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Ha! I LOVE "Mummers from Mercury"! Who knew there'd be a Philadelphia story in Space Adventures? Whoever wrote this sure knew the city pretty well. I like how the various aliens were assigned to Fairmount Park buildings based on climate. And suggesting that they could carry an election in the 22nd Ward is pretty funny, if a little insulting to Mt. Airy and Germantown . . . |
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Ha! I LOVE "Mummers from Mercury"! Who knew there'd be a Philadelphia story in Space Adventures? Whoever wrote this sure knew the city pretty well. I like how the various aliens were assigned to Fairmount Park buildings based on climate. And suggesting that they could carry an election in the 22nd Ward is pretty funny, if a little insulting to Mt. Airy and Germantown . . . |
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Additional Information |
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Publication | July 1952 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
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Foreword/Afterword | Space Adventures Presents (1 page) |
Notes | Table of contents on the inside front cover. |
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Comic Story | The Mad-Man of Mars (8 pages) |
Synopsis | The Space Rangers track down Nucleo, a shape-shifting Martian. He takes the figure of Captain Arax, and thusly his leisure cruise spaceship, the Staritania. |
Featuring | The Space Rangers |
Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Rex Clive; Speed Lansing; Jim Jones; Bob Barry; Stella Dawn; Nucleo (mad Martian with a thousand faces); Captain Arax; Spaceman Yelmah |
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Comic Story | Invasion from the Moon (10 pages) |
Synopsis | When the praying mantis-like moon insects begin to attack Lunar Station X-32, the Space Rangers discover a plot by Halgo, leader of the Outerplanetary Circle, is waking up the underground creatures. Halgo plans to steal destructive mirrors, old Earth weapons buried on the moon. |
Featuring | The Space Rangers |
Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Rex Clive; Speed Lansing; Jim Jones; Bob Barry; Stella Dawn; Halgo |
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Text Story | Room to Live (2 pages) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
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Comic Story | Mummers from Mercury (6 pages) |
Synopsis | Boss Kipley and his cohort Pete intercept alien radio signals. Boss Kipley arranges to have Modo, Master of Mercury, land with his invasion force of aliens. The arrangement was for December 31, 1952, when a Mummer's Parade was going on. Modo is a mud man from Mercury. With his invasion force, Modo brings Thark, a Venusian Viper-Man, one of the Jupiter Jumping Jacks, and a Stone Man from Saturn. The police dismiss radio transmissions received until one concerning a Kipley's bank robbery and Modo's aliens heading toward the armory. The police handle both situations. |
Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Modo, Master of Mercury; Thrak, Viper-Man From Venus; Jumping Jacks from Jupiter; Stone Men from Saturn; Boss Kipley |
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Comic Story | Visits the City of Brass (6 pages) |
Synopsis | With the assistance of Professor Eon Tempus, Hap Holliday, Time Skipper, designs and builds his "Year in an Instant" yacht. In their first outing, the pair visit the year 100,001. The encounter a dry seabed with giant crab-like creatures and a giant, land-traversing octopus. shooting the octopus with his rifle, Hop rescues Ula, Queen of Futuropolis. Futuropolis has been overtaken by the reptile-people, who drove the people out. Hap returns to the day of Ula's banishment to set things right. |
Featuring | Time Skipper |
Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Hap Holliday; Professor Eon Tempus; Ula, Queen of Futuropolis |
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Comic Story | The Birth of the Moon |
Notes | Inside back cover. |
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