced it with a dud to embarrass
Dixon and the Solar I flailed in space. Drag was unable to steer his
spaceship and continued into deep space. Dixon kept his suspicions
about Edgar's betrayal to himself because Dawn had so much (misguided)
faith in her brother.
(Space Squadron#3/1) - From Space Squadron HQ, Dixon
kept in contact with the security ships patrolling the Annual
Interplanetary Conference. Dixon, Blast and Blake were alerted by
Mer-King, leader of the two-headed and
dual-natured Mercurians, that their more evil side was being awakened.
Accompanied by the leader's aide Mer-Duo, Dixon and his Space Squadron
ships were sent to Mercury to
investigate. The Sun's changed position had heated Mercurians' blood,
rousing their darker violent side; likewise affected was Mer-Duo, who
kidnapped Blake and jumped out the starship to float to Mercury's
surface. Blake was used as bait to lure Dixon and his troops into a
battle. Despite Edgar's interference, LLA 38 soon found a scientific
response that ensured peace.
(Space Squadron#3/4) - Dixon, Max and Blake
investigated a possible disturbance in the Dead Sea on Neptune. After
speaking with the peaceful Neptunians,
Dixon's squad dived and found vampiric Octopus-Men emerging from
sea-floor eruptions.
Overcoming Edgar's interference on Earth, Dawn Revere broadcast Dixon's
predetermined order to drain the Dead Sea
and this left the deadly Octopus-Men flailing. The Space Squadron
members then shot and killed their foes before returning to Earth.
(Space Squadron#3/6) - Off again on space patrol, the
Solar I crew were suddenly beset by Space Demons, impish killers with
jets for legs; these had been secretly planted by Edgar Revere to
discredit Dixon. However, LLA 38 knew the true nature of the Space
Demons to pursue and destroy their captor, and so Dixon set off to
rescue Edgar, despite Max's suggestion that Edgar be left to his fate.
Secret agent Squires, who had been assigned to the flight to monitor
the mission, initially accused Dixon of treason for carrying the
dangerous cargo, but soon saw reason. The Solar I caught up with
Edgar's spaceship and rescued him while the
Space Demons tore their
way inside and Edgar's ship was blasted by Solar I's guns to ensure the
Space Demons thought their target destroyed. Dixon forgave Edgar and
warned him from going too far in future. Dixon returned to happy Dawn's
arms.
(Space Squadron#4/1) - While visiting the Strato-Zoo that housed caged examples of dangerous beings from throughout the solar system, Dixon, Blake, Max and LLA 38 came across three savage Martians. Considering Max a traitor, the three caged Martians became angry and later rampaged through the city, unstoppable against Earth armaments. Ever the agitator against Dixon and his cohorts, Edgar drew suspicion against Max as a Martian. Angered, Max charged out after the escaped Martians, quietly planning to confront and eliminate their threat in combat, but the others thought him a collaborator. LLA 38 passed Dixon the ray-gun that could kill Max and Dixon gave chase. Dixon eventually found Max in a frenzied melee with the three Martians. Eventually Max was triumphant and his battle-lust disappeared as he greeted Dixon and explained his actions. Max was given a public hero's celebration; Dixon, Blake and LLA 38 joined him in the car.
(Space Squadron#4/2) - Patrolling the Moon's surface (see comments),
the Space Squadron came across hordes of vicious giant fanged
Lizogators that multiplied back to life after being killed. Realizing
the danger to the Federation, Dixon ordered the atom bombing of the
Moon, even though he and his crew would likely be destroyed too. The
bombs hit the target but the crew were luckily shielded by the largest
Lizogator. The threat ended, the Space Squadron returned to Earth.
(Space
Squadron#4/6) - Dixon monitored the busy master control room of the
Space Squadron and gave orders to missions. Dixon unwittingly
interrupted Blast Revere's re-election discussions; fomenter Edgar saw
opportunity and undermined the Space Squadron, making success of a new
mission to investigate the sudden flaming of Saturn's rings an election
issue. This severely agitated Dixon, resulting in
Edgar being assigned as an observer. Once near the planet, the Solar I
crew discovered the fire the result of the reignition of the deadly
Fire Beings. LLA 38 prepared the serum to
subdue the creatures once more, but Edgar panicked near the rings and
threatened the mission. Nevertheless, the mission was a success. Dixon
stopped the angry Max from dumping
Edgar into space. They
returned to Space Squadron HQ with Dawn happy to see Dixon again and
Blast assured of re-election as Chief.
(Space Squadron#5/1) - The Solar I crew were guests
of honor at the space Olympics held on the Moon and greeted by
Moon-Ruler Unal. But Unal's ambitious nephew Drago and niece Ura
secretly sought to win the spaceship race over regular
winner Dixon by illegally using their innate hypnotic and telepathic
powers. At the formal dinner, Ura scored a kiss with Dixon, which
stealthily placed him under her telepathic will. But LLA
38 recognized the duo's insidious plan and duped Drago to add his
telepathy to his sister's hypnotism (unwittingly negating each other),
briefly causing Dixon much pain.
However, Max and Blake suspected LLA 38 of collusion and revealed it to
Dixon,
but the scientist asked to be trusted. After the first round of
traditional Olympic sports, Dixon had won nine out of ten points. In
the spaceship race, Drago
realized his scheme had failed and had moonships fire on Solar I, but
the Space Squadron crew defended themselves. Dixon and the Solar I were
deemed winners with the Moon-duo's schemes apparently unrevealed.
(Space Squadron#5/2) - The nefarious genius Boz
unleashed giant smothering tentacles over the Earth to force a
surrender to his rule. The tentacles were invulnerable to weapons but
LLA 38 suggested
the Solar I crew use their combined mental will to overpower the
tentacle holding their spacecraft; the tactic worked. Dixon then took
firm command and had lethal radioactive dust scattered over the Earth,
despite his
crew's protestations over its dangers, but Dixon recognized that the
Earth was protected by the tentacles and the chemical obliterated only
the tentacle threat and Boz. The villain's disintegration was Dixon's
judgment against Boz.
(Space Squadron#5/6) - The Solar I crew were given
awards for promoting progress and ensuring the security of all the
peoples and creatures within the Federation's borders. But the jealous
Edgar Revere challenged Dixon and the Solar I crew to undergo Dr.
Kalandra's risky test to measure their bravery. Kalandra's Hex-O-Gas
made them near invulnerable and they were shunted through space where
they stopped escaping Octopi-Men before being flung to a new threat
where the bandit Ud was being helped by Edgar to steal precious atom
dust. The Solar I crew quickly stopped them before being flung back to
Kalandra's Hex-O-Gas chamber. Dixon spoke for his crew, saying the
mental strain was too great for the gas to be viable.
(Space Worlds#6/1) - With a third spaceship lost
exploring Jupiter, Dixon made it a personal mission to find out what
happened and happily took on Pete Arnolds as video man, as Pete hoped
to discover his brother pilot's fate there. There was a small Space
Squadron briefing on the volatile nature of Jupiter's surface before
the Solar I crew rocketed off. Only Dixon
and Arnolds went down to Jupiter's surface to investigate. Encountering
the dangerous temptress Infra, only Dixon escaped her influence and
went back to the spaceship. They watched in horror as Infra convinced
Arnolds to remove his helmet and he was
incinerated. Appalled by what they'd seen, yet unsure of Infra's
visions, Dixon ended the mission for good.
(Space Worlds#6/2) - Dixon led the Solar I crew
against the outlaw Cosmo Worlds cluster, small worlds that could move
at will and shoot molten lead. LLA 38's untested gas weapon X-1 melted
the planets. Solar I zoomed home triumphant, but the leftover globs
coalesced into a giant humanoid creature and slowly followed them. Back
on Earth, the crew celebrated but the monstrous beast now dubbed X-1
attacked, ripping apart buildings. LLA 38 devised a weapon and strategy
that destroyed X-1, with Dixon helping in the weapon's construction.
The crew later
reflected on the dangers created by science.
(Space Worlds#6/6) - Dixon was on the Grand Council
when it convened to identify why the Earth had been plunged into
complete darkness (secretly a scheme hatched by the ambitious Edgar and
outlaw scientist Dr. Zane Emery to sow discontent and foment
insurrection). While
the Solar I crew investigated, Edgar successfully instigated a coup and
ordered Dixon and his crew be arrested. But the Solar I crew found
Emery's secret lab where Edgar had also arrived. Dixon quickly
overpowered Emery and the plot folded. Dixon helped engineer the plan
to return Earth to its proper orbit. Dixon told Edgar that, because he
was his fiancee's brother, he wouldn't be revealed for his treasonous
and near-world-devastating behavior, and instead covered for Edgar when
the villain's father Blast came to apprehend him.
Comments: Created by uncredited writer & George Tuska.
Space Squadron describes space a
little differently,
perhaps unique to that reality; "galaxy" refers to the solar system
(and nearby space objects) while "universe" relates to the galaxy, and
the Moon is even referred to as a "planet."
There are inconsistencies too, for example, Earth's Moon has indigenous
life in one story (#3/1) with a surface ruler (#5/1), but is lifeless
in another story (#4/2) (perhaps they're
referring to a different moon (or does Earth have two moons in Dixon's
reality?) ... or perhaps it's just a different writer and an
inattentive editor).
Also, the Sun has an "orbit" within the solar system, perhaps this is
more a type of unpredicted "wobble" that brought it closer to Mercury
in story #3/1.
