Issue Details

Issue	#56
Published	December 1960
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Jack Schiff; Murray Boltinoff (Associate Editor); George Kashdan (Associate Editor)

Cover Details - "Space Ranger's Super Girl Friend!"

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

7 page story "Invaders From Earth"

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	George Roussos
Inks	George Roussos

1 page Dr. Floogle story "This phonograph record will recite the countdown..."

Characters	Dr. Floogle
Synopsis	The rocket countdown goes wrong.
Genre	humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

1 page public service announcement "Children of Tomorrow!"

Synopsis	Celebration of United Nations Day (October 24) with a description of the U.N. Declaration of the Rights of a Child.
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Bernard Baily
Inks	Bernard Baily
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

8 page Spaceman-at-Work story "The Man of 1,000 Alien Faces"

Characters	Human Chameleon [Lt. Rod Carter of Spaceways Police]; Dan Carter; Chief Steele; Nyron; the Titan Gang
Genre	science fiction
Script	Jack Miller ?
Pencils	Howard Purcell
Inks	Howard Purcell
Notes	writer identification by Bob Hughes

1 page Superman promo (ad from the publisher)

Characters	Superman; Brainiac; Metallo; Titano; Bizarro; Thing from 40,000 A.D.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	various
Inks	various
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	House ad for Superman Annual #2 (January 1961)

1 page text story "Destination Infinity"

Genre	science fiction
Letters	typeset

1 page filler "Mysteries in Space!"

Synopsis	Facts about astronomer Edward J. Pickering (1846 - 1919)
Genre	fact

9 page Space Ranger story "Space Ranger's Super Girl Friend"

Characters	Space Ranger; Myra Mason; Cryll; King Doro of Ular
Synopsis	Space Ranger and his team go the planet Ular to rescue the kidnapped King Doro. A freak accident gives Myra temporary super-powers, which helps wrap up the case.
Genre	science fiction; superhero
Script	Arnold Drake ?
Pencils	Bob Brown
Inks	Bob Brown
Notes	writer identification by Bob Hughes

1 page Moolah the Mystic story "Ah, come right in."

Characters	Moolah
Synopsis	Moolah's powers of prognostication don't work very well.
Genre	humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff