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Issue Details

Issue	#73
Published	October-November 1962
Frequency	bi-monthly
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	George Kashdan

Cover Details - "The Demon Sorcerer of Saturn!"

Characters	Myra Mason; Cryll; Dr. Noho; Space Ranger robot
Genre	science fiction; superhero
Pencils	Bob Brown
Inks	Bob Brown
Letters	Ira Schnapp

7 page story "The Convict Defenders of Space"

Synopsis	Three former space patrolmen convicted of conspiracy are being flown to prison when the transport ship is attacked by the very raider they were supposed to be helping. The convicts stay to help the crew instead of fleeing, and it is finally revealed that only one of them was truly evil and helped to frame the other two.
Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Howard Sherman
Inks	Howard Sherman

Half page On the Planet Og story "It'll be easy to land here..."

Genre	humor; science fiction
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

1 page public service announcement "Nature's Prize Pupil!"

Synopsis	Humans have managed to copy some of the best protective attributes of animals.
Genre	fact
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Bob Brown
Inks	Bob Brown
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

7 page Spaceman-at-Work story "Aliens For Hire"

Synopsis	Shloob from the planet Jorxia tries to get a job with Peters Interplanetary Employment Agency (which matches aliens with specific jobs based on their otherworldly abilities), but all he can do is deteriorate his molecular structure into fluid, and no one has any call for a "melting man."
Genre	science fiction
Pencils	George Roussos
Inks	George Roussos

1 page Superman promo (ad from the publisher) "The Story We Never Dared Print, Until Now!"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	House ad for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #156 [The Last Days of Superman!]

1 page text article "Signals from the Stars"

Synopsis	Article about the development and use of the radio-telescope for the exploration of space.
Genre	fact
Letters	typeset

8 page Space Ranger story "The Demon Sorcerer of Saturn"

Characters	Space Ranger; Myra Mason; Cryll; Kjorsta the Sorcerer; Dr. Noho
Synopsis	When Space Ranger is seemingly killed in a battle with a Saturnian sorcerer, Cryll and Myra have a robot duplicate built to continue the fight. The robot locates the missing Space Ranger and helps to expose the "magic" as trickery.
Genre	science fiction; superhero
Script	Arnold Drake
Pencils	Bob Brown
Inks	Bob Brown
Notes	writer identification by Bob Hughes

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Haunted Beach!"

Genre	occult
Pencils	Bill Ely
Inks	Bill Ely
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	House ad for My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #72