MMM Alien Space Marauder

The Alien Space Marauders - Who are they?

The Space Marauders are an alien race introduced in the Publishing arm of Western Publishing (now defunct as of 2001) #4426 "Major MATT MASON Boxed Round Jigsaw Puzzle", published in 1968. This is a fully rendered and colored guache painted scene of three astronauts defending themselves with the Firebolt Space Cannon and a pair of rotojet guns - at least one of the two white suited astronauts is the good Major while another is Sgt. Storm. Above them is a pair of green Space Marauders who seem to be hostile (they have guns drawn).

No clue of the origins of the marauders - they seem humanoid but could just be Earthlings with unusual equipment.

Packaging by Catalog Year:

Western Publishing probably offered this Big Little Book for at least two years and probably had it available until the initial print run became too small to solicit.

• 1968 Whitman #4426 Major Matt Mason Boxed Round Jigsaw Puzzle
  
• Quantity Minimums are unknown at this time
  

John's Notes:

I rather like the painted image and wish I owned the original art. It sold for a bit more than I could afford at the time.

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