Explorers in the Unknown

This Gold Key series about the spaceship Hunter I, the back-up in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, serves as a dress rehearsal for the company's Star Trek for writer Dick Wood, artists Alberto Giolitti and company, Nevio Zecarra, and José Delbo. Star Trek 1 was cover-dated the month after Voyage 9.

Delbo's work here went unrecognized for a few decades. Here's a panel from his story.

Only the Explorers back-up story is new in issue 15; the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea story is a reprint.

Explorers in the Unknown—written by Dick Wood—in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Nov/66	#6	Manhunt in Space	Giolitti Studio
Feb/67	#7	The Demons of the Deep Space	Nevio Zeccara
May/67	#8	The Hostile Asteroid	Zeccara
Aug/67	#9	The Graveyard of Space	Zeccara
Nov/67	#10	Mystery of the Magnetized Planet Chapter II	Zeccara
Feb/68	#11	Mystery of the Magnetized Planet Chapter III: Uncertain Lift-Off	Zeccara
May/68	#12	Prisoners of the "Jelly" Planet	Zeccara
Aug/68	#13	Chapter II: Prisoners of the "Jelly" Planet	Zeccara
Nov/68	#14	Prisoners of the Jelly Planet—Chapter 3	Zeccara
June/69	#15	Runaway Asteroid	José Delbo