George Tuska is the artist for the
very first Jet
Dixon story (Space Squadron#1/1), so
I'll assume he's the co-creator/designer for the core cast of
Space Squadron. Of note is that Tuska became the final artist for the
1960s Buck Rogers scifi comic strip (and soon after moved on to
Marvel's Iron Man).
Thanks to the Grand Comics Database for assistance with credits.
For fans out there, Fantagraphics comics has
collected all of the Atlas-era Space Squadron (Jet Dixon) and Spaceman
(Speed Carter) sci-fi stories in one big volume.
Profile by Grendel Prime.
CLARIFICATIONS
:
Jet Dixon has no known connections to:
Esteemed scientist Dr. Kalandra's had developed a risky test to measure a person's bravery using his self-developed Hex-O-Gas, which made subjects near invulnerable for one week and where they were shunted through space to an unknown location. However, Kalandra admitted to not being absolutely certain of the process, even though it was already being tested on volunteers. Space Squadron hero Captain Jet Dixon had refused the test due to his heavy workload, but at an awards ceremony being broadcast live, the jealous Edgar Revere challenged Dixon and the Solar I crew to undergo the perilous procedure. Dixon and crewmates Max, LLA 38 and Rusty Blake readily accepted and entered the chamber at the Galaxy Laboratory. Despite their disorientation, the crew stopped several threats and eventually returned to the Hex-O-Gas chamber. Dixon told Kalandra that the mental strain was too great for the gas to be viable.
--Space Squadron#5/6
The nefariously ambitious Edgar Revere secretly planted Space Demons, impish killers with jets for legs, onboard the Solar I spaceship commanded by Captain Jet Dixon to discredit Dixon. Edgar alerted the Chief of the Secret Patrol, who, despite his disbelief that Dixon could be traitorous, still assigned secret agent Squires to Dixon's next mission with the cover as scientific observer. But telepathic scientist LLA 38 saw through the ruse and alerted fellow crew member Rusty Blake, who unwittingly released the creatures. Once the Space Demons were evacuated from the spacecraft, Squires arrested Dixon for treason until LLA 38 revealed the true nature of the Space Demons to pursue and destroy their captor. Squires quickly dropped the charge, admitting he never thought Dixon was guilty anyway. Dixon rescued Edgar from the Space Demons and asked Squires to ignore Edgar's treachery for the sake of Edgar's father, the esteemed Chief Blast Revere.
--Space Squadron#3/6
images:
(without ads)
Space Squadron#1/1, p1, pan1 (main image, tidied up)
Space Squadron#4/1, p6, pan5 (headshot)
Space Squadron#2/1, p6, pan4 (radio with shocked crew)
Space Squadron#3/1, p6, pan5 (gun & portable radio)
Space Squadron#5/6, p3, pan1 (Kalandra)
Space Squadron#3/6, p4, pan6 (Squires)
Appearances:
Space Squadron#1/1 (June, 1951) - uncredited writer, George Tuska
(pencils & inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Space Squadron#1/3 (June, 1951) - uncredited writer, George Tuska
(pencils & inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Space Squadron#1/6 (June, 1951) - uncredited writer, George Tuska
(pencils & inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Space Squadron#2/1 (August, 1951) - uncredited writer, Werner Roth
(pencils &
inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Space Squadron#2/2 (August, 1951) - uncredited writer, Werner Roth
(pencils & inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Space Squadron#2/4 (August, 1951) - uncredited writer, Werner Roth
(pencils &
inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Space Squadron#2/6 (August, 1951) - uncredited writer, Werner Roth
(pencils &
inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Space Squadron#3/1 (October, 1951) - uncredited writer, Werner Roth(?)
(pencils), Sol Brodsky(?) (inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Space Squadron#3/4 (October, 1951) - uncredited writer, Werner Roth(?)
(pencils), Sol Brodsky(?) (inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Space Squadron#3/6 (October, 1951) - uncredited writer, Werner Roth
(pencils &
inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Space Squadron#4/1 (December, 1951) - uncredited writer, Werner Roth
(pencils &
inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Space Squadron#4/2 (December, 1951) - uncredited writer, Werner Roth
(pencils & inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Space Squadron#4/6 (December, 1951) - uncredited writer, Werner Roth
(pencils &
inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Space Squadron#5/1 (February, 1952) - uncredited writer, Allen Bellman
(pencils &
inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Space Squadron#5/2 (February, 1952) - uncredited writer, Allen Bellman
(pencils &
inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Space Squadron#5/6 (February, 1952) - uncredited writer, Allen Bellman
(pencils &
inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Space Worlds#6/1 (April, 1952) - uncredited writer, Allen Bellman
(pencils &
inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Space Worlds#6/2 (April, 1952) - uncredited writer, Allen Bellman
(pencils &
inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Space Worlds#6/6 (April, 1952) - uncredited writer, Allen Bellman
(pencils &
inks), Stan Lee (editor)
First posted: 09/09/2026
Last updated: 02/13/2025
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