Issue Details

Issue	#77
Published	June-July 1963
Frequency	bi-monthly
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	George Kashdan

Cover Details - "The Beast Oracle of Uranus!"

Characters	Space Ranger; Cryll
Genre	science fiction; superhero
Pencils	Bob Brown
Inks	Bob Brown

1 page public service announcement "Not Wanted: High School Dropouts!"

Synopsis	Alvin thinks about leaving school until he talks to his dropout friend George, who has to go back to night school because he can't get a good job.
Genre	fact
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

7 page Spaceman-at-Work story "Dateline--Outer Space"

Characters	Tom Conroy
Synopsis	War correspondent Tom Conroy involves himself too closely in his work by spying and becoming embroiled in interplanetary politics.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Jack Miller ?
Pencils	George Roussos
Inks	George Roussos
Notes	writer identification by Bob Hughes

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Swing Is to DC!"

Characters	Johnny DC
Pencils	? (illustrations)
Inks	? (illustrations)
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	House ad for DC Comics. Includes small cover reproductions of Batman (DC, 1940 series) #155, Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #32, The Adventures of Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series) #81, Atom (DC, 1962 series) #7.

1 page On the Planet Og story "We're landing on the planet now!"

Synopsis	Two Earth astronauts get a speeding ticket on Og when they come in for a landing too fast.
Genre	science fiction; humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

7 page story "The Double Dimension Man"

Synopsis	Scientist John Burke is told by a group of aliens that he is one of them, sent to spy on Earth, but he has no memory of this and refuses to believe it.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Jack Miller ?
Pencils	George Roussos
Inks	George Roussos
Notes	writer identification by Bob Hughes

Half page filler "Strange Satellites!"

Synopsis	Information about the moons of Saturn and Jupiter.
Genre	fact

1 page text article "The Giant Boom!"

Synopsis	Article about the explosion of Krakatoa in 1883.
Genre	fact
Letters	typeset

8 page Space Ranger story "The Beast Oracle of Uranus"

Characters	Space Ranger; Cryll; Sarob; Oracle of Bunyki; Olono; Kofa Ny
Synopsis	Pursuing the Martian criminal Kofa Ny to the planet Uranus, Space Ranger and Cryll encounter a strange tribal oracle who forecasts doom.
Genre	science fiction; superhero
Script	Arnold Drake
Pencils	Bob Brown
Inks	Bob Brown
Notes	writer identification by Bob Hughes

Half page Quick Quiz activity

Genre	fact
Pencils	H. T. Elmo ?
Inks	H. T. Elmo ?
Reprinted	from ?