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Issue Details

Issue #47
Published March 1947
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing J. F. Byrne (Managing Editor)

Cover Details - "The Great Green Spawn"

Characters Auro Lord of Jupiter
Genre science fiction
Pencils Joe Doolin
Inks Joe Doolin

10 page The Lost World story "That video broadcast in which you saw two..."

Characters Hunt Bowman; Peter (introduction, death); The Voltamen (villains)
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Thornecliffe Herrick] (signed)
Pencils Lily Renee (signed)
Inks Lily Renee (signed)

6 page Futura story "On Earth she was nobody--a mere B-minus..."

Characters Futura [Marcia Reynolds]; Jarl Zeo (introduction); Guest Star: Aborotes; Mentor (villain); Cymradians (villains)
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as John Douglas] (signed)

1 page The Vizigraph letters page "The Vizigraph"

Letters typeset

6 page Auro Lord of Jupiter story The Great Green Spawn ["Many are the strange men and semi-men who..."]

Characters Auro Lord of Jupiter; Guest Star: Dorna; Zago (villain, as a brain, death)
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Dick Charles] (signed)
Pencils George Evans (signed)
Inks George Evans (signed)
Notes The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

Half page Life On Other Worlds filler "Mystery of the Asteroids"

Genre science fiction
Pencils Murphy Anderson (signed)
Inks Murphy Anderson (signed)
Notes One third of the page is occupied by the Ownership Statement.

6 page Space Rangers story "A routine investigation of a routine case. A..."

Characters The Space Rangers [Flint Baker; Reef Ryan]; Guest Stars: Hercules; Mary; Xando (villain, introduction, death); the Robosapiens (villains, introduction, death)
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Hugh Fitzhugh] (signed)
Pencils Bob Lubbers
Inks Bob Lubbers; George Evans

2 page text story "Was Earth a Colony of Venus?"

Genre science fiction
Script ? [as H. McLeod Kensington, Ph.D.] (signed)
Letters typeset

8 page Mysta of the Moon story "It was a precious metal Mysta sought...invaluable for..."

Characters Mysta of the Moon; Guest Stars: Bron II; Lorin (introduction, death); Ohma and the Swampmen of Venus (introduction); Rekor (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis Mysta and Bron head for the Swamps of Venus to obtain a new supply of Platine, a metal needed to power the Vita-Electroid they have created.
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Ross Gallun] (signed)
Pencils Howard Larsen
Inks Howard Larsen
Notes Bill Black verifies the art to be by Larsen, and not Charles Sultan as once listed.
Reprinted in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #82 (2010)

7 page Star Pirate story "Into the gloomy mists of dread Kalendos plunges..."

Characters Star Pirate; Lily (introduction); Moro (villain, introduction); Dazo (villain, introduction); Humanoids (villains, introduction); Mound Tritons (villains, introduction)
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Len Dodson] (signed)
Pencils Murphy Anderson (signed)
Inks Murphy Anderson (signed)