Space books for young readers from 70's and 80's

[pm13]

When I was at primary school in the 80's the school library had a selection of young reader sci fi books that were part of a series. I think the books were colour coded for difficulty with purple or orange bars on the cover. They were thin and about A5 in size, in the format of a graphic novel, the artwork was black and white and involved a sort of exploration team, possibly lunar or interplanetary. From memory they spent a lot of time on the surface in space suits in craters and on rovers etc.
Any ideas?

 

[Hangar34]

Hi,

Just stumbled across your post in my search for the very same series of books. Did you have any joy in establishing what they were called?

 

[Ray McCarthy]

This isn't it, but your post reminded me of these mad crazy books I read when I was about 11. Even then I thought it was nuts, but enjoyable.
Reginald Alec Martin, author of Kemlo and Pocomoto

1. Kemlo and the Crazy Planet (1954)
2. Kemlo and the Zones of Silence (1954)
3. Kemlo and the Sky Horse (1954)
4. Kemlo and the Martian Ghosts (1955)
5. Kemlo and the Space Lanes (1955)
6. Kemlo and the Craters of the Moon (1955)
7. Kemlo and the Star Men (1955)
8. Kemlo and the Gravity Rays (1956)
9. Kemlo and the End of Time (1957)
10. Kemlo and the Purple Dawn (1957)
11. Kemlo and the Zombie Men (1958)
12. Kemlo and the Space Men (1959)
13. Kemlo and the Satellite Builders (1960)
14. Kemlo and the Space Invaders (1961)
15. Kemlo and the Masters of Space (1963)

But then I was reading Biggles, The Saint and Famous five then too.