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Issue Details

Issue	#72
Published	August-September 1962
Frequency	bi-monthly
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Jack Schiff; Murray Boltinoff (Associate Editor); George Kashdan (Associate Editor)

Cover Details - "Space Ranger's Last Voyage!"

Characters	Space Ranger; Myra Mason; Cryll; Burvo
Genre	science fiction; superhero
Pencils	Bob Brown
Inks	Bob Brown
Letters	Ira Schnapp

7 page story "The Creature of 1,000 Dooms"

Synopsis	A band of space explorers take a small creature aboard their ship as a pet, but it soon begins to absorb nearby objects, growing in size and taking on the dangerous properties of the things it absorbs.
Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Lee Elias
Inks	Lee Elias

Half page Batman and Robin promo (ad from the publisher) "Batman and Robin's Most Fantastic Foes!"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	? (various)
Inks	? (various)
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	House ad for Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #3

Half page Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane promo (ad from the publisher) "See the Many Exciting Roles of Lois Lane..."

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	House ad for Lois Lane Annual (DC, 1962 series) #1

7 page Spaceman-at-Work story "The Cosmic King of Sports"

Characters	Colin; Deering
Synopsis	Searching for more unusual exhibitions, sports promoter Colin plans to train animals from other worlds in sporting events, but it turns out they eat all metal and voraciously pursue more and more.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Jack Miller ?
Pencils	Howard Purcell
Inks	Howard Purcell
Notes	writer identification by Bob Hughes

Half page On the Planet Og story "We landed on the Planet Og!"

Genre	humor; science fiction
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

1 page text article "Mystery of the Moons"

Synopsis	Information about the many moons of the planets in our solar system.
Genre	fact
Letters	typeset

Half page Superman promo (ad from the publisher) "Krypton, the World Where Superman Was Born, Lives Again!"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	House ad for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #5

8 page Space Ranger story "Space Ranger's Last Voyage"

Characters	Space Ranger [Rick Starr]; Myra Mason; Cryll; Burvo
Synopsis	Martian criminal Burvo captures Space Ranger, reveals his secret identity, and plans to shoot him into a space warp.
Genre	science fiction; superhero
Script	George Kashdan
Pencils	Bob Brown
Inks	Bob Brown
Notes	writer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn