As part of Amalgamated Press' attempt to respond to the runaway success of Eagle by creating Lion, management identified the need for a space hero to compete with the hugely popular Dan Dare.

[5] The initial cycle of stories ran through to March 1955, featuring Captain Condor as an unjustly imprisoned hero leading a resistance against the Dictator of the Planets, later aided by sidekick Pete.

Following the latter's defeat, the serial was reconfigured to a format closer to Dan Dare, with Captain Condor as a dashing commander in the heroic Space Patrol, with Pete replaced by Quartermaster Burke.

A further shake-up came on 27 July 1957, when (midway through serial "Captain Condor and the SOS from the Stars") the feature was transferred to the black-and-white interiors, with World War II pilot Paddy Payne taking over the front cover.

[9] County Mayo publisher Hibernia Books, who had licensed various Fleetway/IPC properties before and after the deal with Rebellion, announced a collected edition in their Fleetway Files series featuring Captain Condor in 2022.

[10][11] In the year 3000, Inter-Planet Space-Lines pilot Captain Condor is banished to the uranium mines of Titan, outlawed by the Dictator of the Planets after refusing to transport slaves from Venus.

[19] Graham Kibble-White was similarly unmoved by the early adventures of Captain Condor, but echoed Darlington by stating the arrival of Keith Watson gave the character "a new lease of life".

[20] Reviewing the Hibernia collection for Slings & Arrows, Frank Plowright felt the stories had "period charm" and praised Lewis' art, while being pleasantly surprised by the quality of Pepper's plotting.