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| Excellent sci fi comic. The opening story reminded me of the Star Trek original series episode ‘Mudd’s Women.’ Page 18 features a brilliant double page spread illustration, well worth checking out. |
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| Publication | September 1952 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Comic Story | Talk About Speed (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Math & Science |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
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| Comic Story | Operation Pluto (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Queen Anyana is leader of the country of Delonia on the planet Pluto. Two space traders, Wix and Gurkus, have taken over Delonia. The Space Rangers, including Rex Clive and Speed Lansing, are sent with their scoutcrafts in the cargo hold of a massive ship called the Solario, it is threatened by Wix, the self-proclaimed ruler of Pluto. Wix blows up the Solario, unleashing the Space Rangers on the would-be despot's ragtag group of spacecraft. The Space Rangers handily destroy Wix's fleet. Things work out as well for Gurkus as the failed Wix. Rex and Speed are welcomed to Pluto by Queen Anyana. |
| Featuring | Rex Clive and His Space Officers |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Rex Clive; Speed Lansing; Wix; Gurkus; Queen Anyana |
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| Comic Story | Trouble on Phobos (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain Norgo is attempting to smuggle a powerful alcohol called Fluvia to Mercury, where Fluvia is illegal. Space Rangers Barry and Jones investigate his ship, but are locked in the cargo hold. They dump Fluvia from the cargo into the ship's engines. The Fluvia causes the ship to veer from course. It is then intercepted by Adjutant Lansing. |
| Featuring | Space Officers |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Speed Lansing; Bob Barry; Captain Norgo |
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| Comic Story | The Graveyard of the Sky (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tyranno, with his assistant Fodor, operates a plan to take over the governorship of the planetary system from one of Jupiter's moons, Ganymede. To do so, he uses radar to trick the Staritania to Jupiter. Rex Clive concocts a means by which the Star Rangers can escape Jupiter's heavy gravity with the Staritania. The Space Rangers permanently subdue Tyranno when they blow up his spacecraft. |
| Featuring | Rex Clive |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Tyranno; Fodor; Rex Clive; Stella Dawn |
| Notes | has a double page spread [Lou Mougin] |
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| Text Story | Down to Earth (2 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
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| Comic Story | Revolt of the Robots (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Newlyweds Jak and Maida Barv go to Decima, the tenth moon of Jupiter, to run an iron mine. They are alone except for the robot labor force. Jak's assistant, Greg Dant, left before they arrived. A robot tries to kidnap Maida, forcing Jak to attempt to fight it off. The robots get belligerent. Jak must fight for them. Jak hears Maida cry for help as she is kidnapped by a robot. He runs to save her. Throwing a large boulder at a robot, Jak finds out that Greg Dant is disguised in the robot skin. He controlled the robots by shortwave. Dant had found gold and attempted to get rid of the Marvs. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Jak Barv; Maida Barv; Greg Dant |
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| Comic Story | The Smugglers of Callisto (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Space Rangers run across a scheme by Soq to steal methane shipments from Jupiter. The unmanned cargo craft seemingly explode in the asteroid belt, yet Soq and his daughter Kara are behind it. |
| Featuring | The Space Officers |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Commodore Rex Clive; Adjutant Speed Lansing; Bob Barry; Jim Jones; Captain Cypol; Soq; Kara-Soq's daughter |
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| Comic Story | The Land of Perpetual Light |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Math & Science |
| Notes | inside back cover |
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