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The concept of LOST IN SPACE, just about ev-er-y-thing about the pilot episode of LOST IN SPACE, was plagiarized by Allen & Co. from an Ib Melchior script written circa 1960.

Then there's the comic book SPACE FAMILY ROBINSON, which began publication in 1962; LOST IN SPACE went on the air in 1965. Was this a coincidence? There's been a lot of talk about it here and there, as for instance here:


http://www.toonopedia.com/spacefam.htm