I remember the old Dick Tracy funny papers. Diet Smith used to travel around in his magnetic powered space ship. I think that is where he found the “Moon Maid”.
Yep. Your memory is good.
However it wasn't back in 1935 as per the article.
Diet Smith's "magnetic space ship" was first mentioned back in the late 50's - early 60's.
He "found" the moon maid in a deep canyon on the moon and brought her back to earth.
The comic strip was just "cashing in" on the "space craze" back then what with sputnik and American /Russian "space race" of the era.
LOL. I thought it was a hoot.
Almost every comic strip of that time period included something about the space craze. Even Beetle Baily.