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Issue Details

Issue #79
Published October-November 1963
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing George Kashdan

Cover Details - "Captives of the Insect-Men"

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

1 page public service announcement "Play It Safe!"

Synopsis A day in the life of a forest ranger (billed as a "true story from the records of the Minnesota Warden Service").
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 story "The Big Show on Planet Earth"

Synopsis An alien actor with the power to change his appearance (but not to change back without special pills) is framed for the murder of a theater manager.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman

Half page The Flash promo (ad from the publisher) "The Flashiest News of the Year..."

Genre superhero
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes House ad for Flash Annual (DC, 1963 series) #1, on sale August 15

1 page On the Planet Og story "I want you to go to the planet Earth."

Characters King Zog
Synopsis King Zog orders his astronauts to bring him some dogs from Earth.
Genre science fiction; humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

7 page story "Earth's Alien Traitor"

Synopsis An alien friendly to Earth invents a machine that will make all weapons obsolete, but others from his world force him to reveal the secret so they can use it to invade.
Genre science fiction
Pencils George Roussos
Inks George Roussos

1 page text article "Mysteries of the Comets"

Genre fact
Letters typeset

8 page Space Ranger story "Captives of the Insect-Men"

Characters Space Ranger [Rick Starr]; Myra Mason; Cryll
Synopsis Space Ranger and his crew become involved in a long-running battle between a race of insect-men and a race of spider-men.
Genre science fiction; superhero
Script Arnold Drake ?
Pencils Phil Kelsey
Inks Phil Kelsey
Notes writer identification by Bob Hughes